Slime making is a favorite activity in my home!  Just a few basic ingredients create a project that keeps my kids busy for hours.  Since Halloween is around the corner, I decided to model my slime after one of my kids’ favorite monsters, Bob from the movie “Monsters Vs. Aliens”.  This one eyed blob would make a fun party craft, or even a unique Halloween party favor.

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Project estimate:

• White school glue, on hand
• Tempera paint, on hand or $1
• Liquid starch – on hand or $1
• Plastic eyeballs, $1

Total:  $1 and up

Step one:  Pour 1/2 cup glue into a container.

Step two:  Mix in blue paint.  (I prefer to use washable paint instead of food coloring, to decrease the risk of stains!)

Step three:  Pour 1/2 cup of liquid starch to the colored glue.  Mix well.  If it feels too sticky, add a little more starch.  If you end up with too much starch you can just pour the excess off.

Step four:  Add the eyeball to the slime blob.

This is a fun project to do with a large group, and it makes a great party favor.

You could make it any color you want, and even add glitter to it!

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Handmade Pixar Movie Costumes

Russell and Kevin the Bird from UP Costumes (from here)

Such a cute costume for a pair of kiddos! I wonder if their parent dressed like Mr. Fredrickson? The Russell costume looks a combination of on hand (possibly thrifted), with a handmade sash with badges on it, and handmade handkerchief and modified hat, oh, and balloons, of course. The Kevin the Bird costume appears to be a modified royal blue hoodie (a slit cut in the hood, a felt-covered cone for the neck, not sure on the head), and felt feathers.

Russell from UP Costume (from here)

Here’s another take on the Russell costume. Such a cute boy!

Slinky Dog Costume (2 person) – from here

The owner of the costume said: My mom made this Slinky Dog costume for my boys, age 6. She spent a month on it but it turned out great!

I can identify a few parts of the costume: looks like felt yardage was used for most of the body, brown leggings (or tights) with fuzzy brown slippers (or faux fur-covered slippers). Looks like the slinky is really some wire (probably straight off of one of those giant spools). I wonder how comfortable this was to wear? Probably doesn’t matter, because it’s good enough to go straight to Disneyland and start signing autographs.

Wall-E Costume (from here)

The creator of the costume said:

My three year old son wanted to be Wall-E for Halloween so I decided that I could make it. I started with a cardboard box and made cutouts for the head and arms. For the wheels, I pulled apart one side of the another piece of cardboard to use the corrugated part as the texture of the wheels, then shaped them and used hot glue to attached the sides together. For the arms I used Pringles chips tubes covered with brown bags and duct tape for the hands. The eyes were shaped out of cardboard and glued together with hot glue then I taped the eyes to kid’s safety goggles. I used images of Wall-E onine and used those as reference to paint the entire costume in tempera paint. He absolutely loves it!

Boo from Monsters, Inc. Costume (from here)

Aaaah! Boo is the cutest part of Monsters, Inc. and this is such an adorable costume. Looks like it was basically a slightly conical padded tube made out of felt or cotton (with teeth added, of course!). The head kind of looks like a completely covered umbrella to me!

Buzz Lightyear Costume (from here)

Buzz says: This mini Buzz Lightyear was made entirely from scratch. My Dad made all the armor pieces and my Mom made all the soft parts, logos and iron-ons. It took two weeks to build and my favorite part was being able to wear it to Disneyland.

Looks like a combination of readymade items (white pants and shirt), sewn items (hood and rolly belt thing), craft foam (armor and arm gauntlets) and recycled stuff embellishments (plastic cap knob, etc.). Oh, and dig the modded shoes! Looks like duct tape on the shoes?

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