On 5th March, Clayton's school organized an English Language S.T.A.G.E. program where all the P1 kids had to dress up in Superhero Costume and do a Rap about that particular hero. The difficult part of this program was that the hero costume had to be made of recycle materials. Prior to the date, all the parents were cracking their heads on the chat trading ideas and expressing how difficult it was to create such a costume and had to be worn for the whole day.
Knowing that there are 27 parents to compete in this costume making, I didn't want to waste too much time on it because some parents will always put more effort, time or money to make a "killer" costume. Moreover, many of them only had 1 son to fuss over. I have 3 kids and a very busy wife to take care of their daily needs.
So, I asked Clayton what character he wants to be? He first thought of Spiderman, then he wanted to be Wolverine and finally he decided to be Batman. We both agree on Batman and started work on it. He will prepare his own Rap and I will do the costume.
This is what he Rapped:
He is Batman or Badman
Batman is strong at every time
Batman's car is Bat Mobile
It is fast at every way
You better be good because he is watching you!
This is what I did:
1. I found a black color baseball cap and tape up all the logos with black tapes. Then I used black cardboard to make 2 pieces of pyramid tip with attachable handle. I used black tape to taped it into shape and attached it onto the cap with stapler.
2. From last years Company Convention, Elaine had a black color cape from the event. I turned it around to hide the event logo and it became Batman's cape.
3. From my scuba diving gear, I have a yellow belt. Using yellow paper, I made 2 Batman logo. A big one and a small one that fits on the belt buckle. I laminated the bigger one and attached to the chest with double sided tape as the main Batman's logo.
4. Finally, to top it up, I made 2 Bat boomerangs with tissue box and 2 others with thicker construction cardboard. Spray painted them all black and 2 of them having a red bat logo on them.
On the morning of the parade, I dressed Clayton up in his camouflage t-shirt and dark blue shorts, black socks and timberland shoes. He looked almost like real.
He was actually one of the top 7 finalist. By popular votes from the fellow classmates, he wasn't one of the top 3 winners. He was rather upset when he came home. We just told him that:- Some times it is more important to enjoy the process than to win. Yes, it is always good to be the winner, but in this case when the effort involves parents of all the kids, it can be challenging. Besides, it was by popular votes. So, now he has to be friends with all his classmates to ensure higher votes next time. :-)
Knowing that there are 27 parents to compete in this costume making, I didn't want to waste too much time on it because some parents will always put more effort, time or money to make a "killer" costume. Moreover, many of them only had 1 son to fuss over. I have 3 kids and a very busy wife to take care of their daily needs.
So, I asked Clayton what character he wants to be? He first thought of Spiderman, then he wanted to be Wolverine and finally he decided to be Batman. We both agree on Batman and started work on it. He will prepare his own Rap and I will do the costume.
This is what he Rapped:
He is Batman or Badman
Batman is strong at every time
Batman's car is Bat Mobile
It is fast at every way
You better be good because he is watching you!
This is what I did:
1. I found a black color baseball cap and tape up all the logos with black tapes. Then I used black cardboard to make 2 pieces of pyramid tip with attachable handle. I used black tape to taped it into shape and attached it onto the cap with stapler.
2. From last years Company Convention, Elaine had a black color cape from the event. I turned it around to hide the event logo and it became Batman's cape.
3. From my scuba diving gear, I have a yellow belt. Using yellow paper, I made 2 Batman logo. A big one and a small one that fits on the belt buckle. I laminated the bigger one and attached to the chest with double sided tape as the main Batman's logo.
4. Finally, to top it up, I made 2 Bat boomerangs with tissue box and 2 others with thicker construction cardboard. Spray painted them all black and 2 of them having a red bat logo on them.
On the morning of the parade, I dressed Clayton up in his camouflage t-shirt and dark blue shorts, black socks and timberland shoes. He looked almost like real.
He was actually one of the top 7 finalist. By popular votes from the fellow classmates, he wasn't one of the top 3 winners. He was rather upset when he came home. We just told him that:- Some times it is more important to enjoy the process than to win. Yes, it is always good to be the winner, but in this case when the effort involves parents of all the kids, it can be challenging. Besides, it was by popular votes. So, now he has to be friends with all his classmates to ensure higher votes next time. :-)
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