cool halloween costumes for tweens (costumes inspired by great books!)

Halloween is sometimes hard for our tweens.

They still want to go out and Trick-or-Treat, but they’re starting to feel a little funny about it.

So why not help our bigger kids out with the costume dilemma by suggesting some cool, book-inspired Halloween costumes this year? Let’s celebrate some of their favorite characters, themes, and ideas from literature this Halloween.

I’ve hunted down a ton of cool Halloween costumes for tweens, and each costume is inspired by some great books.

If your kids are fans of vampire books (and there are many!), Alice in Wonderland, The Hunger Games, or Steampunk novels, then I’ve got a few cool costumes for you.

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Here’s the skinny. . .

Cool Halloween Costumes for Tweens — and Each Costume is Inspired by Great Books!

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Pretty good stuff. Now? The costumes.

For vampire fans:

Have them wear: 

Boy gothic vampire or. . .

 girl vampire or. . .

 the girl vampire slayer, or. . .

the boy werewolf.

If they love to read:

Redeemed (A House of Night Novel), by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, or. . .

Alex Van Helsing: Voice of the Undead, by Jason Henderson, or. . .

For Hunger Games fans:

Have them wear:

this awesome huntress costume, or. . .

this Catching Fire Katniss costume, or. . .

this Katniss Mockingjay costume, or. . .

these black Mockingjay wings, or. . .

this guy’s huntsman costume.

If they love to read:

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins

For Steampunk fans:

Have them wear:

a steampunk getup, or. . .

this girls’ steampunk costume, or. . .

the child size Sherlock costume (L and XL should be good for tween)

an adult Sherlock-esque costume (small size would work!)

If they like to read:

Etiquette & Espionage (The Finishing School series), by Gail Carriger

Clockwork Scarab (A Stoker & Holmes novel), by Colleen Gleason

Airborn, by Kenneth Oppel

For Alice in Wonderland or Alice Through the Looking Glass fans:

Have them wear:

Wonderland Cat or. . .

Cheshire Cat for girls or boys, or. . .

Girl Mad Hatter, or. . .

Boy Mad Hatter

If they love to read:

Alice in Wonderland (based on the Disney picture directed by Tim Burton)

Alice Through the Looking Glass, by Kari Sutherland

Need some more Halloween ideas? Got a whole lot for you here:   

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Want a few more fun halloween party ideas?

• halloween class party
• more halloween class party ideas
• GHOST bingo!
• spider web craft
• pumpkin match 
• halloween word search
• halloween ghost cookies
• boo! your neighbors
• alternatives to halloween candy
• halloween joke notes
• halloween learning
• hats, cats, and pumpkin grid game
• dinner in a pumpkin
• candy experiments

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