{"id":254,"date":"2008-10-20T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/10\/a-work-in-progress-timmys-halloween-costume.html"},"modified":"2008-10-20T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T20:32:00","slug":"a-work-in-progress-timmys-halloween-costume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/10\/a-work-in-progress-timmys-halloween-costume.html","title":{"rendered":"A Work in Progress — Timmy’s Halloween Costume!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t remember if I’d mentioned it before, but Timmy declared around Labor Day that he wants to be R2-D2<\/a> for Halloween. <\/p>\n

And of course I agreed.<\/p>\n

I already finished Jake’s costume, which is described here<\/a>. I’m still trying to convince Jake to shave his head like Mace Windu. We’ll see…<\/p>\n

After some discussion with Maryann about materials — her son Joey also wanted to be an R2 unit for Halloween<\/a>, I figured a small bullet trashcan would be our best bet to fit onto Timmy. Maryann investigated those large cylindrical soda receptacles that you see at convenient stores, but ended up going with the bullet garbage can, too.<\/p>\n

At our local Home Depot<\/a>, we came across this Rubbbermaid small bullet can<\/a> — perfect!<\/p>\n

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So we’re off! We also picked up some assorted R2-D2 colored spray paints (blue, chrome, white) and here we go!<\/p>\n

First things first, Timmy’s going to wear the trash can as a tube, so we had to cut the bottom out of the can.<\/p>\n

\"\"So first I used a drill to put holes along the sides of the bottom edge.<\/p>\n

\"\"A close up of the holes.<\/p>\n

\"\"So with a couple slices with a keyhole saw, the bottom popped right off. But we were left with all this debris. I started with some 100 grit sandpaper, but that was futile…<\/p>\n

\"\"But a box-cutter was perfect! I was able to shave off the excess plastic, then used the 100 grit sandpaper to fine-tune the edge.<\/p>\n

\"\"Next task, painting the wastebaskets. We could only find that silver\/coppery colored can, so it had to be painted white…<\/p>\n

\"\"I wanted low humidity and not much wind, but in Nebraska in the fall, forget it! Today is the last dry day for a while, but it was quite breezy so I just made sure to remain upwind of the spray and we did okay.<\/p>\n

Presenting, the white-painted trash can! Coming soon, masking and painting R2’s…uh…accoutrements?
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I can’t remember if I’d mentioned it before, but Timmy declared around Labor Day that he wants to be R2-D2 for Halloween. And of course I agreed. I already finished Jake’s costume, which is described here. I’m still trying to convince Jake to shave his head like Mace Windu. 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