Tuesday 20 October 2009

What it is to be a Mum.....

My daughter came home from school yesterday with the news that it's 'that' time of year again. It's Book Week and on Friday they all have to go dressed as their favourite book character! Last year it was 'Sponge bob square pants' the year before it was 'Cat in the hat'. This year it just HAD to be 'The Gruffalo'! :-) Well, as you will possibly know by now, I love a challenge so we set to. A brown fur fabric tabard had purple sharp spikes stitched on the back. A hair band was covered with brown felt and had ears and horns stitched to it. A pair of slippers had brown paws stitched on the front with sharp white claws glued on each toe. A pair of black shorts for modesty and a pair of brown tights had to have wrinkly grey knees stitched to the fronts of each leg. Then it was on to the face paints....orange eyes and a purple wart on her nose were drawn on and fangs and teeth will finish the look. Her hair will be back combed for the 'wild look'. Wow she looked perfect.....AND SHE IS THE TEACHER!!

4 comments:

Twiglet said...

Photos please!!!!! What fun her class will have on Friday - just what school should be for a 5 year old and a 25 year old too!!!!!!

Julia Dunnit said...

How fab. Pictures for sure, please - I bet your daughter is secretly very smug about book day..I would be with you whippingup a costume at any moment's notice!

moomi said...

i can't wait to see photos!
what an awesome teacher she must be!
:D

Kathy said...

How very handy to have a mum who can conjure up costumes that would send the rest of us screaming down the road! The kids must be agog wondering what she'll turn up in next!