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.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Wearing a graphic t-shirt of the character from a local big box store or online retailerDid this help you?
- 2Dressing as a secret identity using a name tagDid this help you?
- 3Putting together normal professional clothes that resemble a character's casual outfitDid this help you?
- 4asking for costume suggestions on RedditDid this help you?
- 5dressing up as a crazy cat ladyDid this help you?
- 6dressing up as internet memes or pop culture charactersDid this help you?
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 ↗
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