Last year, my son and his friend went to a Halloween party as Dr. Seuss's "Thing 1" and "Thing 2," costumes that required only T-shirts from a Universal Studios vacation and a couple of silly wigs from the costume store. Reader cathy54321 responded with an even easier idea to my request for special-needs Halloween strategies, sharing the costume that worked for her son with autism and required only a T-shirt: "I found a great T-shirt at Target: THIS IS MY COSTUME. Solved the entire problem of costume in one fell swoop! He even wanted to wear it after Halloween!" See photos of the T-shirt she used and find out where to get similar ones online, then share your own costume inspirations.
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