Favorite book character costumes
08 Oct | 14 Comments »
UPDATED 10/13/09 with reader comments
Have a Happy Bookish Halloween. Dress up as your favorite book character! Here are some literary costume ideas from the best children’s picture and chapter books . . .
Fancy Nancy
Max, Where the Wild Things Are
Clifford, the Big Red Dog
My good librarian friends at Koelbel Library added the following:
-Waldo from Where’s Waldo
- Angelina Ballerina
-Harriet the Spy
-Alice from Alice in Wonderland, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, The Mad Hatter (etc)
-Eloise
-Amelia Bedelia
-Ramona
-Any of the American Girls
-Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys
-Any of the characters from the Little House on the Prairie series
-Any of the characters from the Arthur books
-Ms Frizzle from the Magic School Bus books
-Jack and Annie from the Magic Tree House books
-Pigeon from the Pigeon books by Mo Willems
-Elephant and Piggie (Mo Willems)
-Dr. Seuss characters (The Lorax, Thing 1 and Thing 2, etc)
-Sherlock Holmes
-Curious George
-Tacky the Penguin
- Percy Jackson
-Diary of a Wimpy Kid
-Charlie Bone
Percy Jackson (Olympians series), Greg Heffley from Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Charlie Bone (Charlie Bone series) – from Allison
Ladybug Girl & Bumblebee Boy – from Ellen
Martin the Warrior or Mathias (Redwall) – from Jeanne
Skippy Jon Jones – from Jo Dickson
Piglet, Eyeore, Tiger, Pooh, Roo, Paddington -from Michelle
The Stinky Cheese Man? – from RobbieLee
*Is Captain Underpants too inappropriate? Thoughts?
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I thought of a few others: Percy Jackson (Olympians series), Greg Heffley from Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Charlie Bone (Charlie Bone series).
Ok, so here are some of the ones that we thought up (possibly more to come!):
-Waldo from Where’s Waldo
-Harriet the Spy
-Alice from Alice in Wonderland, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, The Mad Hatter (etc)
-Eloise
-Amelia Bedelia
-Ramona
-Any of the American Girls
-Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys
-Any of the characters from the Little House on the Prairie series
-Any of the characters from the Arthur books
-Ms Frizzle from the Magic School Bus books
-Jack and Annie from the Magic Tree House books
-Pigeon from the Pigeon books by Mo Willems
-Elephant and Piggie (Mo Willems)
-Dr. Seuss characters (The Lorax, Thing 1 and Thing 2, etc)
-Sherlock Holmes
-Curious George
-Tacky the Penguin
-Little Red Riding Hood
And another:
Angelina Ballerina
Ladybug Girl
Ladybug Girl & Bumblebee Boy
Martin the Warrior or Mathias (Redwall)
Skippy Jon Jones
paddington
pohh, piglet, eyeore, tiiger, Roo
How about The Stinky Cheese Man?
These are AWESOME suggestions! You’re all so well read. Impressive. Thanks everyone!
I remember making a spider costume that was used for several Halloweens by both of my sons, Devin and Bernie … my old black leotard from Modern Dance, a cap/mask with the eight eyes, and extra legs sewn to the sides, with monofilament fishing line attached at the elbows and running down through the extra legs at the “knees,” so when the boys raised their arms, the extra legs would follow.
Well, back in the day when I did substitute teaching, the school was having a book character parade around Halloween … so, yes, I wore that spider costume to represent Charlotte from Charlotte’s web. My class and the teachers love my enthusiasm and willingness to play the part … I’ve always been a kid at heart, who loves to read!
My kids dressed up as Dr. Seuss characters all 6 of them. Lion Ten apples up on top, cindy lou who, sam I am, Daisy-Head Mayzie, A Sneetch, Red Fish. I wish I could send a picture but I do not know how!
how about david from the books by david shannon
God bless MJ.. He trully changed the world..