This year I made Flintstone costumes for the family as I was determined to DIY a Halloween costume for my toddler that wouldn’t leave him drenched in sweat in the Florida heat (yes, it’s still ungodly hot here during “Fall”). Flintstone costumes were the perfect solution! It seems that many of my fellow Floridians agreed, as little Bam Bams and Pebbles filled my post-Halloween newsfeed. Even Kim K “yabba dabba doo’d” this year.
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DIY Bam Bam Costume
If you’re looking for an easy DIY Halloween costume for your toddler boy, Bam Bam is your answer. No sewing necessary for an easy, breezy Bam-ing munchkin.
Materials:
2 yards stretchy orange fabric (I found mine at Walmart for $1/yard)
1 yard brown felt
Mini Bone
Bam Bam Caveman Club
Hot glue gun + glue sticks
Instructions:
Step One: Buy 2 yards of burnt orange fabric. Wrap around your Bam Bam to get the sizing right. I wrapped it around him twice before cutting it. Leave about 6 inches of a fabric tail to act as a “belt” and help fasten it.
Step Two: Cut triangles out of brown felt and hot glue onto the orange loincloth. If you are making a Barney costume too, you can use the scraps from the bottom of the Barney outfit as the triangles- it worked perfectly for me.
Step Three: Using the same brown felt, cut a 3-4 inch long brown strip to attach across Bam Bam’s torso. I chose to hot glue one end of the strip to the front of the loincloth and safety pin the other end in the back, but I think you would be fine hot-gluing both ends.
Step Four: Hot glue the mini bone onto the front part of the loincloth where the brown strip connects.
Step Five: Give your Bam Bam his caveman club and STEP BACK because he is sure to get right into character!
DIY Betty Rubble Costume
Betty Rubble was one of my favorite costumes to wear. It was comfortable, I could adjust the dress to the length I wanted, and because the Flintstones have a “rugged” look, I didn’t have to worry about it being perfectly made!
Materials:
2-3 yards light blue felt (I went to Joanns and found reasonably priced fabric on sale)
1-2 yard thick black ribbon
Black wig (optional)
1 foot light blue ribbon
White pendant/broach/circle
Thread/needle
Hot glue gun + glue sticks
Instructions:
Step One: Wrap the light blue felt around yourself to find a comfortable fit. Cut off any excess and sew a seam down the side to make it into a dress.
Step Two: Cut triangles of equal size out of the material all around the bottom.
Step Three: Wrap ribbon around the waist and tie in a knot. Pull the excess fabric over the top of the ribbon and tuck under to give the illusion of a cinched waist.
Step Four: Pull the material tightly around your back towards the front so that it collects in one area that you can pull up towards your neck. Use the remaining black ribbon to tie around this bunched up fabric. Tuck fabric bulge into your bust area. Bring the black ribbon around your neck and tie in the back.
Step Five: Hot glue white broach/pendant/felt circle where you fastened the black ribbon around the blue material.
Step Six: Make a bow out of blue ribbon and fasten onto the wig. Place your wig on and feel fabulous!
DIY Barney Rubble Costume
Materials:
3 yards brown felt
Black vinyl (optional)
Thread/needle or Hot glue gun + glue sticks
Instructions
Step One: Wrap brown felt around Barney for a comfortable fit. Cut excess material off.
Step Two: Sew (or hot glue) a straight seam up both sides.
Step Three: Measure armhole sizes needed for your Barney and cut 1/4 inch (or far enough in to break the seam) on each arm.
Step Four: Cut a wide, short “V” into the neck of the costume.
Step Five: Cut triangles of equal size out of the material all around the bottom. As I mentioned above, SAVE THESE to use at the pattern on Bam Bam (or Fred Flintstone) costume.
Step Six: Add the black “X” design using the medium of your choice. I used my Cricut to cut the design out of black vinyl and iron on, but I’m sure paint or sharpie would work well too. Access the Cricut design I used for free here.
Step Seven: Dress up your honey in his prehistoric digs and get to trickin’ or treatin’
Good luck with your crafting! Hopefully, you are able to score good deals on the material and enjoy a thrifty, easy option for Halloween. If you have any questions about making the costumes, just drop them below. My instructional pictures definitely could have been better. I decided to write the blog AFTER Halloween instead of during the process (won’t be making that mistake again).
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