# Halloween costume advice for an Astronaut. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 11, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046 "2003-09-11T21:14:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/1 "2003-09-11T21:14:20Z")
My son wants to be an astronaut for Halloween. I have gray sweats for the suit, and 2- two liter bottles duct taped and wired together for an oxygen pack (NASA on it too, it’s spiffy.) But, frankly, I’m a little stymied on the helmut. Any suggestions would be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/2 "2003-09-11T21:42:45Z")
Motor bike helmets. Welding shields football helmet Plastic bag with a rubber band ( Little Johnny Space Man) Warning! May cause suffocation and death ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/3 "2003-09-12T02:40:44Z")
ooooooooh. I have an old motorcycle helmet that I plumb forgot about…thanks NCB 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/4 "2003-09-12T04:33:18Z")
You’re welcome. 🙂 * * * I’m dressing my kid in a black sweatsuit, with black socks, gloves, and sneakers. Also, a black stocking cap, black makeup, and dark sunglasses. Little Johnny Invisible Pedestrian™ I know what you’re sayin’ right now, “Ain’t that dangerous for the kids? What with people in cars not being able to see them?” Well, hey! Kids are smart nowadays. They know to get out of the way of cars. Come on! They can see them coming. Unless they’re blind. And, that’s why the package has a warning lable on it, in big letters: **NOT FOR BLIND KIDS!** ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/5 "2003-09-12T06:17:39Z")
Have you looked into a big plastic goldfish bowl? For extra fun, you could coat the inside of it with pasta sauce and have him tell people he had a depressurization incident. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/6 "2003-09-12T14:18:02Z")
**Cervaise** , that’s really, really _sick_. i _love_ that in a Halloween idea. \>\> kisses \<\< ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/7 "2003-09-12T14:22:59Z")
Don’t forget big gloves and boots. And make his candy bag say something like ‘Lunar Samples’. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/8 "2003-09-12T15:46:37Z")
Never tried this, but they usually sell big plastic witch’s cauldrons rather cheap. Seems like you could turn it over, cut a part of it out for the face and wrap it in tinfoil. I think my kid’s going as Johnny Human Torch… ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/9 "2003-09-12T17:00:22Z")
> [@](#): > > I think my kid’s going as Johnny Human Torch… Remember, the thicker you spread on the Sterno, the longer he can extort candy! ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/10 "2003-09-12T17:49:34Z")
There’s this (quite convincing-looking) [NASA astronaut helmet](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000034DKX/103-2448443-0392632?v=glance) that’s made of cloth that I found at Imaginarium a whike back. It’s way cool. If you don’t have the time to make your own, this might be what you’re looking for. It fits adults. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/11 "2003-09-12T18:07:58Z")
Oh man, Halloween is in just over a month! I gotta go get a costume! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/12 "2003-09-12T19:17:45Z")
It sounds like you’re all ready to go, **Shirley** , but I thought I’d still share my first impulse: I’m sure those silver dryer vent tubes could be incorporated here somehow! And, it’s nice to see another mom who creates costumes. I don’t sew, but I always rig the kids up with something that turns out way cooler than buying some cheesy off-the-rack-everyone-else-has-one-too crap. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-costume-advice-for-an-astronaut/201046/13 "2003-09-12T19:59:11Z")
Western dog! Why not dress little comrade as hero of Soviet Union [Yuri Gagarin!](http://www.sophisticatedsavage.com/images/gagarin2.jpg) . Lots of fun with USSR [patches](http://www.incredible-adventures.com/graphics/alex/cosmonaut_training_center_patch.jpg) easy to do and **they got to space first!** Angry Red menace smiley::mad: