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It’s 7.45am and your child lets you know that the annual (Oh yes .. It comes around real fast) Book Week Dress Up Parade is today. In 45 minutes. You can either send them anyway and pretend you forgot …. or … You can do what I did this year and you can choose from one of these DIY Book Ideas already tried and tested by some pretty smart Moms and Dads out there.
Maybe you are one of those parents who loves Book week. If that’s you – you can skip this post. These 37 Easy DIY Book Week Dress Up Ideas are probably not for you. These are for Moms and Dads who need a great costume idea fast because Book Week is tomorrow (or today) and you don’t want to send them in their school clothes like you did last year.
Here is the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book Week Costume I made for my 9 year Old This Year
This is our Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dress Up. It took all of 10 minutes to create and all it took was a printer, paper (and I laminated the mask and hands for a finishing touch). I think you could even draw it if your didn’t have a printer or you can download the printable mask and hands (see links below), print and cut out. I stapled the hands to a hair tie and popped the hair tie over his wrists and stapled an elastic the mask to get it to stay on his head. Pair it up with some basic black shorts and a White T-Shirt and Voila! My Son loved it!
Diary of a Wimpy kid Printable Mask
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hands
Here are 20 More AMAZING DIY Book Week Dress Up Ideas (that almost anyone can pull together with a few things from around the house).
Mr Men Costume (Click to see all the Mr Men Books)
Matilda (Matilda by Roald Dahl)
The Lorax (The Lorax by Seuss)
Cat in the Hat ( The Book – The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seus)
Monsters Inc (The Book – Monsters, Inc)
101 Dalmations (101 Dalmatians – The Book)
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz: The Tin Man (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – The book)
Charlotte’s Web: Fern (Charlotte’s Web – the book)
The Hungergames: Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games (Book 1)
Thing 1 and Thing 2 (The Cat in the Hat Comes Back – Dr Seuss)
Star Wars BB8 Costume (The Book – Star Wars: Jedi Academy)
The BFG Sophie (Get This Book – The BFG)
Green Sheep from Where is the Green Sheep? (The Book – Where is the Green Sheep?)
Sam I Am from Green Eggs and Ham (The book – Green Eggs and Ham)
Jack and the Beanstalk (The book – Jack and the Beanstalk)
Humpty Dumpty (The Book – Humpty Dumpty)
Alice in Wonderland: The Queen of Hearts (The book – Alice in Wonderland)
Wally from Where’s Wally (The Book – Where’s Wally?)
Little Red Riding Hood (The Funny version of the book – Red Riding Hood as told by the Wolf)
