Halloween book characters - does your school do this?
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Anonymous
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Does your school also “encourage” a book character costume for school dress up?
Assuming this is not just our school, do you actually create a second costume or just tell yourself there are books of Pokémon or Frozen or trolls or whatever your kid was already being? I’m usually a rule follower but I can’t with this one. Team let the kids have fun. |
Anonymous
| Most people I know just use the same costume. There is a book about everything out there. |
Anonymous
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Yes, it’s annoying. It’s fun for the kids since they get a fun dress up day at school, and good for the teachers since they get to tie Halloween costumes to reading. But for parents, it sucks to come up with & pay for 2 different costumes.
You may get that sweet spot where you get to do Harry Potter/hermione for one year for both Halloween & school…but every other year, you are stuck buying the Halloween costume they have their heart set on, and then coming up with a second book costume & buying props for that. |
Anonymous
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Yes, we hate it.
The kids and parents all hate having to do two costumes or not able to wear their super fun new one they’re excited about. |
Anonymous
| My kid is just wearing a character shirt tomorrow. Shrug. There’s a book about Buzz Lightyear out there somewhere I’m sure. I agree, I think it’s silly. I understand the no weapons/no masks rule (although …. I understand that a lot less now after everything …….) but just let the kids wear whatever. |
Anonymous
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We used to go to DCB and Book o Ween was my fav event there. The staff went all out and it was so fun to go in and read to the kids in costume.
We did separate costumes but they were of the DIY type that's like cut up a sweatshirt and use safety pins/duct tape or create an outfit out of clothes you already have. |
Anonymous
| Our school does this. I don’t buy 2 costumes though. I just buy the costume and find a book with the item. I don’t care if it matches. That’s on the school. |
Anonymous
| There’s a book for everything these days! My kid will be carrying an Ironman comic book tomorrow. He carried a Pokémon book last year. There’s no need to be buying 2 different costumes!! |
Anonymous
| We’d tell the school librarian what our kid’s costume was and she’d give him a book to go with it. Done. |
Anonymous
| I do two costumes because my kids are little and I know they will ruin them if they wear them at school all day. |
Anonymous
| Our school did this our first year there, then stopped, but it didn't do it around Halloween. I think it was in January? It was definitely after the Scholastic Book Fair, because my kid went as a character from a book she bought at the book fair. We actually planned a costume for the day in first grade ahead of time; she liked the movie Peter Pan so we read the book and bought a costume, but they didn't have it that year. |
Anonymous
| Teacher here. Unless the costume is scary, just wear the same costume. Everyone else does. Ours is always the Friday before Halloween and we do a fall walk then. |
Anonymous
| My child loves planning Halloween costumes and reading, so bookoween is her favorite. Most years she picks her current favorite book character for Halloween anyways, but we did a separate costume once. If your kid doesn't care, just find a library book on whatever character they're already being, or wear a t-shirt. No need to figure out an elaborate second costume unless it's fun for you. |
Anonymous
| Book characters only at our school and you must write a report to dress as the character. We make a costume to match the book selected if there isn't one to buy. They don't do a second costume. |
Anonymous
It's the ony way to still celebrate with costumes when you have a group who won't celebrate Halloween for religious reasons. Ask me how I know |