364 days for you to top these costumes

November 1, 2016 7:24 PM

Magic Wheelchair is a nonprofit organization that makes Halloween costumes for kids in wheelchairs, making their wheelchairs part of the costume.
posted by jeather (11 comments total)

This is all kinds of awesome. I haven't donated to anything so fast in a long time. Thanks for the links.
posted by pjsky at 7:39 PM on November 1, 2016 [2 favorites]

This is amazing.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 8:40 PM on November 1, 2016

At an Ozfest parade in Chittenango, NY I once saw a little girl whose costume was Dorothy's house, with her feet in "ruby slippers" sticking out from underneath. What made it particularly brilliant was that it really only worked with a wheelchair.

I love these. Thanks for posting.
posted by kinnakeet at 12:27 AM on November 2, 2016

Thank you so much for this post! I am really excited to see these; they are fantastic. I especially like Ecto-1 and the firetruck and also probably the mermaids.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 5:21 AM on November 2, 2016

I love this -- thank you for posting it!
posted by cider at 6:54 AM on November 2, 2016

Not part of Magic Wheelchair, but I will not pass up a chance to remind people of Ben Carpenter's Mad Max cosplay rig.
posted by mhoye at 7:35 AM on November 2, 2016 [1 favorite]

We used to have an old Super 8 movie of the Halloween parade in the school where my sister went to kindergarten. The highlight of the movie was the little boy in her class whose parents had built a fire truck around his wheelchair. They must have had connections in the local Volunteer Fire Department, because he was wearing a real fireman's helmet and coat, and two similarly dressed adult firemen walked alongside him. He didn't have a siren, but the lights on his truck worked!
posted by The Underpants Monster at 8:02 AM on November 2, 2016 [1 favorite]

I have to quit looking at these at work because I am legit straight-up crying at my desk. It's so good to see (especially right now) that there are awesome people out there.
posted by fiercecupcake at 9:16 AM on November 2, 2016

Wow, Stan Winston Studios is helping out.
posted by gottabefunky at 9:55 AM on November 2, 2016

I think my favourite is the dream kitchen, though I also loved Toothless. The light-up turtle was also amazing.
posted by jeather at 11:44 AM on November 2, 2016

The tiny SHIELD Quinjet pilot is the cutest thing ever oh my god.
posted by nicebookrack at 12:10 PM on November 2, 2016