Intro: Bubble Gum Machine Costume

Hello Everyone

My and my girlfriend (in the picture) , had a costume party ( from my company ).

We decided to build something awesome that will win us first place ! and we did! :)

We won an electric bike :)

Enjoy this two week , evening work project

STEP 1: Cardboard !

I arranged from my work 2 big Cardboard - Used for recycling purposes.

STEP 2: Cut It in Two

STEP 3: Strengthening It Via an Additional Cardboard

Found a Cardboard tube from the place i work .

STEP 4: Strengthening It

Wrapped it with the Cardboard , it is a lot of work , prepare yourself

STEP 5: Apply Duck Tape on All Sides

Taped the entire costume with it , this must be strong in order to keep it from tearing apart

STEP 6: Plexiglas Time!

Bought a 2x1 m Plexiglas , cut it according to the desired size .

STEP 7: Plexiglas Cutting!

Used the Dremel 3000 tool to cut it.

Amzing tool , very accurate and easy to use

STEP 8: Cutting Finished

Created a 20x 70 cm cut for us to breath! mui importante

STEP 9: Add Additional Cut Above for Circulation of Air

STEP 10: Add LED Lights!

We must put something special in it aren't we ?

I took a 12v 7amp Battery ,some wires , small switch , and a 1.5 meter of LED Strip.

Came out very nice!

STEP 11: Soldering Time!

Solder all the wires to the LED strip

STEP 12: Battery Placement

The battery was a major issue.

I did not know where to place it , it is heavy , and my girlfriend is not quite a body builder ( Thank god )

So eventually i found a great solution , i would hang it on the back upper side of the costume, that way you can balance your self with it , and moreover it cannot fall

STEP 13: This Is the Straps That I Used

STEP 14: Add Straps to Hold the Costume

The Costume will "sit" on the shoulders .

I prepared two straps that will hold the entire costume , and will be hanged on you.

Like Sliix !

STEP 15: Wrap It With Wallpaper

I took from our supermarket long wallpaper , it`s free for use so i took advantage of it.

It took forever to wrap it.

But it came out a good color and gave it a real look of a candy machine

STEP 16: Adding Balls !

Bought cheap balls to place inside the Costume

STEP 17: Toys!

My costume was A Claw Machine.

My brother brought me a bunch of toys from his children

STEP 18: Almost There!

STEP 19: Starting to See the End :)

Almost done!

We printed a lot of stickers and taped them on the costume

STEP 20: READY!

After two and a half weeks of working in the evening , we finally made it !

It was hard work , but it came out the best costume ever!!!

And the best thing about it , we won the Electric bike!

Comments are welcomed
:)