This Robot Costume started when my 4 1/2 year old son said, mom I want to be a robot for Halloween. After going to countless costume stores trying to persuade him to change his mind I finally gave in and decided to make him his robot costume. I started with spray painting and finding boxes … Read more
I never thought making a costume would be this fun. My 4 yr old wanted to be a robot , so I granted him his wish. MATERIALS: 2 boxes, 2 soap bottle caps, 2 pipe cleaners, 2 reflectors, silver wrapping paper, dial printouts, glue, duct-tape. Some imagination voila! You’re done. Wow that was fun!
This is our version of the Alien abduction costume. We used a backpack to hold up the alien head, and a long black robe to cover him. The footie jammies were cut in the back so the top was on my son and bottoms were stuffed with cotton batting. I also shortened the legs of … Read more
This is my daughter dressed as a monster carrying a baby. I used a box as the costume frame. I cut holes in the box for her arms and head. On the back of the box I duck taped a graphite shaft from a golf club (after sawing off the club head). I used cardboard … Read more
We have very easy Halloween ideas. The alien head is made from a balloon covered with paper Mache. Eye holes were cut in the mask and plastic was cut from the rounded corners of a used milk jug. Eye holes were cut in the plastic and then plastic was covered with material from a pair … Read more
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