"Up" Old Man Halloween Costume

Stella
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"Up" Old Man Halloween Costume - young boy in PVC pipe walker My son was the old man from the movie "Up" when he was 16 months old. It was a fairly simple costume to put together. I was really happy with the results.

Supplies:

reading glasses
6+ assorted colored helium balloons
bow tie
cardigan
button-up shirt
trousers
Walker:
1/2" PVC pipe, cut at different lengths
2 3-way PVC pipe elbows
2 90-degree PVC pipe elbows
2 tennis balls

Steps:

I already had the clothes: a cardigan, button-up shirt, a bow tie, and corduroy pants. I popped the lenses out of some thrift store reading glasses. I bought 6 helium balloons, each in a different color and tied them to the belt loop of my son's pants. The most difficult part of this costume was making the walker. I measured how tall and wide I needed it to stand and took those measurements to the hardware store. I was able to have them cut all 1/2" PVC pipe pieces for me there. You will need:
- 4 legs all the same length
- 1 piece to attach the two front legs together, it should be shorter than the length of the legs, but wide enough for your baby to step into.
- 2 pieces of the same length to attach the front and back legs together.
- 2 3-way PVC elbows
- 2 90 degree PVC elbows
- 2 tennis balls

Attach all the pipe pieces together to make the walker. The two 3-way elbows attach the front legs to the front bar as well as the two side bars. The 90-degree elbows attach the back legs to the side bars. I chose not to glue any of the pieces together because I found them to stay together well enough on their own. If you want it to be super sturdy, I would opt to glue everything together. Cut an "X" into the tennis balls and fit them onto the front legs of the walker.

There you have it. I wish I would have taken step by step photos, but totally spaced it.

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