Here are some great ideas and top tips for World Book Day costumes. Tell us what you are you going to wear by emailing childrens.books@theguardian.com and we'll add them to this article
We are getting seriously excited about World Book Day on Thursday 6 March this year which is also The Guardian children's books site's third birthday… Woo hoo!
Here some site members share World Book Day dressup plans for this year – and also look back on what perhaps didn't work so well…
TheBookThief
"I'm going to (hopefully!) be dressing up as Isabelle Lightwood from The Mortal Instruments. I have something close to an insurmountable fascination when it comes to Isabelle's character. Let me explain… Isabelle Lightwood is near perfect. Sorry, let me rephrase that. She's the definition of hard core, can hold her own in a fight, has great dress sense, is smart, capable and so pulled together. Okay, so maybe I'm obsessed. And I know that while she finds it hard to show emotion and can be rude without explanation, nor is she very good at relationships, I can't call her perfect but her flaws just add to how wonderful I find her character. She's been through a lot of grief and has a kind of shrewd mindset, all of which, in my opinion comes through in her choice of clothing.
She's a Shadowhunter, so they all wear black and she chooses to wear garments which might not be the most practical, but hey, if she can kill demons in them then why would you stop her? She wears killer heels, dark, gothic dresses or tight jeans and tops and the effect of these sometimes stun her opponents slightly, which works in her favour.
My outfit will probably consist of black doc martens, a black skirt, a black tank top (anyone noticing a pattern?), some kind of black jacket/cardigan and winged eyeliner because awesome eyeliner is kind of mandatory."
Bookworm1408
"I once dressed up as Gandalf the White for World Book Day. I was in primary 7 and we were all told to dress up. Because everyone was 'too cool' to dress up properly they all made up books about people in jeans and t-shirts!
Now, being the book geek that I am, I came in a big white sheet. I was carrying a stick and wearing a fake beard! My beard was a piece of paper with cotton wool stuck to it, with elastic bands stapled on to keep it on my head. I walked into class and being the only one dressed up got stared at all day!
But, we were having our costumes judged at the end of the day and guess what? I won first place AND got five books!
Anyway, I had a great time! I also earned myself a nickname, Gandalf (or Gandork, depending who you are!)"
Aidan – Astrosaurs fan
"My son would like to share his 2013 World book day costume with you. He went as Teggs Stegosaur from the Astrosaurs books. We used an orange T-shirt for the body and used crayons on it to make it look like it had scales on the back. We also made the stand-up scales on his head; down his back and a tail with scales – all with cardboard attached with staples. The end of the tail was attached to his hand with wool so he could wave it about and so it did not get dirty.
Here is a picture of him attached posing before he went to school. He was very proud of his look!
This year he wants to go as The Doctor, but needs a tweed jacket!"
TwilightVi
"Last year I went as Pippi Longstocking and my costume was so cool. I just wore a nice long dress, a purple one, but the really important thing was to wear stripey socks. I borrowed some of my mum's so they were nice and big, and they were also two different types of socks. I was going to wear my dad's big shoes like Pippi does but realised I was going to fall over all day so just put my normal shoes on.
The main thing with Pippi is she has red hair that sticks up. I have brown hair. So we plaited my hair in two plaits and stuck pipe cleaners into them so I could twist them up. They fell down a bit but it was weird and cool to have bendy hair like this. I also got a red hair spray and sprayed my plaits. My mum didn't read the instructions properly and so loads of it went right in my face but I survived!
Lastly my mum drew freckles on my face with a brown eyeliner. I thought I looked really cool and it's a pretty easy costume! This year my school is only doing hats and headresses which is reallly BORING".
Email us and tell us what you're wearing to childrens.books@theguardian.com or on Twitter @GdnChildrensBks and we'll add your inspiration to this article!
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