{"id":1400110,"date":"2024-10-23T10:26:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1400110"},"modified":"2024-10-23T10:26:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:26:06","slug":"10-easy-halloween-costumes-inspired-by-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/10-easy-halloween-costumes-inspired-by-books\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Super Easy Halloween Costumes Inspired by Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/101819bookcostumesMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1449473\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This year for Halloween, everyone will be dressing up as things like Moo Deng, Beetlejuice, and Chappell Roan. Dare to be different with one of these fun and unique ideas from some of our favorite books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The costume:<\/strong> Scout Finch from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/mocking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To Kill a Mockingbird<\/a><\/em><br><strong>What you&#8217;ll need:<\/strong> A ham costume made out of chicken wire and papier m\u00c3\u00a2ch\u00e9, plus a sense of childhood innocence that will inevitably be torn asunder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The costume:<\/strong> Moaning Myrtle from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/potter2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harry Potter<\/a><\/em><br><strong>What you&#8217;ll need:<\/strong> Frumpy clothes, glasses, a tendency to wail about death<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The costume:<\/strong> Holden Caulfield from <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/catcher\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Catcher in the Rye<\/a><br><\/em><strong>What you&#8217;ll need:<\/strong> A red hunting hat and the pernicious belief that you alone are the only person who has ever felt disillusioned with the roles foisted upon us by a largely indifferent society<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The costume:<\/strong> Jay Gatsby from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/gatsby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Great Gatsby<\/a><br><\/em><strong>What you&#8217;ll need:<\/strong> A three-piece ivory suit, that I-bathe-in-money swagger, and, to top it off, an obsession that is as unattainable and nebulous as the American Dream<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The costume:<\/strong> Miss Havisham from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/greatex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Great Expectations<\/a><br><\/em><strong>What you&#8217;ll need:<\/strong> A tattered wedding dress, money, a general distrust of men<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The costume:<\/strong> Hamlet from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/shakespeare\/hamlet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamlet<\/a><br><\/em><strong>What you&#8217;ll need: <\/strong>Black clothes, a sullen disposition, maybe a fake skull you can carry around with you and make speeches about (you can buy one at your local Halloween pop-up that just appeared one day right where the Home Depot used to be), and also the urge to commit murder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The costume:<\/strong> The Phantom from <em>The Phantom of the Opera<br><\/em><strong>What you&#8217;ll need:<\/strong> Half a mask, a flowing cape, the inability to express your feelings in healthy and constructive ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The costume:<\/strong>&nbsp;Offred&nbsp;from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/handmaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale<\/a><br><\/em><strong>What you&#8217;ll need:<\/strong> A white bonnet, a floor-length red dress and cloak, a crossbody satchel, and the crushing weight of patriarchal oppression<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The costume:<\/strong> The witches from <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/shakespeare\/macbeth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Macbeth<\/a><br><\/em><strong>What you&#8217;ll need:<\/strong> A mysterious aura, \u201cwild attire\u201d (interpret that as you will), plus two other people because without them you will just look like your basic, everyday, garden-variety witch who is running around dooming people with knowledge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The costume:<\/strong> Boo Radley from <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/mocking\/\" target=\"_blank\">To Kill a Mockingbird<\/a><\/em><br><strong>What you&#8217;ll need:<\/strong> Nothing. 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