Abingdon Boy Wins Bel Air Halloween Contest For 3rd Year In A Row

BEL AIR, MD — He's not even 3 years old, and he's a three-time winner of the Festival at Bel Air's Halloween costume contest. Colin Higgins, 2, and his dad, Tom Higgins, of Abingdon dressed for the 2019 event as "Back to the Future."

"He really enjoyed the DeLorean," Tom Higgins said. "We couldn't walk 10 feet without someone asking to take a picture, and he was eating it up."

The 2-year-old stayed in the car waving at people and "saying cheese" as people snapped photos, his father reported.

This wasn't the first time little Colin was behind the wheel.

Last year, he dressed up as Fred Flintstone, behind the wheel of the Flintstone-mobile his dad (Dino) made from a Toys R Us shopping cart. He said that took him about three weeks.

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The year before that, Colin Higgins won the well-attended costume contest with a different kind of machine: The Claw.

This year Tom Higgins made his son's Halloween ride in about two months. He said he worked on it over weekends.

The frame was a garden wagon covered by corrugated plastic sheet.

For the seat, he refashioned the roof from a Little Tikes car, manipulating and painting it.

Plywood was the main material, with lots of nails and paint as well, he said.

Higgins also used Plexiglas, a recessed light figure, coaxial cable, copper tubing and WD-40 can.

What's going to happen next year?

Tom Higgins says he's open to suggestions.

While he can't predict the future (despite his Halloween character this year of Dr. Emmett Brown), he does foresee his son having more of a say, telling Bel Air Patch: "I think we will have no choice but to let him brainstorm if not pick for next year."