There’s two ways you can look at this post…
- It’s blatant self-promotion.
- It’s selflessly helping all the parents and teachers and students and educators who want to find a great Book Week costume with minimal effort.
Let’s go with the second.
Brilliant Minds: 30 Dyslexic Heroes Who Changed Our World profiles 30 amazing people from dancers to singers, doctors to artists, chefs to scientists, all who happen to have dyslexia.
This means there are 30 amazing (and painlessly simple) costume ideas for your next Book Week parade.
I’m 100% behind the families who go all out for Book Week costumes, but for everyone else, try these zero-effort costumes [and if you need to buy a copy of Brilliant Minds, order online from Dymocks.]
- Wear a woolly beanie and thick jacket go as polar explorer Ann Bancroft
- Wear an apron and carry a wooden spoon and be celebrity chef Jamie Oliver
- Dress in yellow and blue and carry an Allen key and go as IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad
- Wear a pair of Nike sneakers and a Nike shirt and go as Nike Chief Designer John Hoke
- Wear a fake chin beard and carry a rocket (or a record or a mobile phone) and go as entrepreneur Richard Branson
- Wear a white jumper covered with blue, red, yellow and green spots and arm yourself with Nerf guns and go as inventor Reyn Guyer
- Wear a crown and go as a member of the Swedish Royal family
- Find some boxing gloves and go as world champion boxer Muhammad Ali
- Find a red cape and a giant pair of underpants and go as author Dav Pilkey’s iconic character, Captain Underpants
- Wear a space suit and go as astronaut Pete Conrad
- Carry a dinosaur toy and go as palaeontologist Dr Jack Horner
- Tease your hair and carry a microphone and go as singer Cher
- Strap on your bike helmet and wear green and gold as Aussie Olympic cyclist Alex Edmondson
- Find a grey wig and carry a stack of books and go as best-selling crime writer Agatha Christie
- Or find a toy wombat and go as beloved Australian author Jackie French
- Grab a telescope and go as space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
- Or find a microscope and go as Australian Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley
- Grab a rugby ball and a small English flag and go as Rugby captain Chris Robshaw
- Grab an old baseball cap and grow a beard and go as director and filmmaker Steven Spielberg (don’t forget your old VHS tapes)
- Slip into a tutu and go as prima ballerina Darcey Bussell
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