Micro:bit Halloween Stuffed Toy Costume

The goal here is to give you the inspiration to create a cardboard costume for your stuffed toy. In our case, my son and I, used his stuffed toy Black Cat and dressed him up as a robot.

Careful when using Scissors as they can cut you.

• Stuffed toy
• Cardboard - flat and toliet paper tubes
• Tape
• Scissors
• Pen
• Markers
• micro:bit with battery pack(optional)

Plan out the details of the costume so you do not waste any of your cardboard. We planned on using a single piece of cardboard to create the main body and legs of the robot without too much extra cutting.

Measure the height from the feet to the neck of the stuffed toy. Draw a straight line that distance from the edge and cut the carboard.

Create a guide to cut out the leg section of the robot.

The next step is to give the robot some structure. Loop the body section and place two pieces of tape to secure it. Loop the leg sections and use tape to secure them.

Using the stuffed toy as a guide, cut some holes in the side of the robot body - be careful with this one - you will have to poke a hole in the cardboard. You might need to ask an adult to help with this part.

Cut a small hole or slit in the front of the body for the battery pack cable to be hidden inside the robot costume and to be connected to the micro:bit on the front of the robot costume. Tape the battery pack inside the front of the robot and tape the micro:bit on the front in the middle of the body (remember to leave the USB connection open so you can add your code (and change the code in the future)

Code the micro:bit

In our case - my son wanted to have his robot count from 0 to 5 and back, and display a heart. Here is a link, screenshot, and upload of the code we used. You can remix/recreate the code for your stuffed toy or make your own from scratch.

Here is the code we used - https://makecode.microbit.org/_d1hiJib0f3i6

We recommend MakeCode to code your micro:bit as it is great for beginners - https://makecode.microbit.org/

Now you can take your dressed-up stuffed toy out to show off to your friends.