What would the 6 year old version of yourself put in your utility belt?

JonnyRotten — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:11:57 -0800

I want to make my son a kick-ass utility belt for Christmas. Please suggest me some awesome things to fill it with! I was in the basement working on a computer at my bench, when I noticed a old gameboy game case that looks almost exactly like a pouch on a super heroes utility belt. I think I also have several more similar cases laying around. So the idea struck me, that I would like to make my son a utility belt filled with awesome gadgets for his dress up and playing. My son is a costume / superhero fanatic, so this will be right up his alley. I'll probably pick up a tool belt for the belt portion, and then mod the pouches to fit it.

So, please suggest some cool things I can put in it.
- yes, I already read the wikipedia article on batman's utility belt.
- I would like to keep the entire project under 100 dollars.
- He is 6 years old.
- Functional and cool would be best, but non-functional imagination inspiring stuff would rock too! Just generally things he can have lots of adventures with!

Otherwise, I am really up for just about any ideas!

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Parasite Unseen — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:08:27 -0800

Help me to become a shadow... I recently became friendly with a friend-of-a-friend, and she's invited me to come to a Neverland (ala Peter Pan, not Michael Jackson) themed party next month. Costuming is required. The story of Peter Pan is full of characters that would be incredibly easy to costume (pirates, "Indians", etc.), but I'm hoping to be a little bit more creative and go with a character that I can be confident that no one else would attempt, as I'm trying to make an impression and there will be a lot of people at this party that I've never met before.

I was considering going as Peter's rebellious shadow, but I've thus far been stumped as to how I could portray this without looking like I was dressed as a ninja (bad) or in blackface (much, much worse). The hivemind is full of consistently creative people, so I was hoping that one of you could point me in the right direction. How does a man become a shadow? Alternately, what are some other costumes that fit the theme but will likely be unusual? I had considered going as the Jolly Roger (the ship), but determined that it would ultimately be too bulky and not conducive to partying, so if there's a way that I could do that while still retaining party capacity, I'd be interested in hearing it.

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What would the 6 year old version of yourself put in your utility belt?

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