HALLOWEEN IDEAS

DIY FAMILY SPACE COSTUME

This DIY Family Space Costume is the perfect costume for a family of three, also adaptable for larger families or couples.

SWEATSUIT SPACE PATCHES 2 x SODA / DRINK BOTTLES ORANGE & YELLOW FELT 1/2" ELASTIC SLIVER PAINT PAINTBRUSH SCISSORS HOT GLUE GUN

WHAT YOU'll neeD

For The Astronaut

PUMPKIN CANDY BUCKET SMOOTHFOAM WREATH NON-TOXIC PAINT (2 COLORS) HOT GLUE GUN 1/2" ELASTIC SLIVER PAINT PAINTBRUSH SCISSORS HOT GLUE GUN

WHAT YOU'll neeD

For The Planet Candy Bucket

SILVER DRESS CRAFT FOAM (2 COLORS) SHOE CLIPS HOT GLUE GUN SCISSORS BLUE T-SHIRT SMOOTHFOAM BALLS MINI SMOOTHFOAM WREATH PAINT PAINTBRUSHES WAX PAPER

WHAT YOU'll neeD

For The Rocket Ship & Solar System Costumes

ASTRONAUT COSTUME

Clean out the soda bottles, remove labels and caps. Paint the soda bottles silver. You may need 2-3 coats, letting dry completely between each coat.

STEP 1

MAKE THE SPACE PACK

Cut out 2 “fire” shapes from orange felt, then 2 smaller fire shapes from yellow felt. Hot glue the yellow fire on top of the orange fire. Roll the base of the fire so it’s small enough to fit inside the bottle tops. Add a bit of hot glue to the back of each and glue inside the bottle tops.

STEP 2

ADD THE FLAMES

Cut two pieces of elastic big enough to go around your child’s shoulder and under the arm. Hot glue the two soda bottles together. Then, hot glue each elastic piece to one of the soda bottles. Glue the ends of the elastic pieces together to form two loops.

STEP 3

ADD THE STRAPS

Select the patches you want to use and where you want to put them. Either iron (per package instructions) or hot glue the patches in place.

STEP 4

APPLY THE PATCHES

Paint the plastic pumpkin bucket whatever color you’d like and the wreath a contrasting color. Let dry. Slip the wreath over the pumpkin bucket, add a few dots of hot glue to hold in place.

STEP 5

MAKE THE CANDY BUCKET

ROCKET SHIP COSTUME

Find two circular items in your house (think a bowl, a lid, etc.) that are two slightly different sizes. Use the larger item to cut out three circles from one foam color and the smaller item to cut out three circles from another color.

STEP 1

CUT OUT THE SHAPES

Cut out two “fin” shapes from another color of foam. Glue the smaller circles on top of the larger circles.

STEP 2

ASSEMBLE THE PIECES

Glue the circles to the front of your dress. Then glue the fins to the seams of the dress, one on each side!

STEP 3

ADD TO THE DRESS

Cut out two fire shapes from orange foam, and two smaller fire shapes from yellow foam. Glue the smaller fire shapes on top of the larger ones. Attach directly to your shoes or to a shoe clip with glue so they are removable!

STEP 4

DECORATE THE SHOES

SOLAR SYSTEM COSTUME

If you have any full spheres (instead of the half spheres I mentioned) carefully cut them in half with scissors or a craft knife. Also cut the mini wreath in half. Lay out your planets on your shirt to decide where you want everything.

STEP 1

PLAN THE SHIRT

Paint all the half spheres and half-wreath a variety of vibrant colors. Let dry completely. Hot glue to the t-shirt. I recommend putting wax paper inside the shirt so the glue doesn’t go through both layers of the shirt!

STEP 2

PAINT & GLUE TO THE SHIRT