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Where the Wild
Things Are
Costume

What are we more excited about? Taking the kids to see the new Spike Jonze-directed Where the Wild Things Are (in theaters October 16), or the fact that a DIY Max Halloween costume couldn't be easier to pull together?

By Mireille Hyde

CLASSIC KIDS' CHARACTER

The classic kids' book, written and illustrated in 1963 by Maurice Sendak, is about a boy named Max who wears a wolf costume and goes on an adventure where he encounters mythical creatures known as the "wild things."

$11, Amazon.com.




 
crown

Fashion a spiky one from gold poster board.

Board, $1, Michael's for stores.

 
onesie

Dig out her snuggliest one-piece sleeper.

Fleece onesie, $34, The Red Balloon.





 
tail

Use a safety pin to affix a wolf tail to the onesie.

Wolf tail, from $10, Adorable Foxie.




 
Photography by Josephine Schiele; Illustration by Maurice Sendak
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