For this star costume, I started with a paper mache headpiece that had a wire base, one measured around the top of my head, another measured around my face. I joined them together with masking tape. Next I cut out triangular shapes of cardboard and taped them around the face part. I added one strip … Read more
These child Halloween costumes were very tricky to make. I used the old McDonalds commercial from the 80’s for the idea. They did a take-off on “Mac The Knife”, and called the moon head with the sunglasses “Mac Tonight”. Having no idea how to make the moon head costumes, I first thought papier-mache would be … Read more
For this Shuttle Astronaut Costume I made a zip up sweatshirt/jacket and sweatpants from orange fleece. (Pattern for both at my local fabric store.) I bought the patches online (just do a search, there are several sites which sell them.) There’s also a US Flag patch on his left arm…they’re available almost anywhere. I took … Read more
My 3 year old son requested his costume to be “an astronaut in a rocketship” for Halloween this year. Here is how I made this astronaut homemade Halloween costume and rocketship: 1 – I cut a diaper box to fit his torso. I cut a U shaped hole in the top for his head and … Read more
My eight-year old nephew is really interested in space and originally wanted to be the planet Mercury for Halloween. My sister tried to talk him into a different child Haloween costumes knowing that it would be all but impossible to find a Mercury costume. I told her that I had found a sewing pattern to … Read more
My son wanted to be Jupiter this year due to his huge craving for space, so we went ahead and made a DIY Jupiter Halloween Costume. Step one was to buy a large beach ball. Then take flour and water and strips of paper ( we went to the local newspaper company and they had … Read more
My nephew requested an astronaut costume for Halloween this year. (It went well with his older brother’s sun costume!) I used a pattern; the material is vinyl. The patches were ordered off of the internet. Total Spent: $25
For this costume, I made a simple one piece jumpsuit. I found some clipart and made the patches for “NASA” and transferred them to iron on paper. For the helmet, I used a plastic pumpkin and spray painted it white. I used a dremel tool to cut out the front for the face. I added … Read more
My son wanted a Homemade Space Shuttle Halloween Costume. Space Shuttle? Don’t you mean an astronaut? –No, he corrected me, THE Space Shuttle. So here is the Enterprise—made with a diaper box and a few other boxes cut to fit, including an oatmeal box cut in half for the engine housing. Other than that I … Read more
I cut out large USA letters and sewed a long tube of fabric with holes for the face and arms. I sewed flames all around the bottom and wings on both sides. I cut four triangles and sewed them together to make a cone. He is ready to blast off!!!
This is how I made our Homemade Outer Space Family Halloween Costume. I got 3 large 36 inch balloons and paper mached them for the earth, moon and sun. I let them sit for a couple of days so that everything was dry. For the moon, I added craters. I popped the balloons and painted … Read more
My sister and I made this Homemade Astronaut Halloween Costume Idea for my son. All he wanted to be was an astronaut for Halloween. We stated with a basic white two piece pattern for the suit with actual NASA patch all over. The helmet is made of two salad bowls glued together with silver fabric … Read more