Who had to dip their hands in their pockets for comic relief at school drop off time?

[dilemma456]

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My DC's school had a "dress up as a book character and then give a donation to comic relief" day. Obv I'm fine with the do something for fun for comic relief idea, but could have done without trying to dress the kids as book characters.

Lots of the parents were struggling to put an outfit together with clothes from home and lots of people will have spent more on the outfit than they did on the donation. A better idea would have been a non uniform or dress in whatever fancy dress you've got at home already and give what you would have spent to the charity instead. Although I am biased as rubbish at creative crafty stuffy...

Me £3.50 .

It was dress funny for money theme so

DD1 = Laughing policeman
DD2 = Pirate
DD3 = a rockstar with green hair (her idea but hey ho).

We had 'wear a funny hat day' Kids in swimming hats with deely boppers taped on, those tall guiness hats and DD with her black hat with feathers glued all over it and a quid donation.
Much easier!

Oh, neighbouring school had 'dress as a cowboy' my friend was not amused as she has 3 girls and nothing cowboyey apart from jeans so she spent loads in town buying checked shirts and hats. Is so silly!

Yep. £1 each to dress up red things. And cash to buy red nose cakes contributed by parents. Also 2 quality street tins full of said cakes.

There was so much red in the playground it was dazzling. One boy had been dipped in a bath of red dye I'd swear - face, hair, hands everything.

dress funny for money here. so dd went as a cheetah

her first idea was to go as Ringo Starr (ahem) !!!!!!!!!!! oh yes she is a big Beatles fan. bless

£1 to dress up differently on the top half as the bottom half

and £6.50 (with one days notice) for a joke book which contains her joke.

£1 for DS dressing up.

30p to buy one of the cakes I had made {photo on profile}(although I did try to explain that he might have to buy one which someone else had made )

I forgot to take £1 in with DD so will have to stick it in the tin when I pick her up instead.

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