Help! I need a last minute easy World Book Day costume!
Editor's note: World Book Day is on Thursday 5 March 2015.
Haven’t got your World Book Day costume sorted? Never fear, the Book Doctor is here with extra simple what you’ve got at home already dress up ideas!
Also see our gallery of great World Book Day costume ideas .
Haven’t got your World Book Day costume sorted? Never fear, the Book Doctor is here with extra simple what you’ve got at home already dress up ideas!
Also see our gallery of great World Book Day costume ideas .
Help! I haven’t done anything about a World Book day Outfit. Are there some really simple costumes I can make with what I’ve got at home? Do I have to go as a girl character – I’m female?Get hunting through your drawers! The great thing about World Book Day is that everyone does take part. That’s part of the fun – and it is a great way of showing that the adults are passionate about reading too.
For years, schools have been excellent at building up excitement around the day and making sure that the whole school community – parents as well – are joined in.
Dressing up and “being” a book character adds a whole new dimension and seeing everyone else being a character too is entertaining; it may also introduce new characters and new stories.
The first rule of dressing up is that you don’t have to go as someone who is “like” you! So, no, you do not have to be a girl character! Depending on how much you like dressing up you can be more or less ambitious.
If you did want to be a girl character the simplest characters to dress up as are the instantly recognisable ones such as the eponymous heroines Matilda by Roald Dahl, Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking and Alice from Lewis Carroll’s classic The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland (which is particularly topical as it is celebrating 150 years since its publication).
Matilda is the simplest; long hair may help but you need hardly do more than look neat, sweet and bright. Quentin Blake might almost have invented her look for those who hate dressing up on World Book Day.
For an authentic Pippi Longstocking, thick red plaits are an advantage but hair of any colour will do so long as you wear stripy tights or long socks and some kind of dress or smock.
Alice traditionally has straight blond hair but the hair look is more defined by the Alice band than the hair colour. For an outfit, you don’t need more than a dress with an apron over it.
Being Harry Potter is also simple; a pair of specs, a cloak and a scar drawn on your forehead will do the trick. But those are almost too ordinary to be worth it; you could run the risk of not being noticed at all.
Without getting into a full blown costume and turning yourself into Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Gruffalo or Dr Seuss’s cat from The Cat in the Hat, you could go for a subtle character such as Quentin Blake’s Mr Magnolia who is known for having only one boot – although hopping round school all day could be a chore.
Wally from Martin Handford’s Where’s Wally? is easy to imitate so long as you have a red and white stripy bobble hat and jumper. And a pair of round, black- rimmed glasses. You can be Wenda too. Stripes – black and red this time – are essential for Minnie the Minx or Denis the Menace from the Beano both of whom are also instantly recognisable.
If you don’t mind making a fool of yourself, you’ll be sure to be noticed if you emulate Claire Freedman and Ben Cort’s aliens from Aliens Love Underpants. What makes them special? They love underpants and they are the only thing they wear…so, up to you what you wear underneath but, if you were an alien, you’d have green skin!
Bob, the star of Simon Bertram’s Bob, The Man on the Moon knows a lot about aliens from his work on the moon. Bob looks cool in white from head to toe – gloves, boots and an all-over suit. And a moon helmet if you can find one. It’s a good look and you’ll stand out from the crowd.
So there we have it, just goes to show you don’t have to be particularly organised to have fun on World Book Day!
From: The Guardian
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