Transformers that actually Transform…we actually built these costumes in a week it took lots of cardboard, masking tape, 2 different colors of duct tape, clear packing tape, about 5 different colors of spray paint, 2 different colors of acrylic paint, and aluminium foil. I’m Optimus Prime and I transform into a Semi-truck and my Girlfriend is Bumble bee and she transforms into a Car…well we had fun building these and I hope you have fun looking at them. Thanks a bunch Shemarah

Submitted by Shemarah Tucker & Ryan Gallegos, Radcliff, Kentucky

These homemade transformers costumes were made creating a pattern out of paper and taping it together. Then once the measurements were worked out the helmets and other pieces were cut out of styrofoam and attached with hot glue and duck tape. the body pieces are styrofoam wrapped in fabric. The helmets and wheels on the the leg pieces are painted with acrylic paint. The whole process took a long time especially designing and redesigning the pieces so the kids could easily run around in them without breaking it.

Submitted by Natasha, West Jordan, UT
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This was my 6 yr old Dante’s costume for this year. It is a transforming Optimus Prime. It is constructed of a few different sized boxes, duct tape and spray paint. (and a hand me down store bought character suit from last year. My son loved it and so did everyone else. The best part was that he would transform into a truck and we would ring the doorbell, when they answered my son transformed and yelled, Truck or Treat!!!!”

Submitted by Cara Oreta, Crossville, TN
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This is Logan 4years old. His costume was made with cardboard little by little. The front we used foam to get the curves. We put pieces of water bottles where the headlights go and behind them and under the hood there are small flashlights that can be turned on to see where we are going while trick-or-Treating.

Submitted by Shuree Simpson, Silt, CO

This is 6year old Nolan who fell in love with the transforming bulldozer. So with a couple trys that didn’t work quite will we got this. The topper on the exhaust moves up and down and the tracks are made of carpet padding that we had left over.

Submitted by Shuree Simpson, Silt, CO

Optimus Prime is worn by 8 year old Branson. He wanted a transforming costume. So with cardboard, paint,hot glue and alot of patience we got it.

Submitted by Shuree Simpson, Silt, CO

The costume is almost entirely cardboard, duct tape, and hot glue and makes me about 6 inches taller. It took about month to build and while looking awesome, it is not very comfortable.

Submitted by Colt Buffington, Baton Rouge, La.

This is the good guy from the famous Transformer movie. I made this costume out of cardboard and other hardware. This costume cost me $57 to build and 15hrs of work. The cool thing about it, is that it transforms.

Submitted by Jose Montoya, des plaines

My costume is made entirely out of recycled cardboard boxes and is completely homemade except for the helmet only because I was short on time. The costume is made with three boxes that collapse into each other so that the costume transforms from a robot to a truck and back. For this part I used large boxes that were the size of my body and i used drawer slides so that they move inside the latter. The arms are made from small boxes lined with foam so they contour to my arms and long flat boxes on top to look more like optimus prime’s arms. The arms then velcro to the sides of the truck. I decided to use capri sun boxes for this part because they were just the right length and then i cut pizza boxes in half for the other part. The costume is painted just like the movie character with fades from orange to red, flames, and white pin striping. I just used the stencil method instead of painting the flames on one by one. Some additional features are that it has working head lights made from those little tap on lights, a windshield from sheets of plastic, and a speaker system in the back (cd player hooked up to stand alone speakers). I started late September and finished just in time for Halloween night. So the whole thing took me about a month or around 100 hours. Enjoy.

Submitted by John Grimes, Gledale, AZ

Darby & I made the Transformer named Shockwave from cardboard, duct tape & tons of hot melt glue. We gathered materials in August, sketched in September, and cut & pasted in October. Darby is 13 & proud as can be of his creation!

Submitted by Ann Ayers, Raleigh, NC