Grrr school and fancy dress costumes

bestpud

eezer wrote: »

I find this so annoying. We've had all sorts of make a costume day for romans, tudors, victorians, war, new hollister shop on the high street etc. Then there's make a model tudor house, WW2 warship, easter bonnet, weather station, cakes for the spring, summer, autumn and winter fayre and this half term it was compile a brochure about where you went in the holidays. I know there's going to be all sorts of Florida and Caribbean ones, so I'm tempted to outdo them all and do one about the moon, cutting and pasting me and the kids having a great time there. That'll test if anyone actually bothers to read what's handed in.

But the worst of all is the 'bring the school teddy home and write a diary about what it did over the weekend'. Next time it comes it'll do nothing and it'll write its own diary saying how bored it was and please don't ever send me there again...

Have they really been asked to do all that at home, from scratch? What age? And is it a state school?

Spendless

valk_scot wrote: »

Sewing should be taught at school imho. Vital life skill for future parents!

It is. Well I don't know if it's on the national curriculum. Daughter's junior school teaches it as an 'extra' they can choose during the day by a grandparent of one of the pupils and they quite often sell their stuff (pin cushions, felt hearts that sort of thing) at the xmas or summer fayres.

Son at Secondary school has textiles as one of his design subjects. At the minute it is lumped with food tech (which has gone downhill from my own secondary school days imo) but once he moves into yr 9 he has had to select 2 option choices either choosing textiles or food with design tech or graphics. 13yo son sewed his own backpack up last night, though textiles is the subject he has selected he least wants to do.

I am not crafty in the slightest. I can sew a button on though. DD has to go in a robin Hood or maid marion outfit soon on a trip to Sherwood Forest. I got her the outfit a while ago though as I knew the trip was coming due to having had an older child at the same school.

mummyroysof3

My son is an Egyptian tomorrow. Gave in and ordered a costume from amazon lol

gingin_2

Our school provides a sheet with a low cost non-sewing option, I don't know if there is one you might be able to find online.

Other than that there are quite a few on Ebay for those that can't be arsed ( like me lol) and you can always resell them again.

Maysie

These dress up days are driving me to distraction. I have a boy and its harder than girls quite often. I found it way easier with my older daughter.

The last year we have had roman day (devil cosutme red fake chest thing and some old material leather look stuff i attacked with a pair of scissors to make it look like a kilt),

wheres blo**y wally (old white t-shirt bought paint and put on stripes on using gaffer tape to make it look straightish and some old blue trousers),

wear a certain colour day and its bound to be a colour your child never wears,

dress from the highwayman poem! that threw me i said i am not doing it but of course made dash just before school throwing something together waistcoat and linen shirt looked smart anyway if not very highwaymen lol.

christmas play was plain black tops which off course we never had so had to buy our town had none so ended up buying one for a small adult male drowned him but hey ho.

world book day cannot remember what we did last time.

dress in Ethiopian colours day.

us parents are getting fatigue about it all.

SuzieSue

This is ridiculous. I am not a parent but if I was there is no way I would put up with it Can't all the parents get together and object?

couponqueen123

valk_scot wrote: »

I love the costume requests, I've got a great set of dirt cheap charity shops nearby and can sew pretty well so I'm miles ahead of the game. Add in the fact I'm a stay at home mum and you can guarantee I'll have half a dozen "favours" asked for the same night as the note went home from school.

Romans and Vikings are dead easy, all you need are a few old sheets in generic peasant colours, bits of scrap leather, rope and some broken junk jewellery which most charity shops can provide. Egyptians are white sheets and a lot of eyeliner, Romans are white, red and purple sheets, anything Tudor, Victorian or the easy Edwardian means the cheap charity shop and cross your fingers there's plenty of Per Una skirts in, preferably in big sizes so you can pad them out. The hats are always the big problem, dented ones are cheaper of course. Oh and for Tudor brocade old curtains in that shiny damask weave are brilliant.

You all hate me now, don'tcha? I did eight Titanic 1st Class female passenger costumes last month for under £30 the lot, a couple of afternoons work and had an absolute ball doing it. I'm going to be really upset when my youngest finally goes up to grammar school.

IWAS READING THE TREAD THINKING IS NO-ONE ELES ENJOY MAKING there kids costumes, i too hunt the charity shops ask friends and family for all there old clothes to use for material scraps;)

i to get asked to make costumes and i have a few pre made of angels,princesses,pirates, princes, christmas ones easter ones , i sell them to them

i sow while i watch tv at nite or if i got afternoon spare , i am a SAHM , BUT A very busy one

by best one was a pearly kings and queens out fit took me 7 weeks and cost me 25.00 and my time but made me lots of money , im thinking about making another set

alwaysskint96

It does seem as though all this costume making causes nothing but expense and hassle for the majority of parents- ok there was a couple of SAHMs here who seem to enjoy it but apart from that.....


Making hats etc by the kids themselves AT SCHOOL would be far preferable

SuzieSue

alwaysskint96 wrote: »

It does seem as though all this costume making causes nothing but expense and hassle for the majority of parents- ok there was a couple of SAHMs here who seem to enjoy it but apart from that.....


Making hats etc by the kids themselves AT SCHOOL would be far preferable

I can't believe that everyone is putting up with this nonsense (even the teachers!) and no-one is prepared to do anything about it.

Gloomendoom

Sounds fun to me!