Football kit + monkey ears World Book Day witch or wizard costumes 38. Mildred Hubble – The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy Green/brown top + shorts + tights + wreath of leaves 25. Angelina Ballerina – Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig And they'll be lots of opportunity to show of their creative outfits over Zoom calls on Thursday, March 8.

My 7 year old recently caught the reading bug. She has been reading all her older brothers books, which means she has devoured the Captain Underpants, Barry Loser and The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. She is regularly falling asleep with a book on her face and I love that she just wants to read. George from Captain Underpants costume There are also many books that feature school children – Starting School, Matilda for a start so perhaps you don’t have to do much at all. Millions of kids will be celebrating World Book Day 2021 at home rather than in classrooms this year. Rosie recommends trawling charity shops for briefcases, or hats that will work for Willy Wonka or Mary Poppins. 'You could also buy a pair of white tights and colour them in to match Sophie from The Tiger Who Came to Tea,' she says.

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Another Walliams favourite is the popular Billionaire Boy and it's pretty simple to create your own Joe Spud. Grey/silver dressing gown + spectacles + tassel hat + white/grey beard + hairband to go around middle of beard + magic wand 44. The Witch – Room on a Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Start with a stripey jumper. It can be the start of many an easy costume including Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Where's Wally, or Horrid Henry. She's the formidable headteacher of Matilda's Crunchem Hall Primary School and Miss Agatha Trunchbull is a pretty easy one to go as for WBD. That's why we've rounded up everything you need to know for World Book Day 2023 and all the costume ideas that come with it. When is World Book Day 2023?

Staple the ends of the strips together so that it can comfortably fit on the child’s head without being too tight or too loose. Sienna Shepherdson, aged 11, attends Markland Hill School in Bolton and is dressed as Gangsta Granny (Image: UGC MEN) MatildaBut that doesn't mean they still can't get dressed up as one of the favourite literary characters to the mark the special event.

Get the face paints out. Book characters can easily come to life with cute painted faces. Think The Tiger Who Came to Tea or the Cheshire Cat. If you’re feeling ambitious, you can create a cape of feathers! You will need: an old pillow case, grey and white paper/card and a hot glue gun, safety pins or staples.

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Now draw a smaller circle in the centre of each of your cardboard circles – it should be about a third of the size of your outer ring. There's an online guide to making the costume here, which comes with a template for making granny's glasses and a guide to making your own wig. Sienna Shepherdson, aged 11, attends Markland Hill School in Bolton and is dressed as Gangsta Granny (Image: UGC MEN) Matilda