Ideas for Easy Homemade World Book Day Costumes!

It’s World Book Day this Thursday (5th March), and to celebrate, many schools and pre-schools are asking the children to dress up as a character from their favourite book.
Eeeeeeeeekkk!
I’ve known for a couple of weeks that SmallSmall needs to dress up on Friday, but inevitably, I have done nothing about it.
And now I have 4 days, and very little time to come up with something…!

So, the obvious answer is to ~~waste~~ spend time scouring the internet, and writing a blog post..!

Superheroes

Easy no sew super hero cape from an old t-shirt from NetMums
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Some brilliant ideas here from KidCrave for everything from capes and masks to winged shoes..!
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Good old Martha Stewart has this tutorial for a super hero t-shirt and cape, that looks great teamed up with some plain leggings and a mask!
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Frozen characters (I know it’s not a book, but I am sure it’s a lot of girls favourite dress up..!)

Easy ideas here on BuzzFeed for making the most of what you already have and creating a whole host of the characters from Disney’s hit movie!
And there’s another TWENTY ideas here from Mom Endeavours!
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It’s not going to be especially quick, or easy, but if you have quicker/better sewing skills than me, and your little Princess is adamant she wants to be Elsa, here’s a free pattern and tutorial from The DIY Mommy
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Gruffalo costumes

DIY mouse headband from The Educators’ Spin On It
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Another one from the same clever lot at The Educators’ Spin On It is this Gruffalo apron!
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Knights (There is a book series called Mike the Knight if you need a World Book Day link..!)

There are six easy DIY costumes from Camp Clem (I hesitate to say they are for boys, as I am sure there are girls out there who also want to be secret agents and knights!) is an easy knight’s one
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Witch Costumes (the Worst Witch, Winnie the Witch, etc etc)

Here’s a no sew witch costume made from bin bags from Martha Stewart! (Just make sure you recycle the bin bags afterwards..!)
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

No sew mask from Kids Activities Blog. You could probably do something similar to this with cereal boxes and felt. And then team it with some green clothes!
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