Our inflatable costumes come in three styles: one-piece suits, ride-on illusions, and pick-me-up designs. Each one holds its shape from a small battery-powered fan that runs the whole time you have it on. Every style featured on this page leaves your face open rather than sealing it behind a cellophane window, so you can talk, eat and drink without breaking the illusion, and the costume stays on all night instead of coming off early. We run over 500,000 quality checks a year across everything we make.
Three styles, one simple setup
A one-piece suit turns you into the whole creature, head to toe. Ride-on styles wrap a second body around your front and back so it looks like something else is carrying you, and pick-me-up designs flip that trick around, so a giant figure appears to be scooping you up instead, the same illusion our piggyback costumes use. Underneath, all three work the same: step in, zip or seal the openings, switch the fan on, and the shape holds itself as long as the fan keeps running. Switch it off and the whole thing deflates and folds flat in seconds, which is also how it goes back in the bag.
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The Giant Diplodocus Inflatable Costume puts a long arched dinosaur neck above your head and leaves your own face open at the front, with a zip entry instead of a mask to climb into. |
Blue mane, horn and tail built into the design, the Unicorn Ride On Inflatable Costume wraps a full unicorn body around your waist so it looks like you galloped in rather than walked. |
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Sized separately for adults and kids
Adults wear these to bachelor and bachelorette parties, tailgates, costume contests, and Halloween get-togethers. Kids wear them to school events and trick-or-treat rounds. Those are two different bodies to fit, so we cut adult and kids sizing as separate lines rather than scaling one pattern down, and most of what we sell in this category is adult-sized. All of our kids' products are safety tested by accredited labs.
Browse the full adult inflatable costumes range, or head to kids inflatable costumes, where sizing runs by height rather than age.
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Kids get their own pick-me-up trick too: the Kids Sumo Pick me Up Inflatable Costume makes it look like a giant sumo wrestler has scooped your child up, sized for kids 5 feet and under. |
The Inflatable Alien with Astronaut Costume Pick Me Up Mens is the pick-me-up version of the trick: a giant alien appears to have scooped you up mid-abduction. Elastic seals hold the air in, there is a pocket built in for your phone, and it is sized for adults standing 5'4" to 6'4" (165 to 192cm). |
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How to choose a style
One thing decides it more than anything else: how much room you need to move. A one-piece suit is the narrowest of the three styles, so it is the easiest to dance in or get through a doorway. Ride-on and pick-me-up styles are wider by design, because the illusion depends on a second body sitting around you, which is worth knowing before you commit to a crowded bar. If you want another one-piece look beyond the dinosaur and unicorn above, here are two more.
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Defined muscle detail from shoulders to belly, and a fringed mawashi belt with tassels: the Mens Sumo Megamorph Inflatable Costume Blue leaves your own face open under a black topknot headpiece, and fits most adults with no numbered height range. |
Same open-face design, this time on a dinosaur: the Inflatable T-Rex Dinosaur Costume puts an open-jawed T-Rex head above yours while your own face shows through an opening at the chest, one size fits most adults. |
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Sizing and fit
Sizing is not consistent across this range, so check the chart on the product page rather than assuming one size covers everyone. Some styles give you a height range: the astronaut pick-me-up above fits adults 5'4" to 6'4" (165 to 192cm), and the kids' sumo pick-me-up fits children 5 feet and under. The sumo Megamorph and the T-Rex carry no numbered range at all and are cut to fit most adult body types instead. Kids' sizing runs by height, not by age, so measure your child rather than going by their birthday. If an inflatable is not the fit you are after, our wider range of costumes covers the rest.
Frequently asked questions
How do inflatable costumes work?
A small battery-powered fan inside the costume keeps air moving through the shell the whole time you wear it, and that constant airflow is what holds the shape. There is nothing to pump up before you leave: step in, seal the openings, switch the fan on. Switch it off and it goes flat again.
Can you sit down in an inflatable costume?
Yes in the one-piece and pick-me-up styles, as long as you are not sitting directly on the fan unit. Ride-on styles are the awkward ones: the illusion is a second body wrapped around your front and back, so there is a shape between you and the chair.
Are inflatable costumes hot to wear?
They warm up, yes. The fan moves air through the shell to hold the shape rather than to ventilate you, and it runs the whole time. Wear a light layer underneath rather than something heavy, and step out of it now and then. Every style on this page leaves your face open rather than sealed behind a mask, which helps more than the fan alone does.
How long does the battery last?
Several hours on a fresh set, though the count and type vary by style. Most take 4 AA batteries; the unicorn ride-on above takes 2 AAA instead, so check the product page and pack a spare set for a long night either way.
Are inflatable costumes suitable for kids?
Yes. Our kids' range is sized by height rather than age, so the Kids Sumo Pick me Up above covers any child 5 feet and under, whatever age they are. All of our kids' products are safety tested by accredited labs. Sizing for the rest is on each page in our kids inflatable costumes range.
