Re: RE: Halloween costume

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Hey ,

My son was very much into cowboys last year and still is..he's limited verbally

but cowboy is one of his most used words! He loves the wiggles and they have a

dvd with a western/cowboy theme.Last year I made him a cowboy outfit ..chaps and

all! I went to Walmart bought some cow print material and literally cut out a

vest(I used one of his shirts as a pattern)and some comfortable jeans as a

pattern for making " chaps " and stitched them on the front and back.My mother

bought him a cowboy hat(which he never tolerates) and I already had a

black/white bandana which surprisingly he tolerated me tying losely around his

neck. My little " homemade " costume was so cute and he was very much feeling like

a real " cowboy " .

HTH

From: Hansen <elkhansen@...>

Date: 2006/10/06 Fri PM 05:20:01 CDT

autism

Subject: RE: Halloween costume

Goodideas.  Thanks.  No hats either.  Stocking hats in the winter, but

otherwisebaseball hats or the like are a no go.  I may try the cowboy or maybe a

farmer. He has some jean overalls and a plaid shirt.  I could try to at least

tie abandana on him somewhere.

 

Re: Halloween costume

 

Hi ,

My 9yo son has a lot of sensory issues along with hisPDD issues, and has never

been able to tolerate face paint or anythinguncomfortable. It makes Halloween a

little tricky, but we've had the best luckwith outfits that aren't too hot or

too itchy. Last year he was a magician andhe wore normal clothes, a cape, and a

magician's hat that he could take off.This year he wants to be a pirate.

When he was 4yo he was really into Bob the Builder,and we got a Bob costume that

was thin that went over his clothes.

Some other ideas are a football player or a farmer ora cowboy that you could

really just have him wear a football jersey, plaidshirt or a shirt with some

trim. Can he tolerate wearing a hat?

 

Marie

elkhansen<elkhansen@...> wrote:

Hello-

I have a 4 year old with PDD. He is in a mixed pre-school class

with 15 NT kids and 5 " special needs " kids. They are having a

Halloween costume party at school and want all the kids to wear a

costume to school. I am having a hard time thinking of something

that he can wear that he won't know is a costume. He won't put on

on. He doesn't get afraid of his brother in a costume or seeing

anyone else in a costume, but just won't put one on himself. Does

anyone have any ideas of something he could be or wear that I could

put on him without him knowing he is dressing up? I know it sounds

weird, but I have to try something. Someone suggested having him

wear a blanket sleeper and sewing a bunny tail on there. I could

somehow put some lines on his face for whiskers or a pink nose with

some lipstick, but not sure if that will work. Any suggestions

would be appreciated. I don't want him to not wear a costume, as

the purpose of this class is to have him interact with NT kids and I

don't want him to stick out like a sore thumb. If he wants to go

trick or treating with his brother, he'll have to have some kind of

costume anyway. He didn't go last year because he was sick, and the

year before that he was only 2, so didn't know any differnce. This

is his first real Halloween year. Help please. Thanks

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