10 Momentus Inspired Halloween Costumes!
DIY Space & Physics costume inspired ideas
When I speak to someone for the first time about Prime Movers Lab and our amazing portfolio companies and founders, I often start the conversation by asking: “Do you have kids? Are they into Space?”. If the answer to #1 is yes, there is pretty much a 100% chance that the answer to #2 is an emphatic Yes! Young and old kids (aka Adults) are fascinated by outer space. It is one of the most universally agreed upon things amongst Americans. And I love to share the story of our portfolio company Momentus, a commercial space company offering in-space transportation and infrastructure services.
So on this Halloween Eve, here are some playful ideas for costumes this year inspired by Momentus and all things Outer Space. Americans love exploration and new frontiers. And no matter how you end up celebrating this very uniquely American holiday of Halloween in 2020, I hope this bit of DIY craftiness inspires your creativity and imagination.
Here are 10 ideas, most can be made with simple at home materials.
- Rocket ship: An old silver car shade or packaging material can transform into a rocket, complete with faux exhaust plumes. You can further jazz it up with some tea lights.
- Satellite: Cardboard boxes, an old umbrella, some white and silver spray paint. I loved this creative kid’s costume with the all-important clever “Candy” opening.
- Mad/crazy rocket scientist: White lab coat, crazy hair, toy rocket. Good for space enthusiasts of all ages.
- Astronaut & Alien: Total classic couples costume idea. In 99.9% of the pictures I found the woman is the Alien, but there are good opportunities to mix this up!
- Galileo: Go as your favorite scientist. Galileo, Darwin and Einstein are some classic favorites. And I loved this idea from the Internet to emulate Marie Curie, dress in a modest, simple dress, wear a lab coat, and carry glow sticks in your pockets to represent the test tubes of radioactive isotopes. If you want to go all out, you can apply glow-in-the-dark face paint or nail polish.
- Cosmic Inflation: wear outer space / galaxy pattern leggings and an orange life jacket. I wore this costume last year at a party, it was fun trying to get others to guess what I was.
- 80s Movies / TV: There is so much here! ET, Star Wars, Mork & Mindy, Buck Rogers… There were too many great ET costumes on the Internet to choose from, but if you have a good-natured canine companion who you want to involve, check out this one.
- Solar system: There are so many ways to do this one too! Cover up a bike helmet and build the planets shooting off of it. Use some glow-in-the dark stars on a black base outfit. Or, dress your body as the sun (all in yellow) and have plants coming off your arms.
- Spooky action at a distance: otherwise known as Quantum Entanglement. This is the one I think I am going to attempt next year! Lots of ideas brewing on how to visualize this…
- Schrödinger's Cat: Use any black cat costume and cardboard box laying around your house. Bottle of poison: optional.
Much credit to the vast corners of the Internet for some of these ideas.
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