When our 2 1/2 year old son said he wanted to be Bumblebee for Halloween, we knew he didn’t mean of the pollinating insect type. We had recently been to the Indianapolis children’s museum and he was taken with the large autobot that graces the main entry of the building. I have so far refused … Read more
This was my wife’s idea for a costume for a contest that was going to happen at work. after the idea was planted I then had to design the outfit to do and look like the real toy. I had played with the toy and analyzed how each of the different pieces came together. the toy … Read more
7 year old son: “Dad, I want to be a bumblebee for Halloween.” Dad: “Really, you mean one with black and yellow stripes and cute little wings. Kind of baby-ish don’t you think?” Son: “No Dad, Bumblebee! From Transformers.” Dad: “Oh, of course. That’s better. That will be cool, we can make it look like … Read more
My 3 yr. old son loves Bumblebee the Transformer, so my wife and I started looking in stores for a Bumblebee Transformer Halloween costume to buy, only to be horribly disappointed in the quality of the costumes available. I had made his costume last year, but used foam core board and I wasn’t convinced this … Read more
My child wanted to be a Transformer that transformed. After doing a lot of research and trying different ideas we came up with this Bumblebee Transformer Halloween Costume. We used this idea, because of how young our son is; we did not want anything attached to his arms. We took a box that fitted the … Read more
This Homemade Bumblebee Transformer Autobot Costume is my tribute to my favorite Autobot, Bumblebee! Every year I attend a charity event to raise money for the local children’s hospital. However, this is not just a charity event. It is also a chance to get creative and see who can pull off the best fancy dress … Read more
My son Gabe decided last year, after an impressive first attempt at a transformers costume (he was Optimus Prime), that this year he wanted to be Bumblebee. So, my crafty husband had a year to think it over, and here it is!
I used 30 glue sticks, paint cardboard and paper mache. Later..here it is….Homemade Transformer Bumble Bee Animated Costume, animated from the cartoon!!
My 3 year old niece wanted to be Bumble Bee so I got busy on ideas for a Homemade Bumble Bee Transformer Costume. I set to work. I first had to find the proper fabric and foam. A new saving grace was finding stiff felt. Most of my time making the costume was trouble shooting. … Read more
This year my son wanted us to be Transformers. He wanted to be Bumblebee from the movie. I looked at a lot of different ideas and came up with the idea to use football shoulder pads to connect the majority of the costume to. I had thought the robots kinda had a football player look … Read more
Here is my son Ayden in his Transformer Bumblebee costume. His costume is made of all camping bed form, tons of hot glue and paint. I had used different references form online pictures to get the look that I wanted. Once all together I had painted and added Velcro to hold it together too. The … Read more
For this Halloween costume we used minimal materials. The following were materials we purchased that can be found at Wal-Mart. Two foam camping bed rolls, black sweats and bike helmet. The following tools were necessary to complete the project: hot knife from a craft store, low temp hot glue gun (or one with adjustable temperature). … Read more