Where The Wild Things Are: Some Of The Best Costumes And Tattoos Paying Tribute

Tuesday brought sad news with the announcement that famed children's author Maurice Sendak had passed away.

Sendak was best known for his 1963 children's book Where The Wild Things Are. Whether college students fell in love with it reading the book as a child, or by rediscovering it when the 2009 Spike Jonze film was released, Sendak was an icon who taught people to embrace their imagination.

Wild Things across the internet have paid special tribute. We combed the internet and wanted to show you a few of our favorites:

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• Hipster Max

  Pretty close to the "homeless Max" look. Via <a href="http://hipsterrunoff.com/tag/halloween-costumes" target="_hplink">Hipster Runoff</a>

• With A Septer!

  Via <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Sew-a-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are-hat-pattern/" target="_hplink">Instructables</a>

• Homemade

  Via <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Sew-a-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are-hat-pattern/" target="_hplink">Instructables</a>

• With A Wild Thing

  Via <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/picture/5739243/where-the-wild-things-are" target="_hplink">CollegeHumor</a>

• Best Parents Ever

  Via <a href="http://doylez.com/2010/11/page/2/" target="_hplink">Doylez</a>

• Another Homemade Max Wolf Suit

  Via <a href="http://rookiemistakesandbeginnersluck.wordpress.com/page/2/" target="_hplink">RookieMistakesandBeginnersLuck</a>

• In The Wild

  Via <a href="http://shuraiya.tumblr.com/" target="_hplink">Tumblr</a>

• Back Tat

  Via <a href="http://tatted.tumblr.com/" target="_hplink">Tumblr</a>

• Don't Go

  Via <a href="http://boyswithbanjos.tumblr.com/" target="_hplink">Tumblr</a>

• Sweet Hat

  Via <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/61260751/where-are-the-wild-things-hat-knitting?ref=sr_gallery_18&ga_search_query=where+the+wild+things+are&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_search_type=handmade" target="_hplink">Etsy</a>

• Max Tat

  Via <a href="http://los-zombies.tumblr.com/" target="_hplink">Tumblr</a>

• King Max Tat

  Via <a href="http://literary-tattoos.tumblr.com/" target="_hplink">Tumblr</a>

• Trampoline King

  Via <a href="http://waitingfortheking.tumblr.com/" target="_hplink">Tumblr</a>

• Let The Wild Rumpus Start!

  Via <a href="http://www.contrariwise.org/tag/where-the-wild-things-are/" target="_hplink">Contrawise</a>

• On A Boat

  Via <a href="http://www.contrariwise.org/tag/where-the-wild-things-are/" target="_hplink">Contrawise</a>

• 360

  Via <a href="http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2009/09/29/8-tattoo-tributes-to-where-the-wild-things-are/" target="_hplink">Babble</a>

• And Lastly

  Via one of the HuffPost College editors

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Comments

[kazz23]

10:35 PM on 05/08/2012

I remember reading every bit of it.......