Book character costume

Dress up as your favorite book character for Halloween and have a Happy Bookish Halloween (or World Book Day)! How about one of these book character costume ideas from the favorite children's picture books, chapter books, middle grade books, and some YA books?

Maria from The Book of Life halloweeen ideas

Create the perfect Madeline costume for adults with this DIY guide. Get her Parisian look with a blue dress, yellow hat, and red scarf.

Find quick and easy DIY teacher costumes for Book Week and World Book Day. Students of all ages will love these book character costumes.

Discover easy and creative literary costumes for adults. Get inspired by DIY ideas to recreate iconic book character looks.

You can assemble most of these costumes from things you already have at home!

Ella Enchanted Costume

It’s that spooktacular time of the year again, which means once more the desperate scramble to find a perfect Halloween costume. If you’re looking for literary halloween costume ideas for adults, you’ve come to the right place. Lucky for us book loving people, we have an array colorful characters to choose from. And because book-ish ...

Check out this list for your perfect Halloween costume — based off of a literary character! From Frodo to Katniss, you'll find a creative costume on this list.

Whether you're getting ready for Halloween or attending a literary-themed event, we've got you covered with some easy book character costumes. Not to worry if your skills don't include makeup artistry or sewing — you can assemble most of these costumes from things you already have at home.