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
The idea for this Halloween costume started as a huge fan of the Transformers series and a bigger fan of well done on-screen special effects. This character is one to admire as well as a challenge to duplicate. The entire costume is hand cut from cardboard. It was broken down to six main pieces, the … Read more
My 4 year old son absolutely LOVES Transformers. Last year he wanted to be Optimus Prime. I bought one of those cheap Walmart costumes with the little jumpsuit and plastic parts. I hated it! When he told me he wanted to be Bumblebee this year I looked at the same type of costume and was … Read more
This Homemade Bumblebee Transformers Costume is a Halloween costume I made for 2009. I decided I wanted to be a Transformer, and Bumblebee was always the character I thought was the coolest – he didn’t have to talk, he just acted! This was constructed from mostly cardboard boxes that computers were shipped in. The entire … Read more
This is 4 year old Logan. He is in a homemade Transforming Bumblebee kids costume. First we started with the top of the camero. We rolled the cardboard to round it to the shape of the top of the car. We hot glued the sides on to keep the shape of the top. Next we … Read more
My 6 y.o. son wanted to be Bumblebee from transformers for Halloween. I thought it would be cool if he also transformed. I wanted the homemade Bumblebee Transformer costume to be easy to transform so his Dad and I wouldn’t have to fuss with it b4 and after transforming. We pieced together 3 different sized … Read more
Here is my attempt at the Homemade BumbleBee Transformers Costume. The suit is made for my little girl who is 4. This build took roughly 30 hours and I’m very glad its finished. Well almost, I have to draw an Autobot symbol on the head. Materials needed are as follows: 1) Cardboard for templates 2) … Read more
My son Declan’s latest craze is Transformers, his favorite being Bumble Bee. The Homemade Bumblebee Transformer Costume is able to transform as the character does into a car and a robot. The costume is mainly comprised from cardboard boxes. The bonnet is designed to fold into his chest when he transforms into the figure. I … Read more
I was a Transformer this Halloween and this costume took me a week and a half to make! It has working headlights, and when I bend down to the ground I can actually turn into a car. I had to wear knee pads all night because I transformed for people so many times. The cops … Read more
My boyfriend is totally in love with the Transformer movies, and so I decided this year I would make a homemade Bumblebee Transformer costume. A lot of people doubted that it would actually transform and look cool, but I did it. It took me a lot of cardboard, glue sticks, duct tape, and THE DOLLAR … Read more