Welcome to Halloween 2013!
Stacy “The Droid” Wylie for Halloween 2013!
Time to Completion = 1 Hour
Supplies
– 12inch Round Hollow Half Styrofoam Ball (Craft Store ~$10)
– 1 1/2 inch foam tubes (got in a Pack $4.99)
– Blue Acrylic Paint ($1.99)
– 2 Toothpicks (FREE from any restaurant)
– 2 or 3 sheets of Blue Posterboard ($1.10/sheet)
– Tape (Blue painters tape/scotch tape/whatever you have)
– Blue 550 Paracord ($1.99)
– Some Screwdriver or knife to poke holes (who doesn’t have something to poke holes? FREE)
Step 1 – Outline and Paint your Round Styrofoam
Step 2 – Cut and Paint your Antennae
Step 3 – Put The Toothpicks halfway in the bottom of your Antenae
Step 4 – Push the Antennae into the Styrofoam “head”
Step 5 – Cut some Paracord and Thread through some Strap holes
Step 6 – Tape together sheets of Posterboard into a cylinder
Step 7 – Poke Holes in the Cylinder for Strap holes
Step 8 – Wear it!
2 Comments
Stett Holbrook · October 27, 2013 at 4:45 PM
Hi Stacy,
Cool costume. Would you want to write it up for MAKE?
Stett Holbrook
Senior editor, MAKE
childofthehorn · December 13, 2013 at 2:15 AM
Yeah, I absolutely would!
Its super simple and fast enough to make!