This post is brought to you by a frantic mom who realized she needed easy book character costumes at 8pm the night before said costumes were needed. If you’re that parent right now, I’m here to help. You can make anything out of cardboard, paper plates, and a little paint. Hopefully your kiddo loves Mo Willem’s pigeon books as much as mine! Here are five easy book character costumes to whip up the night before book character day at school.
My goal here was actually to match the color of a dress that I knew was in my daughter’s closet so she could wear it with the pigeon costume. The pigeon is actually more blue than mint. Also, if your paper plates are thin, consider gluing a few together so that it holds up better once painted.
While you’re waiting for the first plate to dry, cut the center of the second plate out for the pigeon’s eye and beak. Cut the center of the plate into a beak and eye for the pigeon.
Diy Book Character Costumes
Again, I mixed a few paints to get the golden shade of yellow you see on my pigeon’s beak. For the eye, I painted a round circle in the upper part of the white paper plate oval.
Use a hot glue gun and attach the eye and beak to the painted paper plate. Then hot glue a skewer to the back of the paper plate to make it a mask. I cut the skewer in half and attached the pointy side to the mask.
The Interrupting Chicken costume took a little longer to make, but well worth the extra effort. I mean look at this little chicken!
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As you can see from the picture below I used the image on the front cover of the book for the costume. I free handed the basic outline with a pencil.
I used an X_ACTO knife to cut out my chicken shape from the cardboard, and painting the chicken is the best part! Don’t forget to add white highlights, they really made the chicken come to life!
Since the chicken is much bigger than the pigeon I ended up using 3 full length skewers. If I had more time, I likely would have had my son find a good stick from the backyard to use as a handle.
Dress Up: Book Character Parade
I want everyone to feel empowered to be creative with their kids so, I’m sharing what I learned for free in a 5 day e-mail course!Each year there is a certain week of the school year that causes mass panic for most parents… BOOK WEEK! That daunting task of coming up with a book character themed costume that your kids will love, that won’t cause you a mountain of stress creating them.
Easy Book Week costume ideas are always a winner. And usually, it is cheaper to make something at home than purchase a costume.
If you have the time! If you don’t, we’ve got you covered as well with some pre-made costume Book Week ideas at the end.
Easy To Make Book Character Costumes
Each year there are different Book Week themes for Australian Book Week and it takes place in August. The 2023 Book Week theme is “
These Book Week costume ideas for girls and boys will help inspire you with loads of easy to create costumes that can be made at home.
And if you’re not keen to make your own, you can grab a premade version of many of these costumes at Amazon, Amazon AU, Halloween Costumes store or Spotlight Stores.
Creative And Easy Book Character Costumes
There are certain books that have always remained popular choices for book parades and dress ups. You are sure to see one or two of these at each Book Week parade or when scrolling ideas on Pinterest.
These are the stories most of us grew up with, no matter our age and they are always easy to spot in the crowd amongst the newer book characters and recent favourites.
This would not be a proper Book Week costume list without a mention of the Gruffalo. This is a great tutorial for creating your own Gruffalo costume and mask.
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Roald Dahl was one of my absolute favourite authors as a child and his books are still much loved by children today. This BFG costume is a pretty easy one to make and inexpensive too which is a nice bonus.
While it may be a modern-day hit, Harry Potter has easily become a classic that will be loved for generations to come. Most kids dream of getting their letter to Hogwarts, so why not have the Hogwarts robes to get them started! They make great book week costume ideas for boys and girls as well.
This is a classic costume with a twist – the famous scene of Alice in Wonderland stuck inside the white rabbit’s house makes a fun difference to a traditional Alice costume. This is one you can easily make at home using items you have already.
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The Wizard of Oz is a beloved book and film that has been read over many generations. The original book by L Frank Baum was published back in 1900. This scarecrow costume would be a great option for creating a Wizard of Oz scarecrow for Book Week. Grab your straw hat and overalls!
And it wouldn’t be right to have scarecrow without the Tin Man. I love this non traditional Tin Man costume if you are looking for book week costumes for girls that are traditionally male characters. The addition of a tutu gives it a feminine twist.
This story kind of creeps me out a little however it does make for a really cool costume for kids… or adults! It is also perfect for any Book Week theme! What I love most about this DIY Where The Wild Things Are costume is the fact that it is made from a paper bag. You can’t get much more budget-friendly than a paper bag craft costume!
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The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and all the other books in the Narnia Chronicles are popular with older kids. This Mr Tumnus faun costume is a great way to bring some of the Narnia magic into Australian Book Week dress ups.
Those fuzzy pants look really warm too! After all, it’s winter in Australia in August! Maybe a long sleeve vest is a good choice.
Harry Potter fans will love the chance to dress up as one of the characters who you see a little less often at costume parades. Luna’s quirky style makes this DIY Luna Lovegood costume one of the best homemade Book Week costume ideas!
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The Mr Men and Little Miss books were another collection of favourites from my childhood and with this easy Mr Bump tutorial, you could easily create any of the Mr and Miss series characters. Such a simple idea!
This incredible sibling costume for classic Narnia book The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is truly spectacular. What an impressive DIY costume with woodgrain vinyl from K-mart to make the wardrobe.
The nursery rhyme many children grow up with, Miss Muffet is a cute costume to create for book week. If you have two kids, or if best friends want to dress up together, one can go as the spider! A blue dress and a quick DIY apron make this a quick idea.
You “otter” Try: Diy Book Character Costumes
The Disney classics and recent hits have all become beloved books as well over the years. Our kids have many Disney books, either based on the film stories or as side stories featuring their favourite characters in new adventures.
Disney costumes are a popular choice for many kids for world book day and book week and they tend to come in and out of trend based on film releases and sequels too.
We did a Toy Story family Halloween costume and our youngest was Bo Peep. This adorable Disney costume turned out even better than expected and cost a fraction of what it would have been to buy the costume instead.
Easy Book Week Costumes For Boys
Little girls love having beautiful long hair and for most of us, Rapunzel is who comes to mind when we talk long hair. This is an easy Rapunzel braid tutorial made from yarn which would be perfect paired with a pretty dress for a princess costume.
One of our favourite films this year has been Toy Story 4, with Woody the cowboy and his high energy cowgirl friend Jessy making for fun dress up costumes.
You could make this any kind of Barbie, since the franchise has well and truly published many books over the years. For us, it was Toy Story Barbie as part of our family costume.
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Woody’s sidekick Buzz Lightyear with his signature space ranger outfit is a popular choice for kids who want to grow up to become astronauts some day. Not to mention, he has some great catch phrases too. To infinity and beyond…
If you have more than one child, they may enjoy dressing up as different Frozen characters for fun themed sibling costume ideas. This Olaf costume is pretty darn epic and would make a fantastic Halloween or fancy dress costume for other events too. Seriously… how awesome is it! Or if you’re not keen, check
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