At my daughter's elementary school they don't celebrate Halloween. But the Kindergarteners and First Graders have a Book Character Parade around Halloween time. I saw a lot of parents kind of fudge it and say since they published Frozen books after the movie came out, their kid came as Elsa. I don't think there's anything wrong with coming as a fairytale princess, but maybe not the Disneyfied version.
Here are some ideas of book character Halloween costumes that I found after looking at our bookshelf for five minutes.
Max from Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
I really want to dress my son up as Max one year. But it would make kind of a warm costume and we're still well into the 80s here in Florida just a couple weeks away from Halloween.
Stephanie from Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch
This one would be extremely easy, but not easily recognized. Stephanie's schoolmates keep copying her hairstyles, so she goes to school with increasingly crazy ponytail creations in order to be original. The ponytail is all you'd need for this costume.
Olivia from the Olivia books by Ian Falconer
Olivia loves wearing read, so red from head-to-toe (especially red with white stripes) would make this costume. A headband with pig ears would add another element to the costume.
The Princess from The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Paper Bag Princess is left with nothing but a paper bag to wear after a dragon destroys her kingdom. All you'd need to do is cut head and arm holes in a paper bag. This one would be extra easy because you wouldn't need to give your kid a bath or comb her hair that day.
Sherlock Holmes
Okay, so this one would require some actual costume props. But it would make a really awesome costume for anyone if you had a deerstalker cap, a wool coat, and pipe.
Pete the Cat by James Dean and Eric Litwin
In his original book, Pete the Cat loves his shoes no matter if they're white, red, blue, or brown. If your kid has two of those colors of shoes, they could wear one of each. The book below is about Pete and his buttons. If you had a yellow shirt or coat they could wear that with four large buttons attached to it.
Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann
And last but not least, this is the book character my daughter chose last year and for this year again. It's pretty easy costume for most girls. Wear all pink! A crown would be nice, but not necessary. We also covered her face in pink blush and got pink hair chalk that showed up in person but not very well for pictures.
Have you ever dressed your kids up as a book character for Halloween?
