How to Make a Spaghetti and Meatball Halloween Costume

While a meatball may not be the first Halloween costume that comes to mind, it definitely will stand out from the crowd at any Halloween party. There are many ways to do this Halloween costume, the idea described is simple, inexpensive, and easy to put together. Using item found around the house, this Halloween costume may end up costing less that $10 to complete. Not a bad price for a really great Halloween costume.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• One large brown jogging suit (It should fit baggy if it fits you at all.)
• Two bed pillows
• 4-6 towels
• Brown face pant
• One ball of white yarn (This will serve as the spaghetti.
• One large piece of cardboard (To make a plate or saucer with.)
• A pair of sturdy scissors
• Fabric Glue

1. Cut a large circle, (about the size of your waistline,) into the cardboard. This will allow you to wear the cardboard around your waist as if it were a plate. If your cardboard isn't in the shape of a circle, cut out the corners until the cardboard is round.

2. Glue the yarn onto the fabric with the fabric glue, in a circular fashion around the cardboard. To add extra style, a good idea is to drape a few pieces of the yarn off the edges of the cardboard, to simulate dangling spaghetti.

3. Paint your face with the brown face paint. This will complete the idea of you being a meatball for Halloween.

4. Put on the pants, and then take the towels and stuff each pants leg with them. This serves two purposes, first, it will help you to hold the cardboard up around your waist, and secondly, it will complete the look of the meatball Halloween costume.

5. Put on the sweatshirt, and stuff the pillows into the shirt. This will help to fill out the Halloween costume, giving you a more, "meatball-like," appearance. Nobody's ever heard of a thin meatball.

Tips & Warnings

• With the stuffing of the pants and shirt may make the costume a little bit more insulated so prepare to sweat a little. This meatball Halloween costume is a great idea for a unique, head-turning outfit. I'm sure that you won't see anyone else at your party with an outfit like this. You're definitely going to make some mouths water in this dish, I mean, Halloween costume.

[pondripples]

on 9/17/2009 Cool idea. I think I'd put the plate around my neck and use a brown ski mask to make my head look like a meatball. You could put the plate on a square of cardboard and drape a picnic tablecloth over it to hide your body.