to be rather tempted to send DS to school in his uniform on World Book day and say he is Just William on his way to school??

[PussinJimmyChoos]

Now, I love books and trying to pass a love of reading onto DS and we do a bedtime story every night

However, I don't quite get what dressing up on World Book Day will achieve, other than extra stress/cost for parents!

He's 4.5yrs old...his favourite character atm is Spiderman, which although we have a costume for, is from a comic not a book...

I could send him as Harry Potter as there always seems to be HP costumes around...but he's too young for the books..

we love it here.

Boys are going as dwarves from Snow White and I am going as the Magic Mirror

To be fair, I don't think I could actually go through with it (as tempting as what it is and how easy it would make things!) as want DS to be excited about getting dressed up and not feel left out..am sure Spiderman will be acceptable

Oh no, it's not coming up again, is it?

I'm a teacher.

Last year I was the Gruffalo.

Made dd a star with a plaster on it, she went as Laura's Star.

I hate these things, usually because DS announces it to me at 9pm the night before kind of thing (notes? what notes!)

Last time it was Children in Need day, and you had to wear something spotty instead of uniform....so theres me late at night frantically clouring in coloured spots onto a white T shirt.

My DD went to book day as 'one of the girls from The Dumping Ground' (Tracey Beaker's Children's home). In other words, she just wore her own clothes.

I used to hate school dressing up days with a passion. I mean what's a hard-pressed working mum meant to do when DD tells her in the evening that she 'needs a Tudor costume' for school the next day?

Aaargh.

I sent Ds1 in as Mr Bump one year. which was basically blue trousers, blue jumper, blue woolly hat and some bandages wrapped round him.
Another year he was The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which was green trousers, green top, deelly (sp) boppers and a cardboard circle with his drawings of the food the caterpillar ate stuck on his tummy.
Tomorrow his class is having a dress up as traditional characters day and so he is going as Puss in Boots. This is orange trousers, orange top, white shirt, belt, hat that DH made, tights stuffed for a tail and a wooden sword.
Should Ds2 have a Book Day then he can go as Thor from Norse myths, on account of him being almost permanently attached to his Viking Helmet

DD hasn't had one for two years, but for five years she was red riding hood. Red hat. sorted.

DS went as Bart Simpson last year - (we DO have a Simpsons book at home)

Ds goes as a superhero or football player whatever the theme. He never questions the fit to the theme and it makes him happy.

I'd say Spiderman was from a comic book - rather than just a normal comic ;)

Have sent my son in as Just William - was easily adapted from his evacuee costume which was slightly tweaked from the 50's day outfit he also needed at one point.

As he got older we just dragged out his favourite Harry Potter outfit - made it easier as he wears glasses.

My ds loves books and is a great wee reader (nearly 8) and our school does the dressing up thing.

Ds tends to decide what he'd like to dress up as and then find a book to match .

So this year he's got a skeleton costume in mind and is thinking Funnybones which is hardly a favourite.

We are, however, contemplating a viking/dragon slayer in line with the How to Train your Dragon books which he is actually reading and loving.

If nursery are doing it I'd like to persuade dd to be Katie Morag but I think she'd rather be Ben 10 or a boy character!