My oldest son is all about DIY Halloween costumes and this year he decided to be a Mad Scientist! We had most of the supplies needed to put together this awesome DIY Mad Scientist Costume. The Mad Scientist Costume is a really easy costume to put together last minute too.
The only things I purchased was a lab coat found at the thrift store for $0.50, fake mustache and some plastic test tubes on Amazon for $5.
DIY Mad Scientist Costume – What you need:
- slacks/pants
- button up dress shirt
- bow tie
- safety goggles
- lab coat
- hair gel for crazy hairdo
- scientist badge (free printable below)
- badge holder and clip
- glasses (optional)
- fake mustache (optional)
- charcoal dust (optional)
- test tubes or beakers (optional)
How we put our DIY Mad Scientist Costume together:
My son already had black slacks and a grey button up shirt. Little brother owned a bow tie that fit him. He already owned fake glasses but if you don’t I suggest getting some 3-d glasses and removing their lenses. I usually keep our 3-D glasses when we go to the movies. Safety goggles came from grandpa’s work shop. The lab coat size small was found at thrift store. If you can’t find a lab coat at your thrift store you can make one from an adult white button up shirt. Fake mustache was found at the grocery store and plastic test tubes from Amazon.
I filled the test tubes with colored water. We opted for an explosion went off look and used our activated charcoal capsules; I opened the capsules and smudged it all over his face. You could use black face paint instead but the the charcoal dust looks more authentic, in my opinion.
Free Printable Scientist Badge:
I designed an official looking Scientist badge with help from my son. I printed, cut out and taped it to an old work badge (you can find badge holders & clips at most stores or Amazon). We loved the way the badge turned out! I am sharing this badge with you too!
Some options for the badge is print a picture of your child to put over the fingerprint. Also, you can either write in your child’s name or use an editing program to type in their name. To type you will need to save the file and open it in an editing program. PicMonkey is a great option, it’s a free online editing program and is really easy to use! Just open blank sign file and add your text to the badge.
This badge would be great for your DIY Mad Scientist costume for Halloween, dress-up play or for a Scientist Themed party. I think these badges would make a great party favor! I have shared a printable with 1 badge on the page and a printable with 9 badges on the page (for parties).
Click Here for Free Printable of 1 Scientist Badge
Click Here for Free Printable of 9 Scientist Badges
If you would like another Level, I have shared Level 5 – Level 10. Click HERE to go to post.
All printables and downloads designed by rays of bliss are for PERSONAL USE ONLY. Please do not alter or claim as your own. This file is not intended for resale, nor are the printed versions of this file. Feel free to link back to www.raysofbliss.com if you like our printables.
Granmama15 says
October 30, 2015 at 3:28 pmSo COOL! THANK YOU!!
Amber Ludwig says
November 6, 2015 at 8:54 pmSo fun!! I love that the printable name badges really make it!! My son and I will have to have a “mad science” day 🙂
Jody says
March 12, 2016 at 10:35 pmYour page totally saved my sons birthday party! Thank you so much for sharing these brilliant Ideas!!
Mede says
March 30, 2016 at 12:29 amThanks! My daughter had to dress up at school like a mad scientist and this was perfect!
whoshotheahirriff@hotmail.com says
December 16, 2016 at 1:03 amthank you
brillant
simuller@gmail.com says
January 12, 2017 at 7:03 amThank you!
Printed one for my daughter for career day at school!
Krisztina says
February 8, 2017 at 10:52 amthanks a lot for your work! super cool 🙂
ilana Masri says
February 19, 2017 at 5:54 pmLove these..I just bought a case of badge holders, but they are horizontal. I hope this doesn’t sound totally annoying, but is there any way you can post these badges horizontally?
Katie Hopkins says
April 9, 2017 at 10:44 amThank you so much for sharing your printables. It’s not always easy to find a free one and these are really great! My daughter will be thrilled to use them for her party. Have a great day!
Katie
Michelle Greene says
April 19, 2017 at 5:26 pmThank you so much for sharing! Can’t wait to use them.
Susan says
August 23, 2017 at 3:31 amHi
Trying to download these printable scientist badges for use for a dress up, but getting an error message when I print on the links. Are you able to check if the links are working?
Thanks
Susan
Amber says
August 23, 2017 at 12:28 pmEverything should be working now. Made some changes on hosting and files did not move correctly. Thanks for letting me know about the issue.
Sonia says
October 6, 2017 at 4:44 pmIs there a way to change the level of clearance to 10 to match my son’s age?
