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Hot Air Balloon Costume – Out of a Box!

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September 29, 2015 Shannon Schmid 3 Comments

Aren’t Cardboard box costumes the best?

There always seem to be a mound of boxes laying around our garage, and this Hot Air Balloon Costume is the perfect use for them! Not only is this DIY costume super unique, it’s also very easy to make.

Here’s how…

DIY hot air balloon Costume

You Will Need:

  • A Cardboard Box big enough for your pilot!
  • An extra large Balloon (36 inch works perfectly.)
  • Paint and paper bags to decorate the box.
  • String or a Balloon Net.

Hot Air Balloon Costume Directions:

– Okay, you’re ready to get started. First push out the bottom of the cardboard box you’d like to use and the hot air balloon costume’s basket. You may want to use duct tape to re-inforce the inside if it feels too flimsy. I also painted the indie of our box black. Next paint the outside of your box in whatever way you’d like. We tried to mimic a basket weave look, and added a pennant made out of paper.

Carboard box Halloween Costume

-Stuff to brown lunch sacks with newspaper, and attach to sides to act as sand weights for your hot air balloon.

– Your balloon is actually the only part of this costume that can be tricky. Be sure that you have a van or car that will fit your balloon once its been inflated. You can take it to almost any party of grocery store to be filled with helium. Most places will charge you about $6.00 to fill it. If you live close to a store that sells balloons, you may want to just walk it home.

Carboard Box costume

– If you have no balloon net you will want to add strings to the bottom of the balloon and then attach it to 4 corners of the box. If you do have a net- you are set! Just attach strings to the side of the box in whatever configuration looks nice to you.

– Wallah! Your Hot Air Balloon Costume is ready to go!

My daughter also assures me when you’re done wearing the costume – it’s super fun to play with the Balloon and basket!

how to make a hot air balloon costume

Happy Crafting!

Pin it For Later! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/128704501828603371/

Other Costume Ideas:

DIY Statue of Liberty Costume!

Character from a Book – Matilda Costume!

Chinese Take Out Box Costume!

Make your own Galaxy Shirt!

Halloween Crafts & Snacks:

Spider Soap!

Make your own Halloween Gel Clings!

Monster Bagels!

Candy Corn Cupcakes & Pumpkin oranges!

 

 

About Shannon Schmid

Shannon traded in her sensible NYC TV producer shoes (they were best for taking the subway), for a pair of Texas Cowboy boots when she married her best friend! He's at fault for making this Yankee a Texan! Shannon writes about all things that make a house a home. Her chief blogging inspiration is being the proud & slightly neurotic mom of a preschool age daughter.

You can find Shannon on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and her new favorite place to hang out, Google+.

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