Kids' weirdest Halloween costume requests of 2019
Most kids go the simple route for Halloween, dressing up as their favorite Disney princesses or superheroes — but then there are the especially imaginative kids who think outside the box. Way outside.
Proud parents are taking to social media to show off the unusual, creative, and just plain strange costumes their kids asked for this year.
Naturally, none of them could find 'vending machine' or 'sunken ship' costumes at Party City or Spirit Halloween, so talented moms and dads have rolled up their sleeves and whipped out their glue guns to create some of the most impressive homemade costumes of 2019.
B2 please! A funny kid from Maine wanted to be a vending machine for Halloween this year, so his mother made him the costume
Talented: Felicia Osmond from Bowdoin Center shared photos of the costume in progree
Vending Machine
One funny kid from Maine wanted to be a vending machine.
Felicia Osmond from Bowdoin Center showed off the incredible and unique costume her son Cam wore earlier this month in a series of Facebook photos.
'Cam asked to be a snack machine for Halloween. It seemed fitting since he's always asking for "anudder snack,"' she wrote.
'Never underestimate a woman with a glue gun and a Cricut. Total cost: $8.'
Photos show a very realistic mini snack machine with a slot for money and a window showing three options: Trident gum, peanut M&Ms, and cheese crackers. Felicia also uploaded some behind-the-scenes photos of her process.
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Too funny! Actor Jeff Cannata's son wanted to be a Rain Bird brand lawn sprinkler
Lawn Sprinkler
Actor Jeff Cannata's son is another kid with hyper-specific interests, and this year, the three-year-old wanted to be a lawn sprinkler.
But not just any lawn sprinkler.
'At his own request, my son is a sprinkler for Halloween. A Rain Bird sprinkler to be exact. Yes, my 3 year old has a favorite brand of sprinkler,' Jeff wrote on Instagram.
A cute photo shows the grinning little boy wearing a Rain Bird-branded T-shirt and a fake grass skirt, with packaging for a sprinkler around his waist and a tube in his hands.
On his head appears to be an actual sprinkler.
Foodie: Texas resident Lisa Field revealed on Facebook that her daughter Emerson asked months ago if she could be a refrigerator for Halloween
A look inside: She also shared video of the very elaborate costume in action
Refrigerator
Texas resident Lisa Field revealed on Facebook that her daughter Emerson asked months ago if she could be a refrigerator for Halloween.
'I put off getting her a box thinking surely she’d change her mind, but she never did,' she said. 'So, when the perfect box crossed my path a few days before our local costume parade, we went to work!
'She came up with the idea and designed the costume and I helped her with the construction. I think it turned out pretty great and it was hilarious watching her walk in it!'
She also shared video of the very elaborate costume in action, showing Emerson walking inside the gray fridge with her hand sticking out from the side and her head peeking from the top.
The fridge doors are decorated with pictures and lists, and there are plants and boxes stored on top. When the fridge doors swing open, one can see food inside, including eggs, milk, sour cream, soup, Land 'O Lakes butter, tonic water, and peanut M&Ms.
The freezer section has banana pops, Ben & Jerry's, and Farm Rich waffles.
Super specific: A four-year-old boy named James is dressing as the Edmund Fitzgerald, a freight ship that sank on Lake Superior in 1975, killing a crew of 29
In love: James has been 'infatuated' with ships and into shipwrecks lately and likes this story in particular
Homemade: His grandmother Peggy Ryan always makes the costumes and was surprised by this request, but did an incredible job
The Edmund Fitzgerald, a sunken freight ship from 1975
For trick-or-treating this year, a four-year-old boy from Minnesota is dressing as the Edmund Fitzgerald, a freight ship that sank on Lake Superior in 1975, killing a crew of 29.
According to MPR News, every year, Peggy Ryan asks her grandkids in August what they want to be for Halloween so she can start making their costumes. Her son Mike said his son James wanted to be the 730-foot-long ship.
When Peggy thought it was a joke, Mike said "No, he really wants to be the Edmund Fitzgerald. Do you think you could make it?"'
James has been 'infatuated' with ships and into shipwrecks lately and likes this story in particular.
