How to Fly Through Making The Amazing Cardboard Costume of a Rockhopper Penguin

Our project was to create and construct a cardboard costume suited for a middle school child. Our team had to construct a line of similar costumes for the project. The project started out simple but then became more and more advanced as the tasks to create it became harder. Me design brief was to individually create a penguin halloween costume for a middle school child.

 Specifications
-were that it must comfortably fit a middle school child.
-slotted construction
-cardboard


 Limitations
-household sized cardboard.
-no adhesives
-cardboard only 

                                                                            Supply List
Item                        Material Description            QTY           Size                      Part
S1                             2 PLy Cardboard                  1      Refrigerator Box       Penguin

Item                           Tool                                      QTY  
T1                             Utility Knife                             1
T2                              Ruler                                      1
T3                                Mat                                        1
T4                              Pencil                                     1                              

Step 1: Part 1: Penguin Head And "Hair"

1. Trace all measurements.
2. Measure with a ruler 27"
3. On either side measure down 9", in 9" and then down 9" again. Cut six three inch slots in the center square each other square extends from.
4. Measure 3" in, 3" down and connect with a 3" line, somewhere within this 3"x3" tab cut a small 1" x 2" slot too a normal length.
5. Then cut a small 1" x 2" piece of square cardboard that would fit the slot.
6. Then starting from a point at a 90 degree angle measure 3" up, 2" inward, 2" up and 2" out.
7. From the two points make a bell curve from both points that connect about 1'6" from the outer starting point.
8. Repeat Steps 6 and 7, six times to make all the hair pieces
9. Once all measurements are traced use a utility knife to cut all lines, on a mat.