This instructable was entered into the Fandom Contest.Here you will find an extensive selection of the best selling Pac-Man costume ideas to wear to your next Halloween party. With the hardware cloth on all you have to do is wait for your costume to dry, and it is time to show off your work. This time use black tape so because this part will be visible in the final result.
The last thing to do is to tape black plastic hardware cloth to the hole in the inside of the mouth you made earlier. Once everything is taped and glued together you are almost done. Getting inside the costume and gluing will be the best strategy to get the best results. Again it will be very beneficial to have someone hold the pieces together while you do the tape and gluing. Do the same thing on the other circular side. This will ensure a sturdy bond between all the pieces of cardboard (The pictures above are how I secured the cardboard with the tap over hot glue method) The method I used to make sure everything was strong, was glue gunning the tabs to the circular side then duck taping (since the tape is on the inside it won't matter what color it is) over the hot glue. In this step it may be helpful to have someone hold the cardboard pieces together while you put them together. The rest of the cardboard should be flush with each other. Make sure to leave a space to get into the costume between the bottom and back piece (The picture above shows where you should leave a gap to get into the costume). With the tabs you made earlier tape and glue the three pieces that make up the top, bottom, and back, and the inside of the mouth to the first circular side. To assemble the Pac-Man start off with one of the circular sides. Now that you have all the pieces ready it is time to put them all together and make the Pac-Man costume you've been waiting for!
Lastly these pieces will need to have tabs going lengthwise but NOT widthwise. Because of this they will need to be curved to accommodate the circular shape of Pac-Man. These pieces will curve to make the top, back, and bottom of Pac-Man. The bottom two pieces had the dimensions of 23x12 inches and the top, longest one was 37x12 inches. The last three sides between the two circular sides that you made earlier will hold everything together. Also all the inside edges will need to have tabs where you can glue and tape on. This will be the hole to see out of and will be covered by plastic hardware cloth. In the middle of one side cut out a rectangle with the dimensions of 13x8 inches. Bend it in half so each side is 18n inches long. Again these are just the dimensions I used. Cut the circle, arm hole, and mouth out with a knife.įor the inside of the mouth cut a strip of cardboard that is 36 inches long and 12 inches wide. For me I made the arm hole a little off center and 4 inches in diameter but just made it to fit your arm. To create the mouth just make a wedge that starts directly in the middle and is 22 inches from bottom to top at the edge of the circle. You only have to make one circle then trace it onto the other one. To make the perfect circles I used the method shown here but instead made the string 18 inches long. The mouth is just like a slice out of a pizza and is about 22 inches from bottom to top. They are each 3 feet (36 inches) in diameter and each cut out of one slip sheet of cardboard. The first pieces to cut are the identical circular sides. Check the photo above for an example.) This will make the project miles easier and less stressful and difficult. (The little grooves/lines in the cardboard. Note- Very Important-For both the inside of the mouth and the three sides on the top, back and bottom of Pac-Man (The last two paragraphs) make sure the curve and fold is going with the grain of the cardboard. Because the general shape is mostly blocky the cuts won't be too complicated. The Pac-Man costume consists of six simple pieces of cardboard that all come to form Pac-Man.
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