Gandhi, Suzuki and Nenshi: Calgary kids dress up as inspirational adults

If you're still searching for ideas for your child's Halloween costume, you should consider taking a page from the Inspire Project YYC photo exhibit.

It features Calgary kids dressed up as inspirational historical figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Naheed Nenshi, Jane Goodall and David Suzuki.

"Full beard, moustache, wig. He looked amazing," said Leela Jacobs, the mastermind behind the mini-doppelgangers.

Jacobs, who is a fashion stylist, says more than 50 children took part in the project over the course of year. The oldest was six years old and the youngest was six months.

"They've been really great to work with. They're brave. They come in, they go into hair and makeup, they go into costuming. They go under these big lights ... and they just do amazing things.... They make great faces."

The children learned about the "hero" they were assigned before they came in for the shoot.

However, Jacobs says the one who played Albert Einstein refused to believe the physicist was a real person.

"He was telling me as I was putting his eyebrows and moustache on... 'Nope... nobody would have eyebrows like this.'"

The photo collection will be revealed at a gala on Oct. 29 at Studio 122 in Calgary.

Money raised from ticket sales will go to two charities — Little Warriors and Dare to Care.