My son wanted to be a space ship for Halloween, so after much thought and ideas bouncing all over the place, I came up with a solution! Why not be the space ship and the alien? And thus, this Alien with Flying Saucer costume was born! A round cardboard disc and crumpled newspaper, secured with … Read more
I made this robot Halloween costume with a plastic case, vent hoses, plastic boxes for feet and plastic jar for the helmet. I took duct tape and glue and finally metallic paint for the aspect.
Being a college student money is hard to come by. So when I found a large cardboard box, at work, around August I knew I had to turn it into a costume for the upcoming Halloween. Over the next month I glued and taped and cut an entire Homemade Robot Halloween Costume from this humble … Read more
To make this Robot Costume, you will need: 2 boxes, a smaller one and a medium size one depending on size of person dryer tubing battery operated lights spraypaint For the head we cut out a square shape where his face would appear. We spraypainted both boxes metallic silver. Then for the body we bought … Read more
This Robot Unique Halloween Costume Idea is pretty simply engineered from items purchased from your local hardware store and clothing already on hand. Here are the basic supplies: – 1 cardboard box large enough to cover wearer’s torso – 1 package of flexible dryer duct (for adults this may needed to be subbed out for … Read more
This Homemade Scarecrow Stalker Optical Illusion Costume was the brainchild of my husband, and myself. We were not really sure with our current budget how we could purchase our children Halloween costumes this year. So we decided to make them. I had the thought earlier in the month, however, we did not start attempting to … Read more
After a lot of soul searching, a beam of light cast down from the clear, blue sky and stole my soul for a total of 6 hours. I don’t believe I will ever be the same but I did have the best Outerspace Alien Costume ever! The aliens that captured me began by transforming my … Read more
I always wanted a robot costume, but never had a good enough reason to make one. So when I got invited to a Hero & villains Halloween/birthday bash (he was born on the first of Nov!) a robot was the first thing on my mind. It is made out of a hell of a lot … Read more
When my son told me he wanted to be a robot for Halloween, I knew only a homemade costume would do. It was so much fun to make and most of the supplies I already had at home. This Homemade Robot Boy Costume was the hit of his school and all over town! I used … Read more
Sorry I didn’t get this Homemade Partybot Costume in before 2010 Halloween. I am already preparing for next year and just found the site. Even if I can’t get in a contest “PARTYBOT” must be shared with the world. I took the classic cardboard robot and decided to make it a standalone party machine with … Read more
My husband and I made this homemade Robot Halloween costume idea in an afternoon. We had an old computer that we didn’t use any more, so we took the insides out and hot glued pieces of the computer to two boxes that we spray painted gray. We used dry duct for his arms and decided … Read more
For the back of the costume which is the monster, I made the torso out of Styrofoam. The mask head has a plastic milk jug for stability. The head is attached to the Styrofoam by long thin nail from the rubber mask stuck into the Styrofoam. There is a slit cut midway from the black … Read more