The time has rolled around once again for another year celebrating World Book Day and Book Week. A chance for schools to celebrate creativity, make-believe and fun! People get into a right old tiz trying to find a costumes for a dressing up day like this. When working in As If By Magic, we would always advise a good rummage through the costumes to find something you like, then we’d all think up books to match it. So if you find yourself in a bind, try that!
Here’s a mix of characters and titles that might spark some ideas.
Aladdin – Traditional (Aladdin, the Princess, Genie)
Alice In Wonderland – Lewis Carroll (Alice, Mad Hatter, Tweedledum/Tweedledee, the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts)
Angelina Ballerina – Helen Craig and Katherine Holabird
The Beano (Not technically a book, but all reading is good if it’s a start)
The BFG – Roald Dahl (a giant or Sophie? or even The Queen?)
Bob the Builder **new!**
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne (thanks Beccy!)
Burglar Bill – Allan Ahlberg
The Cat In the Hat – Dr Seuss
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl (Charlie, Willy Wonka, Grandpa or an Oompa Loompa?)
Dictionary – wear all one colour and stick words/definitions over yourself? **new!**
Fantastic Mr Fox – Roald Dahl
Harry Potter and the … - JK Rowling (That’s Harry, Hermione, Ron, Snape, Dumbledore, Voldemort, Hagrid… even Professor Lupin!)
His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman (Take a cuddly toy animal as your Daemon)
Horrid Henry – Francesca Simon
The Jolly Postman – Allen Ahlberg (Why not go as someone on his round?)
The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling
Little Red Riding Hood – Traditional. (Little Red, the Wolf, or Grandma?)
Lord of the Rings – JR Tolkien (Where to start! Frodo, Bilbo, Legolas, Gollum, Gandalf)
Meg and Mog – Helen Nicoll
Mr Men and Little Misses - Roger Hargreaves (So much potential for this!)
Noddy – Enid Blyton (Noddy, Big Ears)? **updated!**
Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens (Oliver, Nancy, Fagin, the Artful Dodger)
Percy the Park Keeper – Nick Butterworth (thanks Sarah!)
Peter Pan – JM Barrie (Peter Pan, Wendy, Captain Hook, Smee, Tinkerbell)
Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter
Pinocchio – Carlo Collodi
Pocahontas – Joseph Bruchac
Puss In Boots - Traditional
Robin Hood – Traditional
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves – Traditional
The Snowman – Raymond Briggs
Spot – Eric Carle
There’s a Viking In My Bed – Jeremy Strong
The Three Mustakeers – Alexandre Dumas
Tin Tin – Herge
Tracey Beaker – Jacqueline Wilson
The Twits – Roald Dahl
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle (Lots of green and lots of stuck on fruit!)
Twilight – Stephanie Meyer (Pale up, fang up and look a little off kilt!)
Watership Down – Richard Adams (Here’s some inspiration!)
Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak (I saw the best Max costume from a paper-thin all in one boiler suit and some card claws and ears!)
Where’s Wally – Martin Handford (Wally or Waldorf?)
The Wind In the Willows – (Moley, Ratty, Badger, Mr Toad)? **new!**
Winnie The Pooh – AA Milne (Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, Tigger, Piglet and the rest)
The Wizard of Oz – L. Frank Baum (Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Professor Marvel, the Wicked Witch, Glinda the Good Witch)
101 Dalmations – Dodie Smith (Cruella, a dalmation)? **updated!**
I’ve had a bit of a falling out with Facebook.
You know when you remember the detail of a film but not the name of it or anything else about it. It drives you crazy, right? Well my friend is having just that problem.