6 Awesome Halloween Costume Ideas for Medically Complex Kids

Because Halloween is that one day a year when no one is “normal,” it provides a chance for medically complex kids to be just like everyone else.

If your house is like ours, the process of deciding what to be for Halloween started about November 1… of last year. And it only took until November 2 to realize there was no buy-in for the standard costumes of ninja, vampire, witch or werewolf. Unfortunately, it will take until about October 27 for kids to make their final choices, leading to a dramatic scramble to make it happen before the Big Night. Or they’ll end up with a last-minute pun costume like a blue shirt with a rubber chicken on a necklace. Get it? Chicken cord-on-blue?

The thing is, because Halloween is that one day a year when no one is “normal,” it provides a chance for medically complex kids to be just like everyone else. It’s also a day when creativity can overcome disability. So with a month left until Halloween, here are some of the most creative costume ideas we’ve found for kids with medical needs!