I made the back wheel section overlap the the middle section. The other cut was at the base of the back window. Remember, the middle section will swing up when in robot mode and block your kid’s arms if you don’t move those doors out of the way. I made my cuts at the base of the windshield and let the doors swing all the way back like wings when in robot form (see video). All the weight of the costume will hang from these hinges when your kid is walking around, so make sure they are as strong as possible. The middle section is like a turtle shell on your child’s back, and the back section just swings there.Įach of these major sections will need to be connected with 12″ long hinges. Basically, the front section is where your kid’s head will come out (out of the hood/air scoop). You need to cut the car into three major pieces The front section, the middle section, and the back section. If everything looks good, start cutting it up. You need to see if your kid fits in it comfortably. At this point, you don’t want to get too crazy with the glue. Now just cut it out, fold it, and glue it together. e.g., beef up the whole car and make it much taller so your kid can fit inside. Basically, just “cartoon” the car up a bit. To do this, I borrowed a friend’s projector, aimed it at my best piece of cardboard, and enlarged it to the correct size. All I had to do was enlarge the template to the size of my son curled up on his knees and elbows (36″). I found a simple template for a Chevy Camaro (see video). Apparently, people like to make things like cars, famous buildings, and boats out of paper. What saved me were some websites I found. I went through three prototypes that were terrible. Next, get yourself a long metal yardstick, some box cutters, and a hot glue gun with a whole lot of glue.īecause there are no templates or designs to download, I tried to try to design the car myself. I got mine for free at The Home Depot (they use them to divide pallet sized items delivered to them). Making a Homemade Transformer Costumeįirst thing you will need are large flats of cardboard. Hopefully, I can make this really easy for you. I’ll show you what I did right and what I did wrong. Maybe you will be able to overcome this obstacle with your design. Going up stairs is fine, but going down doesn’t work. (By the way, you can get a lot of inspiration from these these cool ready-made transformer costumes!)Īlso, this costume doesn’t work well at all with stairs. But if you want your kid to be the coolest kid on the block, this is costume will draw a crowd. My 6 year old son made about 2 blocks before taking it off. Also, this is not a very good costume for trick-or-treating. It has to transform easily from a robot into a car. First of all, I want to tell you that this is a pretty difficult costume to make. It is very cool, but there is very little information on how exactly to make a homemade Transformer costume. Like most children, I’m sure your child begged you to make one for him/her. I’m sure you saw that video a few years back of a Bumblebee homemade Transformer costume that actually transformed.
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