DIY Burger & Fries Costume: 35-Min Cardboard Build
Time35 minEffortEasy
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A sesame-seed bun top for one, a red fry carton with yellow fry sticks for the other. The drive-thru duo. About thirty-five minutes, easy: a tan t-shirt, a red t-shirt, and green, red, and yellow felt. The sesame seeds are just white dots; don't overthink them.
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Tip: drop real wrapped candy into the fry carton.
Steps
- Buy the felt, bowl, and paint.
- Pull a tan and a red t-shirt from the closet.
- Burger: cut wavy felt strips.
- Green for lettuce, red for tomato, yellow for cheese.
- Glue the strips in a stack across the tan t-shirt.
- Cover the paper bowl with tan felt.
- Wear the bowl upside down as the bun top.
- Fries: fold the cardboard into an open-top carton.
- Paint it red.
- Or cover the carton with red paper.
- Let it dry.
- Cut yellow paper into fry sticks.
- Glue the sticks poking out of the carton top.
- Wear the carton like a sandwich board over the red t-shirt.
- Use ribbon straps over the shoulders.
- Safety: Round the cardboard corners, and keep the fry sticks soft paper, never wood, so the carton is crowd-safe.
- Optional pro finish: drop real wrapped candy into the fry carton.
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Common questions
How do you keep the bun bowl on your head?
Wear it tilted back like a hat, not balanced on top. A strip of double-sided tape inside the rim keeps it put.
Can the fry carton hold real candy?
Yes, line it with a plastic bag first so grease never touches the cardboard, and keep it to wrapped candy.
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