What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

1. Mad Scientist:

• White lab coat: Check out a second-hand store.
• Necktie: Have this loosely tied around your neck so that it looks disheveled.
• Dress pants and shoes
• Fake nerd glasses
• Stick your hair straight up, carry around beakers, test tubes, eye droppers, and a text book.

2. Librarian or Teacher:

• Conservative pencil skirt
• Cardigan sweater: Button all the way up.
• Fake glasses: Keep the glasses on a chain and wear low on the bridge of your nose.
• Wear your hair in a bun and put a pencil behind your ear. Carry around books and an apple.
• If you want to go for the substitute teacher look, put a note that says “Kick Me” on the back of your shirt, have chalk eraser marks all over your clothing, stick a paper airplane in your hair.

3. Police Officer:

• Dark blue dress pants
• Blue short-sleeve dress shirt
• Aviator sunglasses
• Leather belt: Stick  handcuffs, a walkie-talkie and baton to the belt.
• Badge and patches: Use construction paper to create or print out templates.
• Draw on a handlebar mustache.

4. Disc Jockey (DJ):

• Big jeans: Wear low on your hips
• Over-sized graphic shirt: Look for some sort of concert t-shirt or dark colored shirt
• Wear large headphones: Have one ear in the headphones, the other out.
• Celebrity style sunglasses
• Pretend to be ‘scratching’ records and mixing music. Walk with a swagger and keep the sunglasses on all night.

5.  Housewife:

• Bathrobe: Have pill bottles and a TV guide sticking out of the pockets.
• Slippers
• Pajama bottoms
• Wear curlers in your hair covered with a scarf.
• Carry around a martini and cigarette.

6. Nurse:

• White, short-sleeved button down dress (or tennis dress): Attach a red cross made of construction paper.
• White apron: Tie around your waste and have thermometers, tongue depressors, cotton balls, etc sticking out of the pockets.
• Nurses cap: Make out of stiff white paper or foam.
• Wear white ankle socks and white shoes.

7. Doctor:

• Dress pants
• Button-down shirt
• Long, white lab coat
• Make a name tag for yourself out of construction paper.
• Wear a toy stethoscope around your neck and have tongue depressors sticking out of your pockets.

8. Fireman:

• Black pants
• Black t-shirt
• Black rubber boots
• Yellow rain jacket: Use black tape to create stripes down the arms and around the waist.
• Wear a plastic fireman’s hat from the dollar store
• Use make-up or charcoal to make your face smudgy

9. Spy:

• Suit pants or skirt
• Dress shoes or heels
• Trench coat: Wear with the collar turned up.
• Fedora: Second-hand stores usually have a selection of fedoras or similar hats.
• Leather gloves
• Dark sunglasses
• Carry a magnifying glass and hide behind corners and furniture.

10. Construction Worker:

• Jeans or overalls: If overalls, unbutton one side.
• Plaid, long-sleeve shirt
• Work boots
• Tool belt with tools sticking out
• Hardhat: Find a lightweight, plastic version at the dollar store.
• Carry a lunch box and whistle at girls as they walk by.

11. Cowboy or Cowgirl:

• Jeans or jean skirt
• Plaid shirt
• Cowboy boots
• Cowboy hat
• Girls, wear a neck scarf and braid your hair.
• Boys, chew on a blade of grass
• Ride on a hobby horse (broomstick horse) and talk with a country twang.

12. Stewardess:

• Dark pencil skirt and matching suit jacket
• White blouse or button-up shirt
• Wear a neck scarf
• Low heels
• Wear your hair in a bun and act super perky. Direct people to a seat, the exit, or just the kitchen for a drink.