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Rusnak_322 Dork
10/15/15 10:52 a.m.

OK, my kid wants to be Lord Business from the Lego movie for Halloween. He has a school event tonight (Kindergarten). So I scrambled to make a costume including a helmet and shoulder pad thing (they are not connected).

I got it done last night, but the problem is, even though it is made from cardboard and foam, it is so top heavy that it moves on his head. I improvised and used an old bike helmet (with the adjustable rear part) but it still slides on his head.

I am thinking that I need to somehow tie it to his shoulder pads, but then he won’t be able to move his head. I have the shoulder pads attached around his mid-section with a Velcro strap, but they are cardboard and foam as well.

Any ideas? I pretty much am screwed for tonight, but I want it to work for trick or treating.

I also still need to make the Kragel.

GameboyRMH MegaDork
10/15/15 10:58 a.m.

Quick idea, look into the big ridiculous headpieces like the ones used in Brazilian carnival, they have this problem solved somehow.

MadScientistMatt UberDork
10/15/15 11:16 a.m.

Maybe use something like a football helmet that comes down lower on the skull in the back? That would give the helmet more leverage for bracing.

Wall-e MegaDork
10/15/15 11:20 a.m.

Duct tape

RossD UltimaDork
10/15/15 11:21 a.m.

Counter balance it on the back with something down low?

G_Body_Man Dork
10/15/15 11:45 a.m.

RossD wrote: Counter balance it on the back with something down low?

Only someone on this board would suggest turning someone's kid into a steadi-cam.

pinchvalve MegaDork
10/15/15 12:32 p.m.

DO NOT USE DRYWALL SCREWS TO AFFIX TO THE HEAD

Something that size, I might vote to lock it to the shoulders and have his head move within it?

You could try to lighten it more?

Can it rest on the shoulder-pads and just slide around?

GameboyRMH MegaDork
10/15/15 12:38 p.m.

OK so it looks like really big "professional" headpieces that are easily removable attach much like a hardhat:

In fact a lot of DIY'ers like to modify hardhats to make a base for large headpieces.

Appleseed MegaDork
10/15/15 1:10 p.m.

Could you fill the horns with helium balloons? Seriously.

GameboyRMH MegaDork
10/15/15 1:22 p.m.

Appleseed wrote: Could you fill the horns with helium balloons? Seriously.

Not worth it. When I was a kid I found that it took 2 helium balloons to lift a Lego man (not a kid dressed as a Lego man )

Grtechguy UltimaDork
10/15/15 1:55 p.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH:

what sort of lego men did you have?

Rusnak_322 Dork
10/15/15 2:11 p.m.

GameboyRMH wrote: OK so it looks like really big "professional" headpieces that are easily removable attach much like a hardhat: In fact a lot of DIY'ers like to modify hardhats to make a base for large headpieces.

That is very similar to the bike helmet that I using with the spinning adjuster at the back, but the bike helmet also has the chin strap.

I went out at lunch and bought some of those clips that you use to attach kids gloves to a string between their sleeves. they look much stronger then suspender clips. I am going to try clipping the helmet to the back of his coat in two places first. if that doesn't work, I may make a chest strap and clip to that.

my wife has the idea of recovering his travel sleep pillow neck thing in the same red fabric that I used on the helmet to help hold up the helmet by taking weight off of it, but I think his neck is too long for that.

What I need is a very small HANS devise.

Jim Pettengill HalfDork
10/15/15 2:43 p.m.

Modified suspenders?

Rusnak_322 Dork
10/16/15 7:20 a.m.

Everything is Awesome....

Fixed it. The straps at the back of the helmet didn't work. Then I realized that even though the helmet was tight on the sides and front, and the rear adjuster was tight against the back of his lower head, there was a lot of room at the back of the helmet. I took one of the purse size Kleenex packs and stuffed it in there and the helmet was solid. We went to the PTA preschool & Kindergarten party last night and it held up to him running around and bashing into everything. Like a longhorn steer making his way thru a crowd.

His costume was a hit. We had 5 or 6 people ask to take his picture (not as creepy as it sounds).

Here he is with his sister

bastomatic UltraDork
10/16/15 7:40 a.m.

That is awesome! Great job!

GameboyRMH MegaDork
10/16/15 7:42 a.m.

Haha nice. Some big platform shoes would've looked good, but on the other hand I guess that would've just made the "longhorn steer" more unsteady

Rusnak_322 Dork
10/16/15 7:57 a.m.

Thanks, still thinking about making boot covers (along with a Kragle), but no stilts. He was Steve from Minecraft last year and fell over way too much.