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.

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. Disney characters can have some simple and easy-to-copy outfits, and most of them are based on books. Get creative with cardboard. There's almost nothing you can't make with some cardboard, scissors, and a good idea.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. If you're using a visor, cut it into a rounded point and also cut two lengths of foam to make antennae. 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. 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: The curly plastic band snapped after a couple of 'dress rehearsal try-ons', so I ended up making a band from the foam instead.

It would have been just as simple to create the visor shape from the foam too. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. For the wings, take a couple of lengths of bubble wrap and cut them into two long, teardrop shapes. 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 I cut the visor into a rounded point and also cut two lengths of foam to make antennae. 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. 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.

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. 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.

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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. Next, I cut a single line — from the edge of the circle to the centre — through each circle; then overlapped the edges and glued them together, creating a shallow cone shape. 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. I took a couple of sheets of foam and glued down the long edge to create a tube, making sure that Bertie’s hands fit snugly into one end; almost like gloves. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. 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.