Here is my son Ayden in his Transformer Bumblebee costume. His costume is made of all camping bed form, tons of hot glue and paint. I had used different references form online pictures to get the look that I wanted. Once all together I had painted and added Velcro to hold it together too. The … Read more
For this Halloween costume we used minimal materials. The following were materials we purchased that can be found at Wal-Mart. Two foam camping bed rolls, black sweats and bike helmet. The following tools were necessary to complete the project: hot knife from a craft store, low temp hot glue gun (or one with adjustable temperature). … Read more
The idea for this Halloween costume started as a huge fan of the Transformers series and a bigger fan of well done on-screen special effects. This character is one to admire as well as a challenge to duplicate. The entire costume is hand cut from cardboard. It was broken down to six main pieces, the … Read more
My 4 year old son absolutely LOVES Transformers. Last year he wanted to be Optimus Prime. I bought one of those cheap Walmart costumes with the little jumpsuit and plastic parts. I hated it! When he told me he wanted to be Bumblebee this year I looked at the same type of costume and was … Read more
This Homemade Bumblebee Transformers Costume is a Halloween costume I made for 2009. I decided I wanted to be a Transformer, and Bumblebee was always the character I thought was the coolest – he didn’t have to talk, he just acted! This was constructed from mostly cardboard boxes that computers were shipped in. The entire … Read more
This is 4 year old Logan. He is in a homemade Transforming Bumblebee kids costume. First we started with the top of the camero. We rolled the cardboard to round it to the shape of the top of the car. We hot glued the sides on to keep the shape of the top. Next we … Read more
My 6 y.o. son wanted to be Bumblebee from transformers for Halloween. I thought it would be cool if he also transformed. I wanted the homemade Bumblebee Transformer costume to be easy to transform so his Dad and I wouldn’t have to fuss with it b4 and after transforming. We pieced together 3 different sized … Read more
Here is my attempt at the Homemade BumbleBee Transformers Costume. The suit is made for my little girl who is 4. This build took roughly 30 hours and I’m very glad its finished. Well almost, I have to draw an Autobot symbol on the head. Materials needed are as follows: 1) Cardboard for templates 2) … Read more
My son Declan’s latest craze is Transformers, his favorite being Bumble Bee. The Homemade Bumblebee Transformer Costume is able to transform as the character does into a car and a robot. The costume is mainly comprised from cardboard boxes. The bonnet is designed to fold into his chest when he transforms into the figure. I … Read more
I was a Transformer this Halloween and this costume took me a week and a half to make! It has working headlights, and when I bend down to the ground I can actually turn into a car. I had to wear knee pads all night because I transformed for people so many times. The cops … Read more