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Fun Do-It-Yourself Adult Costume Ideas Using Footed Pajamas!

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DIY COSTUME IDEAS: Buy a pair of footies and make a low-budget costume out of it! Many of these are perfect for couples or groups.
RED FOOTIES COSTUME IDEAS	SUPERHEROES Superheroes with mostly red outfits: Spiderman, The Flash, Mr. Incredible, Frylock, etc.	CHILI PEPPER Add a green "stem" hat. Look hot.	VEGETABLES & FRUITS Make a hat that looks like a stem or leaves from green felt - Chili pepper, Apple, Strawberry, etc. Group costume idea: The Fruit of the Loom Guys"	WHOOPIE CUSHION Cardboard hat shaped like the mouth of a whoopie cushion, "WHOOPIE" sign on chest.	KETCHUP BOTTLE White hat as the bottle top. Add a Heinz-shaped label.	WORM ON A HOOK Make a giant hook from cardboard covered in tin foil. Hang it around your neck - YOU are the worm.
RED FOOTIES COSTUME IDEAS	SUNBURNED CHICK Affix "bikini" to the outside of your footies. Paint your face red. Add a blonde wig. Carry a tri-fold sun reflector made from cardboard covered in tin foil and a giant bottle with an "SPF ZERO" label.	PETER GRIFFIN Electric Man! CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS	ELMO Ping pong ball eyes and nose (on red half sphere hat). Red gloves.	EARTHWORM Rounded hat and carry a dirt sandwich.
PINK FOOTIES COSTUME IDEAS	GUM UNDER A CHAIR (OR SHOE) Fasten a tiny shoe or chair to your hair - YOU - in your pink footies - are the gum.	PEPTO BISMOL BOTTLE White "cap" and yellow label. Couple costume: show up with "Milk of Magnesia" bottle - blue footies, white cap and label.	CUPID Cardboard bow & arrows, tiny wings on your back, curly wig.	PINK ELEPHANT Tiny pink wings, big pink ears hanging from your head, pink fabric nose & tail. Say "you're drunk!" if they guess what your costume is.	PINK FLAMINGO Big pink bustle-like tail, cover a baseball cap with pink felt, big black eyes & make the bill into a black beak. Pink wings hanging from arms. Stand on one leg all night.	PINK PANTHER Pink felt tail & ears. Lighter pink oval pinned to your chest, red nose, big black eyebrows.
BLUE FOOTIES COSTUME IDEAS	SUPERHEROES Superheroes with mostly blue outfits: Superman, Captain America, Ambiguously Gay Duo, The Tick.	HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON Blue footies - make a giant purple crayon from a piece of posterboard.	BLUES CLUES Dark blue nose, blue face & floppy ears, mittens with paw print, contrasting blue spots.	ALADDIN GENIE Paint your face blue, wear your hair straight up in a pigtail and sport a red sash.	OCTOPUS Add 6 more arms, blue headpiece*. SQUID Same thing, but with Pope-like hat.	COOKIE MONSTER Ping pong ball eyes on half-sphere hat. Blue mittens.
BLUE FOOTIES COSTUME IDEAS	SPACEMAN Milk carton hat - lots of official looking squares and circles pinned to your outfit. Faux jet packs and coat hanger antenna optional.	WHALE Big white triangle on your chest, blue hat with tiny eyes on opposite sides, blue tail hanging from your butt. DOLPHIN Add a big fin.	COOKIE MONSTER Blue headpiece* with styrofoam eyes. Bring cookies to share.	BLUEBERRY Blue face, green leafy hat.	X MEN - BEAST Stuff your footies with newspaper. Add black speedos with yellow belt and Beast-style hair. Paint your face blue.
