What do you get when you cross a perfectionist DIYer with an obsessive glazer? You get my husband and myself. You also get the Candybot 3000.
Tom did an amazing job with Zack’s costume this year, and I just had to share it with you. Obviously, the Candybot 3000 was the hit of the neighborhood. Tom actually made the costume using products that we all know and use often in our DIY projects.
The robot form was built from Elmer’s Foam Boards glued together with hot glue. He cut out the shapes for the buttons and helmet and glued them on to the form. He actually used DAP DryDex spackling around the shapes to contour the edges…and then sanded it with a finish sander and 220-grit sandpaper (I am so not even kidding).
He coated the entire costume with Mod Podge and then spray painted it with Rustoleum’s Bright Coat Metallic Finish in Aluminum. I instructed in glazing it with Ralph Lauren glaze in Black Silk to give it a worn look.
Zack was so proud of his costume, and I was so proud that we were able to put our DIY skills and favorite products to work in a non-home decor fashion.
I hope you and your family had a great Halloween and that the kids have come down from their sugar high!
I love it!!! Great job!!
This is adorable, Lindsay!
Although I have to be honest – I can’t support that longhorns cheerleader costume. 🙂 (Go Mizzou?)
Super cute and fun!!!!
Wow awesome costume!! The best costumes are homemade 🙂
that is very clever! But tell me this – Were you able to get your son OUT of the costume? Hm?
No. Sadly, he’ll be Candybot 3000 for the rest of his life.
Just kidding! 😀 The back of the body was attached by velcro, so it came off very easily. And, it’s still in great condition, so I guess he’ll be playing robot dress-up for weeks to come.
Holy Cow! Ha ha ha. How cute! He did an awesome job!
wow!! super impressive!! You should win an award for that!!
Wow you’re right…perfectionist….but excellent outcome!
Wow, you put our robot costume to shame. And I thought we (my son and I) did a good job ;-). Great costume!
Hook em Horns! LOVE your son’s costume! Awesome work!
So cool – and that little cheerleader is cute too!