For this Toy Plastic Soldier Costume – pants and jacket were bought from a thrift store. I chose a raincoat and pants which had a slick material. I bought the utility belt, riffle, canteen, and walkie talkie from the dollar store.
I used a pair of old work boots for my shoes. I had to go to a Halloween store to buy the army helmet. I made a bazooka out of PVC pipe. For my hands I bought a pair of yellow latex gloves.
All of these items were spray painted with primer and then painted in a glossy green paint. Using glossy paint is important, it gave the costume the “plastic look” like a toy soldier.
For the base I used a piece of carpet and used zip ties to attach it to my feet. I hopped around with the base attached to my feet and people loved this! I did not make the zip ties too tight, so I could take the base on and off. I painted the carpet with the same green paint.
For my face I used a pair of panty hose and painted it green. I wore a dust mask underneath to prevent breathing in too much paint.
It was difficult to see and breathe with the panty hose (I could only wear this for a short period of time). I was unable to color match a face paint with the paint I chose for the Toy Plastic Soldier Costume (that is why I used the panty hose).
awesome and realistic
It is definitely the coolest soldier costume I have ever seen. Very original as a costume and very similar to the actual toy. It is great!
I live down the street. This costume was even more awesome in person!
That is the best costume I have EVER seen! Awesome!
This is truly awesome! Great Job!!!
Congratulation! You did a great job.
Great job dude!
Love it :)
This is an awesome costume! Great idea!
What a great costume. Awesome job!!!
This is SO creative. I LOVE IT!!! I’ve never seen anything like it, really.
that was amazing :D and the end was funny ” thats why i used the hose”;D
This costume was fantastic, truly just like the toy soldiers. This was the best costume I saw this year they did a fantastic job as always:)