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How To Make A Giant Sandwich

How To Make A Giant Sandwich
Hey everyone. Here you will learn how to make a giant sandwich costume. I know not everyone needs one, but I like to think people most want one. I built this for the awesome guys over at Naked Castle. As always we invite viewers to improve our design and send up video clips of your projects. All you have to do is upload, and you could be featured in our monthly user submitted podcast.

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Shopping List

1. Two big pieces of cardboard. (These will act as the large surfaces of our bread. If you can't find a big enough piece you can tape smaller pieces together.)

2. A bunch of 1-1/2 inch thick foam. (I used about 3 sheets, with each one being about 3 feet by 8 feet.)

3. A big can of Foam and Fabric Adhesive Spray. (You might even need two.)

4. Spray Paint ( Cream, Black, Brown, Green, Yellow, Red) (A certain giant evil retail store, let's call it "Tal-Mart" sells all the basic colors for .99 cents. Good feeling in your soul sold separately.)

5. Gaffers Tape

6. Black Handerchief

7. 16 Wooden Paint Stir Sticks (I grabbed these when I was buying the Spray Paint and they gave them to me for FREE!)
 
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Step 1Building the bread

Building the bread
Keep in mind that you're going to have to do everything in this section twice. First thing you need to do is lay out a piece of cardboard and draw on your giant slice of bread. Make sure it's the size and shape you want. After you start cutting there is no turning back.
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Sep 22, 2011. 6:28 PMhrodriguez7 says:
i can get free cardboard at a COSCO WHOLESALE
Jan 10, 2011. 6:34 AMALogan97 says:
So now that we can make a giant foam sandwich, the next step is making one we can actually eat!
Dec 21, 2010. 3:39 PMchickenputty says:
Now the question is how do you eat a giant sandwich?
Feb 28, 2010. 7:07 PMclemsonguy1125 says:
 Where do you  get the foam
Oct 3, 2009. 11:39 AMhippyland2 says:
or remove all of the every thing else besides the bread and spary a little collor on and you got toast
Dec 9, 2008. 12:43 PMcraftygreen says:
wow I am impressed! this is awesome, the fact that you would do this is super creative and spectacular!
Sep 17, 2008. 5:14 PMbobhill125 says:
i made one with out a face and my cousin bit it
Jun 18, 2008. 11:42 AMcodongolev says:
can the sandwich play basketball? (referring th the above picture)
Aug 15, 2008. 6:58 AMwatermelonhead says:
yeah! really, what's with the basketball?
Aug 16, 2008. 8:43 AMcodongolev says:
possibly for size comparison.
Aug 15, 2008. 7:02 AMwatermelonhead says:
how did you cover up that tape-seam-thing?
Aug 4, 2008. 1:36 PMjongscx says:
how hot does it get inside the costume?
Aug 15, 2008. 6:57 AMwatermelonhead says:
there's a hole on the bottom.
Aug 13, 2008. 10:32 PMmackeystudio says:
---First - I LOVE IT! Funny creative people RULE!!! Now, for some questions: 1) Does this come with fries? Or chips at least? 2) how about a floatable version for pulling behind a boat? I can NOT waterski; tried; failed; repeated. But I'm certain a sandwich would never spit ME out! The kids would love riding in it and I've seen way stranger things (my friend pulls around a shrek's-head type device with like 10 kids inside and it's clearly fun for kids and hilarity for the onlookers and parents) 3) Perfect April Fools day gag for the family - replace all the beds in the house with XL sized bed sandwich, which is what I thought it was when I clicked the link. Thanks for being bold, funny, creative, and sharing this!
Aug 10, 2008. 2:57 PMSMTHN FUNNY says:
THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!
Jun 22, 2007. 8:44 PMLaxLovaLV says:
You could make a cool bed if you mad the bread a mattress and made it a bit bigger. The bedding on the bed would look a bit weird if there was any patter what so ever on it but if you had white bedding you could make a pretty nice bed! I don't know, just a thought. You would have to change it a lot though. Coolio idea though! :-) {laura}
Aug 6, 2008. 12:44 PMKarnivore says:
That just gave me a REALLY good idea. A sandwich futon!
Aug 6, 2008. 11:38 AMwatermelonhead says:
this is awesome! i like sandwiches!
Jun 8, 2007. 5:40 PMtomonto says:
Jun 7, 2007. 1:40 PMTheCheese9921says:
Totally friggin rad, I was guna go as a ninja this Halloween, this is sooo better

you are inside my mind...i was gonna be a ninja till i seed this!!!!EVIL SANDWICH ARMY!!!!
Jun 18, 2008. 11:43 AMcodongolev says:
umm, actually it says you posted june 8..... at 5:40....
Jun 19, 2008. 8:40 AMtomonto says:
its a quote and what would it matter anyway
Jun 19, 2008. 1:19 PMcodongolev says:
oooohhhhh I misread sorry. I thought for some reason you decided to put a timestamp on when you posted.
Jun 8, 2007. 11:37 AMsdedalus2000 says:
it would be fun to make but my wife would say i was being a ham...
Jun 18, 2008. 11:44 AMcodongolev says:
hahaha.
Apr 17, 2008. 3:12 PMthisxisxstephanie says:
Amazing... Just amazing. ;)
Jan 4, 2008. 2:34 PMelectricsweets says:
Man, that's one cool looking sandwich.
Sep 30, 2007. 2:40 PMcsquatdbeat says:
Hey I was wondering how exactly your able to see out of it? You said something about a bandana but could you clarify just a little bit more? Im probably going to make this bad boy for halloween.
Jun 26, 2007. 4:35 AMMisterShot says:
ok!now what??its really nice but whats the point?i agree with LaxLovaLV!if it was a bed it would be better!
Jun 17, 2007. 11:47 AMgmm4life says:
I didn't know you guys had an instructables account too!!
Jun 16, 2007. 3:17 PMxaworld says:
and what if i want to do an open face sandwich??? hahaha
Jun 15, 2007. 9:04 PMHonus says:
Awesome! That is a killer sandwich costume.
Jun 15, 2007. 5:09 PMania says:
this foam is difficult to find! is it high-density upholstery type stuff? where'd you get it?
Jun 15, 2007. 3:52 PMAlexanderDW says:
Peanutbutt'a jelly time! *<:oD
Jun 15, 2007. 2:38 PMrunbread says:
i made a giant foam shark costume using similar steps two years ago. nice instructable!
Jun 13, 2007. 12:20 PMPebbleBreeze says:
lame. Its a commercial from a group of theater prop hands going solo. Bay Area (snicker)
Jun 11, 2007. 8:39 PMarockonthemoon says:
this is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen.
Jun 7, 2007. 10:25 PMCameronSS says:
That is amazingly cool. I was kind of disappointed, though--I thought by the title it was edible.
Jun 8, 2007. 7:21 PMhg341 says:
me too!!!11!!!!!111
Jun 8, 2007. 3:54 PMgulp35 says:
My grandma has had a giant sandwich (A BLT to be exact) that she made at her house for at least 20 years now... We would always play around in it when we came over, but never though to make it into a costume. GJ
Jun 8, 2007. 6:51 AMJakeTobak says:
I'm gonna start a game show on Nickelodeon 15 years ago.
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