WORLD BOOK DAY is nearly upon us! what will your child be wearing?

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Our theme this year for Thursday 1 March is nursery rhymes......

Come on! I know you all love it!

wonder how much notice we will get this year

Oh God. I hoped all that nonsense was over (year 3).

Had better have something in the back of my mind. Probably Hiccup again.

Friday here is Red Carpet Day and the children can go as a famous person dead/alive, a book character or, bizarrely, a cartoon character. I am firmly edging my two towards literary characters after hearing of children going as Cheryl Cole, Rihanna etc! Still don't know who to pick though, and they can't decide.

I won't be able to tell you our theme until two days before when the school remembers to tell us.

Well, DS1 (age 9) is going with 2 friends as The Three Blind Blues Brothers Mice and dressing up with shades, a suit, black tie and trilby! He looks great! Need to find ears and a tail.

Ds2 (age 7) is going as The Muffin Man in chef hat, apron, oven gloves and muffins!

As a TA at same school I am dressing in black with battery operated stars hanging over me and a STAR crown and being Twinkle Star!

We love WBD at our school.

Am making the tail as we speak......................

It is on DD's school calendar but not been told of any theme, nor if it is actual dress up. It normally is though, but not normally themed iirr.

If so 9y DD can go as Wendy from Peter Pan. I bought her the dress for her drama show this weekend, so at least this way she gets at least two wears from it!

They will be wearing book-themed hats . Waah! Had just about got used to making costumes ... don't know where to start with hats.

Actually that's a lie - DD2 wants to make a large cardboard hedgehog to balance on her head (The Hodgeheg). DD1 is currently obsessed with the Roman Mysteries. Maybe a laurel wreath?

We already had book-week. DD went as Pippi Longstocking and won the prize for the best costume in her class.

I really ought to dress DD up, oughtn't I?
on the saturday as well as the thursday.

i have got a Very Hungry caterpillar baby grow, but maybe another outfit as well....
what would look good on a nickelbaby?

Anne from the famous 5. I have no idea how to accomplish it yet..

Well DS wants to go as Stick Man

Not quite sure how I am going to pull this off without making him look like a turd.

We won last year, so there are standards to maintain.

DS1 is going to be 'Where's Wally?' with bobble hat, walking stick, joke glasses, stripy top and blue jeans. DS2 is going to be The Cat in the Hat. Last year he was Mog so this one is easy, I just need to fashion the hat, we have a bow tie.

We won last year too, so standards to maintain for us. DS1 was Horrid Henry (seriously easy - I just bought a rugby top off ebay for £2 and messed his hair up and painted scowly eyebrows on his face) and DS2 was Mog the Forgetful cat.

DS refuses to dress up and DD will be a princess as usual in her nylon Asda princess outfit (thanks MIL).

It is not fair, don't they realise I only HAD children so I could dress them up in amusing costumes and everyone would wonder at my wit and creative brilliance?

Perhaps I am a bit sad but I couldn't wait when mine were babies to have the opportunity to get my creative juices going and create costumes for them for such things as WBD. Perhaps because my mum never had the time, or creative juices.

DD's school don't do it - keep seeing suitable for world book day when i'm browing ebay though and fancy dress for kids seems to be going for well over the odds.

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Dixie - Have you asked why your school do not do it? It is a highlight at our school with the deputy in full regalia usually being a baddie on a scooter and hyping all the children up!

I thought most schools would want to encourage WBD.

When ours does days like this most parents don't bother. Tbh I think most don't have a culture of books in the home, or money or energy for the costumes. It's usually the few keen mums who do it. It's a bit depressing.

DS1 will be Hiccup. DS2 will be Fishlegs. I think DS1 may change his mind and demand to be Norbert the Nutjob but the costume will be the same.

dd1 will wear pyjamas and carry a teddy. Foundation and KS1 have PJ parties, get read 'bed time stories', bring their favourite books, eat cookies and drink hot chocolate, at our school.

Sooo much easier, and they love it.

dd2, OTOH, is now in Juniors so life is about to get interesting

Oh is our school the only one who doesn't do it?

I am quite pleased tbh, most of the parents I know wouldn't have time to make costumes and it would be yet another thing to have to buy last minute on amazon or ebay!

I have bought a Sherlock Holmes costume for 5 year old.

Mainly because he pronounces it Sheila Combs and it cracks me up.