25 Book Week costumes: From last-minute mum to award-winning MOTY
Penny Flanagan
When it comes to Book Week there are two types of mums:
1. Last minute mums who fashion a night-before costume out of socks and old shirts held together with a dressing gown belt.
2. Crafty mums who really get their dress up on and go all out to win the parade.
Whichever sort of mum you are, there’s no judgement here. I have been both types in my time and just quietly I have always been disappointed with the lack of a ‘prize’ in the years when I really go all out.
Last minute knock up ideas for the mums and kids who forgot
This is me most years. My kids are HOPELESS at reminding me about what’s coming up. Just the other day they started talking excitedly about going on camp ‘next week’. “What camp?” said I. Whereupon the note that had been in the bottom of a school bag was finally produced just in the nick of time. Anyhoo, enough about my household quagmire. If nothing else, I am a master of last minute costume ideas, here’s nine of the best, from me to you.
1. Cat in the Hat cheat’s hat
When is a hat, not a hat? When it’s a Cat in the Hat cheat’s hat. Just add a big red scarf tied in a bow at the neck and your kid is parade ready.
See here for the how-to video tutorial Easy Cat in the Hat costume idea.
