Dress like Ben Franklin, one of America’s most popular and enduring founding fathers. Here’s a costume you can use for school projects and plays, historical reenactments, 4th of July parades, and Halloween, of course.
This Ben Franklin costume for kids (left) is fashioned after the brown suit Franklin wore. It includes a long brown coat, shirt with attached vest and ruffle cuffs, pants and glasses.
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Ben Franklin was a scientist, tinkerer and inventor, politician, philosopher, first Postmaster General of the U.S. Post Office, conceiver of Daylight Savings Time, and much, much more. We all know he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. You see his friendly face on the $100 bill, and on practically everything in Philadelphia. Now let’s take a closer look at Benjamin Franklin costumes and the fashions of his day.
European aristocracy heavily influenced colonial dress. The popular dress of the day included shirts with full sleeves and sleeve ruffles, vests (waistcoats), knee breeches / knickers, wool stockings, buckle shoes, powdered wigs, and tricorn hats — the three-cornered hats that we picture when we think of colonial attire.
Ben Franklin was a fashion rebel of sorts, choosing to wear simple clothes and his own hair rather than the powdered wigs that were in style. He wore simple wire frame glasses, including the bifocals he invented when his vision began to decline.
Get Ben Franklin’s outfit, but be sure to pick up the wig (sold separately) to complete the look. For a cute costume prop, carry a kite, or an ink-dipped feather and parchment.
Save time and buy your Ben Franklin costume online. Check out these Ben Franklin costumes for adults and kids:
 Benjamin Franklin Child Costume |
 Ben Franklin Adult Costume |
 Ben Franklin Child Costume |
 Kids’ Ben Franklin Costume |
 Ben Franklin Glasses |
 Heroes in History – Ben Franklin Accessory Kit |
