The beauty of this homemade costume idea lies in it’s simplicity. Instead of searching for inspiration in far off places, sometimes it’s easier to just look up! It’s awesome an ordinary idea like traffic light costumes has the potential for a cool and shiny DIY costume.
Some costumes here are boxed up light real traffic lights while others merely contain red, yellow and green circles. Either way, they are all instantly recognizable. It’s cool to see how different people percieve something as simple as a traffic light!
In addition, the road theme is expounded with extra costume accessories and even group costumes. For instance, some costumes come with a street sign of their name as a headpiece. Another example are parents dressed as road signs with their child as a traffic light.
Will you try one of these homemade costumes for Halloween this year?
My son wanted at first to be a red light. So I decided to search the Web for childrens Halloween costumes and we would make a Stop light. I used a box that Styrofoam cups came in as the basis for this costume and then spray painted it yellow. I glued two vinyl car floor … Read more
This is a family costume which started with a 21/2 year olds dream of being an orange race car (he also wanted me to be a red race car and his daddy to be a blue one… through our costumes I fulfilled one of his three requests. In decided what we as a family were … Read more
Stop! In the name of love! The traffic light costume was made by getting three battery-powered tap-on lights, painting them red, yellow and green, and ductaping them to an all black outfit. The pylon costume consisted of a bright orange shirt, ductape stripes, and a mini pylon with a battery-powered light inside of it, secured … Read more
I took a narrow cardboard box and covered it in yellow fabric for this stoplight costume. I then cut out 2 holes in the front of the box. I covered these holes, one with yellow cellophane and one with green cellophane. We used battery operated blinking pumpkin lights to light up the yellow and green … Read more
I got the homemade traffic light costume idea from this site. I started with a box that fit over my son, making sure he can still walk safely and bring his hands together in front. Cut a hole for the head, arms and three holes in the front for the lights. Spray paint the box … Read more
I usually make my son’s costume, but this year he was old enough to participate in the creation. A Traffic Light Costume popped into his head, I thought wow, that’s great and easy. I added my own spin to it by adding the sign. I will be dressing up as a police women so together … Read more
This original Homemade Traffic Light Halloween Costume can be worn by either a child or an adult. My daughter and I have both worn it in the past. It’s won several first place prizes in costume contests. Just start out with a size-appropriate cardboard box. Cut out the bottom completely and place holes in the … Read more
My son wanted to be a traffic light for Halloween, so I went to work. Considering I do not sew, I put the entire homemade traffic light kids Halloween costume idea together with a hot glue gun. My son’s reaction when he first saw the finished costume made all the effort worthwhile … he said … Read more
I am a huge fan of box costumes. They are easy to make and don’t require any swift adjustments; you simply take off the box and get in the car/go to the bathroom. Having discovered how easy they are to make and what a hit they are at parties/bar/work, I decided to make another box … Read more
This was one of the most fun costumes ever! Being able to control sidewalk traffic with the push of a taplight give you power you never knew you had. How to Make Your Own Stoplight Costume. I just made a simple tube dress with black jersey fabric on the front and yellow jersey on the … Read more
The light is a cardboard box spray painted yellow (make sure you spray a primer on the box first). I cut out a circle for his head and arms to go through. The entire bottom of the box was gone so he could walk. Make sure your box isn’t too big around, or too long … Read more
My 5-year-old LOVES stoplights. She has a small “toy” stoplight in her room. I used that as my inspiration, as I couldn’t find too many ideas for these types of childrens Halloween costumes. I started with a large box. I turned it inside out and cut out the holes for her head and arms and … Read more