Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Write way to cover World Book Day
I’M a bit of a useless sewand-sew when it comes to making kids’ costumes.
So World Book Day can send me into an unnecessary lastminute meltdown.
On Thursday, millions of children will head to school dressed up as characters from their favourite read.
And the World Book Day charity will hand out 15 million tokens in a bid to give every child their own paperback to read. Which is great.
Especially when it turns out that you don’t have to be a seamstress or a tailor to run up an outfit to celebrate. It’s amazing what you can do with a bit of paint and glue.
I trawled the internet for the best lastminute, no-sew costumes to dress my ten-year-old son Theo and a mate’s fiveyear-old daughter Beatrice. So why not take a leaf out of my book?
Grace puts together an outfit
Dark trousers and top, white wool, cardboard, red paint, an old bow tie.
Use white wool to create the cat’s tummy, then fashion a hat by painting red stripes on to cardboard.
MATERIALS
SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT
MATERIALS An old T-shirt, trousers, jacket, oversized fedora/hat and face paint. It’s all in the face painting skills. If you’re a dab hand, first paint your child’s face white before painting their eyes, nose and side of their face black to give them a skeletal look.
Cardboard box, string, a piece of card and green and brown pencils.
Cut all but the bottom tab off the box. Cut gaps for the neck and arms. Use white cardboard to draw a picture on front of your box. Tie with string or
– if your child is young – use a Velcro fastening.