With so many creepy creatures and brave boys and girls to choose from, is it any wonder that schools are overrun with Matildas, witches and BFGs every year? TheSchoolRun offers parents thousands of printable and interactive worksheets, covering every aspect of the primary curriculum. The musical premiered on the West End in November 2011 after a twelve-week trial run staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon the year prior. If you're looking for more brilliant and simple ideas for costumes this World Book Day, take a look at the stories below. Alternatively we love the Fantastic Mr Fox DIY Mask from the Party Delights blog – all you need is a cereal box, paint and a printer for the templates.

They’ll need a waistcoat too (with a plain shirt underneath); if you don’t have one you can use an old shirt and cut off the arms. Photo credit: Quentin Blake illustrations from George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl, published by Puffin books.If you're looking for a ready-made costume, this Rubie's officialOompa Loompa costume will look adorable on your little one!

You'll need: a red headband (with a red bow if you can), a floral shirt, blue denim short overalls or dungarees, a light blue cardigan, white socks, and dark-coloured low-top trainers.You'll need: White or pale yellow shirt (with thin vertical stripes for extra accuracy) with short sleeves or rolled-up long sleeves, black school trousers, school shoes, and a whole mess of brown paint and facepaint for the chocolate stain. The story begins with a chorus of children boasting about being their parents’ miracles, while the obsessive amateur ballroom dancer, Mrs. Your child's school might choose another day in the year to celebrate, so do check with them to see when/if they are holding the event. Take the measurement for your chest from the fullest part of the chest (usually around the nipple area).

Miss Honey's attempts to help Matilda's intellect flourish at school are hampered by the dictatorial headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, who hates children and loves punishing them in creatively cruel ways. The story follows the title character, a precocious 5-year-old girl who is quite the bookworm and discovers that she has telekinetic powers. Then make your spider's legs using our step-by-step instructions for animal tails, and stitch onto the outfit. If they’re going as a fly-type insect they can wear all black, for something more bee-esque they could wear stripes.

There are not many services I would pay to subscribe to, and even less I would recommend, but yours is one which I did! With World Book Day just around the corner ( Thursday, March 2 this year), if you're planning to get dressed up it's the perfect time to start working out your kids' costumes. Your waist is between the bottom of your ribs and the top of your hips, so your measuring tape should be placed in the middle - usually just above the belly button. You'll need: a dark blazer and skirt, a white shirt with a red tie, a thick belt (ideally leather), big black boots, and some eyeliner for the monobrow. Phelps, and tells her a story about a world-famous Acrobat and Escapologist couple who yearn to have a child yet are unable to (“Acrobat Story I”).