"Humans in Diguise:part1 Costume"

Costume Instructions

Costume Materials
Last years black super hero jumpsuit
one pair winter gloves
one pair winter boots
one bike helmet
one ready made soup bowl
one dishwasher detergent bottle
two shoe forms
toy bulldozer parts
twelve craft foam sheets
spray paint, glue, velcro, tape, and whatever else might be lying around

Costume Instructions
The first mandate was DO NOT THROW OUT ANY PLASTIC CONTAINERS. I started a big pile in the garage for anything made of plastic that might be heading for the trash. I wasn’t exactly sure what I needed but I would worry about that later.
After surveying the bits and pieces I began thinking about ways they might connect.I found a ready made soup bowl that when cut in half fit perfectly on the toe of the boots. Then I spotted some plastic shoe inserts that looked great as knee pieces.
I found an old bike helmet that once decorated with portions of a dish washer detergent bottle looked very robotic.
While at the thrift store looking for trucks and cars to borrow pieces from I found a broken 1/6th scale race car. I imagined that if my son scrunched into a ball that he and that car were around the same size. This made the rest super easy. Using a rotory cutting tool, I simply cut the car up into two sets of equal pieces that I would velcro onto his jumpsuit. Wheels and doors on the back, fenders on the legs, roof on the arms, hood on the chest and so-on. The last touches were cutting black craft foam into mechanical shapes and then gluing those onto the jumpsuit. A little paint and he was ready for action.