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Celebrate Your Favourite Animals With Book Week Animal Costumes
So many of the best children's stories feature animals of all kinds, so why not celebrate them during Book Week? At Spotlight we have an amazing range of animal themed kids' costumes, decorations and craft activities you can utilise during Book Week, with great variations for students! There are many animal-inspired books that kids love, from Australian animal stories to mythical creatures. If you're looking for animal Book Week costume ideas and Book Week craft activities everyone can enjoy, check out some of our favourite ideas right here!
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- Ready Made Book Week Animal Costumes
- Inspiring Magical Creature Costumes
- ROAR Into Book Week with Big Cats Costumes
- Bugs and Butterflies in All Shapes and Sizes
- Transform Into Your Favourite Dinosaurs
- Classic Australian Animals Everyone Loves
- Animal-Themed Book Week DIY Costumes, Activities And Projects
Ready Made Book Week Animal Costumes
Book Week is an incredible occasion to celebrate stories by dressing up! Teachers can dress up during class time and students can show off their costumes during the famous Book Week parade - and, if it's animal costumes you're after, we've got plenty of ready-made Book Week animal costumes for you to choose from!
We have so many great animal costumes for you to discover, including Aussie favourites like koalas and penguins, exciting animals like hippos and monkeys, and so much more! Explore our collection of kids' costumes for even more Book Week costume ideas.
Inspiring Magical Creature Costumes
Bring your favourite fantasy stories to life with any of our magical creature costumes. Become an enchanting unicorn, a noble dragon or a fearsome werewolf with our range of masks, tails, wings and headbands. Perfect for last-minute Book Week costumes, wings and tails are a quick and easy way for any child to feel the magic of a whimsical creature costume.
ROAR Into Book Week with Big Cats Costumes
Lions, tigers and leopards, oh my! Become a big cat with our range of animal ears and tail accessories or a full-body costume! For the perfect finishing touch, you could even add Tiger Face Paint or Cat Face Paint to complete the look. Shop great headbands and headpieces to complement the face paint! This easy tiger face paint tutorial will have your little one roaring in no time!
Bugs and Butterflies in All Shapes and Sizes
The stars of many colourful children's stories, bug costumes are always a fun and colourful choice for Book Week! Become a hardworking bee, adorable ladybug or stunning butterfly with our wings, tutus and headband costume accessories. This Butterfly Costume Kit is perfect as a last-minute costume for Book Week and can elevate any school uniform or outfit!
Transform Into Your Favourite Dinosaurs
Our dinosaur costumes mean you can become your favourite dino in no time at all! From the velociraptors of Jurassic Park to whimsical prehistoric ensembles, our dinosaur costumes include incredible full-body inflatable and fabric costumes that turn any child into a dinosaur! Our dinosaur costumes also include mask/body suit combos perfect for costume that transforms any child's uniform and allows them to comfortably play around the schoolyard.
Classic Australian Animals Everyone Loves
Celebrate the best of Australian literature by dressing up as an Australian animal. This classic Koala Ears Headband will quickly transform your little one into a cute koala - just add some grey pants and a t-shirt to complete the look. Or, have a look at this Cockatoo face paint project to transform into this famous Australian bird!
Animal-Themed Book Week DIY Costumes, Activities And Projects
Another fun part of Book Week is the chance to do some hands-on crafting to bring your favourite books to life. As the place to go for everything crafty, you can rely on Spotlight for heaps of amazing animal themed crafting projects and craft supplies for all your Book Week activities.
Explore our Book Week Projects
Some great animal craft projects you can make for Book Week include:
Pug Costume Project
Create this fun and cute pug costume for any little reader! This project is great for any parent with a few sewing skills under their belt and those looking for a creative way to celebrate Book Week. With provided templates for creating the dog's ears, snout, face and swirling tail, you can create adorable facial features with soft faux fur fabric. This adorable pug costume is perfect for prancing around at any Book Week parade.
Download the Pug Costume Project
Faux Fur Fox Costume Project
Accessories are the perfect way to transform your kids into any character for Book Week. Become a fast and fantastic fox with this awesome fox costume project. This project features templates for creating a fox face mask, paws and even a tail! Shop for faux fur fabrics and get sewing today!
Download the Faux Fur Fox Costume Project
Sparkly Fish Costume Project
An easy project for beginner sewists, our Sparkly Fish Costume Project will have any little reader feeling like a glimmery, elegant fish. Perfect for those new to the world of costume making, the only sewing you need to do is sewing the ends of the elastic together to create a waistband. Once sewn, you then tie pieces of satin and tulle fabric into the waist band until the skirt is full. You can then cut out pieces of the same fabric into shapes of scales, glueing or sewing them onto a t-shirt. This colourful and glimmering costume project will have any child celebrating Book Week with a whimsical charm.
Dingo Mask Project
Bring Australia's native dog to life with this fun dingo mask project. What better way to celebrate Australian stories than with an Animal Book Week costumes project. This intermediate-level crochet project will help you create a cute and comfy mask that is ideal for wearing during Book Week, as well as for other dress-up events.
Crochet Parrot And Wings Project
Australia is known for its colourful birds, so why not become a gorgeous parrot for Book Week? This Crochet Parrot Wings And Mask Project is an incredible Book Week activity that will guide you through creating a beaked mask and impressive wings that are almost one metre across! This is the perfect way to create bright animal Book Week costumes that will have children feeling the freedom of colourful birds with their flapping wings.
Animal Masks Project
These stunning animal masquerade masks are perfect for Book Week, as well as fancy dress parties like a masquerade ball! This project will help you create a unicorn, lion and dragon mask, but feel free to use these masks as inspiration to create your own unique masks as well.
Celebrate Book Week With Animal Costumes From Spotlight
Ready to dive into Book Week? Check out our Book Week hub online for more craft and costume ideas for teachers and students, or visit your nearest Spotlight store to grab your Book Week animal costumes and craft supplies in person. Shop the whole range of ready-made kids' costumes, tween and teen Book Week costumes, toddler Book Week costumes and teachers' Book Week costumes today or get crafty and make a unique DIY animal costume. Book Week is the perfect opportunity to transform into iconic animals from much loved books and fairytales, and Spotlight is here to help make this magic come to life.
