Garbage Truck Costume How-To
Here are some pictures of Matt's Garbageman costume from last year. Below I've included some instructions on making it yourself. Enjoy!
Some of the things you'll need:
cardboard (big sheets are good, but if you have smaller boxes lying
around you can always duct tape pieces together)
Duct tape
masking tape
glue gun
carpet knife
2 cans of green (or whatever color your trucks are) spraypaint
2 nylon straps about 2 1/2 feet long each
some cotton batting
yardstick/straight edge
assorted craft paint or acrylics for the details
patience (and maybe some band-aids)
Click on an image to make it bigger.
Now that I'm looking at the page below again, I think you'll probably be better off scoring the 3 1/2" marks on the far right and left of the big sheet on the opposite side of the cardboard, since the folds are going to be going in the other direction. Sorry about that.
And here's Mr First Prize Garbageboy at last year's Halloween party at the Park District. You wore it well, lil' dude!
Some of the things you'll need:
cardboard (big sheets are good, but if you have smaller boxes lying
around you can always duct tape pieces together)
Duct tape
masking tape
glue gun
carpet knife
2 cans of green (or whatever color your trucks are) spraypaint
2 nylon straps about 2 1/2 feet long each
some cotton batting
yardstick/straight edge
assorted craft paint or acrylics for the details
patience (and maybe some band-aids)
Click on an image to make it bigger.
Now that I'm looking at the page below again, I think you'll probably be better off scoring the 3 1/2" marks on the far right and left of the big sheet on the opposite side of the cardboard, since the folds are going to be going in the other direction. Sorry about that.
And here's Mr First Prize Garbageboy at last year's Halloween party at the Park District. You wore it well, lil' dude!
posted by BixDog at 12:55 PM
8 Comments:
This is amazing -- not just the finished design, but the "blueprints." Thanks a ton for sharing this!
From a garbage tot and his mom. :)
Wonderful and inspiring. Congrats on the trophy. Love your son's smile, he looks so pleased.
hahah Wonderful!
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THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! MY 3 YEAR OLD WANTS TO BE A GARBAGE MAN & I'M UNABLE TO FIND IT ANYWHERE...HE WILL LOVE THIS..IF I CAN PULL IT OFF! WISH ME LUCK..IF YOU WANT TO SELL IT PLEASE EMAIL ME @ 4LOONIES@BELLSOUTH.NET
This is amazing. Thank you for posting this. My son wants to be a "truck" this year for Halloween and I had no idea how to go about it. You did a great job and I hope I can pull it off half as well as you.
Thanks for taking the time to post this. Your costume is amazing. I am going to attempt to turn our red wagon into a trash truck to pull my son (the garbage man) around on Halloween night. Your blue prints are a great source of ideas.
Thanks again! And I hope you post about what Matt will be dressed as in '08.
Thank You very much for your detailed instructions. They rock.
Had a few little problems, but nothing a box-cutter and hot glue couldn't solve.
http://bigbri.com/images/costume/gt1.jpg
http://bigbri.com/images/costume/gt2.jpg
http://bigbri.com/images/costume/gt3.jpg
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