Livingston School Makes Ninja Turtle Halloween Costume For Ailing Child

LIVINGSTON, NJ — A six-year-old who suffers from muscular dystrophy will don a unique costume this Halloween thanks to students and staff at Heritage Middle School in Livingston: his very own Ninja Turtle demolition derby car.

The wheelchair-bound youngster, “Mighty Craig,” will get his finished car on Sunday, Oct. 22 at Raceway Park in Englishtown. The students’ work has given them a chance to "come out of their own shells" as they help to create something magical for someone else, a Livingston school spokesperson said.

“On Halloween, people are going to see his costume first, not his disability,” Heritage teacher and project coordinator Kenneth Zushma said.

Take a look at how the awesome Ninja Turtle costume came together in the below video.

Last year, Zushma was also involved in the creation of a pair of tough-looking unicorn wheelchairs wired with glowing LED lights and rigged to make it seem as if the unicorns were pulling their owners, two teenage Make-A-Wish recipients.

• See related article: Livingston Teachers Rig ‘My Little Pony’ Unicorn Wheelchairs For Make-A-Wish Kids

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