For the pants you will need cans of your choice, I used about 180 Coors Light beer cans so to keep the same pattern and size.

The local recycle company allowed me to gather all the cans I needed for my project.

You will need:

197 cans

Can tabs

Blade

Sharpie Marker

Scissors

200 LED fairy lights 50 on a 18 ft wire strand each

Metallic spray paint

Metallic acrylic paint

Black spray paint

Masking tape or duck tape

Gem-Tac, Fabri-Tac Adhesive by Beacon

3 small boxes of 3/16 flat metal washers

Medicine bottle cap or other cap will do fine

The Creation:



Rule No.1 Wash every can by rinsing in hot water with Lysol disinfectant one at a time let dry in large bucket upside down before you begin to cut each can, after the cut I rinsed a second time before continuing onto the next step.

Be very careful every step of the way cutting cans.

Begin by taping the Sharpie marker on the medicine bottle cap this serves as a guide to mark the cans for cutting. Place your Sharpie marker on flat table with one can against the tip then rotate the can til you have a line around the can. Continue by cutting off top of can then down the center reaching the line and cutting around, continue this until you have about 180 can bottoms.

Lay pants on a flat surface with front part facing up placing each can next to one another with bottoms facing outward until your design looks great to you.

Follow by lifting each can off pants applying Gem-Tac Adhesive around bottom inside of can in a circular motion and place back onto pants leg. When all cans have been glued leave to set for 24 hours then flip the pants and do the same to back of the pants. Note: ' Do not glue cans to back of knee area ' instead fill with washers.

Continue by spray painting the pants with cans attached a black color let dry, and give a weathered look using a chrome metallic spray by spraying on paper plate then use old tee-shirt to lift paint from plate and rub over cans. When dry use a copper metallic acrylic paint and dry brush over the cans.

Take the metal washers place on wood board spray paint copper metallic color let dry and glue in between each can on pants this will serve as your guide for the led lights.

Once everything is dry puncture 50 holes on each pants leg front and back through each washer, now that this is all done comes the very tricky part.

Create two small square pouches to fit the battery pack for each LED strand on the top center of pants back belt area using an old tee shirt and Fabri-Tac Glue then cover in faux leather " I used pieces of an old fake leather curtain I had in a box.

Lighting the back of pants:

Pop a small hole behind each pouch then begin by inserting and pulling 50 led fairy lights until the battery pack is in the pouch 50 lights to each leg ' 3 AA batteries' for each back leg. In a downward upward motion string the pants making sure each micro LED light appears at the whole under each washer and duck tape from inside continue this until done. I also created a lining over the lights using a pair of old pajama pants so no contact with skin.

Lighting the front of pants:



Again pop a small hole in each front pocket and string the same keeping the battery pack in your pockets for easy access to the off and on switch

This was all trial and error I just went with my thoughts

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