Children in Need

[Finteq]

It's that time again.

When you child springs the news upon you that they need a spotty outfit or some pudsey inspired clothing because the school is fundraising for children in need.

Obviously they don't have any clothes with pudsey on. And as luck has it,no clothes with spots.

Luckily the youngest ones (6) school has said they can wear spots,pudsey clothes or non-uniform.

The older ones (9) has said spots,pudsey clothes,or normal uniform. If wearing normal uniform they can choose if they want to donate or not.

As much as I've told the older one- people will wear what they want- boys always come in football strips no matter what the theme is, she isn't happy unless she is wearing spots or Pudsey clothes. Because
" that's what the teacher said" ,and apparently she'll get in trouble if she wears other clothes, she does have a bit of a nervous disposition.

And the youngest who probably wouldn't mind wearing normal clothes will not be happy if her older sister gets a brand new pudsey top and she has to wear something out of the cupboard.

How like am I to find something with spots on that doesn't cost too much as short notice.

So I'm probably gonna have to buy 2 pudsey themed clothes. ( That's if they are even in stock).

Anyway coming to the AIBU. Am i being unreasonable for being annoyed that the oldest kids school havent given them the option to wear other non- uniform if they dont have spotty clothes?

Obviously I can afford to buy the tops but there would be plenty of families left in the position of letting their kids down or spending cash they don't have.

Cheap white t shirt and sharpies!

How like am I to find something with spots on that doesn't cost too much as short notice.

Why do you need to buy anything at all? Basic tshirt, coloured paper or old scrap material or even stickers, cut out dots, stick to tshirt.

We did those sticky coloured dots on a t shirt! Luckily I had loads as I used a wall calendar for work with colour coding.

I think it's ridiculous every year & they should be allowed to wear whatever they like if they donate.

I used an old t shirt & drew spots on with felt tips.

Pin some spots into a plain t shirt or similar.

Just looked, pack of 350 coloured dots is £1.69

I got some pudsey stuff off vinted this year

Most shops should have a spotty top/leggings quite cheap. Tesco/asda/sainsburys/matalan/tk maxx etc

I miss the days of it just being ‘own clothes day’. One has to dress up as an Everyday Hero and the other in spotty clothes. Both a pain in the backside to sort. It’s just unnecessary 😑.

I bought Pudsey headbands for mine. They get rolled out every year to tick the Pudsey/spots requirement. Then they get to choose whatever non uniform clothes they want.

£2.50 each this year. I’ve seen them in One Stop, but I imagine they’re sold elsewhere too.

Sainsburys had jack shit ‘spotty’ In yesterday, I’m about to go looking online…

They sell the headbands and badges in greggs I trot then out every year unfortunately my eldest is in high school its non school uniform and this upsets him (autistic) but wearing uniform is also not an option because then he will "stand out" which is also upsetting

Even normal felt tipped pens, if you are not bothered about it washing off!
(Sharpies are better if you already have them of course).

@Finteq Luckily DS is past the dressing up stage, but school bulletin this last wee while has been 'bring money for {insert fundraiser/charity/booksale/bakesale}, tbh he's not taken any money in for anything because, while I think giving is important, we're also watching our pennies at the moment (have money, just have a list of uses for said money).

I don't like the way schools pressure families, especially if they don't know how many of these children are in need themselves.

How does wearing something spotty fundraise then ?

Don't like the pressure that kids are put under to do all this rubbish myself .

I'll see what Asda has left.

If it is too expensive.

Then I'll probably buy some of the cheap school T-shirts.- PE ones.

And get them to stick on some spots or draw the spots.

The schools are in a deprived area.

So the youngest ones school always gives the option of just non-uniform. Just wish the older ones school did the same.

Yes.

It's about how many shops do you have time to check for something spotty.

I'm working late rest of the week. So have to sort out something today.

Oh I'm just sending DD in in regular non-uniform clothes.

We'll still make the donation which is presumably the actual important bit, but I'm not fussing about with the clothing.

I'm happy to do that.

But daughter is the nervous type and worried she will get in trouble if she does. She doesn't believe me when I say it doesn't matter, and that most girls will just be wearing normal clothes and boys likely wearing football strips.

And youngest who can wear normal clothes, and probably wouldn't care what she is wearing won't be happy if oldest is decked out in spots and she isnt.

I just looked at Next, they had one ‘spotty’ item in - a white designer shirt with one tiny mark on it 🙄. I double checked the school letter and apparently they can just wear yellow so got an overpriced jumper instead. Good suggestion about the One Stop above! Unfortunately my children are autistic and will not wear anything on their heads, but I’d totally forgotten they sell charity stuff.

Ours is spotty or bright clothes.
But like someone else said, I roll out a 10 years old Pudsey headband every year.

Amazon sell pudsey Tshirts @Finteq if that helps.

I'm so glad my kids school no longer push trying to raise money for causes other than their own funds, and even with their own fund raising discos, they are paid on line, no tickets issued, if kids can't afford it, they just turn up, no stigma.

Parents having to buy new clothing, etc so that their children can go to school and donate a pound for the privilege is utterly STUPID.

We had that too. So i sent them in non uniform and those ears. I'm not buying spotty clothes or a white tshirt to deface! I keep and reuse the ears every year.

Thankfully my lads' schools both have "PJs" as an option. I feel like there's a lot of pressure to spend money on crap that gets worn once these days.

For how much we're told to worry about the environmental impact of fast fashion, well then what is all the Pudsey merch, and Xmas jumpers (Xmas jumper day is a thing at our schools) which a child will only want to wear a few times in a year before growing out of it?