Curate your DIY Pippi Longstocking costume here. These ideas for adults will help you pull pieces from your closet and/or quickly and easily shop on Amazon at the last minute. Kids will love to see you dress as the eccentric nine-year-old, red-headed orphan for a Halloween or Book Week costume. Plan your female book character costume below.
Why You’ll Love This DIY Pippi Longstocking Costume for Halloween
Pippi Longstocking is a young female girl character. She is known for her adventurous spirit, distinctive appearance, and strong personality. She has been a Swedish children’s literary hero for nearly a century at this point, and she has spawned several film adaptations.
To make a Pippi Longstocking costume, wear an overall dress with colorful patches and mismatched knee-high socks. Add red yarn braids sticking out sideways and pair with boots. Optionally, carry a small stuffed monkey, horse, or suitcase.
Pippi Longstocking’s hair is bright red, styled in two sideways braids. Divide hair into two sections and braid each tightly. Use red yarn or wire to create the iconic protruding braids by wrapping them around the braids and securing them. Make sure the braids stick out sideways.
Easy Pippi Longstocking Costume Ideas for Adults
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
First, I recommend you carry “the” Pippi Longstocking book to celebrate your love if this book character in a very literary way.
You can even read it to children!
Red Double Braided Wig
Second, your costume wouldn’t be complete without Pippi’s signature double red braids, wired to stick outward.
Before you go grab a coat hanger from your closet, check out this red braided wig, which is a perfect match.
Overall Jumper Dress
Pippi Longstocking most often wears a casual overall jumper dress, also known as a pinafore. And it’s most commonly blue in color like this denim one.
Cotton Top
Under your jumper, wear a standard cotton knit top, preferably in red, as Pippi most notably wore, like the simple one above. However, since Pippi dresses so colorfully and uniquely, feel free to wear any solid or striped knit shirt from your own closet.
Mismatched Socks
Pippi usually wore mismatched knee socks, and at least one was often multi-colored stripes.
These socks are mismatched and include a rainbow stripe sock! They feel as whimsical as Pippi herself.
Short Boots
Pippi commonly wore short brown lace-up boots. I like these especially because they can work in real life and for other literary character costumes.
Suitcase
Pippi showed up in her neighborhood with an old-fashioned suitcase like this one, filled with gold.
I think it would be especially fun to fill it with gold foil-wrapped chocolate coins for kids!
Mr. Nilsson the Pet Monkey
Pippi famously had a pet monkey named Mr. Nilsson, similar to this cute stuffed animal monkey.
The Pet Horse
Lastly, Pippi also had a pet horse reminiscent of this little horse toy.
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This DIY Pippi Longstocking outfit for adults is all about embracing the wild and whimsical nature of literature’s most iconic freckled redhead. Don’t forget to check your closet to see which components you already own.
More Female Book Character Costumes
If you loved this post, you will love these easy adult book character costumes:
- Nancy Drew Costume Ideas
- Olivia Pig Costume Ideas
- Eloise at the Plaza Costume Ideas
- Fern from Charlotte’s Web Costume Ideas
- Coraline Jones Costume Ideas
- Junie B. Jones Costume Ideas
remember, it’s a good day to read a book. – jules
