World Book Day (Thursday 7th March) is fast approaching and we have some quick, easy, cheap, last minute costume ideas to give you some inspiration.
If your daughter is a ballet fan this Angelina Ballerina costume is quick and easy. Pair her ballet outfit or any pink dress with a pair of mouse ears (ours are from Ebay and are a mainstay in our dressing up box) with a pink bow. Our favourite are from Verity Jones. Add a nose and whiskers with a black eyeliner pencil.
Paddington Bear is a sweet costume for any child and very easy to create at home with a few simple props. When my son dressed as Paddington for World Book Day a few years ago he wore his winter coat and some bear ears which we had in our dressing up box. I made a quick luggage tag label and we covered a small suitcase that we had with brown paper, but if that is a step too far, just add a jar of marmalade!
Another easy to create costume idea for World Book Day is Asterix. This was very easy to pull together with clothes we had at home and just a little bit of crafting! He wore red trousers and we made a DIY belt using some green and yellow card. I made a card moustache from an easy template and we stuck some white card wings onto his grey school hat.
The easiest World Book Day outfit we created was for my daughter a few weeks after her baby sister was born when I was very low on time or ideas! She dressed as Coco Chanel from the Little People, Big Dreams book series. We used a simple stripe top, paired with some (faux!) pearls and a costume jewellery broach.