This took longer than I expected but the smile on his face made it all more than worth while :)

ringkingpin · October 2013

So my 3 year old wasn't too pumped up about halloween. He was having a hard time deciding what he wanted to be. We looked at some catalogs and pics online to give him ideas but he wasn't biting. So I explained how much fun Halloween is and that he can be "anything you want." He thought for a couple of seconds, smiled and said "Gordon The Train!" So be it, lol. I figured I'd have it done in a couple hours. Probably took me as long or longer as it takes to do a brisket on the egg but like the title says, seeing his big smile made it all worth the effort.

This looks like a train, right? Conception started Monday night:

I was trying to make myself feel like I had accomplished something

Paint set a new tone

Final, finished product, complete with a backlit face

GrannyX4 · October 2013

Just too cute! Eons ago I dressed my son up as a beer can. ;;)

troutgeek · October 2013

You know -- that is pretty awesome!!!

troutgeek · October 2013

...and next year, you could tweak it here and there, paint it black, and he could go as a Traeger!

ringkingpin · October 2013

troutgeek said:

...and next year, you could tweak it here and there, paint it black, and he could go as a Traeger!

haha, I could! lol... I sold my Traeger years ago... Whatever it is we do next year, I'm gonna start in August, I was behind the 8 ball a bit this past week.

Botch · October 2013

That's cool as heck, and will be the best costume in the neighborhood.

Did you folks see that LED "stickman" someone did for their kid on the news? That was cool too (Blue Man Group had something similar in their shows).

Holepuncher · October 2013

Too Cute, Better attach a caboose for all his candy,

ringkingpin · October 2013

Thanks Guys! Holepuncher (funny name) the "tender" is actually where the candy goes and when it fills up like it did last night, it gets quite heavy! The entire costume is border line too big but hey, that's what he wanted to be. When it got to be too much, we just took it off him and he was an engineer.