Astronaut Costume

I love space. So I decided to make a space suit** for halloween. It was super fun to make, and relatively inexpensive.

I was able to make it out of things I had lying around from old projects. I imagine that if any maker-type wants to put this together, that already has a stock of supplies will only have to spend 20 or so dollars to complete this project.

**NOTE: NOT FOR ACTUAL USE IN OUTER-SPACE

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Step 1: Gather Materials

For Helmet:

Wood Glue
Water
Really round balloon (available at party stores)
Phonebook
Wood Filler
LEDs
9V Battery
9V Battery Clip
PCB
wire
Hot Glue Sticks
White Acrylic Paint
Silver Spray Paint

For Space Suit:

Painter Suit
White Satin
Silver Lame
Interfacing
Felt
Hot Glue Sticks
Thread

Tools:

Stir Stick
Scissors
Gloves
Razor Blade
Sand Paper (80 Grit and 150 Grit)
Soldering Iron
Wire Snips
Wire Strippers
Paint Brush
Bowl
Sewing Machine
Serger
Glue Gun

The hardest thing to find for this project was a phonebook.

william_w says: Feb 24, 2013. 12:15 AM

Thanks it was great idea and easy to make costume. I made a small changes and it was areal blast at the party

GorillazMiko says: Jan 17, 2013. 6:38 PM

So good.

sanid169 says: Nov 1, 2012. 7:06 PM

I made a similar suit myself this year, but I decorated the suit to match Felix Baumgartner's suit.. =) I was going to put a slight twist to it though.. Going to,., because I found out my job wouldn't allow it this year... but anyhow.. I was going to put a nice big brown stain on the backside... =) So I got a suit but no where to wear it!

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Penolopy Bulnick says: Oct 31, 2012. 7:05 PM

This is just awesome and I'm so glad you made a space gif for it!!!

j9mosely says: Oct 31, 2012. 5:15 AM

Great space suit!

I made a very similar one in 1973. I blew up a balloon and covered it with plaster, then pulled the balloon out and used the plaster mold to lay up a fiberglass helmet. I cut a big hole in it and bolted in a motorcycle bubble-style face plate, filled the gaps with body putty, sanded and painted it. They didn't have Tyvek painter's suits back then, but I found a silly exercise suit made of mylar (you're supposed to lose weight by excessive sweating) that worked pretty well. I wore welder's gloves and some old rain boots with it.

When I wore it in public, I would take the helmet off and say "One small step for a woman -- one giant step for womankind!"

angelabchua says: Oct 30, 2012. 11:59 AM

i LOVE this!!!!

waterbaby says: Oct 30, 2012. 9:38 AM

Out of this world!!! (Sorry, just had to do it....) So creative and fun and very well done, plus bering inexpensive, relatively easy, AND customizable!