#ADULT CONSTRUCTION CONE COSTUME TRIAL#
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Lastly, I found a CalTrans logo on the web, printed it out and glued it on the front of the costume for that extra bit of authenticity and recognizable. Each time he wore the costume we had to tape him into it - the back seam area had an extra tape layer to make the subsequent layers of tape easily removable. And I cut a little bit of the cone away right under his chin so it wouldn’t stick him in the face. Put the hat on your head (or your childs head) and keep pulling the ends past each other until the hat fit. The curved part of the half circle will become the brim of the hat.

Unfortunately the poster board was not big enough to fashion a complete cone, so I did have to use some scrap poster board pieces at the bottom back to make the body wide enough to fit correctly.īoth hat and body pieces are completely covered on the inside with clear packing tape for added strength and pliability. Roll the two flat edges of the half circle towards each other until they meet.

#ADULT CONSTRUCTION CONE COSTUME TRIAL#

The same general idea was used to create the body and even more trial and error to get it to fit over his shoulders and body. Quick Facts: Product Number 73680: Availability: Senior Moment '60' Construction Cone (200465) Orders placed by 4 PM CST usually ship same day.

#ADULT CONSTRUCTION CONE COSTUME PLUS#

I used the hat as a template for cutting the holographic sticker paper border and a hole punch for attachment points for the ribbon. Adult Costumes Costume For Kids Classic Costumes Infant Toddler Costumes Teen Costumes Plus Size Costumes. I began by making a template out of newspaper (using our actual cone as a form) for the hat, it took some trial and error (and some high school geometry/trigonometry) to get the fit right. I got the orange poster board (2 sheets), holographic sticker paper (4 sheets) and orange ribbon at the craft/fabric store and the orange onesie at Target (already had the grey construction PJs). I knew immediately that I would make a “dunce-like” hat for the top piece, the body piece would have arm holes and he’d wear an orange onesie. I wanted something relatively easy to make and upon seeing an actual traffic cone in our garage it dawned on me that here was my answer to a Homemade Traffic Cone Toddler Halloween Costume. My 4.5 year old son had decided to be a backhoe for Halloween, so I had to come up with a “sidekick” costume for my 11 month old.

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