Totally Normal clothes
- Black top, jeans and a backpack for Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Normal clothes (or normal school uniform) and a frown for Horrid Henry
- Blue jeans and red top for George from George’s Marvellous Medicine
- White T-shirt, Black Leggings and hair in bunches for Amber Brown is Not a Crayon
- Wear all black, you’re Peter Pan’s shadow!
- Find a top/t-shirt with their favourite character on rather than dressing up.
- And if all else fails, just be a Muggle from Harry Potter
Minimal accessories with normal clothes
- Grab a bucket and some plastic dinosaurs, just wear normal clothes for Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs
- Wear a red hairband and dress with white ankle socks, you’re Matilda
- Make a Golden Ticket for them to carry… Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Grey Trousers, a White Top and a wad of (fake) cash- try monopoly money for Billionaire Boy
- Brown clothes and grab a few sticks for Stick Man
- Red T-Shirt and Brown or Yellow Troursers, stick some cardboard ears on a headband for Winnie The Pooh
- A Pink Headscarf and a pencil for Malala’s Magic Pencil
Dressing up from things you have at home
- Pyjamas and dressing gown for Tom or George from The Midnight Gang, or for The Polar Express
- Pyjamas and wide framed glasses (take the glass out an old pair of sunglasses) transform you into Sophie from the BFG
- A Princess Dress for any princess!
Anymore easy ideas? Email them to wharfedale@mumbler.co.uk.
For more Easy Ideas for World Book Day see this post!
