Costume Ideas
Below you will find some costume ideas for our Letterland Parade
that will be held May 28th, 2014.
Annie Apple Make an apple leaf collar or hat.
Mr A Add a red and white striped apron.
Bouncy Ben Make ears or a mask for Bouncy Ben.
Clever Cat Make a Clever Cat mask, or just cat's ears on a headband.
Dippy Duck Make a headband. You could also collect any spare yellow clothing.
Eddy Elephant Make elephant ears.
Mr E A magic wand should be an easy prop to make or find.
Firefighter Fred Add one or two toy firefighter's helmets.
Golden Girl Bring in a couple of old pairs of (sun)glasses and green items of
clothing. Include some gardening gloves for Golden Girl.
Harry Hat Man Make a hairy hat
Impy Ink Make a black lid-like hat from stiff card or simply use a black hat or
beret to serve as Impy Ink's bottle top.
Mr I Make one or two realistic ice cream cones.
Jumping Jim Add some juggling balls or thread three balls on to a wire.
Kicking King The children will enjoy helping you to make and decorate one or
more crowns. In addition, you could try making Kicking King's cape using red
crepe paper edged with cotton wool, or find a parent who enjoys sewing.
Lucy Lamp Light Add old lampshades or yellow clothing.
Munching Mike Make two monster masks, using cereal boxes covered in tin foil
or painted.
Noisy Nick Add a toy hammer and a large nail made from stiff card.
Oscar Orange Add any orange clothing, such as an old T-shirt.
Mr O Make a fluffy white beard from a roll of cotton wool or white fur.
Peter Puppy The children may like to make droopy ears out of paper, with pale
brown patches painted on them. These can then be attached to headbands for
wearing.
Quarrelsome Queen dress like a queen
Red Robot Add any red clothing and make a robot mask.
Sammy Snake You may like to make a Sammy Snake glove puppet (using a
large sock) or mask.
Talking Tess Make a little telephone for Tess to carry.
Uppy Umbrella carry an umbrella.
Mr U Add gold buttons or braid to a jacket and find or make a toy cap similar to
Mr U's.
Vicky Violet Make a child's face the centre for a five petal headdress.
Walter Walrus Make a pair of grey gloves look like flippers!
Fix-it Max Make a large red cardboard x. Or give out some tools to hold.
Yellow Yo-yo Man yellow cap or visor and a yoyo.
Zig Zag Zebra Add some black and white striped clothing