Need costume help: "Rock Star" - by Friday

[LunarSea]

Found out today that ds has to go to school dressed as a "rock star" - this Friday. So I have 3 days (when I'm working) to sort out a costume. Any ideas anyone?

how old is he?

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ah, dontcha just love it! I am going to start a bloody petition about dressing up as stuff when you're at school and your parents work/haven't a clue where to start/both. Ban it I say!

Anyway, combats, scruffy jacket, scruffy hair, shades = Liam Gallagher!

how about using face paints to paint a large lightning zig zag on his face so he can go as david bowie?

Bright c;othes & very large sun glasses - Elton John?

Girl very 70's/80's a nolan sister?

WHY???? I'd just say no, frankly. Ds wouldn't care.

You have to draw the line somewhere and this is just crap, it really is. What is the educational point of it? What next? Clown day? Headlous day? Dress up as a piece of fruit day? (probably someone somewhere rubbing their hands at these)

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or you could dress him in grey (or greens/browns if you have those colours at home, to represent moss), smudge some brown makeup on his face for 'dirt', mess his hair up and send him in as a 'rock' star, (as in a real rock). I clearly have too much time on my hands............

Oooh, ooh, Robbie in his "Let me Entertain You" costume - that'll make em think twice next year. It'll be back to an Easter Bonnet parade in no time.

He's 5. As for accessories we've got, um, sunglasses and a half size acoustic guitar, but that's about all!

AS a primary school teacher (reception) i agree, making children dress up in these kinds of themed outfits is a pain in the bum. They don't really know what they are doing. Much better they are allowed to come in their own clothes, inclduing fancy dress if they wish, rather than fancy dress being a requirement. At my school, one member of staff planned a xmas show for the children to be put on by the staff. she chose a 70's theme, we all had top dress up in 70's gear and mime and dance to abba. Why? the children didn't get it, they were only born 5 years ago! (although they did know lots of words to the songs!)

So why does it keep happening? (though, not, so far, in ds's school - hooray!)

sunglasses and a guitar says john lennon to me

Still smug! We're not doing it this year! Hey you - run out of lemon cake, got any more?

I think the people who get to choose these themes (head of year/deparetment/deputy heads - rarely your common garden teacher) think it will be fun for the children, and it creates the impression that the children are getting to do something different. Usually it ties in with a themed week such as book week - come as your favurite character, art week - come as your favourite painter (how many primary children know who their favourite painter is?) music week - come as an instrument - impossible! I was always glad that we didn't have to dress up.

Yes but not sharing.

Not really, we ate it ALL

Your ungrateful godson has told me he wants to go as a ghost on Friday now (apparently there is one in one of the Jill Murphy books) so I have told him he is an ungrateful little sod and will be forced to wear elephant ears round the shops on Saturday as his punishment.

shirt with collar up. hair gelled into quif
medalion.

elvis

Oh how we love little boys and their opinions - can't think where he's got that from

Our best suggestion here so far is old jeans, old t shirt - jut a few holes in them, add safety pins, spray his hair red (spray left over from Red Nose Day) and he can go as a punk. Not sure it would go down too well though!

get a white t-shirt and draw arrows on it .then could be elvis and jailhouse rock ,dead easy !

I have about half a dozen children's 70's luminous outfits in my loft so could have done this one.

Instead I need green trousers and a mouse tail for Maisy Mouse for Thursday, plus Thomas the tank Engine.