Bring your favourite character to life with our fancy dress idea
Get all dressed up and ready to read this World Book Day! We’ve got a crafty guide for a last-minute Birthday Thief costume, just using things from around the house – it’s an absolute steal!
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You will need:
- A red top
- Some red leggings
- A party hat
- Spotty stickers and other decorations (optional)
- Colourful numbers and sneaky bandana templates (just download and print them out)
- Elastic
- Sticky tape
- Scissors
- Pencil or pen
- Don’t forget your book!
Find yourself inside the story this World Book Day
Step 1
First things first raid your home for all of the materials on our handy list. Download and print out the colourful numbers and sneaky bandana templates.
Step 2
Grab some scissors and carefully cut around the dashed lines so you have a selection of colourful numbers ready for sticking. Don’t forget to cut out the middles.
Step 3
Using the stickiest sticky tape you can find stick the colourful numbers to your red outfit and ta-da!
The transformation begins!
Step 4
There’s just one more thing to do. Carefully cut out the sneaky bandana (don’t forget the eye holes). Using a pencil or pen press a hole through the circles marked and tie some elastic to each side with a strong knot.
This World Book Day we’d love to see you celebrate in style – share your photos on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #lostinthestory
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4. The little details will make their day.
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