Costume Ideas

Floral dress, straw hat, white socks and black school shoes.

Overalls/jeans, checked shirt, hat. Carry a toy animal or small bucket.

Wear sports gear you already own. Carry a ball, racket, or medal.

Any regular play clothes. Carry a bucket with small toy dinosaurs inside. 

Dress all in one colour and carry a matching crayon drawing. You could add a coloured party hat too! 

Bright dress/coloured shirt with overalls, mismatched socks, plaits with wire to make them stick out. 

Black pants, white shirt, adult’s black jacket, a tie, glasses. Add a stick as a wand.

Blue dress, hair ribbon, and a pile of books. 

Red-and-white striped top, jeans, beanie, and round glasses (you can make these with pipe cleaners!)

Blue dress, black shoes, headband/bow. Optional striped stocking or knee-high socks.

Dress or pinafore, sunhat, and carry a flowerpot or spade.

Wear your musical medley clothes or all black, and walk around the parade holding your favourite book. 

Donkey onesie, and add an eyepatch if you have one 

Tiger onesie, bring a plastic teacup/teapot if you have one 

Giraffe onesie

Koala onesie, wear some sports shoes and other sports items (sweatband etc) if you have them 

An animal onesie. Make a “cage” from the book out of a large sheet of cardboard with a label: “From the zoo”. 

Wear your dog onesie and come as your favourite dog character.

White clothes, tutu, mouse ears made from cardboard and a headband 

Pink shirt or leotard, tutu, ballet flats 

Coloured shirt and matching tutu, make a crown and wand out of cardboard 

Green clothes and tutu, fairy wings 

Coloured dress and/or tutu to match the fairy wing colour 

Lots of fairies to inspire you! Check them all out here.

Grey or brown clothes, add paper/cardboard ears on a headband, and draw a little nose with eyeliner. 

Brown clothes, feathery scarf or hat, and a beak made from paper. 

Red shorts, braces, grey/white shirt, and paper koala ears. 

Big shirt, trousers, a belt, and big paper “ears” on a headband.

Black pants/shirt, white socks for gloves, and a red scarf/bowtie. Make a paper hat. 

Green T-shirt, green shorts, and a paper triangle hat. 

White T-shirt, black shorts, and a paper “Greg” cartoon mask on a stick. 

Dress in one bright colour, make a round paper face mask OR clothing options as above. 

Wear green clothes or use green cardboard circles/paper plates. Make a red paper plate mask for the face with green antennae (pipe cleaners or paper). 

Blue clothes. Cut shiny “scales” from foil or coloured paper and tape/pin them to the shirt. Tutus optional! 

Brown/orange clothes (maybe an adult’s vest, tie or jacket). Cardboard fox ears on a headband/a mask and a tail (stuff an old sock with paper). 

Brown clothes. Add paper horns, teeth and eyes to a headband or mask. 

Orange or yellow clothes. Add a big paper moustache on a stick (or cotton wool painted yellow). 

Everyday clothes with a homemade “golden ticket” (gold paper/foil). 

Pink clothes. Add a paper/cardboard unicorn horn on a headband. 

Black clothing and shoes, pin pictures of items Slinky has stolen to shirt and pants (banana, clock, milk bottle etc). Optional cat ears (black cardboard triangles on a headband). 

Bright clothes, scarf or jacket. Make a paper top hat and a golden ticket (foil or gold paper). 

Dress in yellow clothing. Cut out different coloured paper/cardboard fish and pin them to clothing.