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If you're using a visor, cut it into a rounded point and also cut two lengths of foam to make antennae. 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. 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: 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.

Well — I’m not entirely sure what the anatomical differences are, between a praying mantis and a grasshopper, but I managed to convince him that it would work for either. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. 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. The curly plastic band snapped after a couple of 'dress rehearsal try-ons', so I ended up making a band from the foam instead.Get creative with cardboard. There's almost nothing you can't make with some cardboard, scissors, and a good idea. For the wings, take a couple of lengths of bubble wrap and cut them into two long, teardrop shapes. 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. I bought a green foam visor and some green foam sheets, although — to be honest — it would be just as easy without the visor. Start with a stripey jumper. It can be the start of many an easy costume including Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Where's Wally, or Horrid Henry.

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. Then I cut the visor into a rounded point and also cut two lengths of foam to make antennae. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Then, 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. Photo Credit: The Listed Home.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. It would have been just as simple to create the visor shape from the foam too. Photo Credit: The Listed Home.