BLACK FOOTIES COSTUME IDEAS	SEAL Black headpiece*, paint whiskers on your face. Wear a sailor hat if you want to be a "Navy Seal".	CAT IN HAT Red & white posterboard hat, white oval on chest, red bowtie, triangle & whiskers painted on face, white gloves, black tail. Show up with Thing 1 & 2.	KILLER WHALE Big white triangle on your chest, black hat with tiny eyes on opposite sides, black tail hanging from your butt, black fin on your back.	MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL Add hat, crown or helmet - cover with tunic painted with appropriate embellishment. Add coconuts and a sword. (really works best with a grey pair of footies to mimic chain mail)	IPHONE CLICK HERE also: iPOD CLICK HERE	BRAK Cardboard mask or face paint, shallow hat with yellow cloth hanging, blue fabric X & belt, blue boots, red gloves. Sing.
BLACK FOOTIES COSTUME IDEAS	BATMAN Black scalloped cape. Add mask & gold belt. Stuff chest & arms for faux muscles.	PENGUIN White oval on chest & belly, red bow tie, black cap, yellow beak. Red cumberbund also works.	BLACK BEAR Black headpiece* with tiny ears, brown oval on chest, black mittens with claws stapled to the end. Tiny tail on your butt.	PANDA BEAR White high-waisted shorts, black & white face paint, black mittens, black ears.	BUMBLE BEE Yellow stripes around your thorax, wings, stinger on your butt, antennae. Couple costume: dress her as a flower.
BLACK FOOTIES COSTUME IDEAS	INSECTS: CATERPILLAR Legs. Tons of cardboard legs. FLY White mesh wings, green mirrored sunglasses. MOSQUITO White mesh wings, straw hanging from your mouth. Maybe tuck a napkin in your collar.	BLUE MAN GROUP Blue face & hands.	GORILLA Store bought gorilla mask & hands... unless you're really artsy and want to paint your face.	MONARCH HENCHMEN Yellow-orange tunic. Black headpiece* and catseye glasses style yellow mask. Yellow boot toppers and yellow rubber gloves from the grocery store!
WHITE FOOTIES COSTUME IDEAS	WHITE NINJA See ninja ideas by clicking on the ninja photo above.	ASTRONAUT Rounded posterboard hat with circular opening in front. White mittens, flags and your name taped to your chest.	ECLAIR See Hot Dog costume above - same principle, you're the filling, make an eclair to go around you.	WONDER BREAD Google the Wonder Bread logo - make a hat from stiff white paper with primary colored dots on it... wear the logo on your chest. Carry a jar of peanut butter and a butter knife.	BUN IN THE OVEN Pregnant? Carry a large "mock oven" square made from cardboard covered with tin foil. Lots of knobs on the top. Cut out a "door" and have your footy pj'ed belly stick through a bit... get it?
PURPLE FOOTIES COSTUME IDEAS	PURPLE HEART Wear a big gold heart on your chest.	THE PHANTOM Shades and a purple balaclava.	JELLY DOUGHNUT See immediately above.	PURPLE JESUS PUNCH Carry a big bottle of something fruity - maybe a Carmen Miranda hat.
GREEN FOOTIES COSTUME IDEAS	LEPRECHAUN Green hat with a clover and a box of Lucky Charms oughta do the trick.	MONEY Big old oval with George Washington sketched in it on your chest. Write "$1" on both hands. Tell people you don't go as far as you used to... lol.	TURTLE Oval shell on your back. Green shades. Tiny tail. Move slowly.	ALIEN Green face and hand paint. Antennas. Perhaps some kind of map with Earth, the sun and Mars, spacey looking probe...	THE HULK Have portions of clothes hanging from your hulking green body. Green face and hands paint.
YELLOW FOOTIES COSTUME IDEAS	RUBBER CHICKEN Orange posterboard beak, Red posterboard mohawk (comb) and wattle... big red feet.	PEEPS Paint your face yellow, wear shades, give out Easter candy.	EASTER EGG Lots of rick-rack around your belly - maybe a pair of bunny ears.	WOLVERINE Blue accessories, yellow hat, shades with blue wings.	BANANA Pointy black and yellow hat, pointy black and yellow tail hanging off your butt - nearly to the floor.	SCHOOL BUS Wheels on your hips, windows around your chest... little smiling faces in the windows.
