Shooting Star Kids’ Halloween Costume (Easy Cardboard DIY)

In keeping with our other out-of-this-world Halloween costumes we handmade this year– like the space alien—  we created a Shooting Star Halloween costume. This cardboard costume is super easy to make and will add extra sparkle to any Halloween event or outing.

Supplies needed to make a Shooting Star Halloween Costume:

• one large piece of cardboard (a 2-3 foot square will do)
• a box-cutter or exacto knife (for responsible adults to use)
• self-healing mat or board to cut on
• gold spray paint (use outside in a well-ventilated area)
• fine gold glitter
• foil fringe curtain (left over from New Year’s decorations work great!)

How to make a Shooting Star Halloween Costume:

1. cut out your star with a circle in the middle for a head-hole. As you can see I don’t aim for perfection but you could
2. spray paint your star yellow in a well-ventilated outdoor space (both sides with drying time in between)
3. sprinkle glitter dust all over star while the paint is still wet
4. Wear with glitter curtain as a cape (tape to shoulders, trim to height to avoid tripping)

And of course, wear extra sparkly gold kid-friendly make-up. That’s the best part! Gold eyelashes even work.

Get your sparkle on for some Halloween trick-or-treating fun!

More Halloween costumes made from cardboard at Alpha Mom:

1. Baby Shark (and Family) Costume DIY
2. The Empire State Building Kids’ Halloween Costume
3. The Space Needle Kids’ Halloween Costume