OS World Book Day Fancy Dress Ideas Please

zippybungle

I managed to sort out my Boys costumes today.

I went to Chesterfield Flea Market and bought a Harry Potter Cloak for £2! (with the Harry Potter School badge on) and some round joke glasses for £1.50 from a party shop. Also from the Flea market I got a brand new 2 piece Dragon costume (by Ladybird) for £5! :T

Zippy x

LJM

my lo was the gruffalo last year she had brown boots brown velour joggers a brown fleece and i made all the extras so a free costume from clothes she already had and a few bits of material

rsdiscos

Harry and the dinosaurs - normal clothes, bucket - dinosaurs labelled.
Charlie and choc factory- normal clothes wonka bar and golden ticket google picture + messager bag with newspaper.
Aliens in underpants bright clothes with spots and stripes with underpants over the top hairband with foil topped pipe cleaners as antennae.
Percy the park keeper - brown /green top and trousers, body warmer and flat cap with a stuffed animal or broom.
Horrid henry - normal clothes and a box of tricks or slime.

As a teacher i went as Mrs Twit back combed my hair and stuck a couple of twigs in it wore brown / green tunic and skirt - got a £1 pair of yucky brown false teeth and dirtied up my face a bit. The teeth scared the head and children!
Hope these help. Melissa

LJM

zippybungle wrote: »

I managed to sort out my Boys costumes today.

I went to Chesterfield Flea Market and bought a Harry Potter Cloak for £2! (with the Harry Potter School badge on) and some round joke glasses for £1.50 from a party shop. Also from the Flea market I got a brand new 2 piece Dragon costume (by Ladybird) for £5! :T

Zippy x

i miss chesterfield market boo

lushplus4

With world book day looming soon, has anyone got any good ideas for costumes. My 10 year old daughter has to dress up as a character from a book for school.

I am quite good on the sewing machine but am lacking in ideas. I have quite a tight budget.

Thanks :)

julie2710

My son and his friend went as Thing 1 & 2 last year from Cat in the Hat. Red tights/leggings, cheap red top with a white circle sewn on with the number and a cheap wig off eBay!

Owl

Sophie from the BFG- pyjamas or nightie ( I did this last year .... Teacher !!)
Wheres wally.. Trousers, bobble hat and glasses
Hermionecfrom Harry potter... Just a black cape, school stuff and a tie ( could make this from paper)

I'll keep thinking!!

lushplus4

Thanks, keeps the ideas coming :T:T:T

tibawo

If you like the rainbow meadow books then they have a few e.g.... Niaomi the netball fairy in netball kit and ball.

I did jasmine the present fairy and everyone loved it as she gave mini pressies out all day ... Only sweets but went down well.

tyllwyd

My daughter has wild dark curly hair and went as Tracy Beaker (red t-shirt/jeans) - the good thing is that the costume can be recycled as ordinary clothes! Another year she was Pippi Longstocking with her hair in braids and freckles painted on. We did Hermione too - again, big hair helps! (The one I really wanted to do but failed was Violet from a Series of Unfortunate Events - her dress in the film is amazing!) For my younger daughter I think this year it will be the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland.