Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt Costumes

Making a Thomas the Tank Engine and a Sir Topham Hatt

My boys love Thomas and Friends... so what better than a costumes than have in my older son as a Thomas and the youngest as Sir Topham Hatt since he is still a little bit of chunky I was thinking if something cute for him. So I had a large box and decided to make a fun costume. I started it pretty early on becaus I knew it would take a with for me to complete this. 

We had purchased some red and blue spray paint for the this project and we alway have a large amount of boxes and we also a black from a previous project. I took a knife and cut of all of the flaps except one that the smoke stack and bell were going to be on.  Next was to spray paint the out side of the box blue and of course that was done out doors.

I took both of the wider side flaps of the box and thought about making some wheels out of them. I then traced around a circular (flower pot) shape and started to cur them out. Their was enough room for three on each side, so that meant there we six all together there were six. Three on each side. From there used what ever I could with to make red duct tap, a black painted smoke stack a toilet paper roll with smoke out of the stack aka cotton balls, and a bronze bell. We also had copied a Thomas head and then glued on the lid to the coffee can.  Someone had given a pair of engineer overalls and for MJ's birthday he got a sweet little Thomas hat and then he had some suspenders with another little outfit. There are several other details that only some who watches a whole lot of Thomas the Tank Engine.

Next was Sir Topham Hatt! I used a old coffee can and I then got a paper plate and cut out the center and then hot glue gunned them together and then spray painted them black. The only other thing that I had to do was to saftey pin some yellow felt  to a white shirt and then then I turn one of Siah's suit coat inside out. The pants for that went along with the suit coat were grey and he has lots of ties for Sundays. His custom was fairly simple!

Our town does a parade for the Halloween and there our are age groups for the custom judging and then give out bags candy and hot chocolate.

We set up a little studio at hime and had some fun taking some photos of our sweet boys!!!! Thanks for all of your help Keith couldn't have done it with out you.