My son has CP and when he got his dynamic stander in preparation for kindergarten – I immediately thought a life size R2D2 would make him the coolest kid in the school. Made with foam board, paper mache, pencil, marker, a lot of patience =).
I made the cylinder to go around the stander. Though my initial idea was to have it on the outside so you couldn’t see the wheels on the stander, I would have not been properly proportioned. Then I Googled images of R2D2 (which weren’t many that you could actually see detail) and started drawing, and shading, and drawing, and shading….
I set an exercise ball in the top of the cylinder and blew it up to fit snug with the valve underneath. I paper mache’d the exercise ball like 4 layers, and let it dry (like a week +). Spray painted the head, found things around the house to make dome accessorizes.
I really out did myself, and my son WAS the coolest kid in the school.
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You are one amazing mom! Great costume! (:
very cool. Absolutely worth all the hard work. Your son is lucky to have sucha cool, loving mom!
Wow what an AMAZING costume! and I bet he was the talk of the school!
Thank you for the comments… He was the talk of the parade… =)
My brother has CP and he would love this idea! You are an amazing mom to be so creative for your son. I love it!!
What a fantastic idea! It looks incredible….I’m sure he was the hit of his class…I love it!!
What an awesome mom you are. That took a lot of time, effort…and LOVE. :)
This is really so clever. I’ll bet you are already thinking about next year!