Are you ready for Halloween? Teacher halloween costumes can be time consuming to put together! And most schools don’t allow students or teachers to dress-up for Halloween any longer, but many do have a “Book Character Parade” instead. So here is a super simple and easy idea for preschool teachers.

Teacher Halloween Costumes

I love Halloween and would like to dress-up for the kids, but I am always too busy to put together a good teacher halloween costume. Besides, how many Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s do you really need in a parade?

One year we had a staff development day on Halloween and several of the teachers arrived wearing unique shirts and teacher accessories. I was inspired by this idea so I made my own t-shirt, you can see the front of the shirt above and the back below.

You Can’t Scare Me I’m a Teacher Shirt

After I made my own shirt I found one on Amazon that is similar.

Halloween Nails

You know you are a dedicated teacher when you do your nails Halloween style! These Halloween nail stickers are super easy to use.

Halloween Shoes

What would match the orange teacher shirt and nail polish better than a pair of orange Crocs with Halloween jibbitz?

Teacher Halloween Costume Ideas From A Book

If you want to put together more of a traditional costume, look no further than your own classroom library! What better way to encourage your preschoolers to read then to dress up like one of their favorite characters from the books you read to them. Here are a few preschool literary costume ideas:

• Mrs. Frizzle
• Big Bird (or any Sesame Street character)
• Pete The Cat
• Teacher Harriet
• Any Dr. Seuss Character! – Cat In The Hat, The Lorax

Teacher Group Halloween Costumes

Maybe you have a bunch of you that want to dress up together! Nothing is more fun than getting a crew together and doing a group costumes for preschool. Here are a few ideas:

• Different colored containers of Play-Doh
• Different Dr. Seuss characters
• Your favorite character from a chosen book
• Favorite Disney characters
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Minions
• Cruella De Vil and Dalmations
• Different Emojis
• Dominoes
• Seasons
• Holidays
• Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker
• Crayola crayons
• 3 Little Pigs
• 1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

More Halloween Ideas

• 5 Little Pumpkins Halloween Sensory Bin – Your little learners will have a blast retelling the rhyme Five Little Pumpkins with this Halloween themed sensory bin! They’ll be developing their fine motor and oral language skills as they retell the rhyme.  Setting up this sensory bin experience at home or in your preschool classroom is super simple and loads of fun!
• Halloween Sensory Bin with Spaghetti – Need Halloween sensory play ideas for your preschool classroom? You can make this easy colored spaghetti for a super fun Halloween themed sensory bin. This squishy Halloween sensory spaghetti is sure to be a big hit with your kids!
• Halloween Sensory Bottle – Halloween can be loads of fun in the classroom with all the cute crafts and activities. Here’s a super quick and easy Halloween sensory bottle you can make to help kids who may become overstimulated by all the activity in the classroom during this time of year.
• Halloween Fine Motor Activities for Preschool – Kids can use fine motor skills all day, but doing the same thing over and over can cause children to lose interest. These activities are fun experiences for October that will help build fine motor skills. These are perfect for a fall theme or Halloween theme. And, since many of the items are from the dollar store, you can stock up your morning work baskets or centers.