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Duct Tape Dinosaur Bike Helmet

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With five kids in the family, the younger kids get a lot of hand-me-downs.  Luke’s been using a hand-me-down bike helmet for a while and I decided to use some craft supplies to turn his plain helmet into a duct tape dinosaur bike helmet.  My favorite part of this helmet?  The dinosaur teeth glow in the dark!

duct tape dinosaur bike helmet with glow in the dark teeth

To make this dinosaur themed bike helmet, I started with a plain bike helmet and three rolls of duct tape: bright green, jewel-toned purple, and white duct tape that glows in the dark.  You can obviously use any colors you want for this project, even incorporating a favorite color into the helmet.  The glow in the dark tape adds a really fun element but if you’d prefer to use white tape for the teeth, that would also work fine.

I covered the helmet completely with green duct tape.  With the curves and angles it was hard to get the duct tape perfectly smooth but in the end, it doesn’t really seem to matter.

I used a craft knife to trim around the base of the plastic on the helmet, just above the styrofoam edging, giving the green duct tape a fairly smooth, finished edge.

To make the purple dinosaur spines, I ripped rectangles of duct tape and folded them in half, keeping the bottom part open with both sticky sides showing …

… then stuck them all in a row down the middle of the helmet and trimmed them into triangles.  You could trim them first but it seemed easier to do it once the tape was stuck onto the helmet.

I covered the purple sides with more green duct tape so only the raised part of the spines were showing.

To make the dinosaur teeth, I ripped a piece of glow in the dark duct tape and folded the bottom part up, leaving a third of the sticky part showing.

I attached the sticky part over the center front of the helmet and trimmed triangular teeth along the row …

… then covered the top of the strip with another piece of green duct tape.

dinosaur bike helmet

That’s it!  A custom made dinosaur bike helmet …

… that’s just right for a bike-riding, scooter-racing little boy.

Don’t you love the versatility of duct tape?  Click on the link to see all the duct tape projects at Dukes and Duchesses.


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About Randi Dukes

I’m Randi, a Dallas-based mom of five kids, ranging from third grade to college and including a set of twins. I love strong coffee, craft and DIY projects, my planner, and my big ol’ family. When I’m not creating something for my blog, I can be found in the car, running kids from one place to another. I’m the one knitting at the red light. Connect with me on google+ | twitter | facebook

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  1. Alexis says

    October 8, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    Love it! so fun

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  2. Dee says

    October 9, 2012 at 2:24 am

    How fun is that?!!? 🙂

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  3. Tonia L says

    October 9, 2012 at 4:28 am

    Great idea! My son likes the spiky helmets!

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  4. barb says

    October 9, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    Randi, that is so great! Dinosaurs are supposed to have a leathery look to them. Love it!

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  5. Michele {The Scrap Shoppe} says

    October 10, 2012 at 2:59 pm

    Super cute, Randi! And what a great way to make something old fun again! Either of my boys would love this. 🙂

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  6. Jenn "Rook No. 17" says

    October 10, 2012 at 9:56 pm

    Randi, what an awesome idea and beautifully executed!

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  7. Holly Lefevre says

    October 11, 2012 at 2:04 am

    Brilliant idea!

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  8. Meg @ Sweet Twist says

    October 12, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    That is so creative!! Very Cool.

    Reply
  9. erin says

    December 1, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    Thanks for the great idea!!! I did it and love it! I posted about it and linked back to you! Thanks again. So clever!

    Reply

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