![]() ![]() For the tires, I used paper plates and painted them black on the outside, then stapled them to the inside of the truck. I also bought some reflective red foamy paper which I cut out in circles to put near the headlights. I went to my Waste Management location, and they were more than happy to give me some logo stickers for the side and rear of my costume. I used a heavy duty stapler to secure each, and made an “X ” of the straps so it would balance. ![]() I had to buy kelly green fabric material to make straps that would crossover my son ‘s shoulders to keep the truck on. Once I made a larger hole, I used small screws and pinned the small box to the large box, so that the smaller one sat lower. You have to make sure that the hole for the head is not too far back or too far front, as this will throw off the way it sits on your child ‘s shoulders. I estimated where my son ‘s head would go and cut a small hole on the bottom of the large box. FYI, make sure you know the direction of the wind when spraying outside, and put a plastic garbage back underneath! Once dried, I hand painted the small box to look like the side windows and doors of the garbage truck. First, I spray painted a Kelly green color on the body of the truck (large box), and white on the front (small box). We still had a couple of moving boxes, so I used one large and one small size box – the large was for the body of the truck, the small box was for the front. So, naturally, he wanted to be a garbage truck for Halloween! I had my work cut out for me, but was up for the challenge. My son was, and is still, obsessed with garbage trucks. ![]()
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