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Garbage man costume diy9/26/2023 ![]() ![]() We fastened another smaller box (narrow) in the front for the cab. We found a box a little bigger than our six year old son and cut a hole in the top for his body so that his arms could be free. The materials we used on this creative costume were: cardboard boxes (sizes depends on the size of your trick-or-treater), duct tape, paint, paper fasteners, glitter, black marker signs generated on the computer and silver insulation tape. He was also dressed as a garbage man so that he could pull the truck behind him on his wagon. It just takes a little imagination and a picture or toy truck to look at for reference and ideas.Ĭreative costume by Kevin D. ![]() This was a fairly easy to medium creative costume to put together. I bought two push night lights for the head lights and attached with hot glue. ![]() I used hot glue and duct tape to secure everything. And the exhaust pipes are from the hardware store like PVC piping or plumbing piping. The horns on top of the truck are cones from the hobby store. The last box I cut up for small pieces (tires, mirrors, horns, bumpers and wheel wells.) The wheel wells are just bent cardboard. I glued and taped two together for the main cab then a smaller box on the front for the hood and grill and another smaller on the back for tires. I put his costume together with about five boxes. His dad and grandpa both drive semi trucks so this year he asked me to make him a Peter built costume. My son Jeremiah (five years old) loves trucks, semi trucks pick up trucks and any kind of trucks. I had a blast doing this and most importantly my three year old son was overjoyed with his costume!Ĭreative costume by Sarah D., Thornton, CO I spent only $5 on the spray paint on this costume but I think you could do it for $10 if you had to go out and buy a couple extra supplies. I really only bought the spray paint for the costume because I just used things I had around the house. To complete the costume my husband brought a hardhat home from work so my son could wear it and I had him put on a red flannel shirt just for effect. I also cut out handles on the side of the truck so that my son could hold it up with his hands as well. The rope was used kind of as a shoulder harness so the costume wouldn’t drag on the ground. I then cut two holes in the top of the cement barrel and on top of the truck so that I could attach the rope. ![]() The cover is so light that the duct tape was plenty strong to hold it in place. Once everything was completely dry I attached the rose cover to the back of the cement truck with duct tape. I figured putting the logo would help people understand what he was in case they couldn’t identify my creative costume! I lastly used yellow on the rose cover to make the Tonka logo and then wrote the letters directly over the yellow. I used black to outline the windows, headlights and define the front grill cover. I put a line of yellow in the back and then slanted black lines for the caution symbol. Once everything was dry I used the fabric paints to complete the details. I also spray painted the rose cover with silver because this was used as the barrel of the cement truck. I used it for the windows in the front and on side and also for the front grill cover and headlights of the truck. I then used tape to stencil out on the box where I wanted my silver spray paint to go. After cutting I used the blue tape to cover all the exposed edges so he wouldn’t get any cardboard cuts. Once the paint was dry I just cut out the back part where my son would be standing in the costume. Now normally cement trucks I find are red and white but my son’s favorite color is blue so I customized it to his likes. In order to do this I got the following supplies: cardboard box (which my husband brought home from work), rope (I found some in the garage), duct tape and blue painters tape (I had on hand), blue spray paint and silver spray paint, yellow, red and black fabric paint (I had on hand), one garden/rose Styrofoam cover (I happened to have one in the garage but they can be found at any nursery). My son’s favorite truck is a cement truck so I decided to try and make a creative costume and put one together for him. Creative costume by Erica S., Plainfield, IL ![]()
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