Be sure to print it with no scaling (100% size). The file can then be opened in Adobe and printed to a color printer. The body image can be used for all sides of the body with some trimming where needed. These can be scaled to meet the size you need. Perform a free-transform to stretch it to completely fill the canvas. Back in the papercraft image, select the surface you wish to enlarge and paste it in the new canvas. For instance, each side of our head measured 14.00 x 14.00 so we set the canvas size to that for all surfaces on the head.
Next open up a blank Photoshop file and set the canvas size to exactly match the dimensions of your surface of interest on the costume. Once you settle on your image, open it in Photoshop. It took some time to find one that had a high enough resolution to not lose its definition when blown up to 16x its size. We used a high resolution papercraft template as the source image for our Creeper (the one you used to get your dimensions may very well work). Our skins were made from images printed on a color laser printer, however any color printer will do. Helpful hint: We found that scoring the cardboard before bending to allow for much cleaner folds. Make these oversized to facilitate the process of putting the costume on and taking it off. A square shaped hole was later cut into this end cap to allow my son's head to fit through.Īrm holes then need to be added on the side surfaces. This too had flanges that were used for gluing to the body section. This provides the added benefit of allowing the partially assembled box to be handled before the glue is dry. Sheet metal screws were used to cinch the pieces together and hold them in place while the glue cured. We attached the pieces together using liquid nails. The front surface and side surfaces were made from a single piece of cardboard with two small flanges - one on each side - for easy attachment of the back surface. We started with construction of the body, which is itself constructed from three separate pieces. Our costume was made up of three distinct sections: head, body, and lower body. The Creeper character is essentially made up of rectangular box shapes. This makes cardboard the logical choice of construction material. Ít's cheap, easy to cut, and easy to fasten together with glue.
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With a design concept in hand, we set about making our Creeper! Materials you will need: * cardboard sheets * Photoshop - or similar photo editing software * sheetrock screws * liquid nails * scotch tape * 3M spray adhesive * Velcro * Gorilla Glue * scrap foam Tools you will need: * color printer * straight edge * utility knife and Exacto knife
This would improve the mobility, but would definitely look a bit odd. After some brainstorming and multiple design sketches- we finally found the solution to our dilemma: a Telescoping lower body! It could be lowered when stationary and then raised up for walking. We considered shortening the body so that the feet were closer to her waist. Wearing a costume with a body section that extended to her feet would make it near impossible to walk - let along climb stairs when Trick-or-Treating. The Creeper has a long body with 4 short legs to support it. I knew this would be a very cool looking costume - but I wasn't sure how practical it would be. After carefully considering all of the available characters, including sheep, skeletons, or one of the many skins of Minecraft Steve, my daughter settled on a Creeper. So when it came time to choose this years Halloween costumes, the characters of Minecraft were an easy choice. When my 8 and 10 year old kids aren't playing it, they are sharing the details of the Obsidian they just mined, or are drawing up plans for their next creations. Minecraft - its an obsession in my house.
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