Uh-oh no costume yet?  Halloween is only 4 days away but it’s not too late to make yourself a very cute and affordable Beaker Costume. Really easy, it only takes around an hour to make.  Here’s how to make his head…

Materials:

Pink poster board - $0.50 at Dollar Store

Orange flat foam material - $1 per pack at Dollar Store (or you can use orange poster/card board)

Styrofoam balls, 2 sizes (for eyes and nose) - $1 per pack at Dollar Store

Markers or acrylic paint, glue, pencil, eraser, scissors, ruler, tape and/or stapler

1. Wrap poster board around your head.  Mark it with pencil just above where your eyes are and where you mouth is.  Then draw an arch in the middle of the poster board.  The top of the arch starts from where you marked and bottom points end just around your mouth.  This arch is going to be the opening for Beaker’s mouth and doubles as your eye holes.  Cut along the arch with scissors.

2. Paint bigger styrofoam ball orange and make a black dot on each of the smaller styrofoam balls.  These will be Beaker’s nose and eyes. Glue the orange nose styrofoam ball just above the arch you cut out and the two styrofoam eyes just above the nose.

3. Shorten the poster board by marking one inch above the styrofoam eyes then cutting across.

4. Cut the orange foam or poster board into triangles.  These will be Beaker’s hair.  Glue, tape or staple hair to top of poster board.

5. Roll the poster board into a cylinder and tape ends shut.  Put over your head and wear a lab coat or long white shirt over a patterned shirt and tie and you are Beaker from the Muppets!

Happy Halloween!