Tiny Terrifying T-Rex Costume 4
by Alison Brown
(Yucaipa, CA)
T-Rex Costume
My four year son was obsessed with T-Rex's last year, so Mom had to deliver! I made his T-Rex head out of a children's plastic fire fighters helmet. I turned it around and started shaping the head from cut up cereal boxes and masking tape.
I glued on the fabric with carpenters glue and plastered over the cardboard for the teeth and eyes. I than painted it. I made his feet out of water bottles and more masking tape, glue and fabric. Again, I plastered and painted the toenails. I made my own pattern for the body and little gloves for his hands.
The whole costume cost about $8.00, for fabric and tape. There may be a cute boy inside, but a TERRIFYING T-REX outside! My son provided the roars and even mastered the T-Rex walk, so between the two of us, it was pretty convincing.
