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Violet-earred Hummingbird
Materials: cardboard, white glue, staples, construction paper, origami paper.
paper
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
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
The Time is here! Are you cutting up cardboard yet?
Find out more about the 2016 Cardboard Costume Challenge HERE
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
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
Newspaper Wigs
in Uncategorized, Make
Decorative Repair
...some experiments in repairing books in a way that adds something.
Wouldn't it be nice to add a little poem to a torn page, or a note saying something like...
It's O.K.
Don't worry.
I used Japanese rice paste, (called Nori) and some pretty paper scraps. It was a hard choice sometimes between colors that follow the mood of a book and others that contrast it.
I also tried to fix a glass apothecary jar I use for things like buttons. It broke in a way that created a large hole, but no cracks, so washi tape was enough....
And lastly, my basket for thread. The edges of the basket were cracked and the whole thing was falling apart. The colors of the paper always brighten my mood, and I can still see my thread peeking through patches of the basketry.
Luna Moth Costume
AmberLuna Moth, 2013 Found cardboard and paper, egg and apple cartons, paper cord, watercolor, pastel chalk, white glue
Last in the series:
"Insect Family"
Blue Butterfly Wings
AmberLittle Blue Butterfly, 2013 Found cardboard and paper, melon and apple cartons, paper cord, watercolor, pastel chalk, white glue
part of the series:
"Insect Family"
(Inspired by this butterfly puppet by Octodrone that my daughter fell in love with.)
Cardboard & Newsprint Unicorn Costume
in Uncategorized, Make
To make the costume you'll need:
white paper egg cartons
white newsprint or tissue paper (rainbow colors would be great!)
toilet paper tubes
metallic cardboard, (or rainbow paint your regular cardboard)
stapler
Simple Steps:
cut a rectangular strip of cardboard about 4 inches wide and 10 inches long
fringe newsprint, then fold the ends over the cardboard and staple
cut ears from egg cartons and attach with stapler
create cone shaped horn from metallic cardboard and staple down
cut toilet paper tubes so that they can fit over your wrists and ankles like a cuff
fringe more newsprint and staple to cuffs (place tape over staples to avoid irritation)
shape the ends of the toilet paper tubes to look like hooves.
