DIY Cereal Crew Costume: 20-Min Cardboard Build
Time20 minEffortEasySteps11
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Solid-color clothes plus a cereal-box front you decorate yourself. Everyone picks their favorite box. Twenty minutes, easy: a solid-color shirt and pants per person, empty cereal boxes, and markers or crayons. Draw the mascot big; the box front is a poster, not a label.
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Tip: add a prize-inside burst and a fake nutrition joke in the corner.
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- Each person invents a cereal name.
- Open the box along the side seam.
- Flatten it before cutting.
- Cut the front panel off an empty cereal box.
- Safety: Cut the box panel slowly. Keep fingers clear of the scissors.
- Keep it large.
- Decorate the panel with the markers.
- Draw a mascot, add a prize burst, and write the name big.
- Tape string to the top corners of each panel.
- Wear the panel over a plain shirt like a sandwich board.
- Optional pro finish: add a prize-inside burst and a fake nutrition joke in the corner.
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Common questions
What makes a fake cereal name funny?
Puns on the person's name or a group in-joke, in big block letters across the top. 'Captain Crunch' structure: [Title] + [Crunch/O's/Flakes].
How do you wear a cereal panel?
Tape string to the top corners and wear it like a sandwich board over the solid-color shirt. One panel on the front is enough, backs are optional.
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