![]() I literally had probably five dozen people tell me it was “the cutest costume they had ever seen!!!” I had to tell everyone how I assembled it, where I got my pieces, etc. I was so obsessed with this costume I made sure to take her to any Halloween event I could find! We took her to our city’s festival, a downtown event, lunch and desserts on Halloween day, and of course trick-or-treating. My father-in-law went digging in his basement for old cords and gave us red and yellow, which I attached to her proton pack.įor Halloween night I transformed her Cozy Coupe car into Ecto-1 with crate paper and the Ghostbusters logo! We even had speakers and an iPod in the back playing the theme song as we walked the neighborhood. I spray painted the once neon gun mat black, and could not believe how well it took! I used the hose from the air pump, along with electrical tape and hot blue to attach the nerf gun, hose and backpack. I also bought an air pump and nerf gun at the thrift store to assemble her proton pack. I used red 3D fabric paint and wrote her nickname “Lina” on the strap (short for Evelina, which didn’t fit). I bought a two dollar black backpack from the thrift store for her proton pack and cut off three inches of strap to make her name tag for her dress. I ordered Ghostbuster patches online, and I was so lucky to find smaller ones perfect for a toddler! I bigger one would have taken up her whole chest! Luckily my mother-in-law came to the rescue and sewed on some lace at the bottom to add some length to the dress. It would have taken too long to ship back and buy another one, as we needed it ready by 10/21 for a community Halloween party. I ordered in it a size 2T, and it was of course too short on my giant baby. In September I had the idea I wanted her to be a Ghostbuster, but a girly one! In a dress! I searched and searched for a khaki dress and found the perfect one online. This was my daughter’s third Halloween, and her third Halloween being something unique and not baby-y. It will also make the foam a little tougher.All my friends are dressing their babies up as fuzzy zoo animals or some costume that came in a bag from the store. This will allow you to paint it with good old black spray paint. ![]() Then cover it with Minwax Polycrylic sealer. Once your foam is cut to shape sand it lightly and smooth all the surfaces with a lightweight spackling paste. The trick to working with foam is to finish it properly or paint will melt it. I machined my own knobs and Ion knob but many people use stacked washers for the Ion knob. I made the gun hook from a piece of 1/8" thick aluminum sheet but a lot of people use a Dixie cup dispenser hook. I used another plastic folder (blue) to make the powecell lense. The powercell is made from 1/8" thick board and is held in place with screws, making it easy to remove for battery access. The lenses were made from translucent plastic folders. I ended up using flashlight refelectors with red LED's in them for the cylotron lights. The cyclotron is made from MDF rings and 1/8" thick board. The spacer is made from blue foam as are the gearboxes, Ion arm and bumper- this speeds things up dramatically and really cuts down the weight of the pack. The motherboard is made from 1/8" thick board and is bolted to the ALICE pack frame. This is a BIG project so I'll basically outline what I did to make it go a lot faster. They absolutely cannot believe they were homemade. People go absolutely flippin' nuts when they see the whole getup. But come Halloween it is oh sooo worth it. All the labels on the packs and goggles are accurate and were printed on my computer. I turned the aluminum and glass lenses on a lathe. I made the goggles from hardboard, Bondo and thin plywood. The "no ghost" patches were bought online. ![]() Even our coveralls were from the original movie supplier. Most of the small parts on the pack are movie accurate and were located at a local electronics surplus store. ![]() ![]() pack frames are the same as the movie and were purchased from an Army surplus store. The packs and trap are pretty movie accurate- they were made from plans that were drawn up from one of the original movie "hero" packs on display at Planet Hollywood. The trap weighs around six or seven pounds and the packs weigh about twenty- five pounds. I made two lighting circuits for each pack using a simple homemade 555 timer circuit, a few LEDs and 9v batteries. The guns come off the packs and the packs light up, as does the trap. I also made a ghost trap and pedal- it clips onto the belt just like in the movie. :D I made two complete packs, suits, belts and goggles in just over two weeks working mostly nights and weekends. We tried to get his roommate into it too so we could have a third Ghostbuster but he didn't think we'd be able to do it. I thought this would be a great idea for Halloween (I love Halloween!) so in my usual over the top fashion I went, well - over the top. ![]()
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