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.
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
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
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
Raimonda who blogs at Cosmo Mum shares with us this adorable Elmer the Elephant costume.
Violet – Violet Mysteries
All very simple but meant that he could join in without feeling like he was properly dressing up.
Charlie Bucket- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Big Friendly Giant – 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
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
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.