![]() I took the spray foam and added it (in layers) to build out his cheeks and also around his rolls created by the pipe insulators. I then cut up the foam insulators and added them to the foam body to look like rolls. I cut the foam bedding into strips and glued it together. I attached everything together using hot glue.Īfter the head was formed, I started to build out his body. I then used the foam pipe insulators to give the foam some structure and also to give that “fat/rolls” look that SLIMER has. So I started making SLIMER come to life by cutting up the foam bedding into some small triangles and hot gluing them back together to form a dome shape for his head, from there I drew a rough sketch of his face on the foam so I could figure out how to build out the rest of his face and cheeks. ![]() Starting materials and finished SLIMER costume Venkman Ghostbuster costume (complete with light up proton pack) that accompanied SLIMER to the party, but that’s another story…. ![]() The costume turned out even better than I had hoped and it was a definite HIT at the Halloween party we attended, (where we won best costumes.) We also made the Dr. The materials I chose to use were- a full size egg crate style foam that you would put on a bed (under $10), some foam pipe insulators ($1.25 each), expanding spray foam in a can ($3), several tubes of paintable silicone caulking ($2 per tube), hot glue and glue gun, assorted spray paints, 2 ping pong balls, and an old long sleeve t-shirt and old gloves I had around the house. So if I wanted to keep this a budget friendly costume I knew, rather than hit the craft store for the obvious materials (by the yard Foam and liquid latex), it was the hardware store and department store for me. I also knew I wanted it to have a wet slimy look (you know, sort of gross like SLIMER was in the movie). ![]() I wanted it to be made out of a soft light weight material so it wouldn’t be too awkward or heavy to wear at the party we were going to. I also didn’t want to break the bank buying materials to make this costume (since most of the cool ones I saw online were hundreds of dollars to make) so I knew I would have to get creative with materials. Rather than take the obvious character options for costumes, I wanted to challenge myself and try to make a SLIMER costume. When we decided that we were going to do something somewhat ordinary like a Ghostbusters theme for our Halloween costumes this year, I knew I had to do something over the top to make it stand out. ![]()
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