Ghostbusters Proton Pack with Arduino and LASERS!

Step 5 Make more junk you'll have to lug around with you!

I also built a trap and a pair of ecto goggles for the costume this year.  These are simply boxes cut to size, painted black, and with a bunch of doodads and widgets glued on.

The trap has a 1/4" plywood base and a 1/4" plywood mounting plate on the belt.  They connect with a wedged shape hunk of sheet metal I cut out with my dremel tool.  The handle of the trap is also wood, but nearly everything else is just cardboard. 

The ecto goggles are made out of a small cardboard box with one side cut out in the shape of my forehead.  The straps were harvested from a broken headlamp.  Everything on them was simply junk from my stuff drawers or screws from my screw jar.

Comments

[scion]

While a little more expensive, a pair of the cheap flip up welding goggles with a coat of paint and some stuff stuck on may be easier and more comfortable then shaping a box for your head. It also has the advantage of having the headband and all that included and mounted already.

Just a thought, can't wait to try this though. good instructions.

[depotdevoid]

This is true, and I did price welding goggles when I was building this. However, I am a cheapskate and decided to build them all out of stuff I had on hand.

Post some pictures if you do try this, I'd love to see the result!