Coolest Homemade Buzz Lightyear and RC Wheelchair Costume

Connor has a leukodystrophy, which means he loses motor function as his disease progresses.  So Mom and Dad try to take moments in his life and make them as special as we can.  Every year I let him pick what he wants to be for halloween.  Whatever he picks, we have to work off of … Read more

Coolest Mickey Mouse and Car Wheelchair Costume

This year my son picked Mickey Mouse as his costume and every year we have to incorporate a costume for the wheelchair.  We start with a heavy c

This year my son picked Mickey Mouse as his costume and every year we have to incorporate a costume for the wheelchair.  We start with a heavy cardboard form that slips right over the wheelchair.  We then layer 2″ foam core on top of the cardboard.  We layered outwards for each piece that we needed, … Read more

Holy Batman! Its the Batmobile Wheelchair Costume

Holy Batman! Its the Batmobile Wheelchair Costume

This year Connor went as Batman and the Batmobile.  Daddy again had to start with the foam outline to make sure all brackets will lay on the right spots of the wheelchair/stroller to support it.  We use standard sheets of foam core.  The first layer is always the outline layer and bottom structure of the design … Read more

Awesome Toothless and Hiccup Wheelchair Costume

Awesome Toothless and Hiccup Wheelchair Costume

This year my son picked “Hicup” and “Toothless” from the dreamworks movie “How to Train your Dragon”.  This one was a doozie.  We worked the body again with foam board, sanding and sculpting the lines  We made a large square block of foam board from glueing sheets together and forming a square.  We sculpted the … Read more