Let your child channel the beloved caterpillar from this classic story who eats his way through various foods on each page. Use green construction paper or paint paper plates in various shades of green. Staple them together to cover their body. Then create an Antennae headband. You can also make cutouts of different foods like strawberries, oranges, a slice of cake, and more for your little caterpillar to enjoy.

Hip cat Pete, with his blue fur and cool button-down, is a favorite costume. Pair a yellow shirt with a pair of blue pants. You can wear a blue long-sleeved shirt under a yellow T-shirt or just a long-sleeved yellow shirt. Then, using construction paper or felt, you can create four colorful buttons for Pete’s shirt. You can also make a cat ear headband or mask with the felt or construction paper.

 With its beautiful foiled scales, Rainbow Fish will make a sparkly costume for your kid. Use a blue shirt and leggings as a base, and some felt and fabric scales sewn onto the t-shirt with tull fabric on sleeves for fins. The same material used to create a tail on the back

Sam-I-Am’s persistence pays off when he convinces his grumpy friend to try the offbeat green eggs and ham. Grab a yellow shirt and white pants/leggings. Make a hat with the red felt or fabric, and add some yellow triangles to the bottom of the shirt. With Green and white felt/material, you can create your green eggs and ham dish!

Buzzing around with a jar, Firefly is looking for light. Create a black shirt and pants outfit decorated with glow-in-the-dark paint splotches or fairy lights. Add construction paper wings, antennae, and jar. Or follow the fantastic tutorial from KENARRY. Your child will light up the night in this costume!

The classic teddy bear in green overalls and a missing button is simple to recreate with brown clothing and felt. Create teddy bear ears as a headband or a hat. Don’t forget Corduroy’s signature green overalls; you can draw on the button or create a fabric to pin on.

Madeline is known for her bright yellow hat and blue dress uniform. Piece together the look with a blue dress, white blouse, red bow, white socks, black slippers, and a yellow straw hat.

Have your child channel the beloved tree from this heartwarming book. Wear a green T-shirt, and add green felt or fabric leaves. Plastic apples attached to the shirt are also a good addition. Pair it with brown pants and a brown long-sleeved shirt under the green t-shirt for the tree’s trunk and branches.

This busy little spider weaved a fantastic web that different farm animals tried to distract her from. Dress in all black with a black beanie. Add pipe cleaner legs and googly eyes to your beanie.

This is a clever take on the circular consequences of giving a mouse a cookie. Dress in a white shirt, overalls, and mouse ears, nose, and whiskers. Print out a “mouse cookie” on paper or cardboard, sew a cookie stuffy, or make a bag as a prop.

Let your child’s imagination run wild as the mischievous Max. Use a white sweatshirt with a hood and sweatpants, and add claws, a crown, and a tail. You can follow this fantastic tutorial from Sara.

Speak for the trees by going as The Lorax! Grab an orange sweatshirt and sweatpants, add yellow felt eyebrows and mustache, and you are ready to spread the word.

Clever Harold goes on an adventure using nothing but his trusty purple crayon to draw his surroundings. A blue onesie is all you need to make this costume work, and of course a purple crayon. Add a drawing of Harold’s imagination.

No KidLit costume list is complete without The Cat in the Hat with his iconic red and white striped hat and bowtie. Pair a black long-sleeved shirt or T-shirt with black pants. Use a white piece of fabric or felt and attach it to the chest of the black shirt for a belly. Don’t forget a tail. Use face paint for whiskers, a black nose, and some mischievous tricks up your sleeve.

The lowercase letters climb up the coconut tree one by one in this alphabet classic. Dress in brown with painted-on or glued letters and green leaves.

Llama Llama’s anxiety over being away from Mama Llama for the first time is totally relatable for kids. Use a red pajama outfit and make a llama mask or hat.

Pigeon really, really wants to do one thing – drive the bus! Grab a light blue sweatshirt. Use grey, white, yellow, and soft blue fabric or felt and a black fabric marker to create the details of the pigeon, including his eyes and blue clothing, and a pigeon beak and wings. Make a cardboard bus to complete the look.

Nancy loves everything fancy, from her elaborate outfits to her impressive vocabulary. Sparkle up any dress with embellishments and accessorize with plenty of colorful patterns and textures.

When a dragon destroys her castle and captures her prince, Princess Elizabeth slays the dragon wearing only a paper bag. Craft a gown or crown from paper bags. Add a dragon prop.

That adorable and ever-curious monkey will be easily recreated with a DIY monkey costume or yellow shirt and pants and, of course, a yellow hat.

The peddler woke from a nap to find monkeys stealing his caps! Dress as the peddler selling caps, and make sure to stack hats on top of one another.

Bring this iconic comic duo to life with your costumes. For Calvin, wear a red striped shirt with black pants and a spiky blond wig. Carry around a stuffed tiger as Hobbes. Use cardboard to make Calvin’s Spaceman Spiff helmet or transmogrifier box. Capture the spirit of this adventurous pair!

James escapes from his terrible aunts inside a magical giant peach! To portray James, wear jeans, a plaid shirt, and glasses if needed. Add a paper stem hat or paint a giant peach slice on a shirt. For an extra twist, dress as one of the oversized insect friends like Miss Spider, Centipede, or Ladybug using vivid colors, leggings, antennae and wings.

Matilda uses her magical powers to stand up to her parents and the terrible school principal, Ms. Trunchbull. For Matilda, wear a blue dress and red ribbon in your hair like the book character. Carry around a stack of books since Matilda loves reading.

Step in Time into Halloween as the beloved magical nanny! For Mary, wear a blue dress or blouse, black skirt, gloves, hat, and red bow tie. Carry a parrot head umbrella.