My kids chose the next year costume as soon as they took off that year costume so I had time to plan, get supplies, etc. My six year old Oliver didn’t went to the movie premiere of The Boxtrolls because he wasn’t having good reports from school, he did got to see it, so he … Read more
This costume was extremely ambitious for me, as I have never actually made a costume before. I always just buy them, but there are no good Lego man costumes available, and my son wanted to be Emett! It took a while, and some trial and error. After trips to multiple stores, I finally had most … Read more
This year Connor went as Batman and the Batmobile. Daddy again had to start with the foam outline to make sure all brackets will lay on the right spots of the wheelchair/stroller to support it. We use standard sheets of foam core. The first layer is always the outline layer and bottom structure of the design … Read more
This year, my nine year old son decided he wanted to be Emmet from the Lego Movie. Last year I made him a Lego Ninjago costume, but it was very last minute and I knew I could improve upon the design this year. Since ideas of how to put it together were all I could … Read more
Like most 9-year-old girls, my daughter is somewhat obsessed with the movie “Frozen.” Early on, she decided she wanted to be Elsa for Halloween. Since Dalia is confined to a wheelchair, we challenged ourselves to turn her wheelchair into a winter sleigh as part of her costume. My husband cut the sides of the sleigh … Read more
Kinley is 3 years old and uses a wheelchair and we wanted to make her a cool costume that she could have fun in. We were inspired to do this project after seeing other amazing wheelchair costumes from fellow special needs families and seeing how it just lights these kids up. She picked a Hello … Read more
So to make this costume, it may seem easy, but for me, it was quite difficult. I spent a lot of hours into making my horns from felt and stuffing, hand sewing the felt and painting them too. Getting them to stay on without touching each other took a while though. So, after about three … Read more
I needed a costume to wear for the Spooktacular at the library I work at. My friend suggested the Sugar Plum Fairy jokingly, but I liked the idea a lot. However, there aren’t any good costumes online for less than $230. My budget was $20. I searched Pinterest for tutu patterns. I ended up just … Read more
My son Christoffer is twelve years old. He is a huge wrestling fan. A family friend got him a mask like the one worn by a wrestler named Rey Mysterio while on vacation in Mexico. He wears it around the house a lot and said that he wanted to wear it for Halloween. As you can … Read more
Halloween costumes are always a challenge to come up with for my daughter Carly who happens to be in a wheel chair. Not a challenge due to her being in a wheel chair but a challenge due to countless hours of deciding what the next awesome and fun costume that she loves will be. This … Read more
My son is in a wheelchair and with all the straps and pieces we have been having a hard time through out the years finding a costume. It is very difficult as he won’t wear a hat or a mask no face paint and can’t have anything big and bulky. We are big hockey fans … Read more
Little Miss Jocelyn is always used to rolling so it was inevitable she would be a school bus. She is 7 years old and wheelchair bound so I tried this year to work it in somehow. The costume is just boxes and poster board but still frustrating and time consuming to make. In the end … Read more