Dressing up day at school - to conform or not to conform?

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Ds has Australia Day at school next month. He wants to wear a kangaroo costume. I think almost, if not, all of his peers will wear t shirt, brightly coloured shorts and flip flops with the occasional cork hat thrown in. I am worried he will arrive, realise everyone else is different and be really upset. Dh thinks we should let ds be free to choose. He is nearly 7. What do you think?
Maybe I could pop a t shirt etc in a bag in case he regrets the kangaroo idea? I nervous that melt down will ensue as it often does when he makes a decision and then wants to change his mind.

Let him go as a kangaroo but have a back up plan in a bag for him to change his mind. Show him the back up plan stuff and let him know he can choose either option. Mention it ahead of time to his teacher.

I was going to suggest exactly what cats said.

He could even wear the coloured T and shorts under the kangaroo costume, no?

my ds1 has sn, on the first pink day he went to, year 3, he decided he was wearing his sisters pink dress, pink leggings, pink cardy and pink timberland boots. I think it was a combination of taking it absolutely literally and also wanting to win sweets for effort!

I dreaded it, thought he was in for such a tough day, but he had an absolute whale of a time! He is now in year 6, and he started a trend, and more and more boys now wear dresses. So this year instead of a dress, he went in a pink pig costume!

Let him do it! A tshirt might be an idea as a back up, but I would be discreet and maybe hand it to a teacher rather than tell him!

how about getting a mask like this and brown t shirt, it might be less romper-like than a full outfit.

can you hang around outside school (in the car) and watch other children go in, so he knows what they are wearing? If he still prefers his kangaroo suit, then let him. I find it takes more courage for me than DS to allow him to be different.

I know it's me being paranoid and I should be delighted that he has the imagination to come up with a more interesting costume. Just hate the thought of others laughing at him. Will take back up outfit in bag just in case but won't mention it to him as don't want to dent his enthusiasm

I love the idea of a kangaroo costume, much more original than flip flops and a T shirt! I don't think everyone turns up in the same costumes at all, and they may really like his ingenuity (although I admit it could go either way so a back up plan isn't a bad idea).

Hope he has a really good time