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- Cut box top and bottom as seen here.
- Hot-glue top flaps together.
- Spray-paint box.
- Allow 24 hours to dry.
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- Cut paper plates to appropriate size for box.
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- Paint wheels with black acrylic paint.
- Allow 1 hour to dry.
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- Creating Rosie's window and siding.
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- The box should be dry now. Paint it the main color of the train that you're making.
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- Paint the top of the box black.
- This will be the coal box.
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- Start to shape the body of the character. The details shown here are made from white paper bags fastened with hot glue. You can just paint them on also.
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- Outline the windows.
- The ladder is made out of paper bag handles.
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- Paint another paper bag black for the coal.
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- Don't forget the buffers. (Big deal for the kids.)
- Cut your coal up into strips and hot glue them on. Sorry no pic.
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- Hot glue some straps on.
- Pin it on a kid.
- Add some face paint.
- Some spider web for Percy the Ghost Train.
- And presto! Go get some candy.
Step #12:
- Lesson learned: Never go trick-or-treating in the cold rain.
