Again lots of duct tape and even a little hot glue! My minion was finally coming into sight! I covered some jaged shapped foam with fleece and create some teeth to create a mouth. After making a second tube for his body I took some cheap quilt batting and purple fleece and cover both pieces completely. This left a hole in the top of the head but as we know from the pictures the purple minions have tons of crazy awesome wild purple hair so I knew the hole would be covered. With lots of bad thoughts toward the foam and a bunch of bending and more duct tape of course I was able to maneuver the top to look more dome like. Yeah that didn’t turn out pretty! Think Dan Aykroyd in 1993s Coneheads lol. ![]() (I guess I should mention that usually the hot glue gun is my best friend but in this case using it just angered the mat and made it melt lol.) Next I started attempting to create a round top by cutting triangles out and gathering the foam with punched holes and thin yarn. I pulled out the old trusty duct tape and went to town. After buying it I measured my son and created a tube shape that went around him to create his body or head. So I started brain storming and googling again and found someone who mentioned using a camping mat as a form for a costume. Now most people making the yellow minions suggested you use a trash can but since I’m cheap (as I said earlier) I refused to pay $20 for a round top trash can. I love diy projects but am too cheap to pay for instructions so I do tons of trial and error. So it looked like I was gonna have to go at this thing alone and wing it. Problem #2: I could only find ONE other homemade purple minion costume online to try and pattern mine after (and it wasn’t pretty lol). ![]() Since we don’t do costumes half way in our house I promised I’d make him the best evil minion yet. He loved the idea of being a cute yellow minion but when he set eyes on those screaming, spitting purple minions he couldn’t wait to throw on a costume and get into character! Problem #1: The only purple minion costumes out there for sale were sad looking and poorly made. ![]() After last year’s extravagant robot costume (and lots of whining, tears and bumping into things) I vowed I would never again make my poor son wear another costume that gave him limited sight or mobility.Then Despicable Me 2 came out in theaters and both our minds were changed.
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