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Another Airplane Costume: El Chupacabra

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Just so you know, you can’t make a plane costume without making one for each kid. Thankfully, I only have 2 kids. 😉

Originally, I planned on having the boys share the “Dusty” plane costume I made. Silly mom…

Airplane Costume El Chupacabra

The boys had another idea. I had plenty of boxes in my stash so I decided to tackle an El Chupacabra plane costume for Elliot.

Use a picture of El Chupacabra from Disney Planes or a toy to determine costume details

Just like the Dusty costume, I continually referred back to images of El Chupacabra to model my costume as closely as possible. El Chupacabra image above from www.disneystore.co.uk.

El Chupacabra Costume Materials

  • Cardboard boxes
  • duck tape (red, green and white)
  • black electrical tape
  • shiny silver metal tape (I snagged out of our garage)
  • plastic laundry bottle cap
  • a wooden skewer
  • a green cape
  • material for suspenders
  • binder clips
  • red felt
  • elastic
  • velcro

Refer to my Dusty Planes Costume for more complete directions on creating a homemade plane costume.  I am sharing additional details or changes different from the previous costume.

El Chupacabra Costume: Propeller

Mustache Propeller

I cut El Chupacabra’s propeller out of 1 long piece of cardboard. In order to make each side match as closely as possible, I created a template. It’s not perfect but it looks pretty darn good! I wrapped the propeller with silver tape.

This propeller also spins, check the Dusty post for full propeller details but basically I replaced the bowl with a laundry cap and the pencil with a wooden skewer. I then cut out a hole and popped the propeller into the front of the fuselage.

El Chupacabra Costume: Mask and Cape

El Chupacabra Mask and Cape

I lucked out on the mask. I already had red felt on hand, spare elastic from an old fitted sheet and an existing super hero mask to use as a template to create a red mask. Easy Peasy.

We also already had a green cape on hand, I shortened it using the green duck tape so it wouldn’t drag on the ground. I attached it to the plane using stick on velcro. “I swish my cape at you!”

El Chupacabra Costume: Wheels

plane wheels

The wheels are made from felt, I used the failed cardboard/craft stick model from Dusty as a template. The wheels hang from the fuselage when the plane is “flying” and won’t break when the costume is set down on the ground.

El Chupacabra Costume: Details

I printed the #5 decal from PicMonkey and then colored it red. You could also cut it out of vinyl using a Cricut machine.

Again for more details on the suspenders, wings, tail end and “painting” process check out my Dusty Planes Costume post.

El Chupacabra Plane Costume 2

One tip on getting the red scallops on the plane wings. I placed red duct tape lightly on a cereal box and cut the scallops out, then peeled the tape off and applied it to the plane wing.

El Chupacabra Airplane Costume

Homemade El Chupacabra Plane Costume

 I think it turned out pretty cute!

Disney Planes Costume

El Chupacabra Airplane Costume


Dusty and El Chupacabra enjoyed flying around together!

Dusty and El Chupacabra Costumes

Interested in turning a couple of planes into a family costume theme? Check out my post about an airplane family costume theme!

Disney Planes Costumes

This post was originally published August 14, 2013.

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  1. Seriously. Adorable. I think the Chupacabra one is even cuter with the cape, but the pictures of Eliot enjoying it are the real prize. I love making something a second time because I figure out all of the easier/better ways to do things (like the wheels).

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  4. I think it’s official. You need to stop saying you aren’t crafty. You are better than crafty – you are DIY-inexpensive-crafty which I think is even harder!

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  22. Is there any way I can get via email the instructions for the Dusty and Chupacabra costumes?
    My pc wont show all oictures – not sure why 🙁

    I can see one picture and I think my boys would absolutely LOVE IT!
    Thank you!
    Jenny

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