My son wanted a space ship so after looking at several pictures I decided I could make one and made this Alien in His Flying Spaceship Costume. Spaceship: Materials: medium hola hoop, old round laundry basket, foam fabric padding from walmart, black spray paint, green poster board, silver tape, and battery powered light string, hot … Read more
So, I initially created this Homemade Robot Costume to use at shows and what not. However, a costume party offering 1000 bucks soon allowed me the ability to recoup my fundage on the thing. It won. My friend Ashton from “Out the Box” took it up there for me while I was at a show … Read more
This Homemade Robot Halloween Costume is an original design whose form was largely suggested by the materials we worked with. It was inspired in a general way by classic B-movie robots and George Eisner’s gorgeous illustrations for the Gang of Five tin toy repro packaging. My six-year-old son, Declan, also helped guide the design with … Read more
My girlfriend and I decided to do a vintage sci-fi theme this Halloween, and I started by scouring the internet for ideas for my robot costume. The ideas submitted by so many creative folks for a Homemade Vintage Sci-Fi Robot Costume to your site were a huge help, and it’s my honor to return the … Read more
I created this little girl being abducted by an alien Halloween costume to wear to work and also take my kids trick or treating in. I made a lot of costumes and thought that this would be a really cute idea. I make my kids costumes every year but this is the first time I … Read more
This is my Halloween Homemade Steampunk Costume from 2010. My mom made the skirt for me (It’s a semi-Victorian skirt with ruffles on the back and bottom) and pretty much everything else came from the mall. I’d had the sweatshirt and shoes for awhile and the blouse was used in another costume.
For this homemade robot Halloween costume I used cardboard boxes, spray painted silver. Dryer ducting was used for the arms and legs and CDs for eyes.
This homemade robot Halloween costume idea was based on a 1950’s genre. I have included a small box on the front of the robot with a voice changer to make me sound like a robot and many sound effects. There were several lights all over my robot costume. On the top I have a bowl … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a ‘Light Up Robot’ so that’s what we did! We went as a group, but you can make the kid robot, adult robot or mad scientist for the individual. Basically, her Homemade Light-Up Robot Costume is a silver, spray painted plastic container (head) and garbage bin (body). HEAD: My husband … Read more
This Alien Kidnapper Costume came as a surprise when I arrived at an outer space costume party for my best friends birthday. I first made a backpack-like harness out of cardboard, a paper towel tube, tape, ribbon, and glue. I then put a black long sleeve t-shirt on top of it and stuffed the arms … Read more
Jayden’s Homemade Alien and UFO Costume is a ride-on UFO that was handmade from a variety of different materials. His Alien costume was made from thermal pajamas adorned with space shapes made out of foam fabric and duct tape. His mask was hand painted with a glow in the dark paint that is frightfully realistic … Read more
This website was such a wonderful resource for our family this Halloween. Words cannot describe my feelings of the potential for parenting inadequacy when my adorable, gentle seven year old son announced “I would like to be a robot this Halloween, please”. The robot costume, at first, seemed like an insurmountable task. Thanks to all … Read more