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: I’m sure if your little son or daughter comes home one day and announces that they need a praying mantis costume for school, this will do the job nicely. Because the curly band of the visor snapped, I cut a length of foam (around an inch and a half deep), to fit snugly around the circumference of my little boy’s head. For the wings, take a couple of lengths of bubble wrap and cut them into two long, teardrop shapes.

The curly plastic band snapped after a couple of 'dress rehearsal try-ons', so I ended up making a band from the foam instead. These form the eyes of your grasshopper costume. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. For the wings, I took a couple of lengths of bubble wrap and cut them into two long, teardrop shapes. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. To begin, draw round a bowl, to create a couple of circles on one of the sleets of foam, then cut them out with a pair of scissors.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.

Then, if you’re feeling creative, you can also add a little pattern on the face of each one, to give the impression of insect wings. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. You won't have to go to Infinity or beyond to make your kid a great Buzz Lightyear costume this World Book Day, you just need this easy-to-follow guide! Top tips for making World Book Day costumes If you're feeling creative, you can also add a little pattern on the face of each one, to give the impression of insect wings. The curly plastic band snapped after a couple of ‘dress rehearsal try-ons’, so I ended up making a band from the foam instead.

To begin with I drew round a bowl, to create a couple of circles on one of the sleets of foam, then cut them out with a pair of scissors. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Look through EVERYONE'S wardrobes. Dad's tie may make a great Penny Crayon costume and an apron could be fashioned into an Alice in Wonderland dress. Disney characters can have some simple and easy-to-copy outfits, and most of them are based on books. Then I cut the visor into a rounded point and also cut two lengths of foam to make antennae. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. It would have been just as simple to create the visor shape from the foam too. Photo Credit: The Listed Home.

Think about sleepwear - Pyjamas and nighties can work for all sorts of costumes, like The Darlings from Peter Pan or Sophie from The BFG. Get creative with cardboard. There's almost nothing you can't make with some cardboard, scissors, and a good idea. Next, cut a single line — from the edge of the circle to the centre — through each circle; then overlap the edges and glue them together, creating a shallow cone shape. Make a simple mask. Paper plates are great for making simple masks. You can turn your child into pretty much any World Book Day character they fancy with a little crafting. I bought a green foam visor and some green foam sheets from Hobbycraft, although — to be honest — it would be just as easy without the visor.

Top tips for making World Book Day costumes

To create the 'arms', take a couple of sheets of foam and glue down the long edge to create a tube, making sure that the hands of the person you're making fit snugly into one end; almost like gloves. 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. If you're using a visor, cut it into a rounded point and also cut two lengths of foam to make antennae. Cut a length of foam (around an inch and a half deep), to fit snugly around the circumference of the head you're making the costume for. 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.