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HowTo: Cheap and Easy DIY Stormtrooper Helmet

Person wearing a stormtrooper helmet and costume.

As Halloween is creeping closer, it's just about time for the last-ditch, cheap and easy costumes. But cheap and easy doesn't necessarily have to mean shoddy. Jason Lau's Stormtrooper helmet is clever, resourceful and possesses an endearing DIY spirit that store bought costumes seriously lack.

Child dressed as a Stormtrooper in a playful pose.

All you need is: "one white bin, electrical tape, black paper, double sided sticky tape, sheer determination."

Make-it-yourself.

Previously, HowTo: Top 10 DIY Nerdtastic Halloween Costumes.
Halloween HowTo: Milk Jug Storm Trooper Helmet.

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