I was trying to think of a costume I could use many small lights in to really punch up a costume and what has more crazy lights then a slot machine?
The framework (box) of the Slot Machine Costume was hand cut from reflective foam insulation board (the kind for houses, no fiberglass)and taped together with reflective crome tape. I found some images online of slot machines and printed them out on the color plotter here at work (shhhhh)the “reels” area was laminated with clear sticky shelf paper stuff and set against a hole cut in the box backlit by three LED “tap lights” on a foam shelf.
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I used two strings of multi-colored LED “rice” lights to line the front perimeter or the box from the inside through small holes and two LED blinking toys (from dollar store, hard to explain them but they were awesome) to make the shoulder lights.
For the enclosure I used a plastic box I had laying around and It fit just right. An altoids tin will work just as well. Connect some wire to four pins and make a small hole in the side of the enclosure (See pic A1) On the inside of the enclosure slit the wire so you have 2 sets of 2. A Working Slot Machine Costume. Casino Party Casino Night Casino Theme Homemade Halloween Costumes Halloween Costume Contest Diy Halloween Costume Ideas Friend.
A black long sleeve shirt with one arm painted silver and black gloves finished it off.
Oddly enough, the campground we always go to for their Halloween weekend lost power soon after dark for an hour and she was the blinking beacon of the streets.