Living literature through Halloween costumes

by Kit on September 3, 2008


Nothing’s more fun in an English literature class than to dress up as a book character! And Halloween is the best time for children, pre-teens, young adults and adults to have fun with costumes :-)

Books are an excellent source of inspiration for your Halloween costume. At least you won’t be another Batman, Superman, Cat Woman, waitress, pirate, Zorro or any other popular character (even though they can be pretty cool).

Let’s see, whether you want to dress up in old-fashioned or futuristic costumes, literature has many interesting characters to choose from.

FAMOUS BOOK CHARACTERS

  • “The Cat in the Hat“ (the book one, NOT the Johnny Depp version!),
  • Miss Trunchbull, the nasty Headmistress from Roald Dahl’s “Mathilda”,
  • The eccentric Willy Wonka or any of the strange children in Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”,
  • Laura or Caroline Ingalls (from “Little House in the Big Woods“) in an ole Prairie dress, cap and apron from 1800s?
  • a young member of the China Communist party? (refer to “China’s Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution“) or
  • a beautiful moth or butterfly as the very, very, very shy and young Anna did in “The Woman in the Wall” did.

    • MEDIEVAL MAGIC
    Think “King Arthur” and “Lord of the Rings” and the world is your stage.
    Guys would look dashing as a valiant knight, Lancelot, a nobleman, Robin Hood, Legolas…

    Or if you want to stand out of the crowd (who’d probably go as Merlin, Gandalf or Frodo the Hobbit) you could go as Gollum or an Orc and scare the daylights out of everyone! ;-)

    I know I wouldn’t mind looking as ethereal as Galadriel, Arwen or Lady Guinevere since witches would be everywhere already!

    FUTURISTIC CHARACTERS
    I’m a HUGE Star Wars fan so if I were to choose a space theme for costumes, I’d dress up as Princess Leia (although I think the ‘buns’ hairdo is absolutely hideous!), perhaps her slave costume or the regal Queen Amidala.

    Babies would look SOOOO sweet as Yoda, Chewbacca or even Darth Vader.

    I think boys may find a Jedi, Anakin Skywalker, a storm trooper, an astronaut or even Buzz Lightyear (from the Disney movie “Toy Story) costumes cool! How about Jar Jar Binks??? I liked him even though he wasn’t very popular…

    Whichever costume you choose, remember to have fun in the process of making your costume, dressing up and being your character :-)

    HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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