30 Fancy Dress Ideas For Kids
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When it is fancy dress completion at school, the search for
ideas begins. Here are few interesting fancy dress ideas for Indian children
with various themes in mind.
Sangolli Rayanna was one of the greatest warriors of Kittur who fought relentlessly against the British forces. He was one of the trusted aides of Kittur Rani Chennamma.
Subhas Chandra Bose, Father of Indian National Army, who was one of the greatest Indian freedom fighter, definitely needs to be remembered. What else can be a better way of teaching our younger generation about Netaji?
School events are always exciting. The competitions, the drill,
the play dates with parents, school annual day, fancy dress day, sports day;
such events are the most exciting part of the academic year.
Regular classes may be boring, and to break the so called
boredom such events are very important.
Role Play
Military personnel, black magician, a common villager, a
farmer
Indian military personnel
Finding an Indian military dress is easy at the cloth
stores.
Black magician
A black magician with lot of weird stuffs to hold along.
Teach some weird moves to enact like a magician to your child. This will make a
great fancy dress idea.
Old Village lady
A villager in the dress of a typical old woman is fun to
dress up like. This old lady was in search of her grandson at the school. She
had bought some fried crispiest chips to munch for him. But all that she
complains is she is not able to find him as all of them look the same in
school uniform.
Farmer
Dressing up like a farmer is yet another great idea. This is
the easiest and the simplest way to dress up your child. Allow him to carry any
of the farming tools and a small stack of hay.
Regional or Tribal
Costumes
Koravanji (gypsy fortune teller), a tribal man, Kodava lady
(a traditional lady from Madikeri/Coorg), Kannadiga (a Karnataka patriotic
man), Mohiniattam dancer (a form of classical dance from Kerala), Japanese
traditional dress,
Koravanji
Koravanji a female gypsy fortune teller mostly from Mysore
tribes in Karnataka. The folk art of fortune telling is woven
into the dialogue
“Kani Helthini Amma... Kani”.
A tribal man
A tribal man dressed in leaves, face paintings and their typical jungle weapons. The attempt is to show how raw and rugged this little man can be.
Girl in Coorgi Style Saree
Kodava lady dressed up in traditional coorgi style saree.
Girl in Japanese Traditional Dress
Japanese traditional dress mainly involves elements like the
folding/fixed hand fan and the parasol/umbrella. Their traditional silk kimonos
are hard to be found in India. So just replace the kimono with a bright colour
gown and focus on the makeup and hairstyle with the other necessary
accessories. A lovely fancy dress idea for little girls.
Mohiniattam dancer
Mohiniattam is one of the most beautiful classical dance
forms of India. The costume is very unique and looks best when tiny tots are
made to wear the dance attire with a side hair bun decorated in flowers.
Daily-use objects
Colgate Tooth paste-brush pair
Colgate tooth paste and brush, with a message ‘Brush your
teeth twice ever day!’ It is nice to hear cute words from cute kids.
Clock
Clock; Time is very precious. Indeed very precious.
Fruits
Grapes
Grapes - a bunch of sour grapes
Bananas
Bananas - a big boy sized banana plantain
Trees
Save trees, save nature, save earth ! What an impressive message to spread.
Indian Freedom
Fighters and National Leaders
Sangolli Rayanna, Onake Obavva, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Jawaharlal
Nehru, Narendra Modi
Sangolli Rayanna
Sangolli Rayanna was one of the greatest warriors of Kittur who fought relentlessly against the British forces. He was one of the trusted aides of Kittur Rani Chennamma.
Among the great heroes and heroines Obavva’s name must
mentioned without fail. Onake Obavva was a brave hindu warrior who fought Hyder
Ali’s army with her Onake (a pestle used to pound grains.) Since her brave and
heroic deeds Obavva has been known as Onake Obavva and is remembered forever in
the hearts of the people and history of Karnataka.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Subhas Chandra Bose, Father of Indian National Army, who was one of the greatest Indian freedom fighter, definitely needs to be remembered. What else can be a better way of teaching our younger generation about Netaji?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru is a special personality children of every generation
should know. After all it is his birthday celebrated as Children’s Day.
Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi, the most influential leader of India. He is a
true inspiration to all of us to take India to newer heights.
People of Hindu Mythology
Krishna, Vamana, Hanuman, Narada,
Radha, Shakunthala, Gandhari
Krishna
Dressing up babies and kids as Lord Krishna is an yearly practice in India especially during the time of Ashthami. For tips on how to dress up like Krishna, read HERE and also HERE.
If you are in search of more ideas for dressing kids like Lord Krishna, follow HERE
Vamana
Hanuman
Narada
Radha/Radhika, Krishna's childhood friend
Shakunthala
Gandhari
Gandhari, the queen who blindfolded herself since King Dhrutharashtra, her husband was blind.
A tale of
Tenali Rama
Who does not know the comedian Tenali Ramakrishna? He was a
very famous jester and a poet in the court of King Krishnadevaraya of
Vijayanagara Kingdom. He was a very wise man.
Tenali Ramakrishna
The tale of a pot on his head is a famous one;
It so happens that the King got very annoyed with Tenali
Rama and ordered him never to show his face again. Next morning the royal court
was held as usual. Tenali Rama in an attempt to follow the royal orders and
also attend the royal court discussions, he wore an earthen pot inverted on his
head with 2 holes exactly for his eyes. Amused by his wit and sense of humor
the entire court burst with laughter and the king resumed his post of royal
jester at the court.
Which of these fancy dress ideas did you like the most? And
do you have more ideas of kid’s fancy dress to share with us?
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