As Halloween approaches, and I get ready to celebrate the trick-or-treating season with my son, I started thinking about Halloween for me when I was a little girl. I remember the year my mom took me trick or treating. I must have been about 6 years old or so. I was a witch and she painted my face green and spray-painted my hair. I remember it was a lot of fun. Other than that, I didn’t really celebrate Halloween again until I went to college.
In the past couple of years, I’ve noticed an increase in accessible costumes. Kids with disabilities are being included, it seems more often in advertising, so they can get in on the trick or treating fun too. I’m not sure this is a new trend because, it very well may not be but, it’s certainly a wonderful and welcomed one. Not only can all kids enjoy the Halloween fun but, it’s something they can do with their family and friends.
There are so many great and creative ideas I hadn’t even thought of as costumes. You could make your daughter’s wheelchair turn into a magical carriage if she’d like to be a princess. I remember I had casts up my legs once and my mom turned me into Wonder Woman! My casts were my boots because she put socks over them for me! That was great too. I don’t think I went trick or treating that year but, I’ll never forget how cool my casts looked! Suddenly, if you can make the assistive devices your kids use part of their costume, not only will Halloween be a lot more fun for them, it might make them look at their cane, wheelchair, cast or other device, in a different way.
All it takes is some creative thinking and a bit of planning to make their Halloween loads of fun and something they’ll probably never forget.
What ideas do you have for costumes this Halloween?
For more information you can check out the link below:
http://www.mychildwithoutlimits.org/act/family-life/halloween-costume-ideas-for-the-physically-challenged/
Thanks for reading..
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