How To Make A Template Of A Car With Foam Board

This easy and budget-friendly costume will entreatment to even the youngest racing fans. Watch the video at team.valvoline.com/halloween.

Supplies:

• 2 pieces of 36" x 24" foam core in white (or preferred base of operations colour for body)

• 2 pieces of poster board in white (for hood & trunk)

• 3 rolls of Duct Tape™ in blood-red and blue (stripes and construction) (Duct Record MAX™ recommended for construction)

• Exact-o-Knife™

• i pair of black suspenders(for the straps)

• 3 black plastic or foam plates(for the steering wheel and wheels)

• 2 red plastic cups (for the taillights)

• 1 brad carve up pivot(for the steering wheel and wheels)

• Self-healing cutting mat

• Hot glue gun

• Scissors

• Scotch Tape™

• i sheet of printable sticker paper for decals* (or regular printing paper) *Download additional decals at team.valvoline/halloween

• 4 onetime CDs(for hub caps)

• 2 bombardment operated puck lights for headlights (recommended: ane 2-pack, GE Touch Activated LD puck lights™ and six AAA batteries)

• two pieces of 14 inch piping insulation

• i piece of 23 inch pipe insulation

• Printable templates (provided)

Pace ane

Print templates, record into place, & position over the 36" x 24" white foam cadre.

Step 2

Cut out the template using an Exact-o-Knife™

Step 3

Fold a poster board in half and using a straight edge cut along the seam(creating two 14" pieces).

Step four

Fold one end at 4.5 inches and hot glue.

Fold the other stop at 3 inches and hot glue.

Stride 5

Place side A flat on a surface and Duct Tape™ or hot glue the affiche board C onto the front edge of A.

And so tape or hot glue D to the back edge of A.

Stride 6

Place side B apartment on the surface and place side A on elevation. Tape C/D to B's border.

Step 7

Fold a piece of 12" x 23" poster in 1/2 and tape/hot glue to add together support to the piece of poster.

Trace and cut the spoiler out using an Exact-o-Knife™.

Mucilage the spoiler to the trunk of the car.

Step eight

Cut a 23" piece of pipe insulation to wrap the 7.5" plastic plate, for the steering wheel, making sure to cut the top and bottom at an bending then they fit together seamlessly.

Wrap the cut slice effectually the plate & remove the plastic backing to secure the insulation.

Stride 9

Attach the plastic plates to the sides every bit the wheels, using record/hot glue gun.

Footstep 10

Identify one stripe of each color blueish and blood-red Duct Tape™ along the side.

Print and apply the stickers.

Step 11

Cut the bottoms out of two red plastic cups

Record or hot gum them to the back as taillights

Tape or glue the LED headlights in the front.

Footstep 12

Cut two pieces of self-sealing 1/2"pipe insulation to just under 14 inches for the front and back support rails.

Step 13

Attach suspenders, making sure to cut away one strap so every bit to look like a seat belt. And that's how you create an piece of cake & budget friendly costume for footling racers of all ages!

*Outfit the driver in white baseball pants, white shoes, and white hat. Don't forget the wreath of roses (shape a faux rose garland into a wreath), a bays celebratory beverage! Final Size: 36" L x 14" W x 11.v" H