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Then I used canned spray foam to create the bony ridges along the eyes and mouth. First, I carved out the small scales using a ball point pen. The T-Rex head looked pretty good, but it didnвЂ™t look right without any texture. I also glued and screwed in some nylon webbing with a fastener clip to create a chin strap that is similar to that of a bicycle helmet. I glued pieces of an old towel in the head opening for extra comfort. I did several test fits as I was building the head, but in the end I needed to add an additional piece of foam to allow the head to rest properly on my sonвЂ™s forehead. I added another piece of foam for the jaw and glued in individually carved teeth. The upper teeth were carved into the profiles. Then I began to carve the shape and features into the head. Next I glued these pieces together with construction adhesive (which bonds the insulation very well) to form a helmet. The two side pieces were cut larger than the centre pieces to enclose the head.

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To create a 3D head, I drew a full size side-view of the head based on the sketches, then cut out several pieces of foam with this shape. Also the foam is light, strong, easily carved (using a sharp utility knife), and takes paint well.

We had some of this material left over from home renovations. I decided to use 1.5вЂњ thick rigid foam insulation board material to make the head.

#TREX COSTUME HOW TO#

I Googled images of T-Rex and then made some scale sketches to get an idea of how to proportion the head to fit my son. When planning the head, I knew I wanted my sonвЂ™s head to peek out of the T-Rex mouth, because it would allow the most realistic look and would give him an interesting perspective from within the T-Rex Dinosaur Costume вЂ“ looking through the teeth. Now he has a dino decoration for his bedroom. My son really enjoyed being T-Rex as shown on this video (). It wasnвЂ™t finished until a few days before Halloween. I began work on the costume in August and spent many late nights working on it. The construction of each component is discussed below. I decided to build it this way to allow my son to easily take off the tail to sit in a chair or take off the head to take a break. I constructed the T-Rex Dinosaur Costume in four components: head, tail, suit, and feet. My four-year-old son loves dinosaurs and wanted to be a T-Rex for Halloween 2011.

Trex costume