How to Make a Bam Bam Costume
Bamm-Bamm was one of the youngest citizens of the fictional town Bedrock on the animated television series "The Flintstones." Living next door to Fred and Wilma Flinstone's family, Bamm-Bamm is the son of the Rubbles. You can transform into the energetic Stone Age toddler with this easily made costume, perfect for Halloween or theme parties.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Black duct tape
- Orange skirt
- Orange ball cap
- Large safety pins
- White men's wig
- Wiffle ball bat
- Newspaper
- Flour
- Water
- Stove pot
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
- Plastic dog bone
- Dark brown felt
- Tape measure
- Velcro adhesive tape
- Dark brown spray paint
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Cut the skirt with scissors to create a jagged hem that will fall between your knee and your thigh.
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Take your sash measurements. Place the tape measure at your left hip and pull it over your right shoulder, looping it down your back to your right belt line. Add 5 inches to the measurement.
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Cut a strip of dark-brown felt that measures 4 1/2 inches wide with a length equal to your sash measurement.
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Cut equilateral triangles from the black duct tape and stick them to the orange skirt and ball cap.
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Make a papier-mache bat. Boil four parts water to one part flour in a stove pot and allow the mixture to cool. Cut long vertical strips of newspaper and run them through the mixture. Wrap the newspaper strips around the Wiffle ball bat, adding layers for increased fullness toward the top, and allow to dry.
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Spray paint the bat dark brown.
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Assemble Bamm-Bamm's toga. Wear the skirt. Use safety pins to attach the front of the brown sash to the skirt's front at the left hip, pulling it over your right shoulder and attaching it to the skirt at the lower right back. Cut a piece of soft Velcro tape and adhere it to the sash of the toga near the skirt's hemline. Adhere a piece of abrasive Velcro tape to the back of the plastic dog bone, and attach the bone to the sash.
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Place the white wig on your head underneath the decorated orange ball cap. Carry the papier-mached bat to complete the look.
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Tips & Warnings
If you are self-conscious about going bare-chested, wear a flesh-toned long-sleeved shirt underneath the toga's sash.
Keep hot glue guns and sharp scissors away from children. Always spray paint in a well-ventilated area or outdoors to avoid chemical inhalation.
