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    Sweet Cs » Holidays » Halloween » Cozy Coupe Fire Truck

    Cozy Coupe Fire Truck

    Published: Sep 24, 2013 · 11 Comments · About 4 minutes to read this article.

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    Cozy coupe firetruck- the perfect #halloween accessory for your little fireman! #sp #costume

    Pottery Barn Kids sponsored this post, but all opinions and content are 100% my own.

    Last Halloween, my little man went as Batman, and he rode around in the super awesome and amazing Batmobile I had made him a year earlier. This year, he's into all things Fireman Sam, so I decided to make him a Cozy Coupe Fire Truck to head out trick or treating in!

    batmobile-from-a-cozy-coupe

    For more Halloween Ideas, head here! 

    Want to make your own awesome firetruck? All it takes is a cozy coupe, white and red plastic spray paint, some yellow scotch tape, and some painters tape. We'll also make a quick styrofoam ladder, and grab any kind of tubing you might have (we used some of daddy's homebrew tubing) to make a hose.

    how to turn a cozy coupe into a firetruck- spray paint and simple accessories make this the coolest firetruck for Halloween! #sp

    First, the cozy coupe. You'll want to tape off the areas you'll be painting white and red to save time and prevent drip disasters. I used thick painters tape so I didn't have to mess with anything down the road. I kept the top white part pretty small- but that's up to you.

    Spray both the red and white layers, and let fully dry- overnight is best.

    Next, remove the painters tape you used to section off the top and bottom, and tape that area off with bright yellow tape (if you are trick or treating in the dark, you could paint over this with some glow in the dark or reflective paint for safety!!). I just taped around the poles of the car in a circle.

    Tape off some stripes in the back (I taped under the car into the trunk). I also taped off a stripe in the front. It kind of makes the car look like its smiling, don't you think?

    make a firetruck from a cozy coupe! #kids #halloween #sp

    You could also add numbers, decals, or any other decoration you think your favorite fire fighter would like. I taped up an old tupperware container that had no lid to be the siren light- but you could spray paint or make a set of red, yellow and blue.

    Next, I just took a sheet of styrofoam that I grabbed in the floral section of my craft store, and cut it into long strips and short strips to form a ladder (cutting them was the hardest part of the whole project- use a long, sharp knife and dont worry too much about perfection). If your child is older, you could make the ladder our of wood much more easily- but my 3 year old sometimes hits, and I wanted something that he wouldn't hurt himself or anyone else with.

    To glue the ladder together, use a cold hot glue gun. High heat glue guns melt styrofoam! I then hot glued it onto the back so you can see it through the back window. I LOVE the look the ladder gives it!

    make a cozy coupe into a firetruck- perfect for halloween! #sp

    Now all I need is a spiffy new fireman costume... I'm dying over this adorable one from Pottery Barn Kids!

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    And How cute is this fire truck treat bag?? Little man definitely needs one, asap.

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    If you're looking for a great deal, click here to get 40% off select treat bags, and 20% off select costumes ! I think I might buy up one size so he can wear his costume all year for dress up.... maybe we'll take his truck for a spin over at the fire station to see some bigger ones!

    Do you have a handmade Halloween costume? I'm going to be sharing some additional fun ideas soon and would love to see yours!

    make a cozy coupe into a firetruck at sweetcsdesigns.com - perfect for halloween! #sp

    And if you're looking for some other fun Halloween ideas, please check out some of my other posts!

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    1. Laura @ The Experimental Home

      October 03, 2013 at 9:40 pm

      I have seen a few cozy coupe redos, but you really went the extra mile and made your firetruck adorable! I bet your little firefighter is so excited for Halloween! I am featuring this project today at http://www.theexperimentalhome.com/check-in-check-out-pooh/.

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    2. Christy

      September 29, 2013 at 8:28 pm

      Courtney, this is so cute!! You have got to come link this up at our Get Your DIY on Fall Link Party. Our theme this week is spray paint projects!! This would be perfect! http://www.confessionsofaserialdiyer.com/get-your-diy-on-spray-paint-projects-features/. I really hope to see you there! 🙂

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    3. Kimber

      September 25, 2013 at 3:33 pm

      Very Cute! We went through a HUGE fire man stage this year and my little guy would have been all over this!! Our Cozy coupe needs a make over so we might have a fire truck pretty soon!

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    4. Heidi @ Happiness is Homemade

      September 25, 2013 at 11:12 am

      SO stinkin' cute! We don't even have a cozy coupe, but now I'm going to be obsessed with stalking Craigslist to find an older one because Simon would LOVE a fire engine too!

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    5. Maxine

      September 25, 2013 at 2:55 am

      What a great idea. Now if you could only figure out some way to actually have water squirting out of the "fire hose"

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      • Courtney ODell

        September 25, 2013 at 11:57 am

        I know, right?? That would be AWESOME!!!! But my kid would just go around squirting everyone- the little stinker. 🙂

        Reply
    6. Kimberly Sneed

      September 24, 2013 at 10:41 pm

      LOVE this so much! I mean the Batmobile was great too...but this. Just too much and with that costume, perfection!

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    7. katie

      September 24, 2013 at 7:28 pm

      This is so stinking cool! So glad you were able to give it a new life!

      Reply

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    1. Pimp My Ride: Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Makeovers | The iDad says:
      September 20, 2014 at 4:37 pm

      […] Fire Truck Most of the cozy coupe makeovers out there have adopted a beloved theme from a TV show or movie, this person has gone for the classic Fire Truck with some cute addition to help spark the imagination of any budding fire fighter out there. The introduction of the ladder and the hose really help to finish the Fire Truck off, I am surprised the Fire Engine isn’t available in the original range, if it is I must have missed it. If you want to have a go at creating this check out the sweetcsdesigns blog. […]

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      October 25, 2013 at 10:06 am

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