{"id":38,"date":"2013-10-29T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/?p=38"},"modified":"2014-07-16T22:25:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T22:25:18","slug":"happy-halloween-creative-costume-ideas-for-people-that-use-a-wheelchair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/happy-halloween-creative-costume-ideas-for-people-that-use-a-wheelchair\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Halloween! Creative Costume Ideas for People That Use a Wheelchair"},"content":{"rendered":"


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<\/a>There have been many pictures floating around on the internet of creative costume ideas for people that use wheelchairs.   <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Here are a couple of websites that have some great compilations of Halloween costumes:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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20 Creative Costume Ideas for People In Wheelchairs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Halloween Costumes for Kids in Wheelchairs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/a>These costumes are fun to look at and obviously many of them took a considerable amount of time to make.  So, how does someone go about creating their own unique design?  Check out the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation\u2019s Paralysis Resource Center\u2019s page<\/a> for some more ideas and specific instructions on wheelchair costume design. This page will inspire you to re-create one of these amazing costume ideas or to come up with your own desgin idea.  On this page, there is even a how-to video where they show the viewers how to create a flower-in-a-garden costume for a young girl that uses a wheelchair.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/a>Another great site that includes links to instructions for making some unique costumes a reality is called DIY \u2013 25 Halloween Costumes for Wheelchairs<\/a>.    <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Furthermore, we also found a couple of Halloween costume ideas for someone that uses a walker. Click here for instructions on how to make a KingKong (with the Empire State Building) costume<\/a> or click here to make a Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs costume<\/a>.  <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Finally, we also found this site, Coolest Wheelchair Costumes<\/a>, that includes even more links to instructions -including some preparation tips- should you decide that you are ready to create a similar design yourself.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Have you incorporated AT into your Halloween costume? Or, have you thought of a great costume that uses your AT? Tell us about it! Write in the comment box below to share your Halloween AT costume idea.   <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Enjoy the photos and have a happy and safe Halloween everyone!  <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There have been many pictures floating around on the internet of creative costume ideas for people that use wheelchairs.    Here are a couple of websites that have some great compilations of Halloween costumes: 20 Creative Costume Ideas for People In Wheelchairs Halloween Costumes for Kids in Wheelchairs These costumes are fun to look at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3],"tags":[9,21,16,22,15],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recreation","category-success-stories","tag-advocacy","tag-at-reuse","tag-mobility","tag-modified-vehicles","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}