Dress up like a famous bear

[LondonSuperTrooper]

Hi

Please can someone give me some idea of how to dress up my DS and I as famous bears? It seems like such a simple concept but I'm struggling to think of how I can do it without going to the expense of buying a costume.

I think that I will probably skip dressing up but my DS has to do it as the reception children will be dressing up for children in need.

Thanks!

Yogi and Booboo? That only requires a pork pie hat and a tie for Yogi and a blue dicky bow for Booboo? And some bears ears - do you have one of those Pudsey headbands left over from Children in Need?

For Winnie the Pooh, you would just need a vest. But it might be a bit indecent!

Rupert is pretty easy - red jumper, checked scarf, pale trousers.

Paddington? Coat, floppy hat, wellies and suitcase?

Paddington = duffel coat, wellies, floppy hat, mini suitcase and jar of marmalade

Attach a label aswell saying 'Please look after this bear'

Thanks for the ideas, they are great!

Muddy clothes and a hat - bear grylls

Well I thought it was good

LOL @ Pags

Bear Grylls - it is good thinking! Maybe I can dress up as him?

I think Bear Grylls is atually the "chief Scout" so if you have Beavers or Cubs uniform....easy!

Or he could just go BARE

Dress as Pudsy? White hanky, felt tip pen spots and wrap it round your head over one eye.

Well pag it made me chuckle

You could streak and go as "Running Bear"

[not helpful emoticon]

I've been looking at the thread title in active convos and thinking 'Bear Grylls or Theodore Roosevelt' all morning so I acknowledge how bloody funny we you are.

DD did Paddington in school coat, floppy hat, then cardboard box labelled 'marmalade sandwiches' and cardboard badge saying 'Please look after this bear'. If you can find a hat the rest is pretty easy.

Bow tie and pencil moustache, and go as Ted Heath?

Ted Heath didn't have a moustache or a bow tie did he?

I think that Ted did have a bow tie but no mustache?

He had a pencil moustache when he was younger. So I suppose you'd have to specify young Ted Heath

Ted Heath

I am old but obviously not as old as you OThe and just remember him as he was when he was PM sans moustache. There are a couple of pics of him there in a bow tie, but he does appear to be in evening dress.

There seems to be a different Ted Heath with facial hair.

Or maybe you are talking about the other bandleader Ted Heath.

Anyway, why am I discussing Ted Heath's facial hair on the internet? Sorry for the hijack OP.

What? That's a different Ted Heath?

I am covered in shame

I would say that you needed to go this thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1332155-Things-youve-recently-found-out-that-everyone-else-knew-already?msgid=28230726
but I didn't know about the band leader one at all until googled.

Oooh, just caught this thread again. So glad.
I can stop sulking.