There’s nothing more fun than dressing up for Halloween! If you’re a book lover and enjoy nothing more than reading about your favourite Literary characters, why not try a Halloween costume based on your favourite book?
With some creative Literary Halloween costume ideas like Dr. Hannibal Lecter from Thomas Harris’s The Silence of the Lambs, Frodo Baggins from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, James Henry Trotter from Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach or why not try The Weather from Judy and Ronald Barrett’sCloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
Literary Costumes Ideas
2. The Pequod, Captain Ahab, and Moby Dick from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick
3. Nancy Drew from Carolyn Keene’s Nancy Drewseries and Joe Hardy from Franklin W. Dixon’s The Hardy Boys series
4. Dr. Hannibal Lecter from Thomas Harris’s The Silence of the Lambs
5. Charlotte’s Web and Wilbur from E.B. White and Garth Williams’ Charlotte’s Web
6. Amelia Bedelia from Peggy Parish’s Amelia Bedeliaseries
8. Harold from Crockett Johnson’s Harold and the Purple Crayon
Learn how to make the costume at Generation T.
9. Ryan Dean West from Andrew Smith’s Winger
10. Frodo Baggins from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
11. Paddington Bear from Michael Bond and Peggy Fortnum’s A Bear Called Paddington
12. Max and a Wild Thing from Maurice Sendak’sWhere the Wild Things Are
Learn how to make the costumes at Tell Love and Party.
13. A Crayon from Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers’The Day the Crayons Quit
Learn how to make this no-sew costume (for under $10) here.
14. Elephant and Piggie from Mo Willems’ Elephant and Piggie series
15. Little Miss Twin and Little Miss Twin from Roger Hargreaves’ Little Miss Twins
16. Eleanor and Park from Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park
17. Kirsten Larson from Janet Shaw and Renée Graef’sMeet Kirsten
18. Viola Swamp from Harry G. Allard Jr. and James Marshall’s Miss Nelson Is Missing!
19. Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations
21. King Azaz from Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer’sThe Phantom Tollbooth
23. James Henry Trotter from Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach
Learn how to make the costume at Small Fry.
24. Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
25. The Fish from Dr. Seuss’s One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
27. Mama Bear and Papa Bear from Stan and Jan Berenstain’s The Berenstain Bears series
28. An Old Man and a C in honor of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea
29. Pete from Eric Litwin and James Dean’s Pete the Cat series
30. A Greaser from S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders
31. Coraline Jones from Neil Gaiman’s Coraline
32. Agatha Trunchbull from Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake’s Matilda
33. The Weather from Judy and Ronald Barrett’sCloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
34. Lisbeth Salander from Stieg Larsson’s Millenniumseries
35. Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
36. Clifford from Norman Bridwell’s Clifford The Big Red Dog
37. Junie B. Jones and Gladys Gutzman from Barbara Park and Denise Brunkus’s Junie B. Jones series
38. Camilla Cream from David Shannon’s A Bad Case of Stripes
40. Eloise from Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight’sEloise books
41. Harriet M. Welsch from Louise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the Spy
42. The Gruffalo from Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo
Learn how to make the costume at The Educator’s Spin On It.
43. Tintin and Captain Haddock from Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin series
44. Randle Patrick McMurphy and Mildred Ratched from Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
45. The White Witch from C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
48. Princess Elizabeth from Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko’s The Paper Bag Princess
49. The Cat and Sam from Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham
Learn how to make the costumes at MADE.
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