My materials:
1 diaper box
1 box of milk cartons three-pack, cut in half
1 empty tub of Greek yogurt
1 empty tub of broccoli cheddar soup (same size as yogurt tub)
3 dessert-size paper plates
1 dinner-size paper plate
strips of cardboard
4 feet-ish of thick ribbon
1 can blue spray paint
1 can black spray paint
red acrylic paint
yellow acrylic paint
black sharpie
hot glue gun
scissors
picture of Thomas or Thomas toy to look at
The only things I had to buy were the blue spray paint and the ribbon because I wanted ribbon cuter than what I had, It totaled roughly $2, and that's rounding up.
The funnest part about the costume was that I made the funnel be the place where the candy goes. That way he didn't need to carry a bucket or bag for candy. Here's what I did. Maybe it will be helpful to someone out there who likes to throw cheap stuff together for costumes. :)
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| Started cutting a diaper box |
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| Found this in the recycling |
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| Cut a hole in a box flap and hot glued the container to it-- a spot for candy! |
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| Later I cut a trap door into this so the candy could be taken out easier. |
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| So the top looked like this and I cut the hole at the bottom a little bigger for his feet to walk. |
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| Attached the other box-half with hot glue and spray painted it all blue |
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| Spray painted the next container black for the funnel, and glued it around the hole |
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| Cut slits and glued the ribbon down |
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| Painted red lines and let Cal help attach spray-painted paper plates |
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| I had also spray painted these blue cardboard strips and then glued them on top of the wheels |
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| Painted my yellow "1" on the sides, drew a face on a trimmed dinner plate with a sharpie, and BAM. Thomas. |
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| Teddy approved |
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| And so did his Wizard-Brothers |