Halloween 2003: Blue Buckets

This costume was inspired by a stack of cheap plastic buckets I found a convenience store supplier in Brooklyn. Other inspiration included older robots with a “low-tech” style like Mazinger Z (also known as Tranzor Z in the U.S.), Astro Boy, and Mac, the robot assistant of the Jetsons’ apartment repair man. Mac had two buckets for a head, a file cabinet for a body, and was in love with Rosie (the Jetsons’ robot housekeeper).

MATERIALS:
Bought: 5 plastic buckets ($1.29 each), black elastic (.25 a foot), one hacksaw ($3.99), and a mini stapler ($1.99).