We had so much fun with this Homemade R2D2 Costume. My son wore a white sweatshirt and sweatpants underneath. The body of the costume is a white Rubber Maid trash can. The lid is painted with a high shine silver spray paint and allowed to dry. Then the lid is taped so that the swinging … Read more

This R2D2 costume was a very simple, inexpensive costume to make, but it got really great reactions from everyone. We purchased a garbage can with a dome lid from Home Depot for the base of R2D2. We spray painted the lid silver, removed the flip opening (where trash would be thrown through), then screwed it … Read more

My little guy loved R2D2 but there were no costumes to buy and we really love to make our own. He and I used tape, a garbage can and a cat pan (he’s going to get me back for that when he is a teen) and created a costume on a car dolly! He can … Read more

This Homemade Star Wars R2D2 Costume was built for my 6 year old son Bobby ( A diehard Star Wars Fan!) The bottom is a garbage can, the dome is a fiber glassed punch balloon and the legs are fiber glassed cardboard forms. A lot of Bondo, Krylon, Craft Foam and Hot Glue was involved! … Read more