I made a fake electric guitar out of styrofoam last nite. It is part of my outfit and accessories for the costume party tomorrow. Here’s a little instruction on how to make your own electric guitar:
Materials:
- the guitar replica from Guitar Hero
- thick slab of styrofoam of about 80cm x 30cm x 7cm (I got it for free from Patrick)
- aluminium foil
- cling/food wrap
- sealing tape
- a piece of nylon rope
Tools:
- pencil
- long,thin sharp cutter (if you don’t have it, as in my case, use these two instead)
- small cutter
- small kitchen knife
- scissors
Steps:
- place the styrofoam on your working desk/floor
- place Guitar Hero’s guitar on top of the styrofoam
- lightly trace the outline of the guitar onto the styrofoam, modify the design as you see fit
- slow cut through the styrofoam by the outline that you trace earlier (because my small cutter is too short, I had to be patient and cut bit by bit using the combination of small cutter + kitchen knife)
- the thinner and longer the cutter is, the more precise the result will be, thus there will be less fallen foams and residue on the desk/floor
- clean the mess, smooth out rough edges and surface using the cutter (prongs suggested sandpaper, but I didn’t have it with me)
- quickly wrap the foam guitar using aluminium foil, it doesn’t have to be extra tight and precise
- wrap again using cling wrap, so that the edges are nicely covered
- tie knots around the end of the neck of the guitar and one more around the “waist” of the guitar
- ready to rock!
This is how it would look like:

The Green Gorilla and the Silver Guitar
And here’s what Hasan said about my electric guitar:
pro:
+ bentuk ok walaupun hasil plagiat ehhe
+ keliatan kokoh tp pasti ringan
+ aman buat di hantam ke kepala org..
+ lumayan norakkon:
– bungkus apa apa itu ? aluminium foil ? koq niau niau heeh
– ga ada detailnya.. senar ga ada, merek ga ada
– tali plastiknya bikin ga selera, ada bekas sambungan pula itu tali plastikya ehuehue
Feel free to try or write me a comment 😉
I wonder how messy ur room is when u’re making this!
gut job, btw!