A LEGO Halloween costume is a quick and easy DIY project! It only takes a few supplies and an hour to put it together. Read on for the easy tutorial on how to become LEGO!
Confession. We were invited to a kids’ Halloween party earlier this week and completely forgot about it until the night before! October has definitely chewed me up and spit me out.
Luckily our friends reminded us of the party, but our family costume wasn’t ready at all so we had to find a last-minute substitute.
Maggie has a little ballerina dress that she loves, so it was a no-brainer. But we were stuck on Henry.
I had been playing LEGO all day and suddenly blurted out, “Do you want to be a LEGO?!” And he was like DUH MOM YES.
So we figured out how to make a LEGO Halloween costume in about an hour. And it’s adorable!
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DIY LEGO Halloween Costume
Materials
- cardboard box or flat cardboard sheets
- glue gun
- spray paint the LEGO color of your choice
- spray paint can lids (other options: pool noodles, construction paper, cardboard tubes, etc.)
- Dremel tool or box cutter
Manufacturing time: 1 hour (plus drying time)
- Find a box! It happened that we had the perfect large size box for Henry to fit in (it turned out to be a Cricut box, but you can find the box that best fits the body type of the person you are cosplaying. You can also use flat cardboard and fold it into a box, or make the costume sandwich style.
- Cut out holes for the head and arms. Cut the head hole large enough for the head to fit through, but not so wide that it slides off the shoulders. We also cut arm holes that were quite high to allow for maximum arm movement. Also cut off any excess length on the box; you want it to end above the knee so it’s easy to walk on.
- Glue the circles. Turns out we had a bunch of spray paint can lids that were just the right size. But you can also cut a pool noodle or cardboard tube and then cover the ends with cardboard circles. (Be creative here! There are a million things you could use for circles! We almost used little disposable paper bowls too, but these were a better shape.) Place a line of hot glue around the bottom of the circles and glue them in place. on the front of the cardboard box.
- In a well-ventilated area, spray the costumes with paint in several light coats. You want to apply light coats to avoid drips and allow for quick dry times. We applied three coats and then left the box outside to dry and cure, making sure the spray paint smell was gone. I actually helped it a little with a hair dryer on the hot setting to cure the paint.
How to Customize a Lego Halloween Costume
That’s all! Put on airs! You don’t really need anything else for the costume. But if you want to match the color of your outfit to the color of your LEGO costume, go ahead! You can also wear leggings or tights and a long-sleeved t-shirt.
Henry had asked to be a yellow LEGO so he could “light up the night” (where do they get these things?!), and it turned out we had yellow pants and shirt to match.
Create your costume for greater comfort
One thing to note about this LEGO costume: if it goes past the child’s waist, they won’t be able to sit with it.
So Henry would wear it while running, dancing, playing and that sort of thing, and then take it off to sit and eat.
It’s really easy and quick to turn on and off, so there’s no problem turning it on overnight.
I’d love to see you try this one! If you try it, share photos with us on social networks. xoxo
Materials
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Cardboard box or cardboard sheets.
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Spray-painted lids (alternatively, a pool noodle, disposable paper cups, cardboard tubes, etc.)
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spray paint
Tools
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glue gun
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Box cutter or Dremel tool
Instructions
- Find a box! It happened that we had the perfect There is a large size box for Henry to fit into (shout out to Cricut, hayyyy), but you can find the box that best fits the body type of the person you are cosplaying. You can also use flat cardboard and fold it into a box, or make the costume sandwich style.
- Cut out holes for the head and arms. Cut the head hole large enough for the head to fit through, but not so wide that it slides off the shoulders. We also cut arm holes that were quite high to allow for maximum arm movement. Also cut off any excess length on the box; you want it to end above the knee so it’s easy to walk on.
- Glue the circles. Turns out we had a bunch of spray paint can lids that were just the right size. But you can also cut a pool noodle or cardboard tube and then cover the ends with cardboard circles. (Be creative here! There are a million things you could use for circles! We almost used little disposable paper bowls too, but these were a better shape.) Place a line of hot glue around the bottom of the circles and glue them in place. on the front of the cardboard box.
- In a well-ventilated area, spray the costumes with paint in several light coats. You want to apply light coats to avoid drips and allow for quick dry times. We applied three coats and then left the box outside to dry and cure, making sure the spray paint smell was gone. I actually helped it a little with a hot hair dryer to cure the paint.
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