Transform your pet into an astronaut for $10 or less

BY TIFFANY DITTO

Dressing up your fur baby for Halloween isn't a new trend, but it has become more prevalent with the rise of social media. But after buying yourself a costume sure to wow your friends, your Halloween budget may be stretched pretty thin. Stress no more! We've DIY-ed an easy costume you can create for your pet for less than $10.

Costume

Supplies:

2 soda bottles

A can of silver spray paint

A roll of duck tape

Black Felt

A printout of the NASA logo

1 piece of elastic or pet shirt

Red, orange, and hot pink tissue paper

A hot-glue gun and glue sticks

Scissors

Steps

1. Prep your jet pack bottles by drinking or dumping the soda out of the bottles and peeling off the labels. Then, rinse out the bottles. Using the silver spray paint, coat the outside of the bottles in paint and let the bottles dry. This part of the process could take 10 minutes to an hour.

2. Next, using your duck tape, tape the two bottles together around the area where the brand labels once were.

3. Now, take your tissue paper and begin cutting out a leaf shape. Be sure to create different sizes in each color that way the flames look more realistic.

4. Layer the different colors of tissue over the top of each other — being sure that they don't align so that each color can be seen. Using the hot-glue gun, glue the stack of the paper flames inside the drinking end of the bottles.

5. Cover the duck tape area on the bottles with a strip of black felt. This is where your logo will be placed later on.

6. Cut out your NASA logo and place it on top of the black felt in the middle of the two bottles.

7. Lastly, hot-glue your elastic or shirt to the back of the bottles. This will be used to attach your jetpack to your dog, so be sure that your elastic is long enough to fit around your dog's abdomen if you choose to go that route.

8. Voila — your pup is now an astronaut!

Pup-friendly pumpkin patches

Here are three dog friendly pup-kin patches you can attend to enjoy fall frolicking with your costumed furry friend.

Love Creek Orchards

Medina, TX — Friendly pets are welcome on a leash as long as waste is picked up and dogs are not brought near the petting zoo area. The orchards also ask that dog owners refrain from allowing dogs to use the pumpkins as fire hydrants.

Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Saturday, Sunday and Monday in October. Admission price is $6 per person. For more information, visit the website.

Address: 13558 State Hwy 16 North

Website: lovecreekorchards.com

Phone: (830) 589-2202

Old Time Christmas Tree Farm

Spring, TX — Pets are welcome with the family to enjoy crafts, food and fall festivities as long as they are on a leash and picked up after.

Open from 4-7 p.m. on Fridays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays during the month of October. Admission price is $5 per person ages 2 and up. For more information, visit the website.

Address: 7632 Spring Cypress Road

Website: oldtimechristmastree.com

Phone: (281) 370-9141

Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch

Flower Mound, TX — Your pup can come along to enjoy all the free fall activities on a leash as long as they are picked up after, including any accidental pumpkin potties.

Open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. from October 1-31. There is a charge for parking: $5 for weekdays and $10 for weekends. Buses are $1 per person, however all activities are free. For more information, visit the website.

Address: 5100 Cross Timbers Road

Website: flowermoundpumpkinpatch.com

Phone: (817) 430-4536