Dress up as your favorite book character and have a Happy Bookish Halloween! How about one of these book character costume ideas from the favorite children’s picture and chapter books?
I’ve linked to many costumes you can buy and some you can make. Hopefully, this list will inspire you to find a fun book costume that works for you!
Favorite Book Character Costumes
Inspired by board books, picture books, and chapter books, there are so many costume ideas here, I think you’ll find one that you can’t resist.
The Mad Hatter unisex child
(girl child style 1 or style 2) (boy child size)
Cat in the Hat
(see more Dr. Seuss below)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie Brown (DIY Charlie Brown here)
Cow (Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type)
Crayon (The Day the Crayons Quit) DIY Crayon Costume
Curious George 
& the Man in the Yellow Hat
Dragon (Dragons Love Tacos, Puff the Magic Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon, Eragon)
Dr. Seuss Characters:
The Cat in the Hat child / adult
Fairy Tales: (featured in The Land of Stories)
Sleeping Beauty / Prince Philip
Goldilocks & the Three Bears
Harry Potter
Kids love to dress up as their favorite book characters from the most popular book series of all time — Harry Potter.
The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings
How to Train Your Dragon
Hunger Games
Knight toddler, child (King Arthur, The Knight and the Dragon, St. George & the Dragon)
Ladybug Girl
and Bumblebee Boy
Magic Tree House Jack and Annie
Max (Where the Wild Things Are
) *This might be my favorite book character costume on the list. How cute is this?
Miss Frizzle from The Magic School Bus
Nursery Rhymes:
Camp Half-Blood t-shirt
Gladiator
Knight
Athena
Pete the Cat (DIY)
Prince Caspian
Martin the Warrior from Redwall
Wizard of Oz:
What other book character costume ideas do you have?
What costume ideas are your favorite?
Which book character do you think I should add to this list?
Rj says
Ideas~
Warriors:
Cats~
Maybe you could make it more organized???
That’s it!!!
<3
Ps: Thanks for the ideas~~~~!
Melissa Taylor says
thanks for the Warriors cats idea!
Anonymous says
super