	FOX Orange ears with white inside, black nose tip, white oval on chest, orange tail with white tip. Show up with Grapes (see above).	FLAME Add triangles of red and yellow - show up with person dressed as a marshmallow.	CANDY CORN Cone hat - white on top, yellow on bottom.	BALTIMORE ORIOLE Black wings & beak.	PRISONER OF LOVE Write long number on posterboard or fabric, pin to your back. Accent with ball & chain or handcuffs.
WORKS WITH SEVERAL COLORS	POWER RANGERS White boot toppers, white Power Ranger accents, hat made from felt (or an old bicycle helmet).	CRAYONS Matching posterboard with "CRAYOLA", matching cone hat. also: CANS OF PLAYDOH Yellow posterboard label.	CANDY BAR Sandwich board* style label (works great with red & blue for Mounds & Almond Joy - sing "sometimes you feel like a nut" song all night.	CAN OF FOOD 3 pieces of posterboard taped together as label around your waist - w/optional foil-covered circle on your head (Campbell's Soup, Can o'Beans, be Cat Food if your wife dresses as a cat, etc.)	ANDY WARHOL CAMPBELL'S SOUP CANS Group costume: Multi-colored labels over a variety of different colored footies.	BOTTLED SAUCES Posterboard or sheet safety-pinned to your chest - with bottle cap shaped hat (Ketchup, Tabasco Sauce, etc.)
WORKS WITH SEVERAL COLORS	TELETUBBIES Construct appropriate headgear with ears, add grey rectangle across your tummy.	SANDWICH Sandwich board* style bread made from cardboard. Use felt embellishments to mimic lettuce, etc.	PLAYING CARDS Sandwich board* style giant playing card on front & playing card back behind.	ROBOT Box on head, dials & gauges on chest, boxes on hands (cut hole for beer in hands).	SNAIL, HERMIT CRAB Cardboard "shell" on your back.	FAT SUIT Stuff your footies with newspaper.
WORKS WITH SEVERAL COLORS	VANDERWAALS FORCES (group costume) Big "V" on chests - capes, Lone Ranger-style masks over eyes. Keep bumping into each other. Also: ANY CHEMICAL Two "O"s and an "H" = water, etc.	ROAD SIGNS Red stop sign can make a couple costume with an orange traffic cone.	SODAS, RED BULL, SNAPPLE 3 pieces of posterboard taped together as label around your waist - w/optional foil-covered circle or bottle cap on your head.	SPORTS TEAM FANATIC Paint face & write name of team on your chest - undo your zipper and flash people when they ask "what are you supposed to be?".	ROBOT Box hat - covered with foil - with hole cut out for your face. Antennas, lots of official looking squares and circles on your chest. Tin foil gloves and foot toppers.	JESTER Add a jester hat and pointy foot toppers. Adding diamond accents and/or pointy wristlets should look good. Wear bells.
* DEFINITIONS & TIPS	SANDWICH BOARD: two pieces of cardboard, one in front, one in back, held together by straps across your shoulders	THINGS ON YOUR HEAD: Nobody will care if you pin things to a baseball cap, but if you must be fancier purchase a headband or barrettes or a cheap pair of shades to affix props to.	HEADPIECE: Put your head through a tshirt collar (like you're going to put it on) but just pull your face through. Tie the arms behind your head - either under or over the rest of the tshirt (depending on what look you want to achieve - Ninja or Seal). You're done. See our Ninja Costume Page for 3 ways to do this.	BEST FABRIC FOR LETTERS: Buy felt (or adhesive-backed felt) at your local fabric or craft store. Clip a few safety pins inside your costume for in-the-field repairs.	SAFETY: ALL costumes should always be easy to take off in case of problems (bee down your dropseat, caught in an elevator door, etc.). Do not wear costumes that might make you trip or obscure your vision. In case you overheat: always wear a tank top under your costume - you can always unzip your footies and tie the arms around your waist.

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