One of the earliest joys for a child is learning how to read in order to unlock the magical world of books. Evoke all those incredible feelings with this collection of awesome children’s books character costumes.
Some characters here have been chosen from Dr. Seuss books. The characters are so colorful and distinct, it’s no wonder they are a favorite among the homemade costumes in this section. The Grinch, Thing 1 and Thing 2 are just a few examples.
Another fabulous costume idea are the DIY Wild Things costumes featured here. They will bring you right back into Maurice Sendak’s fantastical world.
In addition, you will find Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat homemade costumes. Even more is a beautiful Giving Tree costume based on Shel Silverstein’s touching tale.
In conclusion, there are a plethora of really amazing costume ideas to get inspired from here. Find your favorite children’s books character costumes and revel in bringing them to life this Halloween.
Brief Description of the Pippi Longstocking in a Hot Air Balloon Costume: Series 1 Episode 10. April 12, 1969 Pippi finds a hot air balloon in the attic and decides to try it out with Annika and Tommy. They fly to the next town and inadvertently manage to assist in the capture of two crooks. … Read more
My daughter had to dress up as a story book character for school. We didn’t want to go with all the regular characters so we decided to go with Camilla Cream from the book ” A bad case of the stripes”. I found striped socks and cut the foot part off and sewed it into … Read more
My girlfriend and I spent 10 hours building this Homemade Where The Wild Things Are Costume from scratch. We came up with the idea after seeing the trailer to the movie. However we went more towards designing it from the book rather then the movie because we wanted it to be less dark. It took … Read more
“Where The Wild Things Are” was my favorite book as a child and I must have read it over a hundred times as a boy. I have a three year old son now, and he loves to read this book at least two or three times a week. For Halloween this year he said he … Read more