Emergency ideas for World Book day....my neighbour forgot all about it.

[MrsTawdry]

She works in a nursery and has just called in a panic asking me what to do....any ideas of simple costumes that can be rigged up from nothing?

I was thinking some kind of waitress? What character would that be?

I have some nice tiaras...what could she be with one of those? She's 27 and about a size 16 so no skimpy stuff!

My go-to is always Harry Potter, pair of glasses and a black hairdressing cape, job done.

waitress - Mrs Wobble the Waitress from the Ahlberg happy family books

jeans and a t shirt - Mum in Harry and the Dinosaurs

tiara and normal clothes - Queen from the Little Princess books

For an adult?

Where's Wally
Paddington if she owns a duffle coat
Sophie from Tiger who came to tea (tiger food tin accessory ) if she can get patterned tights
Old lady or Pearl from Julia Donaldson books

If she owns a Winnie the Pooh toy, Christopher Robin.

If she owns a Paddington toy , Mrs Brown.

Miss Honey from Matilda - Skirt, nice blouse, glasses.

Stickman if she has enough brown clothes.

Anything from Harry Potter (though probably a bit old for nursery kids)

Have you an animal onesie you could lend her? There's bound to be a nursery-friendly character that matches.

Rip Up/dirty some old clothes, backcomb her hair, mess up her face a bit - Mrs Twit

Presumably nursery type stories?
The woman who lived in a shoe (a pinny/ apron, a large boot stuff a few dolls in as her 'children').
The woman from a squash and a squeeze wears a pinny too.
Got any obvious props feather boa (the witches roald dahl); glasses & knitting needles, Mrs Weasley from HP.

..... if you/ she have a sheet you could fashion a Peplos = instant greek goddess (add a bow and arrow for Artemis; Owl for Athena?, or be Hera or Aphrodite).

I was going to say stickman as well. Brown top and trousers, mud on the face with some leaves in his/her hair.

Most kids at our school turn up in some sort of dress up they already have, so if she has a princess dress, you think of a book with a princess, or a nurse, or a policeman etc.

If you have a tiara, does she have a half-decent pair of pjs? Add a tennis ball and she's the Princess & the Pea! another Book Day emergency here

Boy in the striped pyjamas? Should be easy enough to pull off and then he can reuse the pyjamas

Thanks all! She can't get anything as it's tomorrow but I suggested Tracy Beaker and she has a curly wig so she's doing that! :D

I know she's got something now. But in case others are reading Laura's star is also very easy. PJ's, hoodie or dressing gown (depending on scene) and cardboard star.