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This Halloween, we decided to celebrate our four-month-old baby’s first Halloween by bringing one of our favorite childhood books to life – Maurice Sendak’s beloved classic, “Where the Wild Things Are.” Let the Wild Rumpus begin! Crafting the Wild Things Masks To create the Wild Thing masks for Carol and K.W., we started with an … Read more

My wife, being an elementary librarian, came up with the idea of honoring Maurice Sendak with this year’s costume.  We always do homemade costumes, but these took more work than normal. Papier Mache Heads: Each head was constructed out of paper pulp papier mache over a punch balloon.  Each layer took 2 days to dry … Read more

I’ve made many Halloween costumes before, but when I decided this year to make the Where the Wild Things Are costume, I was not really sure what I was getting into. I knew it was going to be larger and more elaborate than anything I had built before. I made this decision a little more … Read more

Okay, So I have always been super crafty, I don’t consider myself right or left-handed but “Craft Handed” instead. Last year I decided, what the heck, I should make my kids’ their Halloween costumes myself! So I did. I have no sewing machine and no funds for a fabric store so with my very trusty hot … Read more

The monster head was created as a hat with polyester filling making it light weight and comfortable to wear. The fabric head of the monster is made from a t-shirt and cardboard, Styrofoam balls for the eyes and nose, and it was created as a hat with polyester filling making it light weight and comfortable to … Read more

My name is Steve, and I am an industrial designer in NJ who has a passion for bringing iconic characters to life at Halloween. Carol from “Where the wild Things Are” was one of my favorite characters growing up, who I felt would be perfect for this years costume. Carol took me 3 days (72 … Read more

My son Coen has really started to love books. One of his favorites is “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak. Since this is the first Halloween that he kind of has an idea of what is going on, I thought I’d give sewing a try and make his costume myself. I decided to … Read more

Best Ever “Where the Wild Things Are” Costumes My two year old grandson, Silas, recently developed a love for the book “Where the Wild Things Are”.  Whenever his mom returned the book to the library, he would pick it up again to put in the pile to check out again.  We decided that he really … Read more

Every year our school has a Book Character Parade(Kingsbury Elementary, Sumter, SC).  We encourage the kids to dress as their favorite book character.  My assistant and I teach kindergarten so we are always looking for dual characters.  This year we dressed as “The Wild Things” from the book “Where The Wild Things Are”.  We dressed … Read more

My one year old son just loves when we read books to him. My husband and I saw “Where the Wild Things Are” and I bought it knowing it was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. Half way through the book Max cries out, “Let the wild rumpus start!” Then the … Read more

On a family trip to Chicago one weekend, our family walked into a costume shop just to look around.  My husband spotted a “Max” costume and we thought it was fitting since our son’s name is Max. Unfortunately it was too big, but it lit a spark and we decided to make it a family … Read more

I am a Middle School Art Teacher. The topic of Halloween came up right after school started and the kids started talking about what costumes they wanted to buy this year. I told them that the best costumes were always ones that people made themselves instead of bought in a store. They didn’t believe me … Read more

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