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.
#Garbage truck halloween costume windows#
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. Seeing the smiles on my boys faces made all the late nights and early mornings to make these all worth it.Creative costume by Erica S., Plainfield, IL
So a lot of my time was placed trying to figure out the best way to make this look exactly like the truck that comes to our house. Nothing seemed to work on the first time around I felt like I would do things the way I thought it should look and then would change my mind. All this is so much easier to type out than it was to complete.
#Garbage truck halloween costume license#
Creating the wheels, the exhaust pipe, the horn, the working headlights, the logos, the personalized license plates, the windows, the reflective tape, the beanies, the vests. After about 3 coats of paint and lots of touch up it was then time for all the fun details. Once everything was hot glued together I then got ready to paint. After experimenting with boxes,emptying the ones I decided on, I then had to take them apart and put them back together with the cardboard facing out so it was easier to paint. It started with the trip to walmart to walk the aisles to look for boxes that seemed the shapes I was looking for. Almost 20 hours later here it is and my husband and I decided to get in on the family fun. With no luck I stumbled on some moms who had tried to make garbage trucks themselves and decided to take on the task. So I immediately opened my computer and searching for something to buy. This year I asked my son what he wanted to be and he said Garbage truck. Moms will do anything to see the smile on their kids face that I saw when I showed my kids their Halloween costumes.
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