By: Garin Kilpatrick
Halloween is almost here! Do you have your costume figured out? No? Me either. So, we at Eduify thought we’d help you out. Below are five Halloween costume ideas derived from books, which means you have the added bonus of being able to carry the book your costume is from (just kidding). Is your Halloween costume from a literary character? Let us know what you are going to dress up as this Halloween in the comments below!
1. Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde is known for its vivid portrayal of a man with a severe case of a split personality. Split in the sense that within the same person there is both an apparently good and an evil personality, and both personalities are quite unique and seemingly unaware of each other.
The impact of Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde is such that it has become a part of the language, with the phrase “Jekyll and Hyde” coming to refer to anyone with bipolar patterns of behavior.
This costume idea has the double feature of being both creepy and exceptionally cool if you can pull it off!
2. Tyler Durden from Fight Club
Yeah, there was a book written by Chuck Palahniuk before the Movie. The main character in the book is: Tyler Durden. He’s a mysterious and gleefully destructive young man with whom the narrator starts a fight club begins a secret society that offers young professionals the chance to beat one another to a bloody pulp.
A successful Tyler Durden costume requires following this simple 3 step process:
Step 1. Buy Pink Soap
Step 2. Carve Fight Club Into the soap
Step 3. Get some blood on your face and knuckles. Fake blood of course.
And you’re good to go!
3. Alice of Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
The Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat, The Mad Hatter, the Ugly Duchess, the Mock Turtle, and the Cheshire Cat are characters who could only have come from Lewis Carroll, the master of sublime nonsense. There are a lot of characters to choose from, however, we think Alice is the most worthy for our list.
With these two stories Louis Carroll created two of the most famous and fantastic novels of all time that not only stirred imaginations, but also revolutionized literature through joyful absurdity.
4. Harry Potter
Now is the perfect time to dress up as Harry Potter for Halloween because the final book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows just came out so all die hard Potter fans are feeling the bittersweetness of the end of Harry Potter. The final Potter book has no shortage of gore and features a battlefield littered with the bodies of the dearest and despised. So, dress up as Harry before it’s too late.
You can Easily make your own Harry Potter Costume for Halloween.
Here is what you need to be Harry Potter for Halloween:
- Simple, Black Robe
- Wizard Hat
- Magic Wand
- Broom
- Lightning Bolt Scar
- Pouch
- Round Glasses
- White Tape
5. The Tin Man (or Woman) from the Wizard of Oz
One of the true classics of American literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was originally published in 1900, so this fairy tale is 109 Years old in 2009.
Some of the familiar characters include Dorothy, of course, and her dog Todo. There is also a Cornfield Scarecrow, a lion, a mechanical woodman, and a humbug wizard, and the Tin Man.
Tell us what you’re costume is going to be this Halloween on the Eduify Facebook Page!
Can you think of any cool characters from a book that would make a good Halloween Costume?
