Homemade Halloween Costumes for Wheelchair Users
Most any costume can be turned into a costume for wheelchair users. Here are a few costumes however that not only work for people who are in a wheelchair, but incorporate the wheelchair into the costume. Use these costume ideas as a base to create some of your own as well.
TV News Host Wheelchair Costume
Be a TV star for a night by making yourself into a television news star. Create a news desk out of a cardboard box and attach it to the front of your chair. Be sure to put a logo for your television news station on the front of the desk so people will know what you are. Big hair is a must for this costume, as well as suit jacket.
King or Queen Wheelchair Costume
Every King and Queen needs a throne. Turn your wheelchair into a throne by adding some silver painted pillars to the top of it, or extending the back well above your head. This can be done by using a large piece of cardboard painted gold or silver. For an extra special effect add fake plastic gems or glitter to the cardboard to give it a regal glow. Make sure you look as good as your chair by making yourself a crown, as well as dressing regally.
Santa Wheelchair Costume
Christmas can come in October this year in your town. Most kids know Santa by his mall appearance every holiday season. Dress up in a Santa outfit and extend the back of your chair like in the King/Queen throne. Carry around presents, or a bag full of candy as an extra special Halloween accessory.
Truck Wheelchair Costume
You've already got wheels, why not use them? Get a large rectangular cardboard box and paint it a uniform color for the body of the truck. Attach a smaller box to the front in order to make a windshield. Contact paper. Depending of the type of wheelchair you have you may want to decorate your existing wheels to look like vehicle wheels or cover them up with the box and create your own custom wheels. This costume can be very difficult to get around in so you may need help getting it to where ever your going and put it on once you arrive.
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- Keep items away from your wheels to avoid tangles
- Make your wheelchair wheels part of your costume
- Keep in mind the space where you are traveling when building a costume
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Post a CommentMy daughter Barbara has CP and last year for Halloween she was a BlackJack dealer. She got a ton of compliments and won a prize. I ordered a blackjack felt from amazon.com it was only $13. I attached it to her tray. She wore a tuxedo shirt from Hobby Lobby and I put chips and cards on it . Very easy and looked great.
I am 22 and have muscular dystrophy. When I was about 8, I was a box of Crayola crayons, I was a blue crayon.
I have made my child some really cool costumes for my son. First was a Bigfoot Monster Truck that slipped over his chair. The back bed was where his candy went and it had working headlights (Just round closet lights). All of this was made out of cardboard and paint. Then he was a JohnDeere tractor. That was great! I made a scoop in the front for the candy. Last year he was an 18 wheeler with working head and tail lights, smoke stacks and horn, and the candy went into the sleeping cabin. This year he says he's too old so I'm making bar with barstools and he's gonna be working at the "Candy Bar". Complete with music, lights, candy and lots of kids dancin and having fun!
A couple of years ago my daughter riley (who is 9 yrs now,and hac c.p ) was a school bus, she was the driver, it was an actual school bus i made out of card board, it was set up to the tee, lights and all, last year she was jeff gordon in his race car, i painted the car exactly like his and she had a race suit w/ helmet, she loves it , this year she is going to be a fire engine, so there are alot of ideas, just use your mind...
My son is 13 yrs old, has spina bifida and Cerebral palsy. He is a social bug and loves to give everyone kisses so last year we dressed him up as a kissing booth! It was too cool!
One year I broke my leg right before halloween. I was going to be a figure skater, so i decided to use my nana's spare wheelchair and wear a figure skating costume- I ended up calling myself "nancy kerrigan"! It was great, adults were complimenting me all night!
My son has Cerebral Palsy and uses a wheelchair. We have used the small race car, fire truck and police car pop-up tents that you can get at Toys R Us. They fit very well over the wheelchair. I had to cut a few holes to attach it to the handles in the back of his chair & you need to use a tray if you have one for your wheelchair to support the front. Then we dressed him as a race car driver, a fireman and a police officer. The best costume he had was dracula. We bought a cardboard coffin normally used as a decorative lawn piece. We cut a hole in the bottom to put over his head & used and old pair of pants and shoes & stuffed them so it looked like he was lying down in the coffin. He wore a long black cape that covered his legs under the coffin. We never had so many comments with this one. It really was a great costume.
My son is 15 and has MD. He want dress up for halloween anymore, cause he says everyone will know its him, plus he wants to be scarey. Does anyone have any ideas for me. selliot4370@charter.net
I am 15 and I was recentley injuerd myself causing nerve damage in my leg leaving my in a wheel chair I have to be in it for holloween and thanks to my good friends we had an idea to make my self a roller skate but how??? Well our idea is to take a brown or black old shirt and cut in the front for whole to make shoes strings in the front then put a bow in your hair to make it look like the top of hte skate then put a show number on the back get creative don't et the wheel schair hold u back from having the coolest costume around :)