I thought of dressing my son, Robbie, as a strong man for Halloween shortly after he was born. However, I knew I had to wait patiently for him to be able to walk. I knew the costume would not be as cute as possible unless he was walking and able to take direction to hold the weights.
I had the entire homemade strongman costume laid out in my head from the time he was about two months old. Once I finally started making the costume, the hardest part was finding a leotard that was leopard print, small enough, and wasn’t shiny. Everything else came together pretty easily.
I made the belt from thick elastic and made the buckle from foam. the rest of his outfit was completed with black high top Chuck Taylors, gel for his part, and waterproof liquid eye liner for his rad handlebar mustache! The weights were made with a dowel rod and foam balls, all spray painted black.
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A D O R A B L E!! Aww.. I want one!
Very original costume idea!! I love that you chose a strong man from the 1920s or 30s. The hair down the middle and the mustache are the icing on the cake! Very clever idea.
This makes me want to have a little boy just so I can steal this costume idea! So creative and adorable. (and what a handsome kiddo!)
I love original costumes — and this is one of the best I’ve seen because it’s also easy (not only to make, but more importantly, easy of a child to wear). Very creative!!!!!!!
Great costume!
This is soooo cute, I would love for my lil man to have one. :)
very simple yet clever design. I love it.
That is great. I love the idea.
5 stars!!!!!!! How precious…..have to admit one of the cutest costumes I have ever seen. Robbie is adorable! Great job!
Love, Janice and Darrell
A lot of cute costumes are re-makes of old favorites. I can honestly say that I have never seen a 1-year-old strongman. This is precious.
This is very, very cute – and so clever! Great job.
That little fellow really is a He-Man! The costume is original and extremely cute! Kudos to you both!
The best ever!! A great idea and a really good job putting it together. He is so cute. A first place costume for sure!!!!
A very creative costume! We loved it! He looks like a little mini-man, so cute :)
This is for sure a prize winning costume!
I love the mustache and shoes! All put together so well!
I think this costume shows creativity and is awsome! It is something that others could recreate easily.
This is one of the best costumes on a little kid I’ve ever seen!
The leotard? I’ve looked everywhere…did you get it online? Thanks for any help you can provide.
WHAT A CUTE GUY!!
What a cute idea. Not to cumbersome. I hope my son will carry the barbell.
My family is doing a “circus” theme this year for our Halloween party, I’m the bearded lady, my husband ringmaster, 12yr old daughter tightrope walker, 3yr old daughter tattooed lady & my 1 year old is going to be a strong man. I am so glad I found this you did an amazing job & have inspired me!
I think that the costume is so adorable!!!
I only wish that my boyfriend was that strong!!!
I <3 it!!!!!!
Oh, I just love this one!! Great idea!! I’m going to make my son a Strongman this year for Halloween!! BTW your son is precious!!!
My family is doing a circus theme for halloween this year too! I’m the bearded lady, my husband is the human cannonball, and my 1 year old (girl!) is the strongman. Your little guy looks so cute, good job!