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Getting a princess poppy (trolls movie) costume for world book day

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Musereader · 27/02/2022 12:48

Dd is 5 and not quite reading yet, but her favourite movie is trolls and I'm struggling with ideas for world book day for something not overly girly as she is not a girly girl that wears dresses, she prefers to wear jeans. I'm sure there are some books with princess poppy in by now.

Otherwise I was going to go for Alice or Dorothy.

Fwiw her cousin is going as Iron Man, who is probably in many books but did not start there.

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alphabetsoup1980 · 27/02/2022 15:21

Mary Poppins was a book first 😂😂

Lime37 · 27/02/2022 15:22

What books dose she enjoy being read too?? That would be my place to start.

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Musereader · 27/02/2022 15:39

I have actual Grimms tales books, the ones I am talking about are little 8 page board books with one sentence a page that tell the story in the simplest way possible.

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Picklesandbeans · 27/02/2022 15:43

I'm a teacher. I let my dc choose what they like. I'm not buying new for it though. They read lots. They have to dress as a word this year 🙄

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Musereader · 27/02/2022 15:46

The thing is, she doesn't like to be read to, she finds it too boring, she likes more interactive bedtime tales like 3 little pigs and stuff.

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NerrSnerr · 27/02/2022 15:48

@Musereader

I have actual Grimms tales books, the ones I am talking about are little 8 page board books with one sentence a page that tell the story in the simplest way possible.
They're books though. Does she have a favourite character? Little Red Riding Hood, one of the three little pigs, a goat etc?

It won't be full of little Hermione's, there'll be princesses, superheroes, Horrid Henry's , Gruffalos etc.

Could she be the princess from Zog? Or one of the children from Bear Hunt?

NerrSnerr · 27/02/2022 15:50

@Musereader

The thing is, she doesn't like to be read to, she finds it too boring, she likes more interactive bedtime tales like 3 little pigs and stuff.
3 little pigs is a story from a book. You could get masks (or make them if you're that way inclines)

Story Telling Play Masks - Three Little Pigs https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001CBZLO6/ref=cmswwrcppapiglttiW9Y488AWGCKVBGMPZR3C

NuffSaidSam · 27/02/2022 15:51

Maybe use this as a catalyst for getting her interested, that is what the point of book day is after all.

Take her to a book shop or a library and let her browse and choose the book with the character she likes the look of. Base the outfit choice on that and then you'll obviously have to read the book or at least look at the pictures and guess the story together.

NerrSnerr · 27/02/2022 15:52

My 4 year old has the choice of costumes we have. It's likely he'll go as sonic (we have sonic books). He may choose an animal of some sort (we'll find a book somewhere to match). My 7 year old may go as something from Minecraft (she has Minecraft books) or she may dig out the trusty Horrid Henry costume.

No one cares, there's always a load of superheroes and princesses and I bet in my daughter's year 3 class there'll be a lot of footballers.

sparepantsandtoothbrush · 27/02/2022 15:52

Just dress her in normal clothes, stick some binoculars around her neck and say she's one of the girls from Famous 5 or Secret 7. Or Dora the Explorer.

Or does she have a onesie/pjs she'd be willing to wear? She could be from the Midnight Gang then

They really won't care so don't spend too much time thinking about it!

SoupDragon · 27/02/2022 15:59

@Musereader

The thing is, she doesn't like to be read to, she finds it too boring, she likes more interactive bedtime tales like 3 little pigs and stuff.
What's so interactive about the 3 little pigs that doesn't apply to other books?

Many stories allow the child to join in with key repeated phrases. Ones I remember mine joining in with as children are "there's no such thing as a gruffalo!" And several Hairy McLairy books have repeated verse in them (Schnitzel Von Krumm's bed : was it cosy and comforting? No, not a bit!")

PeskyRooks · 27/02/2022 16:05

@IsThisAkissingBook
My dd was Coraline last world book day too!

WishIwasElsa · 27/02/2022 16:07

What about Ellie magic wellies, wellies a raincoat and bunches basically easy peasy. My dd loves this book

Needcoffeecoffeecoffee · 27/02/2022 16:10

Does she have or can you get a bear onesie and then she can be one of the 3 bears or a pig for one of the 3 pigs? Or pink leggings/trousers with pink jumper and a egg box nose and a tail for a pig?
Or a skeleton dressing up for funny bones/witches outfit for meg and mog
If she likes those books let her go as those. It will put her off books more if she feels she is being forced into something she doesnt like

TheKeatingFive · 27/02/2022 16:17

It's just a dress up occasion, the book part is immaterial, I wouldn't worry.

For example, Mary Poppins is a character in a book, but I seriously doubt the children showing up as MP have read that book.

ODFOx · 27/02/2022 16:20

Sophie from BFG wears normal clothes.

BooksAndHooks · 27/02/2022 16:21

@HalfShrunkMoreToGo

It really doesn't matter. DD is going as Mary Poppins because that's what she wanted and I can't bring myself to care if it fits the theme or not.
But Mary Poppins was a book series long before it was a film so does fit with WBD. Unless your school has specified certain themes.
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Musereader · 28/02/2022 14:03

Problem solved, dd announced last nightthat she would like to be a mermaid, so Hans Christian Andersons The little mermaid it is.

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CowboyJo · 28/02/2022 19:37

Great choice!

OfstedOffred · 28/02/2022 19:42

The thing is, she doesn't like to be read to, she finds it too boring, she likes more interactive bedtime tales like 3 little pigs and stuff

I'd be a bit worried if at 5 she can't manage to listen to more than an 8 page board book with a sentence per page. Have school mentioned whether she listens to the books they read there? There might be something she had heard and liked there.

Things that are usually popular with kids aged 3-6 - anything by allan Ahlberg, julia Donaldson, shirley Hughes, judith Kerr. The series like kipper, harry & dinosaurs, Elmer, the large family etc.

CowboyJo · 28/02/2022 19:45

@OfstedOffred

The thing is, she doesn't like to be read to, she finds it too boring, she likes more interactive bedtime tales like 3 little pigs and stuff

I'd be a bit worried if at 5 she can't manage to listen to more than an 8 page board book with a sentence per page. Have school mentioned whether she listens to the books they read there? There might be something she had heard and liked there.

Things that are usually popular with kids aged 3-6 - anything by allan Ahlberg, julia Donaldson, shirley Hughes, judith Kerr. The series like kipper, harry & dinosaurs, Elmer, the large family etc.

Some children just don't like reading. DD3 would rather watch Bing or Peppa Pig AngryGrin
UndertheCedartree · 28/02/2022 19:48

Honestly, don't worry. My DD wore a Rainbow dash dress when she was 5!

She is going as Matilda this year.

OfstedOffred · 28/02/2022 19:49

Some children just don't like reading. DD3 would rather watch Bing or Peppa Pig

Yes, but the british school system (and life as a functioning adult) will require them to have good reading skills, which starts with being read to regularly at home.

My kids would rather eat chocolate than broccoli but I don't let them. My youngest also loves a bit of Bing but we read too.

Clawdy · 28/02/2022 19:50

Hope nobody does what a mum at our school did a few years ago - she'd heard the title, never read the book, but thought it sounded an easy outfit - so she sent her six year old into school as The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas.