{"id":9441,"date":"2014-11-17T18:42:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T18:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=9441"},"modified":"2014-11-17T18:42:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T18:42:09","slug":"robert-downey-jr-is-no-longer-the-cutest-iron-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/robert-downey-jr-is-no-longer-the-cutest-iron-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Downey Jr. is No Longer the Cutest Iron Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Professional prop maker Eric Hart wanted to give his ill son a memorable first Halloween. In order to help his newborn son “feel brave,” the new father constructed a tiny Iron Man<\/a> costume from fabric and foam.<\/p>\n

Even inside a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, Eric Hart’s son did<\/em> get a memorable first Halloween, and become possibly the cutest Avenger<\/a> yet. With the nurses’ permission, Hart made his son – who had been hospitalized since his premature birth in July – a comfy, cuddly Iron Man costume.<\/p>\n

Hart found the Iron Man paper helmet pattern online and scaled it down to his son’s size. He then transferred the pattern to red and yellow foam, then hot-glued the pieces together to assemble the helmet. The rest of the baby Iron Man costume is made from yellow fabric and a red onesie.<\/p>\n

“I came up with Iron Man because he’s been hooked up to all those machines and wires, and that’s similar to what Iron Man went through,” Hart told TODAY.com.<\/p>\n

While Baby Collier only wore the Iron Man costume for a minute, the photo and video Hart captured will surely last a lifetime.<\/p>\n