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Old 12-06-2008, 11:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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When we were getting ready for the Gatlinburg Christmas parade where 16 of Tennessee smart owners participated in the parade, I had a hard time finding good ideas for smart decoration for the holidays. I thought I'd share a photo of what I did. The smartcar mouse was a huge hit!!

You can't see it here, but sticking out the trunk is a large felt tail stuffed with recycled grocery bags. It's tip is tied to the roll bar with fishing line to give it a "moving" feel.

The nose is crooked obviously because we weren't ready for the pic yet. It's attached to the windshield wipers with fishing line. It's made from a styrofoam half ball covered in red material and six balsam wood slats painted black.

The ears are cardboard covered in grey and pink felt. You have to keep an additional 4 to 5 feet of felt that stuffs through the door hinges to make sure they hang tight. You have to cut the long piece into three sections: one for above the hinge, one between the hinges and one below the hinges. The rest on the mirrors and function well up to 20 mph.

The hat is a tree skirt placed on a standard sized umbrella. The lights are candy cane rope lights. We didn't have time to get everything done due to running REALLY late that day, but you should also add two buck teeth and for fun, a long fishing pole dangling cheese in front of the mouse.

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Can you imagine the police stopping you... "Is that thing legal?" Nice one!
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16 Smart Cars in the parade, wow, how did you find so many. I'll be lucky if I can get 12 next Saturday the the Laguna Niguel Holiday Parade in Orange County, CA. How did you power the lights?
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Old 12-07-2008, 03:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Here's my unfinished decorations. No lights, Santa cap, bow etc. added yet. I'll put those on at parade time, maybe I'll put the bow on the grille early. My "non-Smart" car club has two parades next week we have to go to here in town and an adjoining town.

If the red were only a true red........ Sorry the cars are dirty. I like the black tridion. Silver just doesn't look right, also the black tridion car has red (orangish ) interior.



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Been getting a lot of positive feedback on the decorations I put on my wifes smart.
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love the look. nice job.

what are those decorations made of? vinyl? will they just peel off? will they stick at 75 mph?
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I did a Froogle for 'Christmas vinyl clings'. Perhaps a Christmas scene would be a good idea for Smartatz?
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The MO-KAN SmartCar Club had a meeting on 12-6-08, and a couple of us decorated our cars. Here are a couple of shots of mine. It's nowhere near done, but i ran out of time... ha! The garland sure made a lot of noise at 60 mph. But it stayed on! Next step: LIGHTS!






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I want thos lights.

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Our cabrio with the x-mas lites looks great parked next to my santa hat smart.
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