Amber says
October 8, 2017 at 2:35 pmHey Sonia, I edited the file so clearance Level 10. You can find the printable here: http://www.raysofbliss.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/10-Scientist-Badge-Free-Printable-1-badge-per-page.pdf
Kristine says
October 24, 2017 at 12:07 pmIs there a way to make it print bigger and for me to be able to add my sons name? I tried to save it so i can make it slightly bigger but i am not able to. It looks a lot smaller when I printed it then it does in your post. Thank you 🙂
Amber says
October 25, 2017 at 5:37 pmHello Kristine, I enlarged the badge so now it measures 2.5 inches wide. Hope this works for you: http://www.raysofbliss.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Scientist-Badge-Free-Printable-Enlarged.pdf
Elena says
October 29, 2017 at 2:51 pmLove this “Scientist” Badge! I’m an elementary teacher so I’m making up these badges for my set-up & clean-up volunteers to wear on Halloween. My class voted on a “Mad Scientist Lab” theme for the classroom decorations, so these are a perfect fit. The school gives us small stickers with their photos that will be so fun to add! I think they’ll love it! Thanks for sharing!
Amber says
October 31, 2017 at 4:20 pmElena, what a fun idea! I’m so happy these worked for your class! I appreciate you letting me know!
Rach says
October 30, 2017 at 8:55 amThank you so much for making these! This is the 2nd year I have printed one out. Last year we went with the Mad Scientist costume and this year my son wants to be a rocket scientist. Thanks again!
Amber says
October 31, 2017 at 4:19 pmI’m so happy to hear! Thank for letting me know!
Emily Nelson says
October 30, 2017 at 1:26 pmI love this! So cute! I can’t seem to open the badge in picmonkey to edit it and add my son’s name. Is there a jpeg version you could email me?
Amber says
October 31, 2017 at 4:19 pmHello Emily, here is a link to a jpeg file: http://www.raysofbliss.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Scientist-Badge-Free-Printable-1-badge-per-page.jpg Hope this works for you!
Georgie says
January 24, 2018 at 2:07 pmThank you using this for my son, he has a science themed week at school with fancy dress! Perfect!!!
Emily says
February 8, 2018 at 5:03 pmMy daughter is having a science party on Saturday. I bought badge covers and lanyards but the badges are landscape not portrait. Is there a way you could edit it for me and send it so I can add the kids names? I’d really appreciate it! I am running out of time and this is the last thing I need to do! Thanks again.
Emily says
February 8, 2018 at 5:04 pmOh and Level 7 clearance =)
Amber says
February 8, 2018 at 5:24 pmHello Emily, sorry I cannot convert this to landscape easily. Unfortunately after a computer switch I lost some files, so I do not have the original file to edit this. Perhaps, you can find a printable on Etsy. Hope your daughter has a wonderful party.
apple says
March 9, 2018 at 6:00 pmthank you so much for sharing these. they are awesome!
Meredith says
March 23, 2018 at 11:49 amThank you so much for sharing your amazing design! The badges look wonderful and I know the kids will love them! I’m so glad my son picked a mad science party for his 8th birthday.
Beth says
April 14, 2018 at 5:22 pmThank you for sharing this design! I am using with a group of young scientists learning the basics of forensic science. We are going to put photos on the reverse side and laminate the badge. 🙂
Kate Foucek says
April 22, 2018 at 9:09 pmI love this! I have a scientist of the week in my classroom and would love to personalize these badges for each student. Any hints on how to edit each one with a different one? I tried PicMonkey and it wouldn’t work.
Kate Foucek says
April 22, 2018 at 9:09 pmwith a different name
Jane says
July 22, 2018 at 11:07 pmThank you. My son and his friends will love their badges. We’re having a science party this weekend.
Maria says
September 29, 2018 at 8:37 pmThese badges are amazing – I noticed you were able to make small changes and send people the file – is it possible to change the clearance level to 6 for my sons age – he is in love with these badges for his upcoming party!!!!
petunia says
November 8, 2018 at 6:04 amthanks this helps
jen says
November 26, 2018 at 4:19 pmAny chance you would have a Level 7 file already created? I would love that for my sons upcoming party too. And I noticed someone above had already asked you- but I didn’t see a file posted. Do you have one by chance? Thx!
Jen C says
February 8, 2019 at 10:15 amThank you so much for sharing the file! I was super excited to find it at 2 am last night while throwing together a last minute scientist outfit for my daughter to wear to school. She loved it!
I used Adobe Reader to add her name. Just click “comment” in the toolbar and “T” to add text. Easy!
Kellie Hency says
March 11, 2019 at 9:41 pmThese are absolutely perfect for my little scientist’s birthday party. Great job thank you. Are you still available to change these up? If so it would be cool to follow another lady and use my sons age for the clearance.
belinda lopez aviles says
June 16, 2019 at 8:42 amthank you so much, you save my day and put a big smile on my fifth graders
Amy says
June 21, 2019 at 5:28 pmThese cool mad scientist name badges are PERFECT for my preschool class for Mad Science week! Thank you for making them a FREE printable! Us preschool teachers appreciate it because we’re always broke. Low pay!
Ann-Marie says
August 2, 2019 at 1:48 pmLoved all your ideas for this party!! Loved the badges! Would you be able to do a level 4 with the fingerprint square blank? Was thinking it might be fun for the kids to do their own fingerprint.
Sally-Anne says
October 10, 2019 at 3:21 amThese badges are perfect for my son’s science themed party – thank you for making them available.