Ryan (4 years old) and I LOVED to watch the animated series on the HUB Network titled “Transformer’s Prime”.   When he was 5, we looking at several costumes ideas for Halloween with a Transformers theme.  And since I couldn’t find anything for myself, we decided it would be fitting to embark on a new challenge and make a full-scale costume of my favorite character.

This is a 100% EVA foam costume.  We used about 60 square foam tiles and foam sheets (similar to the material you’d find on a gym floor).  It’s put together by warping the foam with heat, hot-gluing the pieces together, and then spray-painting it to mirror Megatron’s metallic finish with purple (Energon) accents.  It took us over 3 months to complete, and considering we had NO artistic capabilities, and had never tried something like this before, we were really happy with the outcome.

We only wore it a handful of times in October 2012.  On a trick-or-treating adventure at our local Mall (see pic below), with Ryan dressed up as the arch enemy “Optimus Prime”, we were bombarded by people who wanted photos with Megatron.  I also wore it to a Halloween Trunk Or Treat at his school when he was in 1st grade.

Ultimately our goal in doing this was to create a great lifelong memory for Ryan to look back on and also teach him to never be afraid of trying new things. We can only hope we were successful!

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