Thursday, November 12, 2009

I only have duct tape so I can make costumes. And hold doors together until the contractor can get here.

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duct tape is your friend
Making Ethan's Lifesaver costume was very easy. I measured how tall Ethan was from his armpits to his knees, and around his chest, then got a piece of scrap material in those dimensions. I laid out a piece of florist's wire on each end so I could give the finished piece some shape when I was done. Then I just covered the cloth with two strips of duct tape and used each color in turn.
work in progress
I just taped the sides together on the inside and outside of the tube, then made two straps out of duct tape folded over on itself. (Simon took the photo above. He does a good job for a four year old, don't you think?)

Candy costume
To make the label, I cut a piece of handmade paper that my sister gave me to approximately the right size, and cut out letters with my little cricut. I think they were 5 and 5.5 inches high, from the Opposites Attract cartridge. I just used a glue stick to attach them, then used a piece of clear shelf liner to attach and cover the whole label on the tube.
And now may I present Darth Vader and his LifeSaver:

Off to trick or treat!

5 comments:

bcre8uv said...

Darling costume! What a great idea to use duct tape!!

Unknown said...

Adorable. but you kept saying "I just" like it's that easy for EVERYONE!! Not! very impressive!

Jason said...

Darth Vader and his life saver? GROAN! (Okay, actually, I chuckled.) Amazing costumes!

Heather said...

Yay! Someone got my husband's silly pun! Thanks for the kind words. :)

Ashley said...

That is too adorable! Love it!!

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