
Kid Cudi will be coming out in a Max costume to his song “Alive” when he goes on tour with Lady Gaga this winter…

Kid Cudi will be coming out in a Max costume to his song “Alive” when he goes on tour with Lady Gaga this winter…

Craft marketplace Etsy boasts a surplus of awesome handmade doodads dedicated to Where the Wild Things Are, and here are a couple of our favorites. User Roadkill’s immaculate silver pendants of Max and Carol are only one inch tall but the detailing is impressive. You can even see Carol’s shiny sharpened teeth and the tiny buttons on Max’s wolf-suit!
If you crave a more hands-on approach for your DIY Wild Things homage, check out CraftyisCool’s brilliant crotchet pattern for the same lovable pair of Maurice Sendak characters. Complete with removable crown and wolf suit hood! Adorable, but perhaps not for the novice knitter.


Not sure what’s cooler, the verisimillitude of tallulahblue’s cake or the fact that it’s designated for a youngster named Atticus. As if the legacy of that name weren’t enough to guarantee success, the birthday boy even resembles Max! Some people are born lucky.
For all you craft-inclined Where the Wild Things Are fans, the very useful how-to site Howcast pictures of your homemade digs. Happy trick or treating!

How to keep your neck warm as the seasons get chilly? Combine two old favorites: DIY and Max.

“This is a picture of my preschool teacher Eileen Keane dressed up as Max. It was probably around 1988 or 89. The preschool I went to was amazing.” – Carla Frances

Our favorite rascal didn’t disappear with Where the Wild Things Are. Nope: Max makes one more appearance–just one!–in Maurice Sendak’s reworking of Ruth Krauss’s 1948 classic Bears.
The book contains just 27 words, and each one is perfect. Seeing Max reappear in a different setting introduces the same thrill as finding a twenty-dollar bill on the street or catching a Steve Buscemi cameo in a totally unexpected movie. In other words, it’s neat.


Ever since we posted this little fellow we’ve been getting flooded with wolf suit sighting emails. Like the ripper above originally found here and passed along by Kilwag. Well done sir, well done. As for the rest of you…the gauntlet has now been thrown down.