TNTpearson2
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I'm very new to this degree of costume making. My previous costumes consisted of sewing combined with store bought props
This is what i made last year the night before we needed them. I know the light sabers are the wrong colors but that's all i could find :/
Well this year I've got at better start. I'm making woody the cowboy (almost complete just need to figure out what I'm doing for a hat and make the gun holster from craft foam, something I've never done before). For my 4 year old, I'm making Buzz Lightyear. I've searched and searched for ideas and how to's and stumbled upon this forum. I leaned about foam tiles and how they are awesome for costumes. So my plan is to make the chest thing (sorry new to this, I'm a cake baker/decorator and seamstress not a costume maker) out of foam tiles. I will use a planter to mold them around and cover it with fabric, because i had already bought the fabric before i learned about foam and It'll be cheaper than buying more paint. Im adding a hood to a ready made white long sleeve shirt. making pants and will make a diaper type thing to wear over the pants with the green belt on it. I have foam tubes that will be incased in black to wear around his waist. Im painting rubber boots from last years Luke costume. and making gloves. if i can find a bowl or other plastic the right size I will make a partial dome head thing.
******Since I haven't actually attempted the foam process yet right now what I need help with is lighting???********
I want his "laser" to work but this is NOT even close to my area. I'd be happy with a light that stays on (I've read about the LED taped to a CR2032, i will do that if i can't find another options). It would be even cooler if there was a button to push just like Buzz to activate it. Here's the catch, i don't know how to do it, so i need something i can buy but i don't really know what to search for so I'm coming up empty handed????? I'd also like the wings to have a blinking red and a blinking green (again if they have to stay on they will). I saw someone suggested bike lights so maybe that will work? In the mean time, I am very open to suggestions. I will try to update as I go. Im sure it will be comical for you all to see how I do on my first costume, but I have to start somewhere; its only a matter of time before he asks to be Ironman (his FAVORITE superhero)!!!!
This is what i made last year the night before we needed them. I know the light sabers are the wrong colors but that's all i could find :/
Well this year I've got at better start. I'm making woody the cowboy (almost complete just need to figure out what I'm doing for a hat and make the gun holster from craft foam, something I've never done before). For my 4 year old, I'm making Buzz Lightyear. I've searched and searched for ideas and how to's and stumbled upon this forum. I leaned about foam tiles and how they are awesome for costumes. So my plan is to make the chest thing (sorry new to this, I'm a cake baker/decorator and seamstress not a costume maker) out of foam tiles. I will use a planter to mold them around and cover it with fabric, because i had already bought the fabric before i learned about foam and It'll be cheaper than buying more paint. Im adding a hood to a ready made white long sleeve shirt. making pants and will make a diaper type thing to wear over the pants with the green belt on it. I have foam tubes that will be incased in black to wear around his waist. Im painting rubber boots from last years Luke costume. and making gloves. if i can find a bowl or other plastic the right size I will make a partial dome head thing.
******Since I haven't actually attempted the foam process yet right now what I need help with is lighting???********
I want his "laser" to work but this is NOT even close to my area. I'd be happy with a light that stays on (I've read about the LED taped to a CR2032, i will do that if i can't find another options). It would be even cooler if there was a button to push just like Buzz to activate it. Here's the catch, i don't know how to do it, so i need something i can buy but i don't really know what to search for so I'm coming up empty handed????? I'd also like the wings to have a blinking red and a blinking green (again if they have to stay on they will). I saw someone suggested bike lights so maybe that will work? In the mean time, I am very open to suggestions. I will try to update as I go. Im sure it will be comical for you all to see how I do on my first costume, but I have to start somewhere; its only a matter of time before he asks to be Ironman (his FAVORITE superhero)!!!!
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I'm going to head out to the hobby store and see if I can find some kind of solution. I love that its easy on off with a simple push of a button my 4 year old can operate but i think id rather make a new arm where i could insert an LED and batter taped together that stays on because it would look better. We will see. for now I'm not even going to post a pic because well it was a waste of time. Ill post the ugly one when i have something better to replace it!
