Spaceballs: The Halloween Costumes - Barf & Dot DIY Couples Costume

DIY Spaceballs Barf & Dot Matrix Costumes

 May the Shwartz be with you!

Brett & I totally wanted to kick some ass this year at the annual Halloween party, and come dressed as the best couple's costume.  We knew since earlier in the summer that we wanted to go as Spaceballs characters - Barf & Dot Matrix were no brainers - hello?! How awesome is that.

I wanted to share what I did, because I think the results are pretty impressive and if I could do it, anyone can!

For Dot Matrix from Spaceballs Costume I used:

• 1 one-piece spandex gold outfit (Amazon.com)
• 16-20 foam board triangles (craft store; 10-pack of kids foam board)
• 2 small Chinese lanterns (general store)
• 1 elastic belt (Wal-mart)
• 1 pair costume boots (Amazon.com)
• 1 blonde costume wig (Amazon.com)
• 1 plain costume mask (Amazon.com)
• 2 cans metallic gold spray paint (craft store)
• 1 metallic gold duct tape
• Needle & Thread

For the base costume, the one-piece spandex gold outfit was essential, and also the most expensive piece - around $40.00.  Hopefully I be able to reuse it as a disco costume or something next year/ down the line.

The poofy shoulders of Dot's costume were tricky because they're such a unique shape.  I cut chinese lanterns to size for this, and added them to the list of things to be spray painted.  To keep them on the costume, I used a few rounds with a needle and thread- but to tell you the truth, they stayed on pretty well on their own because of my arm fat holding them in place ;-)

The skirt was cool.  Cut 20 triangle shapes out of rectangular foam board you can buy at any craft store and spray paint metallic gold.  DO THIS OUTSIDE or in your garage with the door wide open.  DO NOT do inside - your house will reek for hours.  Figuring out how to suture them on the skirt was the difficult part.  Tape or staples won't work on an elastic belt because when you stretch it, they'll fall out.  However, if you use a needle and thread to sew a single strong stitch in the top middle of the foam triangle and sutcher it to the belt, it will stay pretty good.  OR, you can just duct tape the whole damn thing (yes, that happened towards the end of the night).

For the boots, wig, skirt... anything... I sprayed the heck out of it all to make it all the same color of metallic gold.

For a finishing touch, I printed 'Party Alarm' on regular computer paper, and used the duct tape to make a sticker boarder that stayed on the costume.  (Helpful hint: use
the metallic roll of tape as a bracelet so you can fix things if needed throughout the night).

For Barf from Spaceballs Costume I used:

• 1 one-piece tan flight suit (pilot store or amazon)
• 1 costume 80's hairband blonde wig (halloween store)
• 1 blonde costume dog ears (halloween store)
• 4 12" sheets of furry fabric (craft store)
• Bag of cotton for stuffing (craft store)
• 1 pair of adult paw slippers (amazon)
• cheap pallet of face paint (halloween store)
• Glue gun
• Needle & thread

The base costume was easy - the flight suit.  The attention was in the details!  For the tail  I sewed 4 pieces of furry fabric together and stuffed with cotton from the craft store.  I sewed that to the back of the flight suit.  For the hair I cut the 80's wig to appropriate length, then stuck the ears to the appropriate places on top with hot glue.  The face was just face paint, and the finishing tough was the slippers for the feet!  For one last detail, I printed Barf's name tag on just regular computer paper and masking tapped it to the costume as we were walking out the door.

Basically the whole thing was awesome, and I think after this epic couples costume, we may retire.  I mean, how can we possibly outdo ourselves this year?

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!