![]() I figured putting the logo would help people understand what he was in case they couldn’t identify my creative costume! I lastly used yellow on the rose cover to make the Tonka logo and then wrote the letters directly over the yellow. I used black to outline the windows, headlights and define the front grill cover. I put a line of yellow in the back and then slanted black lines for the caution symbol. Once everything was dry I used the fabric paints to complete the details. ![]() ![]() I also spray painted the rose cover with silver because this was used as the barrel of the cement truck. I used it for the windows in the front and on side and also for the front grill cover and headlights of the truck. I then used tape to stencil out on the box where I wanted my silver spray paint to go. After cutting I used the blue tape to cover all the exposed edges so he wouldn’t get any cardboard cuts. Once the paint was dry I just cut out the back part where my son would be standing in the costume. Now normally cement trucks I find are red and white but my son’s favorite color is blue so I customized it to his likes. In order to do this I got the following supplies: cardboard box (which my husband brought home from work), rope (I found some in the garage), duct tape and blue painters tape (I had on hand), blue spray paint and silver spray paint, yellow, red and black fabric paint (I had on hand), one garden/rose Styrofoam cover (I happened to have one in the garage but they can be found at any nursery). ![]() My son’s favorite truck is a cement truck so I decided to try and make a creative costume and put one together for him. Creative costume by Erica S., Plainfield, IL ![]()
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