World Book Day Costumes for Kids

Your child needs to dress up for World Book Day at school tomorrow and you're stuck for inspiration? We've gathered together below some last minute suggestions for World Book Day characters and costumes for your kids!

Also see: Costumes for Kids

In no particular order!

Horrid Henry - normal boy clothes, but messy. Don't forget to wear a mischievous expression!
Peter Perfect - normal boy clothes, but perfectly tidy. Button up shirts, polish shoes, and be extra-polite and perfect in every way.

Dirty Bertie - as Horrid Henry above, but perhaps you could add a splodge or two of mud?

Beast Quest  - wear golden armour

Sir Gadabout - wear armour or a knight's costume

The Gruffalo – print and colour this Gruffalo mask and your costume is ready!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar – dress in green and make a paper plate mask

Rainbow Fairies - girls can wear their best fairy costumes!

Tiara Club - girls should wear something pretty ... and a tiara, of course!

Felicity Wishes - pretty pink fairy costume and a wand

Gossip Girls - Older girls could style themselves as their favorite Gossip Girl!

Sleepover Club - Wear pyjamas and slippers, and take a teddy!

Pinocchio – make a nose from kitchen roll tube!

Fern (from Charlotte’s Web) – dungarees or jeans, checked blouse, hair in bunches

Moon Face – make a paper plate mask

Saucepan Man – wear pans, obviously!

Thomas the Tank Engine Characters
Fat Controller from Thomas stories - grey trousers, yellow waistcoat, black jacket and black hat.
Thomas or other favourite engine - make Thomas out of a large cardboard box which child wears with straps over shoulders!

Harry and the Dinosaurs - wear normal clothes and carry a bucket of toy dinosaurs

Charlie and Lola - perfect for a blonde brother and sister, normal children's clothes are all that is necessary, although Lola has distinctive small bunches

Redwall - wear the mouse/rat mask above and armour, and carry a sword

Spiderwick Chronicles - here's an easy one! Normal kids' clothes are all that is required.

Lemony Snicket - again, kids' clothes are fine. Perhaps in sombre colours, a touch old-fashioned?

Stuart Little – print or make our rat/mouse mask (below)

Winnie the Witch – a short black dress and stripy tights

The Worst Witch – another witch costume

Funny Bones – our skeleton costume

Captain Underpants – your best underpants (perhaps over a pair of colourful tights) and a cape!

Roman Mysteries (Flavia, Nupia, Jonathan, Lupus) – a toga from a sheet, gladiator armour

Alice in Wonderland Characters

Alice in Wonderland costume
The Mad Hatter – a big funny hat

A book worm – big glasses, a hair band with antennae

Hobbit Characters
Bilbo Baggins
Gandalf

Enid Blyton Characters
Famous Five characters - wear 50s children’s clothes, perhaps shorts and "jerseys’. Carry a picnic basket and a bottle of ginger beer!
Malory Towers and other school stories - an old fashioned school uniform or dress?

Harry Potter Characters
Harry Potter – wizard’s hat, glasses, cloak, wand, broomstick. Or make a Harry Potter mask
Hermione – wizard’s hat, cloak, wand, broomstick

Lyra, from His Dark Materials – short skirt, green shirt, pumps, small brown bag, soft toy daemon

Roald Dahl Characters
Matilda – normal clothes, red ribbon tied in hair
Miss Honey – a pretty teacher!
Miss Trunchbull – a very scary, masculine teacher!
Charlie – jeans and a bar of chocolate (possibly a pretend one!)
The Twits - go as Mr Twit, having made his beard (see below)
BFG - wear our BFG ears (see below)
Cat in the Hat – red and white hat, whiskers, black nose
Thing 1 and Thing 2 – red T-shirts and legging, trousers or tights, bright blue wigs
Fantastic Mr Fox - make mask (see below)

Fantastic Mr Fox Mask

BFG Ears

Mr Twit's Beard

Nancy Drew - slightly old fashioned, "prim" clothes, a magnifying glass and notebook.

Narnia Characters
Prince Caspian - knight's outfit, simple and narrow gold crown made with a length of gold card
Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund - 50s clothes; or "royal" outfits of simple robes, crowns (as for Prince Caspian), swords, bow and arrow etc
Reepicheep – rat (mouse) mask (below) or ears and tale, sword, waistcoat
Mr Tumnus – ears, baggy brown furry trousers?
Aslan – lion costume or mask
White witch - grand white cloak, Turkish Delight, fierce and terrible expression!

Rat mask to make

Mouse mask to print

Alex Rider - cool kids clothes with a gadget or two! Kids could make their own gadgets using boxes, kitchen foil etc.

Oliver (or other Victorian pauper) – short brown trousers, brown shirt, brown cap turned backwards

Wizard of Oz Characters
Dorothy
Scarecrow
Tin man

Peter Pan Characters
Peter Pan - green T-shirt and tights or leggings, and preferably a Peter Pan hat
Tinkerbell - fairy costume
Captain Hook - pirate with hat and hook
Smee or other pirate - pirate costume

Little Princess – long old fashioned dress, pinafore, mop cap, bucket

Also see: Costumes for Kids

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