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47 Brilliant Book Week Costume Ideas to Pinch For the Next Parade

Another year, another Book Week done and dusted!

But it wouldn’t be the end of another great week of costume creativity without our annual Mum Central Book Week parade!

So which parents went above and beyond the traditional pirate attire to find dress up treasure during Book Week 2018?

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Check out these incredible Book Week costume ideas, most from our very own Mum Central audience, that get a shiny gold star for awesomeness.


Best Book Week costume ideas

Alice in Wonderland and Claris

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Pig the Pug and IT (*shudder*) 

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Bad Guys and Green Eggs and Ham

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The Jungle Book and Goth Girl

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Where’s Wally and Pig the Star

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Pinocchio and Geppetto

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The Day the Crayons Quit

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Where the Wild Things Are

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Ella Diaries

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The Wizard of Oz

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Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

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Alice in Wonderland

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A Child’s First Book of Trump (Yes, this is a book!)

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Beauty and the Beast

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Where’s Wally

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The Gruffalo

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Bad Guys

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Oh the Places You’ll Go

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The Cat in the Hat

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The Lorax

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Fox in Socks

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Dear Zoo

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Frida Kahlo

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Thelma the Unicorn

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Madeline

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Where is the Green Sheep?

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The Gumnut Babies: Snugglepot and Cuddlepie

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The Paper Bag Princess

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The Chronicles of Narnia

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There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Mozzie

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Paddington

Paddington easy book week costume
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Anh Do, Weirdo

Anh Do - Book Week costume ideas
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Raggedy Ann

Raggedy Ann Book Week costume idea
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Goldilocks

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Robin Hood

Robin Hood Book Week costume ideas
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Eric the Viking

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Whether you love Book Week or loathe it, one thing is certain – with these costume treasures, there’s plenty of inspiration for next year! And a big thank you to all our Mum Central readers who submitted their photos.

Looking for more Book Week costume ideas? Check out these ridiculously easy Book Week costumes as well as our Book Week Parade from 2017. 

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Born and raised in Canada, Jenna now lives in Far North Queensland with her tribe. When the mum-of-three is not writing, you can find her floating in the pool, watching princess movies, frolicking on the beach, bouncing her baby to sleep or nagging her older kids to put on their pants.

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