Homemade Lego minifigure costume inspired by the cartoon Ninjago and my son. It is made out of styrofoam and acrylic gesso for the most part.
Cutting, sizing and carving the styrofoam took quite some time. After several trial and errors, I ended up stacking then gluing the pieces into a 2 foot block then began carving the head out. This took the most time and was the messiest part.
The yellow part of the Lego head is made out of poster board and backed with a flexible screen (eyes) so he could see. The hands were also stacked pieces of styrofoam that I carved out. Because spray paint and styrofoam don’t work well with each other, the pieces were covered with poster board (except the head and hands) attached with Craft Bond glossy side up then spray painted.
The head and hands were covered with several coats of Acrylic Gesso (kind of like Elmer’s glue) then spray painted. The glossy side of the poster board and the Gesso give it the plastic look when spray painted. It took about 30 hours total to make this Ninjago Lego Minifigure Costume but was well worth it in the end.
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This is crazy good. My son wants to be the green ninja but OMG this looks difficult. Great job!
I don’t have a creative bone in my body and would loooove to duplicate your costume. What an incredible job you did!
this is amazing! but i was wondering if there were any concerns with breathing the Styrofoam or the acrylic paint?
This costume is amazing! Would you be willing to make one of these for me? Seriously! amyhasapis@yahoo.com if interested and able! Thank you!
I would like to see if you can email me instructions for this costume, i would love to make a green one for my daughter, but wouldn’t know where to start. Please email me at LiL.B.Buck@gmail.com or brandinicholebuckner@gmail.com
Thank you so much if you can help me out with this. I appreciate it more than words can express.
God Bless
Brandi
Great costume! My son would love to be Ninjago for Halloween and I’d love to connect with him more by making this together. Would you be willing to email instructions? 2norma.hernandez@gmail.com Also, not quite sure if the legs just slipped in from the back or if you need to construct them to step in so it just covers the front and not the back. And, what about the body? Is that also Styrofoam?
Thanks,
norma
I’m extremely impressed!! I’m pretty creative, but I would never figure out how to do this. My son wants to be Kai for Halloween. Would you be willing to share the instructions? I would greatly appreciate it!!
Thank you,
Angie
This costume is amazing! I would be thankful to no end if you could Email me step by step directions for this. My son is begging to be Loyd the green ninja this year and I am amazed by the lack of options for this costume. Great job!!! My email is snjheim@yahoo.com if you have time. Thank you
Seems this is the popular costume this year! You can’t find costumes anywhere online! I am also interested in instructions for this. If you have them would you please email me? My address is dmplgrl24@yahoo.com Thank you sooooo much! This would be a lifesaver!
Great job!!! This costume is amazing! I would be thankful if you could Email me step by step directions for this(head,feet,hands). My son is begging to be Loyd the green ninja.
My email is yrdesignerchic@hotmail.com if you have time.
Thank you
Wendy
Love this! My son is wanting to be the same. Would love to have instructions. Email is scurlockt@k12tn.net
Thanks!