Look through EVERYONE'S wardrobes. Dad's tie may make a great Penny Crayon costume and an apron could be fashioned into an Alice in Wonderland dress. All you need is pyjamas or a nightie, some glasses and your own jar of 'sweet dreams', easily done with a washed out jam jar, some paper and even better if you can include some battery powered fairy lights or candles to add to the magic. Room on the Broom

The cost of living crisis continues to affect every household across the UK and when bills are mounting and the cost of feeding the family has doubled, yet another dress up day at school is something we could surely all do without!? And it's incredibly simple to pull off. All you need is a denim dress, skirt or shorts, teamed with a pair of tights and a cardigan and finish it off with a red hair ribbon and be sure to grab a book as a prop! Bruce Bogtrotter The main thing needed here is straw! Grab some wellies and hats and stuff them with straw and your half way there. David Walliams is another author whose characters are often recreated on World Book Day. One of the most popular character's is Demon Dentist. The evil character is easily recreated with an all white outfit and some fake blood, red food colouring or even ketchup! Sophie then curiously explores the BFG's workshop by herself and asks him that he can't keep secrets from her to which she explains to him that she sneaks around at night, sometimes steals, and also lies. She explains to him that she never had a giant friend like him as Sophie explains to him that she is very lonely with no friend. She then warns the BFG about the Fleshlumpeater who is looking after her to which after discussing with him about the giant she talked about, the BFG and Sophie walk outside and plan to get to the top of the mountain without disturbing the Fleshlumpeater's henchmen only for the BFG to be grabbed by the Bloodbottler just as Sophie escapes into a cab to which the Gizzardgulper carries the vehicle still with Sophie inside as the two giants speed toward each other to which BFG manages to escape from them with Sophie on his hand.

Top tips for making World Book Day costumes

If you’ve been following me on social media, you’ll have seen some of the fun we’ve been having trying out various World Book Day Costumes for boys and girls. The costumes were very kindly sent to us courtesy of Smiffy’s, but we chose them and all opinions expressed are entirely my own. World Book Day Costumes

If you want to look like Veruca Salt on World Book Day, then creating a costume based on her should be very easy.

More easy Roald Dahl costumes

Later, the Queen's maid Mary brushes Sophie's hair to get ready for the invitation just as a footman makes way for Sophie who enters the hallway. Sophie, wearing a navy-blue dress, walks in the hallway and meets the BFG inside to which she, the BFG, and the Queen are served breakfast inside the dining room just as she watches him try the food he never tasted before just as she is tasked to eat breakfast just like her giant friend is eating to which she eats the strawberries and whipped cream served to her during breakfast time. As the footmen serve him tea, she instructs her friend to drink tea in a proper way to which he feels dissatisfied of the tea and prefers Frobscottle over it. She then sees a group of generals marching to the Palace where the BFG devises a plan to fight against Fleshlumpeater and save England from the giants just as Sophie shows support to her friend along with the generals to which Sophie joins him.