any ideas as to what to send my children to school in next week as they have to dress as there favorite book characters? I have 3 girls and 2 boys to dress up. I have a snow white costume, so that rules one girl out. I am also dressing my youngest las as Dennis the Menace. I am totally stuck for the other children.
Any advice would be very grateful, but i dont have the money to spend on expensive woolworths or asda costumes.
Thanks all!
2007-02-24 00:53:00 · 10 answers · asked by piercingcows 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I meant to say that i am dressing up my youngest lad, not las, as Dennis the menace. Sorry!!!
2007-02-24 00:54:20 · update #1
Mother Goose, Little Bo Peep or her sheep, Little Boy Blue, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Snow White or her 7 dwarfs, Prince Charming, Red Riding Hood, the Pied Piper, Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, toy soldiers, wizard, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Here's a fantastic link to homemade costumes. A lot of them are from books.
2007-02-24 02:44:54 · answer #1 · answered by bibliobethica 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Book character - Dennis the Menace? Sigh. I worry about an age where a cartoon character counts as a book.
What did the kids do last Halloween? Anything that can be re-cycled? Winnie the Pooh - bear costumes are easy, add a honey jar and a t-shirt. Tigger - any tiger costume outfit.
What are their actual favorite books? Do THEY have any ideas? (The idea is for them to get involved in the process, yes?)
I'd have them bring their favorite books and sit down with each and work out what CAN be done with the resources at hand, based on what they read and like.
Rather than asking a bunch of total strangers who don't even know the ages of the children involved.
Dennis the Menace? Sigh again
2007-02-24 01:00:49 · answer #2 · answered by Uncle John 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Last year we dressed my little boy up as the ginger bread man. All you need is a large cardboard box, some paints and some elastic. Firstly flatten out the cardboard, then draw round the child and cut it out. Then we made a mask by drawing round a large dinner plate, we used a couple of smaller circles painted white and stuck onto the mask to look like button eyes. We used a red shoe lace to make an icing mouth but red paint would do. We also made buttons in the same way as the eyes and stuck them down the front of the cut out. Use elastic loops on the back for the child to put their arms and legs through. It was simple but looked quite effective. This year he's going as Humpty Dumpty. In a similar fashion I got a large cardboard box, flattened it out and drew an egg shape sat on a wall. Painted the egg and cut out a hole for his face to poke through. I used a rectangle sponge dipped in brown paint to make a stencil for the bricks, cut some shorts from the off cut of cardboard and stuck some socks behind it for the legs and attached that to the egg. Again it was simple and cheap to make but looks effective. Why not try a similar idea. If you can get enough cardboard try making an actual book shape and then just decorate the front as the childs favourite book rather than a character.
2007-02-25 07:22:15 · answer #3 · answered by tommy1 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter
Junie B. Jones
Cat in the Hat or Thing 1 and Thing 2
Amelia Bedelia
Madeline
Miss Frizzle or any of the Magic School Bus characters
Pippi Longstocking
Wild Thing
Charlotte's Web characters
2007-02-24 01:19:02 · answer #4 · answered by Mathlady 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-02 05:49:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fully agree with Uncle John. Do involve the children; it's their show.
And Dennis The Menace. Oh dear. But then I'd go as Lord Snooty!
2007-02-24 01:06:52 · answer #6 · answered by michael w 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've had this dilemma as well! How about Winnie the Witch? Don some stripy tights, a hat and wand. Angelina Balerina, one of the Rainbow Fairies? Boy Harry Potter...? Depends on their ages as well! Charlie Bucket...From Charlie and the chocolate factory. You could take a bar of chocolate in with a made WONKA label on.
Hope this helps!
2007-02-24 02:49:51 · answer #7 · answered by Kazcatlover 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cinderella would be easy. Either a dark dress, and an apron with a rag in their hair. Or they could wear a really nice blue dress, and a play crown.
2007-02-24 01:51:19 · answer #8 · answered by cala 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
catterpillar from the hungry catterpillar. Ladybird a duck from the ugly duckling put yellow washing up gloves on the feet for webbed feet it works a treat. Good luck
2007-02-24 01:25:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
pippi longstocking
2015-09-01 11:11:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