Last year J was set on being a race car driver for Halloween. Give me a quick and easy store-bought costume anyday. So I happened on a great race car driver costume at the Disney Store (the link shows the 2011 version) and called Halloween-prep completed. In the back of my mind, I kept thinking he needed a race car to go with his outfit. Fast-forward to October 30th about 8 pm. My parents were visiting and my mom agreed. He needed a race car.
That night we ended up crafting a Lightning McQueen race car out of a diaper box, wrapping paper and a few craft supplies I had around the house. Our finished product turned out so cute! J loved it. In my non-biased opinion, he was the cutest trick-or-treater around!How to: It was so quickly crafted (and so long ago), I don’t remember details. Lots of folding and refolding cardboard (the hard part), taping and retaping! We wrapped a diaper box in metallic red wrapping paper (it was actually Christmas paper but you can’t tell), added some foam tires, construction paper eyes and decals (the letters are foam stickers). A little a lot of tape and glue and you have the perfect race car for a Lightning McQueen fan. Using duct tape, we attached Christmas ribbon to act as suspenders so that J could wear his car for trick-or-treating.
This year…. J’s again adamant that he is a race car driver and wants the SAME EXACT costume. Part of me says, “That’s not much fun!” and the other part sighs with relief. No work needed this year!
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Very cute. A simple diaper box looks brilliant as a car.
Hi, Does your still have the costume?
Yes. He has now worn it 2 years in a row and his little brother will probably follow suit pretty soon
Hi, just wondering where you found the hat – so perfect!
Walmart had a Disney Cars package with 2 hats, one with the black and white flag design and one was red with Lightning McQueen. I bought them a couple years ago so they might not carry them anymore?