My son, Brian, 4, wanted to be a garbage truck, a forklift, an army tank, a transformer, and I can go on! We finally decided on an Army tank. I must admit, I was NOT feeling the Army tank. I wanted him to be the garbage truck. I even had an idea for a bin … Read more
Halloween has always been a big deal to me growing up as a kid and I would always look forward to the building process with my Dad each year. But of course, the halloween costume builiding took a back seat for the high school and college years as life became busier and busier. It wasnt … Read more
We decided we wanted to do a creative costume, and try to make it as realistic as possible. We decided to go with the Homemade Green Plastic Army Toy Soldier Costumes. Even though some others have done this costume in the past, we figured we could take it to another level. We knew we needed … Read more
My 7 year old son decided he wanted to be a green plastic soldier, like the ones that come alive in the movie Toy Story. He loved the way they hopped around on their platform, and then froze in place when a person came in the room. He wanted to do both of those actions, … Read more
After exams last year, my friends (Paul and Benny) and I had enough of studying and we decided that we wanted to do something fun and challenging. We came up with the idea of creating a cardboard tank and taking it to some drive-thrus to order food. Building the tank was a very interesting experience. … Read more
After racking my brain for months, I finally came down to a decision on my Halloween costume. I decided on the classic supermarket store bought toy soldier. The green army man. The 50 pack of dudes in green and later in tan, from the 50’s that swerve sold next to the cowboy and Indians. First … Read more
My six year old son Blade asked to dress up as Green Army man from Toy Story. I started with regular clothing. I painted two times with semi gloss latex paint with a brush (this is what gives his the “plastic effect”!!! The thicker the better!) Then I painted three coats of Kelly Green spray paint. … Read more
This was last year when I tried out some zombie Ideas. This one I made from old Army clothes I had and a Thanks Giving turkey bone. And makeup I made with Shoe Goo. It’s a Rubber stuff. And then I broke open an old Swiffer mop and removed the baby pump inside. I went … Read more
Garret as the Green Plastic Army Man. This costume was awesome but boy let me tell you the problems we had. When Garret first decided he wanted to do this for his costume we thought, oh this will be cheap, we have all kinds of stuff around the house. We were going to use an … Read more
This was a joint project between my four year old and me. He crawls around all day transforming between a tank and a boy, so I decided to design him a costume. We reviewed Google images of tanks so that I could get a feel for the shape, as well as decide what parts needed … Read more
Halloween has and will always be one of my favorite holidays. I LOVE dressing up and I love making my costume even more. Honestly, I plan my costume a whole year in advance and begin making it in mid June! But this year was different. Although I knew what I wanted to be, my husband … Read more
I know it’s been done before but I’d just love to submit this plastic Toy Soldier Halloween costume any way! Materials: Cargo pants thrift store Rain Coat thrift store Combat boots thrift store hardhat helmet nitridex gloves toy gun & accessories belt green grease make up cardboard cut out with string Bought most of the … Read more