Book Week costumes for children
Aladdin
Alice
Aliens – Aliens in Underpants, we have children’s Alien costumes to purchase or you can buy our Alien Antennae and wear your craziest pair of undies over your clothes.
Amelia Bedelia – Wear a dark skirt & top with a white full apron and add some artificial flowers to the front brim of a hat. Our purchased Victorian poor girl costume would make a great base for your Amelia costume.
Angelina Ballerina – We sell pink Tu Tu’s and mouse ears or you can attach pink cardboard mouse ears to a headband and wear your pink ballet gear.
Animals – Various stories.
Anne of Green Gables – You need a straw hat, pig tails & pinafore or apron. Think floral, denim, blues & greys. Our purchased Victorian Schoolgirl costume would work well.
Annie
Army – Dreaming Soldiers, Owen & the Soldier, Alfred’s War, Amazing Armies, Stubby, Dreaming Soldiers, Who is Sam the Soldier?.
Aviators – Flygirl, Biggles, I want to be a Pilot, King of the Air, Roald Dahl’s Biography.
Bats – Silverwing, Bats at the Beach, Bats at the Library, Rufus.
Beauty
Belle
BFG
Biblical
Biggles
Black Cats – Slinky Malinky. A selection of cat masks ears & headbands are available to purchase.
Capes & Cloaks – we have a selection available to suit various characters
Captain – The Admiral & the Penguin
Captain Hook
Captain Underpants – You need a big pair of underpants over your clothes, a toilet plunger and one of our red capes for this one.
Cat in the Hat
Cats
Cat woman
Circus
Cow – The Big Fat Cow that goes Kapow, Cows in the Kitchen, Are you a Cow?
Cruella
Dalmatians – 101 Dalmatians
Dinosaurs – Stomp, Dinosaur Stomp
Doctors
Dogs
Dorothy
Dracula
Dragons – Wings of Fire
Dr Who
Egyptians
Elephant – There’s an Elephant in my Kitchen, Horton Hears a Who, Elephant & Piggy, The Elephant Whisperer, The Elephant’s Story, The One & Only Ivan, The perfect job for an Elephant, The Elephant in my backyard, The girl who stole an Elephant, Barbar.
Elizabeth I – Horrible Histories
Elizabethan
Fantastic Mr Fox
Fiona – Shrek
Forest Fairy
Fox – The Fox in the Library, Jane the Fox & Me, Fox Friend, Little Fox in the Forest, The 3 Little Pigs.
Gingerbread man – Shrek
Gladiators
Gods & Goddesses
Goosebumps book series
Harry Potter
Horrible Histories book series
Jasmine
Jesus
Joseph (biblical)
King Arthur
Knights
Koala – Ears available to purchase.
Lab Coats – Dr McStuffin
Leopard – My Life with Leopards, The Leopards Tale. Ears on headband available to purchase.
Lion – The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, The lion Inside, Library Lion, A lion in the meadow.
Little Bow Peep
Little People big dreams book series
Little Red Riding Hood
Madeline
Mad Hatter
Magicians
Maid Marion
Mandrake
Mario Brothers
Mary Magdalene
Mary Poppins
Merlin
Mermaids
Middle Ages
Military
Minnie
Monkey – Grumpy Monkey
Ninjas – Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja, Mad Libs, Ninja, You Wouldn’t Want to be a Ninja Warrior
Nurses
Odlaw – Where’s Wally
Owls – Owl, Who, There’s an Owl in the Shower, Hoot, Owly
Peter Pan
Phantom of the Opera – Masks available to purchase.
Pharaohs – There’s a Pharaoh on our bath
Pilot
Pinocchio – Noses & braces available to purchase.
Pirates
Police – Hats, badges & handcuffs available to purchase.
Prince Charming
Princess
Princess Fiona
Pumpkins
Queen of Hearts – Alice in Wonderland
Queens
Rangers Apprentice
Red Queen
Red Riding Hood
Religious
Renaissance
Ring Masters
Robin Hood
Shark – Misunderstood Shark, There was an Old Mermaid Who Swallowed a Shark, Lego Super Sharks, Fly Guy Presents Sharks, Smiley Shark.
Shepherd
Sherlock Holmes – Pipes & hats available to purchase.
Shrek – Ears & face paint available to purchase
Skeletons – There are hundreds of books featuring skeletons, a quick internet search should find some great examples depending upon the age of your child.
Smurfs
Snow White
Soldiers – Dreaming Soldiers, Owen & the Soldier, Alfred’s War, Amazing Armies, Stubby, Dreaming Soldiers, Who is Sam the Soldier?
Tiger – The Tiger Who Came to Tea, There’s a Tiger in the Garden, Winnie the Pooh, Little Tiger, Life of Pi.
Unicorn – Thelma the Unicorn. Unicorn headbands available to purchase.
Veruca Salt – Willy Wonka
Vikings
Virgin Mary
Where’s Wally
Where’s Wenda
Willy Wonka
Wise men
Witches
Wizard of Oz
Wizards
Wizard Whitebeard – Where’s Wally
Wolf – Ears & tails available to purchase.
Wolverine
Wonder Woman
Wonka Bar Golden Ticket
Zebra – Ears on headband available to purchase.
Zombies
Zorro
Take a look through our Book Week costumes for teachers and older children here.
Book Week is a busy period with almost all schools planning something so please contact us if you would like to check availability on a particular costume. Alternatively you are welcome to just pop in and choose something.
Can’t find the costume you want? We have lots of bits and pieces in store that we can mix and match so we may still be able to help.