Now look out and watch people get out of the way. You can stencil on some markings to indicate the owner of the traffic cone: Dept of Traffic, Utility Company, property of the BUG Company - Brooklyn Union Gas, etc. The tape piece would need to be somewhat arc shaped to fit correctly. Note that if you actually did use a tape to apply the band, it would not lie flat on the conical shape as you went around. I've got a batch of glass microbead sandblasting media that I might try to see if it is similar to the stuff they use to dust the freshly painted lines in the street. You can also glue and sprinkle some glitter on there later to increase the realism of your traffic cone. Since I don't have any real retroreflective tape, I freehanded two bands on the cone by painting the borders of the strips leaving an exposed strip of white. Traffic cones have an added strip or strips of retroreflective tape(tiny glass mirror beads are embedded in the paint) to increase visibility when lights shine on it, a safety feature especially useful when car headlights bounce off the traffic cone to warn the driver of something ahead. You can also apply a weathered look by drybrushing - dab just a drop of black and white paint on your brush, apply feather strokes to get graying and a weather worn look. It smeared some of the paint and I liked the weatherbeaten look to it. When touching up the black trim on the bottom, I used a rag to wipe up some errant paint and just wiped it all over the cone. Overall Pick Seasons Women Construction Cone Costume 56 50+ bought in past month Limited time deal 2399 Typical: 50. I painted the bottom black to simulate the rubber base. 1-48 of 267 results for 'traffic cone costume' Results Price and other details may vary based on product size and color. The paint is a fluorescent school bus yellow that I added red to get the right color. Cozy Cone Halloween Time Stickers & Magnets Cozy Cone Halloween Time Stickers & Magnets (168) 3.50. I used acrylic paints for easy cleanup and knew that this would not really be exposed to the elements like a real traffic cone. Traffic Cone Clipart Alphabet Letters PNG File for Construction Digital Download, Scrapbooking Junk Journal Crafts, DIY Cricut Designs Cards (6) 8.69. Voila! A $30.00 Homemade Traffic Cone Halloween Costume Idea! The great thing is that I only had to cut one hole in the orange fabric so I can still re-use all of it.The cone was primed with white acrylic paint. I also reinforced the connection of the two parts with more safety pins. I tied some shoelaces around the narrow parts of the circle so I could fasten the base to the hula hoop once the black fabric was cut and glued/taped to the base. I had to reinforce the bottom of it with small pieces of wood and sticks so it wouldn’t bend from the weight. I cut and taped the thick poster board pieces I had on hand to form the base around the bottom of the cone. I flipped it inside out and used silver duct tape to tape around the top of the bucket to mimic reflector tape, which, would have been way too expensive for my “budget” costume (I was able to use a 40% off coupon to purchase the tape). I cut a half circle out of the top side of the pail to allow room for my son’s forehead, and, cut a hole in the fabric where his face would show. I safety pinned the sides together from the top of the pail down to the bottom of the hula hoop and left space open for the arms. I had my son place the pail over his head and I draped the fabric over it, inside out, so that the hula hoop bottom hung down evenly. I was able to purchase 3 yards of “safety orange” fleece and 2 yards of black fleece at half price! I fastened the end lengths of the orange fleece to the hula hoop with safety pins. The nearest fabric store with bright orange fabric was 4 hours away! Fortunately, we were heading out that way for a birthday party. The only items I had on hand were the hula hoop for the bottom circle, a beach pail for the top, and hard poster board (from recycling) for the bottom. My son, Jordan, had the oddball idea of being a traffic cone this year. As my kids get older I require that they get more creative with their Halloween costume ideas.
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