Claire is going to be a pink LEGO. First I measured the brick I wanted to duplicate. I wanted the proportions to be exactly right. I took the measurements in mm and converted them to inches. I took the foam and marked how big I wanted my pieces to be. I wanted crisp edges, but we don't have any power tools. So I used a kitchen knife and trimmed the loose edges with scissors. After hot gluing my circles on, it was time to paint. At first I used a spray fabric dye, but it was super bright and ran out quickly. Luckily, I had a can of hot pink from when I painted Claire's bow holder frame.
It came out like a sparkly tye-dye LEGO. I actually really like it. I'm just waiting for it to dry so I can piece it all together and try it on Claire! I'm really excited!
Now for Ross. I showed him this idea yesterday, but it took a little while to get him on board. Honestly, I just like having projects and having something to do during the day besides clean and change diapers. I was hoping he'd say yes, because the description said it would take between 40 and 50 hours to complete.
I spent the morning drawing out my diagram and getting the measurements of each LEGO part and converting them to Ross' height. It was actually a lot of fun and I really enjoyed doing math and using my brain. With my fruit bar breaks, I am in heaven.
I bought a couple sheets of poster board to make patterns for the round pieces that I'll use to cut foam later. One is currently being used as a drying mat for Claire's costume. I used a compass on the other to draw out my circles. Honestly, I'm a little impressed with how exact my measurements have turned out.
I'm REALLY excited about these projects. It's Day 1, and I'm having a blast. I hope that Ross' costume turns out as awesome as the original, but we'll see! More pics to come as the project progresses!
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