[Closed] Anyone else in fancy dress today?

Yup, me.

I'm pretending I work for a living.

Just another frigging stupid way for shops to make more money....

LittleMissMC is a big fan of the Brownie stories so is going to school in her Brownie uniform. Saves getting her changed for tonight's meeting as well!

I'm still off work on this lovely sunny day so I shall be dressing up as Bradley Wiggins and going out on my bike!

The boy, 5, is going as Chewbacca and the girl as a Rydell High cheerleader, from Grease that she has been WATCHING lots lately

WTF

Can't be bother to argue with the Mrs, sometimes you just have to let them get on with it.... 🙄

I've washed my hands of it... after spending the best part of an evening last year, making a Golden Ticket.

Eldest has gone as Mabel Jones. My wife had to make some red stripey pyjamas from scratch, which she did superbly.

I'm in my dressing gown and pyjamas also, so I'm calling it an Arthur Dent costume.

(speaking as a non-parent,) why are people wearing fancy dress today?

I'm a parent and I've no idea either!

It's a yearly "Kids got to school dressed as their favorite Book character"

Mr Twit and a My Little Pony - kids love it and it does get them talking about books (or films and TV 😳 )

Matilda (complete with jug with newt (not real!)) and Peter Pan, I am,as usual dressed as a tramp.

Mine have gone as the Lion from the Butterfly Lion and Grandpa (WW2 Spitfire pilot) from Grandpa's Great Escape.

This year it was comparatively easy to cobble something together for this. No midnight sewing required.

I am the secret footballer - deface an old white t shirt with black marker as per book cover and shove him in his football kit, also saves getting changed for footy practice, plus he gets to go to school in his football kit. It's a winner all round!

My Boss says my colorful shirt makes me look like a Camp Cowboy - does that count?

my nephew (4) is going as a pirate. he wants me to go to mothers day lunch as a pirate - just me though. not sure if he said it, or it's a wind up.

I might just do it. I need a laugh.

It counts if you've got a book with a camp cowboy in it

I think my lad went off to college as Hannibal Lecter... or maybe that's the way he always looks....

Eldest (10) went in as Katniss Everdeen, and looked pretty good too.

Youngest (6) went in as Anna from Frozen, along with many many others it seems.

FunkyDunc - Member
Just another frigging stupid way for shops to make more money....

I am as cynical as they come but I think you're mistaken here...

It's about trying to encourage reading books and engaging children's imaginations. Besides by a quick look around, I seriously doubt anyone at my kid's nursery/primary has gone out and spent any money on this? Loads of already worn Disney/Marvel costumes being wheeled out again. The best
I spotted was a Cat in the Hat(although I don't like the books) - it transpires the mum used to be a theatrical make up artist.

oldest is dressed as the Where's Wally character, daughter is dressed in a 101 Dalmations theme as thats what the school has chosen for her class. youngest is dressed as Jake and the Neverland Pirates

I left before the kids got dressed, managed to start giving them brekkie though

But the plan is my son is going as Batman and my daughter as Jessie, Woody's female sidekick from Toy Story

Iron man and captain america this morning.

Ours has gone as a snail from 'The snail and the whale'.

Was the only home made outfit we spotted.

For those in the dark, it's [s]World Book[/s] [i]fancy dress at school[/i] Day.

Nominally, it's about encouraging reading. Realistically, it's about costume one-upmanship.

Realistically, it's about parental [s]costume[/s] one-upmanship

Fixed that for you. 😉

Luckily [s]I won[/s] my lad won the prize in year R for some utterly explicable reason (pity maybe?) so my efforts have subtly tailed off ever since.

I spent some of last night carving a wand from a stick 🙂

For those in the dark, it's [s]World Book[/s] fancy dress at school Day.

My facebook feed is full of pictures of kids dressed as Anna & Elsa from Frozen or assorted Avengers and super heroes?

What [i]books[/i] are they from exactly?

Our school has gone a bit more low key and just asked the kids to bring in a book and "a prop" from the book. Seems sensible and cuts down on the parental one-upmanship.

My 14 year old daughter seems to just pick an outfit she likes and then decide on a book character who might wear the same clothes on their day off.

What the frank is "year R"?

or assorted Avengers and super heroes?

What books are they from exactly?

Whoa! Deja vu. They must have changed something in the Matrix.

50 odd years of comic books ( again)

My facebook feed is full of pictures of kids dressed as [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=frozen+books&sprefix=frozen+books%2Caps%2C124 ]Anna & Else from Frozen[/url] or assorted [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=avengers+books&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3Aavengers+books ]Avengers[/url] and super heroes?

What books are they from exactly?

Frozen books and Avengers books, I'd guess?

year r (reception) is the first year at school. Age 4-5

What the frank is "year R"?

Reception - the year before Year 1.

What the frank is "year R"?

I assume it's Reception.....It's what all right-minded Scottish persons know as Primary 1.

Dressing up day is Tuesday. Well Tuesday night actually as Mrs H goes to the gym ....

boy gone to nursery as a pirate from one of his many hackneyed humorously titled pirate books e.g. 'The Fartypants Pirates of Poo Island'

My son has dressed as Just William. But with long trousers and no cap.

Wasn't there some hoohaa last year about a gloitbag who thought it was reet funny to let her 10 yr old lad go as the geezer from 50 shades?

50 odd years of comic books

Frozen books and Avengers books, I'd guess?

Not really in the spirit of things is it?

I doubt many kids are dressing up as the authentic 1968 Colan and Esposito "Invicible Iron Man"

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And so far I've only read [url= http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17428659-frozen ]one "Frozen" related book[/url] that even tried to be anything more than a crap cash in on the movie.

I assume it's Reception.....It's what all right-minded Scottish persons know as Primary 1.

or simply just Reception class 😆

Pah middle class arty w*nk, bollocks. Pathetic, if kids don't want to read for the sake of reading then you are a sh*t teacher / parent.

I doubt many kids are dressing up as the authentic 1968 Colan and Esposito "Invicible Iron Man"

also doubt that many kids are dressing up as the bestselling author and subject of countless books both biographical, historical and fictional, Adolf Hitler.

Maybe kids like Elsa and Captain America better than genocidal dictators. Who knew?

I'm still sat in my cycling gear, does that count? 🙂

Pah middle class arty w*nk, bollocks. Pathetic, if kids don't want to read for the sake of reading then you are a sh*t teacher / parent.

Isn't a big part of that about encouraging kids to read and making books fun?

Which is exactly what this "middle class arty w*nk, bollocks" day is meant to be about? 😕

Maybe kids like Elsa and Captain America better than genocidal dictators. Who knew?

Yep, those are the only two options available.
Hollywood films or books by Hitler.

Totally forgot about it so sent my daughter to school today holding a toaster and told her if anyone asked she's page 256 of the Argos book 😆