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Teacher world book day costume sos

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pinkberet · 25/02/2023 23:30

I've done all my planning for world book day.. hyped the class up and kitted out my own children. And then it happened. It suddenly dawned on me that I haven't planned a flipping costume for me!

I have a white long sleeved long midi dress in my wardrobe (only long because I'm short) anything I can do with that? I desperately need inspiration. My brain has quit and I really don't want to buy anything after forking out £40 for a Luke skywalker costume for DS (yes I know it's not a book but he's excited and those years are numbered in ks2!)

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MyLittlePonyWellies · 25/02/2023 23:32

Miss Havisham?

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pinkberet · 25/02/2023 23:33

I also have a black knee length dress.. loads of jeans. Typical mum/teacher tunics and I could start a lightly used m and s leggings shop

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Whattheladybird · 25/02/2023 23:33

Easiest one I saw on a teacher was a block coloured dress with an a4 colour label pinned to her… she was purple from The Day The Crayons Quit.

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pinkberet · 25/02/2023 23:34

@MyLittlePonyWellies if it was June/July id be able to look that haggard without makeup!

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MyLittlePonyWellies · 25/02/2023 23:35

pinkberet · 25/02/2023 23:34

@MyLittlePonyWellies if it was June/July id be able to look that haggard without makeup!

I was Miss Havisham for Halloween, so you're preaching to the choir 😄

Rainallnight · 25/02/2023 23:35

pinkberet · 25/02/2023 23:33

I also have a black knee length dress.. loads of jeans. Typical mum/teacher tunics and I could start a lightly used m and s leggings shop

Can you get your hands on a witch’s hat and go as Winnie the Witch? Or the witch from Room on the Broom?

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pinkberet · 25/02/2023 23:37

@Rainallnight there may be a child's witches hat in the attic from Halloween. I'll check!

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baconisgoodforme · 25/02/2023 23:39

Cardboard/brown paper/loo roll tube nose and some leaves..stickman!

Timide · 25/02/2023 23:39

The woman in white? Wilkie Collins

ODFOx · 25/02/2023 23:43

Miss Honey from Matilda?

onionringcheeseypuff · 25/02/2023 23:44

Black spots on dress and black make up nose to be a Dalmatian, 101 Dalmatians?

God any fake fur and a crown to be the snow Queen?

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pinkberet · 25/02/2023 23:45

@ODFOx my lovely little darlings would crease at the irony. I'm no trunchbull but, due to staffing instability, they've needed a very tight ship ♥️

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ODFOx · 25/02/2023 23:47

White midi dress.
I know you said it's not a book but how happy would your DS be if you were Leia?

Teacher world book day costume sos
Slimjimtobe · 25/02/2023 23:52

Could you get a huge lolly pop from the pound shop (Poundland have them) and wear the white dress and go as the Demon Dentist

or some kind of princess from a fairytale

Mol1628 · 26/02/2023 00:03

Wear your own clothes and go as a muggle.

WGACA · 26/02/2023 00:15

What activities have you planned for your class please? I’m going as Winnie the Witch (again!)

MumofSpud · 26/02/2023 00:25

My school has a theme for WBD - detectives Confused

HesMyLobster · 26/02/2023 00:45

What age do you teach? I always try to go as a character from a book we've recently read in class, so the children are familiar with it:

White dress + glasses + jam jar with battery lights in = Sophie from BFG

Jeans + white shirt/tshirt + waistcoat + cardboard ears on headband = BFG

Black dress + gloves = grand high witch from The Witches

Bright coloured tshirt + matching colour cone "hat" = crayon from the day the crayons quit

Striped top + mask + sack = burglar Bill/ robber from cops and robbers

Jeans

TurnTheLightOffNigel · 26/02/2023 00:55

I'd second Leia, or be a white crayon from the book someone mentioned (because surely there's a white crayon)

Pikafee · 26/02/2023 00:58

Print off a red A and pin it to your chest: the scarlet letter. I did this for Halloween at my school and it was a fun experiment of seeing who got the reference and who didn't

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pinkberet · 26/02/2023 10:52

@HesMyLobster great idea. We're doing the journey trilogy so shorts and T-shirt it is!

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HesMyLobster · 26/02/2023 11:21

Perfect!
Could you make a red boat from card to carry as a prop? Or a red balloon?
Or cover the inside of your classroom door with red paper?!

Love those books so much, great choice.

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pinkberet · 26/02/2023 11:43

I'll pop and get a red balloon and I'll fashion a crayon belt thingy

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CherrySocks · 26/02/2023 18:24

White Witch / Snow Queen from Narnia (The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe)

A la Tilda Swinton? Need icicles head-dress (lots of empty Bic biros?)

Popfan · 26/02/2023 18:40

Do what I do every year, wear black clothes, nose and whiskers with black eyeliner and buy some cheap cat ears from amazon. You are a cat from any number of books!