Star Trek Costumes – A Great Costume Party Theme

by David Lawson

If your child's been invited to a costume party with a Star Trek theme, there are interesting ideas and even great ready-made Star Trek costumes you may find through a quick on line browse.

If you have a tall son, he can dress up in a Mr. Spock shirt with embroidered insignia. The proper eye make-up and wig, with special accessories like Spock's trademark ears and a pistol can be great finishing touches.

Let his friends in on the plan so that they can all have fun dressed up as crew members of the Star Trek star ship enterprise. That will also startle their costumed peers at the party event they'll be going to.

Homemade Star Trek costumes are a possibility for the rest of the children, especially if you already have a costume to draw inspiration from.

You could use a single color V-neck long sleeve shirt, coupled with slim black trousers, as the basis for boys outfits. You will notice that the men on Star Trek almost always wear tight-fitting pants and long sleeve shirts for uniforms.

So as long as the long sleeve shirt is a single color, it should look just like a Star Fleet uniform with a simple communicator badge on the chest.

As for the girl's outfit, she can knock them out in a classic V-necked bright red mini dress with a black turtle-necked top underneath. Simply sew a patch that looks like the authentic Star Trek costumes' emblem and let the little miss wear black boots or booties with knee-high socks and she's ready for galactic fun.

If you don't exactly have the kind of time to put together such homemade creations, then browse the newest selections of Star Trek costumes on Halloween costume stores. Every year manufacturers put create new product lines to meet such high customer demand.

Your kids will surely have a blast because they will be wearing one-of-a-kind togs that showcase not just quality, but comfort and ease.

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