It’s World Book Day on the 3rd of March, the most sacred of days in any primary school calendar, when cute little kids everywhere cast aside their school uniform and skip off to class dressed as their favourite literary character instead.
For the ultra-organised parent, it’s a hotly anticipated opportunity to test advanced dressmaking skills, with many a joyous hour spent carefully sewing together a fantastically brilliant fancy dress costume, worthy of the West End stage.
For the rest of us, it’s five nightmarish minutes spent cobbling together something a bit rubbish right at the last minute with a hangover (usually involving a couple of tea towels and an old bed sheet.)
So, because we understand the plight of the busy parent and we really want your children to love you, we’ve pulled together a list of ten top World Book Day costumes. And we’ve even chucked in the corresponding books too. So now you don’t have to do anything and everyone will think you’re brilliant. Easy peasy.
Gorilla:
How: Kids Animal Planet Gorilla Morphsuit, £10.99.
Why: Because this costume is way cooler than anything their friends will have.
What’s the book: Gorilla by Anthony Brown (30th Anniversary Edition).
Astronaut:
How: Astronaut Kids Morphsuit, £8.99.
Why: Because being an astronaut is the most fun you can have.
What’s the book: The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers.
Sheep:
How: Kids Sheep Costume, £19.99.
Why: Because little sheep are really, really cute.
What’s the book: Woolley The Naughty Sheep by Heather Amery and Stephen Cartwright.
Bear:
How: Kids Animal Planet Grizzly Bear Morphsuit, £10.99.
Why: Because bears can be super-scary but also quite nice and cuddly.
What’s the book: We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury.
Harry Potter:
How: Harry Potter Robe Kid’s Costume, £19.49.
Why: Because you can never go wrong with a bit of Harry Potter on World Book Day.
What’s the book: Harry Potter by JK Rowling (any of them).
Peter Pan:
How: Disney Peter Pan Classic Costume, £17.49.
Why: Because all dads would secretly like to be Peter Pan (some of them think they are).
What’s the book: Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
Rapunzel:
How: Disney Princess Rapunzel Storytime Kids Costume, £11.99.
Why: Because she’s the less obvious princess with the best hair (although we do most of the others here too).
What’s the book: Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm.
Tiger:
How: Kids’s Animal Planet Tiger Morphsuit, £10.99.
Why: Because if yours is a little tiger, they need to have one of these. Simple.
What’s the book: The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr.
Toy Soldier:
How: Toy Soldier Kids Costume, £14.99.
Why: What little boy doesn’t love a toy soldier? You’ll get loads of wears out of this one.
What’s the book: The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Anderson
Little Miss Sunshine:
How: Little Miss Sunshine Kids Costume, £15.99.
Why: Because Grandma’s going to love her even more in this.
What’s the book: Little Miss Sunshine by Roger Hargeaves.
With all that in mind you are now fully prepared to get your kids the very best World Book Day costumes come March the 3rd. Head over to Morphcostumes to find all of these products and many other possible World Book Day kids costumes.