DIY Milk Jug Football Helmet

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Milk Jug Football Helmet

Learn how to make a DIY milk jug football helmet for your next football party. This design is easy to customize for your favorite team. These are great football decorations for a playoff or Super Bowl Party!

I thought of the idea to make a milk jug football helmet for an indoor tailgate party. I looked at all of the details of the official NFL helmets and created my decorative version. I like the way that it turned out it resembles a cross between the old school leather helmets of the early NFL years and the current helmet we know today. I make these for Super Bowl gathering but it would also be fun to make for a kid’s birthday party.

Watch my video on how to make my Milk Jug NFL Helmet below.

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You can also make two helmets to show the match up! Here are some other team helmets I made.

Panthers vs. Ravens

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I thought of the idea to make a milk jug football helmet for an indoor tailgate party. I looked at all of the details of the official NFL helmets and created my own decorative version. I really like the way that it turned out it resembles a cross between the old school leather helmets of the early NFL years and the current helmet we know today. I make these for Super Bowl gathering but it would also be fun to make for a kid’s birthday party.

Materials

  • One Empty Milk Jug (washed and dried I know that seems obvious but you never know)
  • Metallic Acrylic Paint from the craft stores to match your teams colors (it costs around a dollar)
  • 6 pipe cleaners (they may be called Chenille Stems)
  • Duct Tape (in the color of your teams face guard)
  • Foam Brush
  • Craft Glue
  • Glue Gun
  • Logo printouts
  • White paper

How to Make a DIY Milk Jug Football Helmet

pattern

  • Draw the football helmet on the the milk jug as shown above.When choosing a milk jug, don’t make the same mistake I did by using a white plastic jug or you will have to paint the inside as well. Instead, use a translucent plastic jug so the color on the outside of the helmet will show through to the inside.
    milk jug
  • Cut out the helmet shape with scissors.

paint

  • Paint the helmet with acrylic paint and a foam brush. It will take 2-3 coats to give it a solid base depending on what color you use.I usually spray paint plastic for a flawless finish but you can also use some acrylic paint instead. Notice that I used a white milk jug so I had to paint the inside as well.

strips

  • Paint two strips of white paper in the the accent color and attach them to the top of the helmet with craft glue. You may also use a colored piece of lightweight paper.

twist

  • To make the face guard, twist two pieces of pipe cleaner together.
    duct-tape-pipe-cleanerCut a strip of duct tape and lay the twisted pipe cleaner on the edge, giving it about 1/4 inch extra at the end. Only cut manageable pieces of duct tape…I used about a 6 inch strip.

duct-tape

  • Roll the pipe cleaner onto the duct tape to form a nice wrapped tube. Continue to this method until the entire piece is covered making sure to overlap the edges of each additional piece of duct tape.

faceguard

  • Bend the covered pipe cleaner so it resembles the shape of the faceguard. Fold the ends in and glue to give it a finish look.
    pipe-cleanersFor the top part of the face guard, you will need a longer length. Twist two pieces of pipe cleaner together at the ends and then twist them together and cover the piece with duct tape as directed above.

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faceguard2

  • Attached the face guard with a hot glue gun. Attach the top part first. It will be longer than you need so cut it to size. Be careful not to burn your fingers.

riddell

  • Add accent pieces to finish the helmet. I printed out the Riddell logo.

flag

  • Added the American flag for an extra special touch.Ravens-helmet
    And of course you need the team logo. I added a white circle for an ear hole. Send me pictures of your completed helmet. I would love to see which NFL helmet you created and I will post it on my blog.

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2 Responses

  1. Alice says:

    The ideas you shared on “Let’s Talk Live” are so creative. I need to go collect milk cartons so I can make a couple football helmets to take with me to a Super Bowl Party. Go Ravens!!!

  2. Gina says:

    Thank you…I had a great time creating all of these ideas. I would love it if you sent me a picture of your helmets when you are done. I would love to post them. -Gina

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