Easy adult world book day costumes

World Book Day costume ideas are sometimes all you need, just the inspiration... well, that and copious amounts of eyeliner and imagination.


World Book Day is on Thursday 7th March 2024, in the UK, the literary event always falls on the first Thursday in March. The day is dedicated to celebrating reading and all things books.  Many schools and nurseries across the nation invite their pupils to dress up as book characters as a fun and engaging way to do this. So be sure to take inspiration from some of the best children's books as well as from these classic children's book quotes.

While kids tend to love dressing up it can be 'just another thing to do' for parents among the chaos that is family life. Goodto.com Family Editor, Stephanie Lowe says: "Don't be afraid to recycle whatever you have available. Last year, my son went in his skeleton Halloween costume, holding a copy of the book Funnybones. Winner! Oh and also, get that eyeliner out - it can be used for so many things!" Classic is great, but when it comes to what's trending we also saw a lot of Wednesday Adams last year as well (off the back of the Netflix series Wednesday), this year we may see more Barbie due to

15 Quick and Easy Last Minute World Book Day Costumes


World Book Day can really creep up on you, and it sometimes feels like you're only just packing away the angel wings, shepherd beards and lobster costumes from December. So we thought it would be helpful to suggest our top outfits for World Book Day that are quick, cheap and easy. Also they don’t require a mad dash to the over priced fancy dress shop or a gamble on how ‘next day’ your Prime delivery service really is. We are also keen to give you some ideas that don’t casually expect you to own a glue gun, sewing machine, half the contents of a craft shop and the artistic talent of Da Vinci. You should be able to trot these costumes together very quickly with household items that most people (or their neighbours) should have.






Matilda
 


Red bow, ribbon or cut a strip of red cloth/old t-shirt.

School shirt

Dress

A few books, possibly tied into a pile with string

Jam jar with some water and ideally a plastic newt (any small bath toy animal or dinosaur or a jelly slug in our case, will do!).

Glasses if possible, but not essential




Matilda




Tintin



Plain jumper (ideally blue)

Shorts (ideally brown and

Easy World Book Day Costumes for Teachers


It’s the evening before World Book Day and, as usual, you haven’t had a minute to get a costume together. But fear not! We have a list of easy World Book Day costumes for teachers that are actually easy and don’t require dusting off the sewing machine or ordering elaborate props...


Bruce Bogtrotter (
Matilda
by Roald Dahl)

Dress in a school uniform (or as close as possible) and grab a big old chocolate cake from the shops. Smear chocolate all over your shirt (and your face) and have an excuse to indulge in chocolate cake all day!

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Matilda (
Matilda
by Roald Dahl)

Pop a red ribbon in your hair and bundle a stack of books together with string or a belt and voila!

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Miss Honey (
Matilda
by Roald Dahl)

A floral dress, a colourful cardy and a pair of glasses are all you need to transform yourself into Matilda’s lovely teacher, Miss Honey.




The Boy in the Dress (by David Walliams)

For any male teachers out there, grab a dress and a football and you’re good to go.


Sophie (
The BFG
by Roald Dahl)

Put on a nightie or a pair of pyjamas, then make a quick dream jar using a jam jar, glitter and some fairy lig




It’s time to raid the wardrobes and make a mad dash for the craft box – World Book Day is now just days away! So, we’ve rounded up some of the best quick and easy World Book Day costume ideas on Pinterest to give you some inspiration.

For World Book Day 2023 we’ve also created new packs of FREE World Book Day costume props! Check them out here:
World Book Day Costume Ideas Incl. FREE Costume Props!


1. The Snail and the Whale – Julia Donaldson

A dark t-shirt with the snail’s trail of “save the whale” either drawn on with fabric paint or sewn on with simple white stiches. Then perch a snail on the shoulder – make with felt or even a rolled up sausage of of newspaper.

They could carry a whale toy or teddy to finish off the look, if you have one.











2. Charlotte’s Webb – E B White 

You could get away with simply carrying a pig and a spider for this one! Perhaps wear a checked shirt to signify the farm.

If you want to put a bit more effort in, you could create a spider’s web with ‘Some pig’ written on – either directly on to a t-shirt with stitching/fabric pen or on to a sheet draped around