I figured we couldn't go wrong with a Disney theme, and since I'm not really the princess type, I decided to go with Toy Story. I couldn't quite get the whole family on board, but Luke and I were a team for this project. Nick and Zack went with a Walking Dead theme and used the back of our truck.
I had found a fancy Buzz Lightyear costume at a resale store in his size for $5! With some sewing help from my mom and some other resale store items, I dressed as Jessie. We decorated the back of the car like Andy's room. I painted white clouds on a plastic blue tablecloth to hang for the background. I cut and painted a large piece of cardboard for the headboard and covered a folding table with a blue comforter for Andy's bed. I decorated some cardboard boxes with sharpies to make the town, and I made a bean bag toss game out of soup cans with pictures of Potato Head and some homemade bean bags.
I made Buzz's spaceship for the kids to stand in and take pictures. For the spaceship I used large pieces of cardboard leftover from Sam's Club (you can take these for free) and cut out the shapes for the front, sides, and wings (the front was about 4 feet tall). I drew the design in pencil and painted it with craft paint. I made a frame out of PVC pipe and fittings and duct taped the pieces on. For a final touch I attached a string of lights across the top and sides.
It was such a fun evening! After a rough start of not wanting to wear his costume, Luke came through for me as the cute factor. He danced to the Toy Story songs I had playing through the car speakers and helped me hand out candy. We even posed for pictures with several kids.
All of the kids and families voted on the cars, and we found out a couple of days later that we had won 4 out of 5 categories, including Best Overall! We did not win for Scariest. Our prize was a 6-pack of tickets to Holiday in the Park at 6 Flags, which we used over the Christmas holidays.
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