World Book Day fancy dress

RainbowChild_2

Kids eh? Don't you just love 'em?:o

DD has just announced that she needs a costume for World Book Day on Thursday :eek:

My prob is funds are low and I am off sick with depression so I need, easy cheap ideas for any disney or book character outfit :rolleyes:

Any help will be greatly appreciated

sooz

there are plenty of similar older threads about (with just as little notice )

here is one, or search 'world book day costume'

Merlot

How old is your DD, my DD is ten and will be going as Tracey Beaker (jeans & a top) from the tv series and the Jacquliene Wilson books.

It didn't cost me a penny.

My DS (9) is going as a farmer from the !!!!!! King Smith Book "Buzzard", a flat cap, jeans, check shirt, socks worn outside the jeans and his "workboots". Cost again nothing.

Its the Victorian day I am having problems with, they are visiting a Hall and have to dress in traditional Victorian Dress, I have looked on E-Bay, very little about, any ideas anyone?

Gingernutmeg

What about sending her dressed a bit scruffily, giving her some heavy sounding books (tied together into a pile) and sending her as Roald Dahl's Matilda?

For Victorians, a white blouse and longish dark skirt, hair tied back with a ribbon, boot type shoes if you've got them?

Silly_Cow

My son came home from school yesterday and announced the same thing. At least the suggestions above involve children dressing as people. My son declared, "I'm going to go as Moby !!!!!!"!!!!!!!.

:eek:

moo2moo

Its when they change their minds at 8:30am that they drive me nuts.

Last time I sorted out a perfectly acceptably fairy costume (The Naughtiest Fairy). Then the mini monster announces that actually shes going as The Very Bad Tempered Ladybird. Cue red tights, red t-shirt, 3 pairs of black socks and a bin bag. Black socks safety pinned down her arms as legs. bin bag cut into a stripe down her back as the wings and stuck on with clear parcel tape. Giant black spots cut out from the same bin bag and stuck on with more clear parcel tape. 3 minutes start to finish.

She was awarded a prize for the most imaginative costume (possibly the booby prize for having the biggest cheapskate as a mother).

The victorians had servants! White tights, black school shoes, grey/black knee length shorts, white shirt and a flat cap. If you're feeling really mean you'll have an elderly relative with a white nightie that buttons up the front!

Victorian gentry on the other hand wore pale trousers, dark jackets (school blazer), white shirts, cravats rather than ties and a top hat (paper mache!).

kazzieg

oh the memories coming back for me for my son from primary school doing world book day.

I remember him wanting to have the most different outfit, not the usual nursery rhyme, harry potter, disney etc.
So what did we send him as

The wardrobe out of The lion, The Witch and the wardrobe.

A giant cardboard box detailed with a bit of black marker pen, 2 door knobs bought from wilko for 30p glued to the front and a picture off the internet of a clip of the forest glued behind the doors. Sprinkled with a bit of glitter for effect of course!;)

The kids and teachers faces as we walked into school was excellent.

Sad thing is still got the costume here!:o

anonymousie

DD2 aged 8 has her own costume sorted (she is VERY organised, unlike her mum!).

She will be "george" from the famous 5 in her brothers cast of england tracksuit and a boys shirt, a label saying "Call me George" and her faithful stuffed dog with a tag saying "Timmy".

My strategy, being a F/T working mum and not wanting to get involved in all the school "one up manship" has been for a long time to think "whay clothes have we got and what characters will that fit" TBH:rotfl:

Any Roald Dahl child character is pretty easy TBH most have a scruffy, outgrown, slightly eccentric but modern look to them as far as I can see- DS went as "Danny champion of the World" once, Charlie Bucket is soo easy, and Matilda ideal for a girl

anonymousie

kazzieg wrote: »

oh the memories coming back for me for my son from primary school doing world book day.

I remember him wanting to have the most different outfit, not the usual nursery rhyme, harry potter, disney etc.
So what did we send him as

The wardrobe out of The lion, The Witch and the wardrobe.

A giant cardboard box detailed with a bit of black marker pen, 2 door knobs bought from wilko for 30p glued to the front and a picture off the internet of a clip of the forest glued behind the doors. Sprinkled with a bit of glitter for effect of course!;)

The kids and teachers faces as we walked into school was excellent.

Sad thing is still got the costume here!:o

Love it!!!

Prize here last year went to a similar outfit- a huge box made to look like a book worn by one of the more "interesting" yr6s who told everyone he was a "Character IN a book":rotfl:

floss2

DS2 went as Postman Pat's Jess the cat in nursery - black tracksuit, long black tail & ears on elastic with make-up whiskers.....and in 6th form college he went as Tintin, complete with quiff & Snowy the (cardboard) dog!