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Violet-earred Hummingbird
Materials: cardboard, white glue, staples, construction paper, origami paper.
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Cardboard Penguin Costume
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Materials: cardboard, butcher paper, tempera, white glue, staples, 2 buttons
Cardboard and Paper Owl Costume
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Materials: Washi paper, newsprint, butcher paper, florist paper, construction paper, cardboard, Sumie ink, and an old pair of sunglasses
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Welcome to Cardboard Costume Challenge 2017!
It's all about inspiration, the exchange of ideas, and the excitement of making something by hand.
There are no contests.
No prizes.
No endorsements.
No sponsorships.
Just look around on the site, Pinterest Board, and around the web and challenge yourself to make your costume from cardboard, and whatever other scraps you can find.
If you would like to share your costume, send us a picture and we'll post it.
We've already started to receive some costumes for 2017.
Have a look at the AWESOME, creative and inspiring cardboard costumes below!
Cardboard train costume by Alex Nadeau
Busy Bee by Camille www.thecardboardcollective.com
Busy Bee by Camille www.thecardboardcollective.com
Busy Bee by Camille www.thecardboardcollective.com
Cardboard Hermit Crab Costume
Cardboard Hermit Crab Costume by Amber
Materials: cardboard, paper chord, white glue, paint
Cardboard Lobster Costume
Cardboard Lobster Costume by Amber and Pete
materials: cardboard, paper, paper cord, white glue, paint
Paper Jellyfish Costume
Paper Jellyfish Costume by Amber
materials: cardboard, paper cord, paper, white glue, LEDs
Cardboard Octopus Costume
Cardboard Octopus Costume by Amber
materials: cardboard, watercolors, paper cord, cartons, Kraft paper, white glue, wire, LEDs
Red Velvet Worm, Crossing Signal and the Golden Gate Bridge!
You"ll never believe these costumes sent from a parallel cardboard universe. Interactive lights, secret candy chutes and functioning game pieces. Yeah!
What impresses me most, is the smiles of a family that "makes" together. From hair-brained idea to triumphant march on Halloween night, you can tell they enjoyed the whole process.
I hope you will be as inspired as I was by the favorite cardboard projects that costume meisters Rosie and Ben have created over the years. They sent me these pictures of their costumes for the Cardboard Costume Challenge.
Viva la Halloween!
1. Anglerfish. Complete with hinged mouth that opens and closes, push light eyes and an internal switch for the overhead light.
2. Red Candle. Contains an internal switch so friends can "blow" out the candle.
3. Crosswalk. Contains switch from "walk" to "don't walk." So fun!
4. Tropical Pitcher Plant. Fly hat for a finishing touch. Includes chute to drop in candy!
5. Calculator. "hello!"
6. Velvet Worm. Yes, very obscure. Silly string was used for "slime glands."
7. Black Widow and Fly
8. Connect 4. Yes, the game actually works. We donated it to a local school after Halloween.
9. Golden Gate Bridge. A hinge connects the road in the middle but we mostly stayed unconnected!
The Time is here! Are you cutting up cardboard yet?
Find out more about the 2016 Cardboard Costume Challenge HERE
Dancing Cardboard Skeleton Costume
Dancing Cardboard Skeleton by Amber
materials: cardboard, tempera, watercolors, paper cord, nuts and bolts, white glue
Cardboard Queen Bee Costume
Cardboard Queen Bee Costume by Amber
materials: cardboard, white glue, paper, apple cartons, paper twine
Cardboard Pumpkin Head
Cardboard Pumpkin Head Costume by Amber
materials: cardboard, craft paper, tempera paint
Cardboard Dragonfly Costume
Cardboard Dragonfly Costume by Amber
materials: paper, paper twine, cardboard, apple cartons, glue, watercolors
Matt Lentini Ren and Stimpy costumes
2015 Cardboard Costume Parade!
Matt and Nicole Lentini Matador and Bull cardboard costumes
Matt and Nicole Lentini Matador and Bull costumes
Ren, Stimpy and Log costumes by Matt Lentini and Matador and Bull costumes by Matt and Nicole Lentini
"Wild Things and Max" bicycle-friendly costumes sent by Sarah
Frank-Ein-Stein and Fox Head by Betsy A. Riley
Mosquito costume by Rebecca at Lepetitearbre
Robot costume by Manon Doran see more pictures at her blog Une Dahlia en Westfalia
Do you have photos to send? I'll keep updating this post. I would love to see your photos and the one-of-a-kind costume you made this year!
These costumes are pure cardboard magic. Thanks to everyone that sent photos and Happy Halloween 2015!
Paper Toad Costume
Paper Toad Costume by Amber
Made from recycled materials & recyclable
Cardboard, egg cartons, expandable packing paper, Japanese paper rice bags, thread, acrylic paint, watercolor paint, white glue, staples
Monarch Caterpillar from Cardboard
Cardboard Monarch Caterpillar Costume by Amber
Made from recycled materials and recyclable
cardboard, Japanese paper rice bags, white glue, staples, thread, steel-toothed zipper, caster wheels, acrylic paint
Paper Milkweed Costume
Milkweed Costume by Amber
Made from recycled materials and recyclable
Melon cartons, egg cartons, paper twine, cardboard, Japanese paper rice bags, newspaper, tempera, chalk, white glue, staples
A Cardboard Mushroom
Cardboard Mushroom (Amanita Muscaria) Costume by Amber and Pete
Made from recycled materials and recyclable
Cardboard, packing paper, staples, glue, tempera paint, Japanese paper rice bags
Cardboard Costumes!
L. Towill's "Snowy Owl"
M. Doran's cardboard peg horse http://unedaliaenwestfalia.wordpress.com/
J. deGroot's cardboard stag
Wow! These are some of the incredible costumes that blog readers sent. Cardboard used in a variety of ways, and utilizing the natural tones and textures of the material. Outstanding!