Amscan - Officially Licensed Roald Dahl BFG Sophie Kids Costume Age: 3-12 Years

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She takes on many guises, the Olympian shot putter among them, and a theme taken by Diane Richardson's daughter. Make sure to add a hat and a pleated scarf in the mix. If you already have the hair and the moustache, throw in some silver hair spray to give you the aged look. 12. Sophie From BFG Three-year-old Laurence Lowrey pulled it off brilliantly last year and you can do the same with just a white top and a whole lot of cake. Shouldn't be too difficult persuading your child to eat cake for breakfast now should it!

Adapt a PE or sports kit, or their school uniform - think Football Academy for sports kit, Harry Potter and St Trinian's for the uniform.Get the face paints out. Book characters can easily come to life with cute painted faces. Think The Tiger Who Came to Tea or the Cheshire Cat. Creating a Mike Teavee costume may seem a bit intimidating, but it can still be done. You will need a yellow shirt to which you can attach some frills, a blue scarf, and brown pants, and cowboy boots. Violet Beauregarde might not be so costume-worthy when she’s in the “normal” stage, but she’s certainly fun to wear in blueberry form. You will need an exercise ball, some flour, and newspaper to coat over the ball and make the blueberry shape. Do you want to be the BFG on World Book Day? Then this costume should really represent you. You will need some green trousers, a white polo shirt, and finally, a waistcoat for your clothing. Also from Matilda is the character Bruce Bogtrotter - the one punished for eating the headteacher's chocolate cake by being force-fed the entire thing.

Many little ones might already have their own ballet costume so Angela Ballerina is another easy one to opt for. Sew or use safety pins to attach a patch of old fabric to the trousers – it's all about the details! Bin the Knife, Save a Life: For the sake of all our children we must unite to stop another knife-crime tragedyIf you want to look like Veruca Salt on World Book Day, then creating a costume based on her should be very easy.

Roald Dahl characters make fun World Book Day costumes. Find out how to make this easy BFG costume – kids will love making the Big Friendly Giant's massive ears! Start with a stripey jumper. It can be the start of many an easy costume including Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Where's Wally, or Horrid Henry. Sound good? Well, keep reading to find out out to get the BFG look and make those awesome big ears... It's mostly school clothes you've probably already got for this one, with just shorts and white top needed. If you're after more book-smart ideas on how to make easy World Book Day costumes, we've got you covered! Here are just some of our vital tips for making easy and affordable costumes for World Book Day:Emily Annette, aged 5 as Gangsta Granny and George Annette, aged 9 as George Kranky from George’s Marvellous Medicine, both from Salford (Image: UGC MEN) The Paper Dolls A dress for Betty O'Barley and dungarees or shirt and pants for Harry O'Hay, and they're ready to plan their perfect wedding.

Bright clothes essential for this one - Courtney-Leigh Williams and Lacey Williams did a brilliant job emulating Scooby Doo's Daphne and Velma. Sophie is an orphan who befriended the BFG (Big Friendly Giant). She mentions her parents saying that they died when she was a baby. Many children will have a left over witches costume hanging around in the bottom of the toy box from Halloween, but if not just a dark dress, a hat and the book will suffice. But that doesn't mean they still can't get dressed up as one of the favourite literary characters to the mark the special event. If your child doesn't mind face painting then you can do that too, like 10-year-old Yousef Chowdhury did here.

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Freddie Butler went all out with the Captain Underpants costume, but you could easily recreate this with some white or pink clothing underneath some - yes you guessed it - underpants. Mr Stink is another Walliams favourite. All you need is some old clothes, a coat that has seen better days and a 'Mr Stink for Prime Minister' handmade sign.