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16 February 2024 | Posted in:  Book Week |
By:  Anne Baker

Book Week Costumes for Teachers

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Trade in your usual ‘teachery’ outfits for Book Week 2016, and lead your school parade wearing awesome Book Week costumes for teachers! Australia – Story Country – That’s the theme for Book Week 2016, so to all the educators across our wide brown land, get a wriggle on and get into some popular storybook character or Aussie story themed best-selling Book Week costumes for teachers.

 

There are loads of ideas when it comes to Book Week costumes for teachers, and you’ve still got plenty of time to get your outfits organised for your school parade in August. Obviously, Book Week costumes for teachers should be styled with a level of modesty and be appropriate for the general school public, whilst still displaying a magical storybook character or Australian theme for 2016. Here are some easy-to-wear ideas to get you started:

If you’re looking to wear Book Week costumes for teachers that are in sync with the theme for 2016, then anything Australian is a great way to go! From classics such as Banjo Paterson’s Waltzing Matilda, to Mem Fox’s Possum Magic or Indigenous Dreamtime stories like The Rainbow Serpent, there are characters aplenty to choose from! Book Week costumes for teachers can include native Australian animals such as Koalas, Kangaroos, Wombats and more, plus typical Aussie Bushman hats or even a Ned Kelly get up!

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Book Week costumes for teachers can also revolve around a great range of classic storybook or fairytale character themes. Teachers can create a wonderful Wonderland of learning in classrooms and dress up in women’s Alice in Wonderland costumes! Choose to be Alice herself in a long blue dress and blonde wig, or maybe go a little crazy as the Mad Hatter and host a Book Week tea party at lunch time. The Queen of Hearts is fine too, as long as yelling ‘Off with their heads!’ isn’t echoed across the school yard! These Alice in Wonderland Book Week costumes for teachers are perfect for women and men too!

Image of a women in an Alice in Wonderland costumeImage of a man in a Mad Hatter costumeImage of a woman in ah Queen of Hearts costumeImage of a man in a Hare costume

Then there’s the gang from the Wizard of Oz! Make your students follow your very own yellow brick road on their Book Week parade, and lead the way dressed as Dorothy, Tin Man or Scarecrow.

Book Week costumes for teachers also come in Medieval or Renaissance themes. Suitable for males and females, you can dress up as Robin Hood with some Merry Men, Friar Tuck in a long brown robe, or the lovely Maid Marian.

Image of a man in a Robin Hood costumeImage of a woman in a Medieval Maiden costumeImage of a man in a Monk costume

The ever-so-popular Frozen characters also make fun Book Week costumes for teachers that your students will recognise and adore. Maybe a whole class rendition of ‘Let it Go’ can be on the curriculum for the day, with you dressed as the Snow Queen star of the show!

By-passing Disney Princesses is not an option when it comes to fairytale and storybook characters, so these lovely young ladies are definitely great Book Week costumes for teachers too! You can choose from Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle or Rapunzel – all with beautiful long gowns, quite suitable for the classroom although kicking the footy with the kids at recess may be a problem. You could also dress up as Snow White, but remember that any red apples left on your desk should be carefully scrutinised! (Maybe you could hand them over to Robin Hood for some target practice ) Fairy Godmothers are always likeable, especially if you wave your magic wand and declare ‘No Homework Tonight!’

Image of a woman wearing a Cinderella costumeImage of a woman wearing a Snow White costume

Shrek and Fiona can be your modern-day take on fairytale themed Book Week costumes for teachers, or you could dress up as Where’s Wally and reign supreme during a class game of hide and seek in the school yard.

If you’re the school Principal, it’d be really cool to whip out a silly sense of humour and choose one of the more ‘evil’ or ‘naughty’ characters to dress up as! We’re thinking the Big Bad Wolf who huffs and puffs, or add some curlers to your hair for a Granny Wolf look! Maybe you could be the Wicked Witch of the West and cackle at your ‘pretties’ or the infamous Cruella De Vil with some toy puppies in tow!

Image of a woman wearing a Cruella De Vil costumeImage of a man wearing a wolf costumeImage of a woman wearing a Wicked Witch of the West costumeImage of a woman wearing a Maleficent costume

As you can see, there’s an abundance of Book Week costumes for teachers, Principals, school volunteers and even parents who partake in this annual event! Have some fun during Book Week this year, reading will light up children’s worlds, but your fancy dress costumes will light up their faces!

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