Coolest Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy Costume 14

by Rachael
(Wisconsin)

Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy Costume

Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy Costume

I used one large box for each of the Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy costume. All I did was cut the top flaps into the shape of the back of the train, and used masking tape to hold it together. This also gave my kids a place to stand in the center of the box.

The smoke stack is an empty Quaker Oats container painted black and attached with a hot glue. I used 2 elastic straps attached by brads as the "seatbelts," as my kids call them. They had to be put on crosswise in order to stay up on their shoulders.

The wheels were cut out of the long flaps on the bottom of the box. For the faces, I bought craft foam discs, painted them black, and hot glued them to the front. I drew the faces in white construction paper with a black sharpie and glued that to the foam. All of the paint is acrylic paint from Michael's.

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Coolest Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy Costume 14

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Jul 27, 2009
thomas = 1
by: Anonymous

Thomas is number one, not number 3.

Sep 24, 2009
Yay!
by: Angel

These are terrific! Thanks for sharing your pictures and description. I think I may try to make a Thomas for my son this year. - Maybe she put a #3 for his age. I just made a Thomas Tank cake and I put a 2.5 on the engine since we were celebrating his turning 2.5 yrs old.

Sep 25, 2009
exactly what i was looking to do!
by: Anonymous

My daughter wants to be Lady (the purple train from the Magic Railroad) and I've been hunting for something to model her costume on! This completely looks like something I can do easily and nicely.

Oct 27, 2009
life is too short to worry about what number is on the train
by: Have fun

1 or 3, lighten up Anonymous...this is supposed to be fun!

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