Books Week Costumes Panic- CostumeBox To The Rescue

Look, I do a lot of things for my children.  And over the last 12 or so years, I’ve been very involved and supportive at school.

But you can push a mother too far... and this week Book Week almost became the straw that broke the camel’s back here at Casa Chaos.

For years I’ve seen delightful photos of children dressed up as their favourite book characters, all celebrating Book Week. I’ve thought:

‘How lovely… but what a relief that our school never does this.’

Never did this. Until this year.

The Childrens Book Council of Australia celebrates it’s 70th anniversary this year… and the twins’ school decided to join in the fun.

Fun for the kids maybe, but the email that announced this thrilling news came at a bad time for me.

Too much on, about to go away for a few days, up to my eyeballs in usual washing shenanigans… plus I’d just decluttered all the dressups bar the Halloween kit.

Poor twins!  I was so desperately not interested.  They do suffer the downsides of having an elderly mother who’s done it all before.

But help was at hand. An email popped into my inbox later that very day.

It was from CostumeBox, letting me know of all the Book Week dressups they could provide. 

Would I like to work with them on this topic?

Yes!!!

Sometimes you just need to free yourself of the irrational urge to make life really hard for yourself… and just get the ready-made costume!

For reasons known only to herself, Minnie the Minx would like to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.

Did you know the book was first published in 1900 and was written by a bloke calledL. Frank Baum?  Me neither but she did.

I was keen for the kids to try one of Roald Dahl characters such as Matilda, the BFG, the Twits and Charlie.

Or one of the historical figures from the Horrible Histories series would have been good, a king, a queen, an executioner perhaps.

But Mr9, the irrespressible redhead, would like to be Ron Weasley.

No problem!

The outfits arrived super quick and the kids were thrilled to try them on. How much are they posing for this shot?

That’s better kids, a little spontaneity goes a long way.

If you’re feeling harassed at the thought of Book Week, just throw your hands in the air and click on CostumeBox’s ideas for Book Week.

What a relief!

Does your school do a Book Week celebration?

Could it push you over the edge?