Boo at the Zoo

We worked on Bug's costume all week. I went to Lowe's several times for paint, tape and supplies. I found the perfect box, taped it and painted it. I found a box for his head and cut it down to size, taped it and painted it. Jas and I found several pieces of robot 'flair' for the front. Our flair included little purple laser lights for eyes which had to be put on styrofoam pieces, glued inside his helmet and painted silver. We used a battery operated 'tap on' light for the front of his costume and painted that silver also. He could tap it on and off as much as he wanted. Then we even painted a paper bag and velcroed it to his back for collecting candy! His arms and legs were dryer vent tubes (of course) but ours were attached to suspenders for easy on and off trips to the restroom. After all our hard work, his costume was super cool. And he looked so cute in it. So, when we went to the zoo for Boo night this is what Bug looked like....


Yep, he rode in the wagon all night long and would not wear the 'tume'. That's okay. We got lots of comments on it since we were the ONLY people who made a costume. It was fun. Bug has been dying to wear it now that we're home. I'm sure he'll trick or treat in it and I will be able to take better photos.

Al was a ladybug and refused to look into the camera. This is the best I could do.