Easy school spirit day costumes for teachers
Finding an appropriate, non-controversial costume that is comfortable enough to teach in all day is difficult when standard options are too complex or require buying elaborate outfits. This leaves teachers stumped trying to participate without spending hours or money on a trip to a costume store.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Wearing a graphic t-shirt of the character from a local big box store or online retailer
- 2Dressing as a secret identity using a name tag
- 3Putting together normal professional clothes that resemble a character's casual outfit
- 4asking for costume suggestions on Reddit
- 5dressing up as a crazy cat lady
- 6dressing up as internet memes or pop culture characters
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I am really struggling to come up with something this year.”source ↗
“Also, nothing political or controversial (this is the real problem I’m having)”source ↗
“Marvel Monday has me stumped, because I've seen maybe 3 of the movies and the costumes seem pretty.....complex. Any suggestions for easy costumes that I can teach in and don't require a trip to Spirit Halloween?”source ↗
Where this came up
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