Simple World Book Day Costume Ideas!

Every year World Book Day just seems to creep up on me… this term is super busy with Pancake Day, Book Week, Mother’s Day and Easter so I’m going to go through some simple world book day costume ideas! If you don’t already know or you’re a new parent World Book Day is a charity event held annually in the United Kingdom and Ireland on the first Thursday in March.

Every year when I was teaching it was always a last minute dash to assemble, find and make a costume for myself. Back then I always thought ‘oh I’ll be that super organised mum that when I have my own children, I’ll make costumes well in advance.’ HAHAHA how wrong was I? I didn’t realise children would change their mind, copy their friends or that schools would have a theme other than just Book Week!

So if you are a little like me and are that mum who lives in slightly last minute perpetual panic then read on! I will share some simple world book day costume ideas to hopefully save the day and save you time.

Gingerbread Man!

Due to the miserable weather we had over half term and being stuck indoors, the children and I decided to make a costume for Book Week. Had the weather been sunny I would have been out and about shopping for a costume but the rain prevailed and I needed to come up with something at home. Benny’s school were very helpful and sent home a detailed letter before half term outlining plans for their Book Week. Their theme is Traditional Tales/Nursery Rhymes, so we decided on The Gingerbread Man.

We painted a box brown (as the background of a muddy road) and I cut out the Gingerbread Man out of an old foam mat. Benny stuck on sequins, beads and buttons.

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Why we celebrate…

Read and writing go hand in hand, and as the UK’s leading early writing franchise, we love to promote literacy in whatever way we can! Our franchisees run special classes and host World Book Day events annually to make sure that their little learners understand how fun and important reading is!

However, we know that recently that costumes have become a bit of a showing off contest with competitive parents, so we wanted to show that even a simple world book day costume idea can really stand out in a crowd. And remember, an expensive costume doesn’t make a better parent!

Re-use Halloween Costumes!

This definitely saved me some time and stress! Emilie wanted to be a cat for World Book Day and I realised she had a cat outfit from Halloween! So if at all possible then re-use an outfit, adapt it or pass it on to a friend or younger sibling.