10 Book Week Costumes That Ship in 24 Hours It happens to the best of us. You've been meaning to sort the Book Week costume for weeks. Then one Sunday night you realise the parade is in four days and your child has their heart set on being Matilda — or Where's Wally, or Harry Potter — and you're staring at your laptop wondering whether anything can possibly arrive in...

If you're hunting for a Harry Potter Book Week costume that actually gets the nod from the teacher (and not the dreaded "is that meant to be a witch from a movie?" question), the secret is picking a Hogwarts house first and building the look around it. A black robe on its own reads as "generic wizard." A black robe with a red-and-gold scarf, round glasses and a tiny lightning...

Tired of Wally? Here are 20 fresh boys' book week costume ideas Aussie kids will actually want to wear — from Wimpy Kid to Captain Underpants to Harry Potter. Comfortable, recognisable, and tied to a real book.