Grandma obliged, spending just $10 on a four-foot ship costume that features the ships name on the side and even lights up.
Earlier this month, it went viral when Peggy's daughter, podcast host and comedy writer Erin Ryan, shared the story on Twitter.
Peggy's other grandson is going as a ghost this year.
Yum! Las Vegas nurse Nidra Cummings made mother-son costumes to wear with her two-year-old Nathan, dressing as Popeyes spokeswoman Annie and the sold-out chicken sandwich
Cute! Nathan looks adorable as the sandwich, which Nidra made with felt pieces and a dark yellow sweater. She even glued corn flakes to the sleeves to make the chicken look crispy
Popeyes' Sold-Out Chicken Sandwich
Las Vegas nurse Nidra Cummings made mother-son costumes to wear with her two-year-old Nathan.
So she dressed as Popeyes chicken spokeswoman Annie, and turned Nathan into the sold-out fried chicken sandwich that debuted this summer.
Nathan looks adorable as the sandwich, which Nidra made with felt pieces and a dark yellow sweater. She even glued corn flakes to the sleeves to make the chicken look crispy.
Though Popeyes has announced the sandwich will be back in stores this Sunday, November 3, Nidra said: 'We bought the chicken sandwich back a few days earlier.'
Impressive! Philadelphia, Pennsylvania mother Andrea Hamburg went all-out for a joint costume for her three-year-old twin daughters, Elizabeth and Louise
The details: First, she dressed them up as Beanie Babies, making one Lizzy the Lamb and the other Lou Lou the Poodle. She even wrote short poems for the insides of their Ty. tags
It lights up! Then, with some help, she constructed a giant claw machine to put them inside
A Claw Machine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania mother Andrea Hamburg went all-out for a joint costume for her three-year-old twin daughters, Elizabeth and Louise.
First, she dressed them up as Beanie Babies, making one Lizzy the Lamb and the other Lou Lou the Poodle. She even wrote short poems for the insides of their Ty. tags.
Then, with some help, she constructed a giant claw machine to put them inside. She told Good Morning America they're 'obsessed' with claw machines.
Photos show the smiling girls inside the realistic claw machine, which was also filled with some toys for them to play with. It was then placed atop a set of wheels so mom or dad could pull them.
Slurp! Mom Kim Versnel Beal proudly showed off her daughter's ramen costume
Ramen
Mom Kim Versnel Beal proudly showed off the costume that one of her daughters came up with this Halloween.
'My daughter wanted to be ramen for Halloween... the ramen is from Aldi,' she wrote.
The girl is wearing a sweater with a Maruchan brand beef ramen pattern, and matching pants with a chicken-flavored ramen pattern.
She really went all out, though, and made an enormous piece of headgear out of ramen packages.
Drink up! Scott Shaffer's daughter dressed as her favorite Yeti tumbler to go trick-or-treating this year
A Yeti Tumbler
Scott Shaffer's daughter dressed as her favorite thermos to go trick-or-treating this year.
'Asked her what she wanted to be for Halloween, and she said she wanted to be a #Yeti!' he tweeted.
Photos show his daughter dressed as a blue Yeti tumbler, with a lid held up above her head.
Creepy! Actor Avery Monsen says he 'loves a project' — so when his wife's friend's seven-year-old said he wanted to be a 'lava monster' this Halloween, he got to work
A Lava Monster
Actor Avery Monsen says he 'loves a project' — so when his wife's friend's seven-year-old said he wanted to be a 'lava monster' this Halloween, he got to work.
The creepy mask is orange and red and appears to be melting, with drips moving down the mouth and neck.
There are even glowing red eyes installed for maximum impact.
Sweet: Adam Morgan's daughter wanted to be a taco, so his wife made this costume
A Taco
Sure, taco costumes exist in stores — but it's not many kids who actually ask their parents to dress them up as one for Halloween.
But Adam Morgan, the Founding Editor of the Chicago Review of Books, said that's what his daughter wanted — so his wife delivered.
In a cute photo, the little girl sticks out her tongue while wearing a white shirt with felt taco ingredients, plus an ivory-colored vest meant to be the shell.
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