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Giant LED Halloween Costume

-thick armature wire (20ft)
-cellophane (10ft)
-cardboard box
-aluminum foil (4ft)
-wire cutters
-clear packing tape
-knife
-grey tights for leads (optional)
-flashlight/actual LEDs to light inside (optional)

Cut the box down so that there's only 5 inches left. Cut a hole for your waist by taking a belt and tracing the circular outline, then cutting. Create skeleton with armature wire, by going corner to corner and taping. Cover in cellophane, taping from the inside where possible. Cover the box in aluminum foil Put on your tights and go light up the world.

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15 comments

Nov 27, 2009. 5:15 PM

ReCreate says:

Kind of fails, not if you put some lights in there. :D

Mar 12, 2009. 4:08 PMdefiant1 says:

So...... A plastic bag over our head. Can we say, Kids don't try this at home.

Mar 9, 2009. 7:37 PMbassclarinet23 says:

My friends already call me a geek... BUT THIS IS SWEET!

Dec 29, 2008. 2:07 PMsdtacoma says:

HAHA, that's funny. Very creative. my 2 cents... make the bottom round, so it's more like an every-day type of LED. Also, pull one of your pant legs down so that it looks like one leg is longer than the other (anode/cathode).

Oct 31, 2008. 7:45 PMcurtisbeef says:

I have never seen a LED with a metal base....

Oct 21, 2008. 4:25 PMsanty22 says:

*coughs* *cough* this looks like a condom *cough*

Oct 15, 2008. 5:55 PMIW5 Industries says:

put a light inside and it would be real funny! :D

Oct 1, 2008. 7:35 PMbestbballrebounder1 says:

that looks nothing like a led

Oct 1, 2008. 6:15 PMnevarxxxraven says:

thats freakin funny.

Sep 8, 2008. 12:48 PMerikbuzz says:

This works especially well if you have one leg longer than the other.

Aug 23, 2008. 9:13 AMDanCat says:

Haha, doesn't one leg have to be shorter than the other? J.k Cool costume.

Jul 29, 2008. 3:34 AM

T-K says:

Scary. Real scary.

Jul 4, 2008. 9:09 AMvr360 says:

hahaha! that was really cute!! funny costume! :D as "bofthem" said, you should break the instructable into steps, but anyway, thanks for sharing :)

Nov 8, 2007. 8:15 PMGakki says:

Ha ha! That is so cute.

Nov 1, 2007. 5:14 PMbofthem says:

Would you mind breaking this out into steps? This is a really cool costume, but the instructable won't get much attention at only one step.

If you would prefer to simply post the costume in its finished state, you can put up a new post in the Halloween contest forum: http://www.instructables.com/group/halloween07