Dressing up...
Every now and again, Bethany's school comes up with the bright idea of letting the children dress up for the day.
The first time I came across this, they'd been learning about pirates, and on the last day of term, they were asked to dress as a pirate. After some panicking, we bought some short trousers and a baggy stripy t-shirt in a second hand shop, a bandana in the market, and an eye patch in ebay. She actually looked pretty good, and I breathed a sigh of relief that that was over with!
Then came the next note.. for World Book Day, they were to dress up as a character from a book. And this time we only had a couple of days notice! After much hair-pulling, I finally had a brainwave.. she put on her blue top, wrapped herself up in a couple of bandages, and was Mr Bump!
Of course, nearly every girl was Snow White, Sleeping Beauty or similar, but my daughter doesn't own girlie dressing up! She does own spiderman / power rangers etc, which alot of the boys actually DID wear. But as far as I'm concerned, that wasn't really the idea. Ok, so spiderman may be in a comic, but not the kind of literature they'd be reading!
Anyway.. now it's happening again. This time they've been learning about castles, so the suggestion is a prince or princess, knight or dragon. Once again, that's most of the girls sorted out.. apart from Bethany.
On Saturday we went into town, as I was sure I'd seen a cheap knight's outfit in one of the shops. But no.. the closest was a king's outfit.. 12 pounds for a cape and crown!! So.. panic time again!
In the end, I picked up a gold-coloured disposable tablecloth - it's a wipe-clean one, so it's not as destructable as it sounds! Beth chose some star stickers, and a couple of parcel bows that she liked. We then needed the stationary shop to find some decent card for the crown.
After many hours, and trial and error, we now have a cape and crown. Teamed up with a baggy white blouse, and some shiny paper as a sash, I think we've managed a pretty decent outfit....
The first time I came across this, they'd been learning about pirates, and on the last day of term, they were asked to dress as a pirate. After some panicking, we bought some short trousers and a baggy stripy t-shirt in a second hand shop, a bandana in the market, and an eye patch in ebay. She actually looked pretty good, and I breathed a sigh of relief that that was over with!
Then came the next note.. for World Book Day, they were to dress up as a character from a book. And this time we only had a couple of days notice! After much hair-pulling, I finally had a brainwave.. she put on her blue top, wrapped herself up in a couple of bandages, and was Mr Bump!
Of course, nearly every girl was Snow White, Sleeping Beauty or similar, but my daughter doesn't own girlie dressing up! She does own spiderman / power rangers etc, which alot of the boys actually DID wear. But as far as I'm concerned, that wasn't really the idea. Ok, so spiderman may be in a comic, but not the kind of literature they'd be reading!
Anyway.. now it's happening again. This time they've been learning about castles, so the suggestion is a prince or princess, knight or dragon. Once again, that's most of the girls sorted out.. apart from Bethany.
On Saturday we went into town, as I was sure I'd seen a cheap knight's outfit in one of the shops. But no.. the closest was a king's outfit.. 12 pounds for a cape and crown!! So.. panic time again!
In the end, I picked up a gold-coloured disposable tablecloth - it's a wipe-clean one, so it's not as destructable as it sounds! Beth chose some star stickers, and a couple of parcel bows that she liked. We then needed the stationary shop to find some decent card for the crown.
After many hours, and trial and error, we now have a cape and crown. Teamed up with a baggy white blouse, and some shiny paper as a sash, I think we've managed a pretty decent outfit....
posted by Michelle at 11:25
3 Comments:
You did a great job on the outfit. Now, all she needs are boots to complete the look...and maybe a sword to wear at her side. (You never know when you're going to have to slay a dragon or rescue some helpless princess! :)
Unfortunately the only boots she has are pink wellies! And, no swords allowed at school!
Excellent costume - especially on such short notice. I think perhaps the teachers need to give a little more notice on these sorts of things!
Personally, I think Bethany would have made a wonderful Boudicca - & she could have queened it over them all - hurrah! LOL!
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