DIY Sheldon Cooper Costume

Last Halloween, I dressed up as Sheldon Lee Cooper, Ph.D., Sc.D. from the best sitcom of all time, The Big Bang Theory. TBBT was my favorite series on Netflix. I have watched the 12 seasons more than five times. So, I decided to dress up as Sheldon. It may seem that he was not scary but I don’t care.

Here’s how I achieved the look. I already have brown pants, converse shoes, and a blue long sleeves. My problem was finding his iconic The Flash shirt. I went to Chatuchak Weekend Market to find anything similar to that shirt but I failed. On Halloween day, I still don’t have the shirt. What I did was create the shirt on my own.

I bought a red shirt for 20 baht. It has a small print on it so I planned to wear it inside out. My next problem was making the Flash symbol printed on the shirt. I went to 7/11, luckily, I saw a yellow multi-purpose tape. It was less than 40 baht. All-in-all, I only spent about 60 baht.

I went back to my room and started working on my costume. I cut a circle from a bond paper using a colander. Then, create the Flash symbol using the tape. I assembled the two, and tada, I have my complete outfit. I just want to share this story because I am impressed with how creative I was at that time.