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World Book Day love it or hate it? I really don’t mind the day that much. Mainly because I don’t feel the need to go all out and try for costume of the year! I much prefer to keep our costumes fairly simple and use things we can easily find that are homemade or are inexpensive to source. It’s aways a bonus when they can make a costume up from their dressing up box.
I do understand that for some it’s a day that some children can find a little stressful. For parents of children who aren’t fond of dressing up it can make the school run a bit more fraught than normal. Our third child frets a little when school deviates from wearing uniform and so finding outfits that he feels comfortable in can be a little challenging. So with this in mind and the need for some inspiration for this year’s costumes I turned to some fellow bloggers for some simple ideas as well as compiling a list of my own ideas.
Captain Underpants
Jenny who blogs over at The gingerbread House shows you how to create a Captain Underpants costume with just a plain t-shirt and fabric pens
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Sophie – Sophie’s adventures by Dick King-Smith
Thing 1 and Thing 2
Sarah who blogs at Boo Roo and Tiger Too gives us a set by step tutorial on how to create a simple Dr Suess costume for one or two siblings!
Max – Where the Wild things are
Lucy from the Creakers
Tom Gates
Charlotte – Charlotte’s Web
Christopher Robin
Harry and his bucket full of dinosaurs
Mary Poppins
Bert – Mary Poppins
Emmeline Pankhurst
Geek Girl
Amelia Earhart
Pip or Posy
Highway Rat
Peter Rabbit
The Jolly Postman
Hetty Feather
Aslan – The Chronicles of Narnia
Super Soccer Boy
Frankie – Frankie’s Magic Football
Crayon – The day the crayons came home
Hungry Caterpillar
Pippi Longstocking
Anne of Green Gables
Elmer
Raimonda who blogs at Cosmo Mum shares with us this adorable Elmer the Elephant costume.
Bear Grylls – Bear Grylls Adventure Books
Violet – Violet Mysteries
Emma over at Bubbablueandme has some lovely ideas for children who prefer a simple costume and has ideas for costumes for characters Mike Teevee, Stick Man, Katie Morag and more.
Ella who blogs at Typical Mummy has some good advice for children who find dressing up on World Book Day a bit tricky. They choose characters where he can wear his own clothes for, so he feels like he isn’t “dressing up”, but then use props so he is still joining in. One year he took a bucket of dinosaurs with him…so was “Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs;” another year I made him a Wonka Bar and a Golden Ticket and he was Charlie from “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and he’s also gone as the Mad Hatter for which I bought a cheap hat on eBay and added ribbon and feathers and a 10/6 note.
All very simple but meant that he could join in without feeling like he was properly dressing up.
Ali who blogs at We Made This Life shares with us how she made a no-sew Princess Leia costume and even has a handy YouTube tutorial for you to watch. Any costume that means I don’t have to break out the sewing box is a bonus!
Emma over at all she loves has some simple yet effective ideas for making robes, headbands and armour.
I love these fun farmyard ideas from Emma who blogs at Farmer’s Wife and Mummy with Tractor Ted, the thief from What the Ladybird Heard, Supertato or even Chicken Licken there is a costume for any farmyard obsessed little. Really perfect for nursery, preschoolers and infant school aged children.
Beth who blogs over at Twinderelmo shows us how simple it is to create 3 Roald Dahl costumes – Fantastic Mr Fox, George from George’s Marvellous Medicine and Veruca Salt
Charlie Bucket- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Big Friendly Giant – BFG
Erin who blogs over at Yorkshire Tots shares her Sophie from the BFG
Matilda
Enormous Crocodile
Gangsta Granny
Mr Stink – David Walliams
Boy in a dress
Billionaire Boy
Midnight Gang
Tom – Tom’s Midnight Garden
Wendy – Peter Pan
Grandmother – Little Red Riding Hood
Little Princess
Alice in Wonderland
Dorothy – The Wizard of Oz
William from Goodnight Mr Tom
Burglar Bill
Boy – Lost and found
Where’s Wally
Dave – Dogger
Horrid Henry
Dennis the Menace
Scarecrow – Scarecrow’s Wedding or the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz
Paddington Bear
Ladybird – What the Ladybird Heard
Mary who blogs at Over 40 and a Mum to One shows you how to recreate a Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III costume
Funny Bones -Skeleton Outfit leftover from Halloween
Witch – Worst Witch, Witch from Room on the broom. Meg, Professor McGonaghal or Hermione
Harry Potter
Cat Costume – Mog or Tabby McTat
Pirate Costume – Captain Hook or various other pirate tales.
Fairy outfit – Tinkerbell , Rainbow Magic Fairy series
The Tiger who came to Tea – Tiger Costume or Onesie
Donkey Costume – Wonky Donkey
Star Wars outfits – Storm trooper, Chewbacca or a Jedi with a lightsaber. You could always make a cardboard lightsaber if school don’t allow real ones.
Knight costume – Arthur and Tom by Beast Quest
Dragon onesie – Zog
Animal Onesie – Dear Zoo
I love this idea of Flying Fergus from Jenni who blogs over at The Bear and The Fox
Lucy from The Parent Game Blog has over 50 last minute ideas for us, from characters from The Magic Faraway Tree to Squash and a Squeeze to Dr Doolittle you will be sure to find a costume that your child will be happy with.
I do hope that this list gave you some inspiration for your little one for this year’s World Book Day.
Tales from Mamaville