Book Week Costume Ideas For Kids

Book week is a tradition that is growing in popularity in schools and the general community. A week completely dedicated to celebrating books, their Australian authors and illustrators.

By using fun as the main attraction; kids all over the country are learning about the importance of reading. Book Week ideas for kids are hugely popular in classrooms as they allow children to understand how much fun they can have with books and their characters.

How you can celebrate Book Week

There are so many crazy and wonderful ideas to encourage reading and embracing stories. This doesn’t just have to be novels; it can include picture books, comics, and any other type of book you can think of for children.

Dressing up is one of the most popular ways for schools to get kids and their teachers excited and understand their favourite characters. There are so many characters for children to choose from and if you are like me, you may not be the best with a sewing machine. Truth be told, my husband is the seamstress in our home. This is why I am thankful for costume shops that offer affordable options and a vast range for children of varying ages.

Popular costumes include: Cat In The Hat, Thing 1 & Thing 2, Harry Potter, Little Red Riding Hood, Super Heroes and princesses.

So with all of these great ideas in mind; it came time for my boys to choose their costume and being the individuals they are, they decided on Star Wars characters. B1 is Darth Vader and naturally B2 has followed his big brothers lead and taken on the role of a Star Wars Clone Trooper.

The costumes the boys received are full of detail from head to toe. Both included the outfit and mask which forms a complete outfit; if however you want to extend the costume even further you can maximise your look by adding accessories.

The only thing I can really fault about these costumes are that the masks are quite hard to see out of so they wouldn’t be great for long periods of use.

Costume Box offers not only the most current and up to date costumes at affordable prices, they also supply those more unusual options like: gladiators, Horrible Histories, Indiana Jones, Buccaneers, Egyptians and the list goes on.

Bring literary characters to life in time for Book Week 2015 by ordering your child’s costume from Costume Box. They offer FREE express shipping for Australian orders over $75 and a flat rate of $5.99 for orders under $75. Most orders delivered within 1 business day!!

Freebies

Everyone loves free stuff which is why with each purchase you have the option of also scoring yourself something for free. Find all the Costume Box discount / freebie codes here.

Check out the full range of costumes from Costume Box!

When is Book Week? 22 August – Friday 28 August 2015.

What are your Book Week costume ideas?

Are your kids dressing up?

Disclosure: I received the Star Wars costumes (as seen on B1 & B2) for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own.