This is my son Joe. He has Autism and lives in his own little world. Joe doesn’t care what’s trendy or what any other children wanted to be for Halloween. He does his own thing, and this year, he wanted a robot Halloween costume. I’d like to thank everyone for sharing. I borrowed ideas from … Read more
I wanted an original costume instead of the stuff my friends were going as. Anyways they were a little to revealing for me. My one friend kept telling me to be a robot but in a joking way. After a while i started thinking about a Robot Halloween Costume and was really into it. I … Read more
The body and head of this homemade robot boy costume are made from cardboard boxes then wrapped with art paper to make the silver chrome paint more metallic. Head has a construction helmet (we duct taped the helmet in) making the inside fitted to head, eyes are plastic cups painted silver with lights inserted, mouth … Read more
This Mama and baby robot costume was very easy to make. I took a box and cut out arms and head holes for myself and covered it with foil paper. then I spray painted solo cups silver and cut them out to over my legs. I used the backs of the aol download discs and … Read more
My husband and I were going to a Halloween party and I wanted to make a costume that would stand out so I came up with this kidnapped by a Cyclops costume. I made the Cyclops head out of paper Mache and attached the head to an old backpack. I made the legs out of … Read more
First of all, I’m cheap. The less I spend making a costume the better. On this Dracula Love Child Costume, I spent a whopping $0.50 for a ring pop and that was it. Optical illusion type costumes are always amusing to me, so that was my premise. I usually start by searching through the left … Read more
When I asked my son what he wanted to be for Halloween I was surprised he wanted to be an alien. But not just any alien. So I started hunting for Halloween ideas for an alien. I took my boys shopping for all the materials. He picked out the materials and colors for his alien. … Read more
One day while at work I saw two boxes sitting on the floor, so I brought them home then decided to make them in to a robot costume since we can not afford to buy costumes this year, and I did not want my children to miss out on Halloween. I took stuff that I … Read more
The legs and arms of my homemade robot Halloween costume are made from dyer vinyl vents, painted silver. The shoes have been duct-taped. A voice changer is hidden inside so that it sounds like a robot. A blinking light top is really a nose from a clown costume and lights are taped inside the back … Read more
I chose to be a wind-up toy robot. This homemade wind up toy robot costume is mostly duct-tape and spray paint. I purchased a boots and short dress from good-will to cover with duct-tape. I taped on a small toy shield to my stomach and flexible neon cones on my chest. My ears are covered … Read more
We used a toilet paper box for the body of the robot costume, a smaller box for his head and spray painted them with silver paint. We hot glued gears and circuit board’s, belts and whatever else that my company was throwing out to both the front and back of the boxes after they were … Read more
This costume was made for my son this year (08) so we could enter him into the local Halloween costume contest. Turns out he won 1st place in the scariest category. I had kids and adults asking me who else was in the costume. Little kids were tugging onto his hands and trying to see … Read more