World book day!

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All these children dressed up on tv and fb for world book day look lovely and happy, but AIBU to think shop bought costumes, especially standard princess costumes are a lazy choice?

Fuck off.

Why does it matter if they are the lazy choice?

Pull on your judgey pants there!

Where am I going to find time to make three costumes when I go to a shop and buy something that would be better. If my daughter wanted to be a princess then she can be a bloody princess!

Shop bought and proud here. Who gives a shit? Some people are amazing at creating costumes and enjoy it. Neither applies to me. Why should I bother?

Is it just the mums, who generally sort the costumes, who are lazy or is it the dads as well?

Yep I agree....but then if you don't have time to make you do what you gotta do I did my own took me 10 mins this morning only because I'm not spending £15 on a supermarket costume that is £3 in the sale the next day.

I'm one step worse - I put my son in a gruffalo t shirt we already owned because I'm not able to justify spending £18 on a costume for one day.

I love seeing other children in their shop bought costumes, I marvel at the skills of those who can make them and I am in solidarity with those who dont have the time or budget to give it that much thought

but then, I'm not a judgemental arse

I thought WBD was for children to celebrate books and reading, and have fun. Not for judgy adults to get all snobby about where the costumes came from. FFS.

I made a costume because I'm a cheapskate.

I paid £10 for a Minecraft head.

Lazy and proud over here

I have 3 children at school and a baby at home No I dont have time to make 3 costumes!!

I wouldn’t do shop bought only because of the money wasted, commercialism etc. but don’t think it’s lazy. Sheesh, actually having to traipse out to the shop?!?! DS went in normal clothes just like the character he’s portraying - now THATS lazy😉 would have loved to do more but the more effort i put in, the less likely he is to wear it!

Mardymavis I agree. I do understand that it must be difficult if you have multiple children etc. I more feel it’s lazy as world book day is supposed to celebrate a child’s favourite book. Therefore buying shop bought is limiting children’s choice and limiting them being able to choose a character from their favourite book. Children going dressed as princesses/superheroes make me think that the majority have only seen these characters in films/ on tv.

Its not fucking Get Your Parent To Prove Their Skills With A Needle And Thread day though, is it?

It's about books. If you're dressed as a book character you're done.

Yabu yes.

Yabu and judgy

You know what would be better than judging costumes?? Write to local councils who keep closing public libraries. Realise that if schools want literacy to improve, then a well stocked school library, managed by a professional librarian will actually achieve that.
All the dressing up is lovely, but reading has to be championed in schools every day, all day, in all subjects.

Yes YABU.

Loads of us use something we already have ie princess/ dinosaur/ pirate/ spidernan dress up costume! Mine was a donkey today ( eeeoh donkey is a favourite book) we have a donkey onesie already ( bday present) and I just put on face paint. Lazy, not really, it took though for the face! And I wasn't making a bloody ' the boy from the snow queen' costume!! Stop judging.

sweetbaby definitely. Have you read the Caitlin Moran piece on closing libraries- brilliant.

Eh?
'The children look lovely and happy.'
Great.
Yabu.

my kid’s school decided that instead of dressing up as a book character kids could wear their pyjamas and took their favourite book in instead. but if they had done the dress up as a character i’d have sent them in shop bought costumes. i’ve got three kids and far better things to do than piss around making costumes that will be worn for one day and then forgotten about!

If everyone just went as Matilda or Charlie Bucket there'd be no work involved at all! Problem solved all round.

Well I'm a children's book illustrator and I've just been tweeted the sweetest photo of the cutest boy in a SHOP BOUGHT (gasp) dinosaur onesie holding a picture of my book.

It's made my day.

Thanks wild ! I haven't read it, but I will!