Coolest Train Crossing Gate Costume

My son was obsessed with crossing gates. I came up with this idea for a Train Crossing Gate Costume and he won first place at our park district Halloween party.

I took heavy foam board and made the two cross pieces. I used black stickers for the letters and used two sided tape to tape the cross pieces together. He wore a long sleeve grey t-shirt and I attached Velcro to the t-shirt and to the cross pieces so that I could just stick the crossing gate sign to his shirt. I cut the grey sleeve off one arm and sewed a white sleeve on instead, then I used red duck tape to make the stripes of the gate on his arm.

The lights were battery operated bicycle lights placed inside foam can holders. I glued black foam visors to the can holders to make the hood of the light. I attached the foam can holders to a belt with Velcro. I wrapped a Velcro strap around the foam can holder and then around his belt.

The hat is the holder for the crossing gate and I attached foam pipe insulation with Velcro to the hat. My son added the “ding ding ding” of the gates with his voice!

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