Last-Minute Magnetic Jellyfish Costume
Halloween is only a few days away and you’re running out of time to get your Halloween costume ready. If you’re looking for something easy and inexpensive to make, try this jellyfish costume! All you need is an umbrella, some streamers, and magnets. And, because you’re using magnets, you can reuse the umbrella after your Halloween party!
Supplies:
- 1 Umbrella
- White and blue streamers or tissue paper
- Small neodymium magnets (2 per streamer)
- Battery operated string lights (optional)
Directions:
- First, prepare your streamers. The streamers are going to be the wavy tentacles of the jellyfish. For the tentacles, you can use streamers, strips of tissue paper or even ribbon. It depends on what you have available.
- Next, secure the tentacles to the brim of your umbrella using neodymium magnets. You can do this by using two magnets to secure each streamer. Just hold one magnet on the inside of the umbrella and then the other magnet on the outside to hold the streamer in place in between the magnets. To make it look like a jellyfish put the streamers along the edge of the umbrella so they hang down around you.
- If you’re feeling creative, you can add eyes to your umbrella jellyfish by using magnets to hold circles made out of paper in place. Or you can secure a string of battery operated lights to your umbrella to add glowing lights to your tentacles.