How to make a FOXY Cosplay Costume from FNAF! (Part Two)

Okay, I have to admit I thought I was in over my head with this costume, but with my craft-i-ness and my hubby's arts-i-ness we managed to get the costume done in time for the party in our neighborhood. I have to admit I believe it is our best costume yet. Last year Obe Wan wanted to be Steve from MineCraft and I thought that was a douzzzzy of a costume. I believe this will be his last year to Trick or Treat---thank goodness!

So, I completed the costume in around 24 hours. I didn't pull an all nighter--I'm too old for that, but between the shopping and the hours Prince Charming and I invested in the costume it was probably a full days worth! If you didn't see part one you can find it here: How to build a FOXY Costume (part one)

On to part Two: The body!


Step One: Gloves--These are pretty easy. I found a pair of gray gloves at Target. We used cardboard and Duck tape to make these. I let the 10 year old draw on them. I added wires with hot glue. Originally he didn't like it, but I thought it was cool and once he saw it he said it added a nice animatronic touch. (Whatever the heck that means....resume drinking....)









Step Two: Shoes. Now this was a little bit more tricky as I didn't want him walking around in shoe boxes and I knew I didn't want to use a pair of his shoes. The boy only has one at a time as he is super uber picky! We picked up a pair of women's slippers at the Goodwill. They had a solid sole on them and were solid enough to hold up for snow/ice. (We got that here last year according to the neighbors.) I also wanted him to be able to be comfortable for walking door to door. Thanks to Amazon I always have a box or two laying around the house. I cut up a box and spray painted it silver. I used the cardboard for the shoes, the hand, the hook and the eye patch! Super good to have a cardboard box around!

 The most difficult part of the shoes was attaching them to the slippers. I used my handy dandy wire again and sewed them together. Obe Wan wasn't happy about the wire appearing again, but he was satisfied as they stayed together as one unit. He was completely impressed with my ability to turn the 'ladies' slippers into usable FOXY shoes. Whatever. (Three Tequila shots---floor?)

Step Four: (OOPS, I mean three....) The next part was the other hand. The hook. Foxy is a Pirate you know. (Nope, must have missed that one....) So I rolled my 1" foam together and made a hand cozy. I thought about putting my beer in it, but decided that was just tacky. I rolled it together, sewed it together (by hand), cut a whole in the top for my hook to go through and then hot glued felt to the sucker! It looks pretty slick. I made the hook handle extra long so he can actually hold onto the hook and move it around. It is kinda cool. Oh yeah--I covered the hook with Duck tape. The spray paint wasn't as shiny as I would have liked. 

Step Four: The rolled foam gave me the idea for his arms. Since Foxy is an animatronic I knew the arms had to be robotic looking. I found a gray shirt in his closet to use as the body. I then cut out foam upper and lower arms. I made fleece slip covers again to fit the body pieces. I slipped them on, sewed them shut and then rolled them into a cozy again. They were like water wings, but not for in the water and not wings. 

I made sure to rip one apart and put black felt behind it. This gives the torn and shabby appearance to Foxy. These slipped right up his arms and were perfect. He kept doing a Roboto dance. It was hilarious!

Step Five: The 2nd most time consuming was the body itself. I wrapped the boy in 1" foam. I cut it to fit his upper torso. I then made another slip cover to cover the piece of foam. Foxy's middle section is a different color than his body, so I made sure to piece together two pieces of fleece. I then realized the velcro on the sides was NOT going to keep this on my son. I made overall like straps and sewed those on which also gave me away to attach the shoulder pads Foxy wears. I ripped out middle sections where poor Foxy was attacked by the Pizza Parlor owners when he starts killing children. We hot glued black felt and then attached different colors of wires coming out of his mid section as well. TOTALLY CREEPY. Obe Wan was grinning like a freakin fool!

The velcro works wonders! I forgot to put that on my shopping list. Sorry! This is stuff I just had laying around the house from other craft projects. I take for granted my endless amount of CRAP. We found shorts and running tights at the Goodwill. I will tape Duck tape to the legs on Halloween. We taped them on and he couldn't get the tights off. HA!

The ear went floppy when we took the final picture, so I will be sewing it up and on more sturdy. Woo-Hoo. A Mom's work is never done.

Overall the costume is amazing. Obe Wan owes me big for this one! HA! It is all in a days work of being Mom of the YEAR! I better go open a bottle of champagne to celebrate!