Turn Sweatshirts Into Easy Costumes

How do you dress your child for Halloween? I asked for your special-needs costuming strategies, and reader Irene has an easy one for kids with autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, and motor apraxia: "I attach whatever is required to a comfortable sweatshirt. I usually use felt. This year the guitar body is cardboard at his request. The shark had fins and the imagination mover required just patches." See photos of the costumes Irene has put together and more of her Halloween tips, then share your own costume inspirations.

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