DIY Gladion Costume Dress-Up

Book Week 2020 is coming up and G1 wanted a Gladion costume. Before you ask, “Is that even a book?” Let me assure you that it is… Gladion is a character from the Pokemon Manga series – Sun and Moon: It is a series of graphic novels inspired by the Pokemon Games – Sun and

DIY: Dragon Costume

For Book Week, the boys dressed up as Nightwing dragons from the book series “Wings of Fire” by Tui T Sutherland. It was a last minute rush job – I started work on it two days before the dress-up day – so it didn’t turn out quite as well as I would have liked. In

Book Week Family Reading Challenge

Our school kicked off a family reading challenge during book week following the idea from a father daughter challenge to read together for 100 straight bedtimes without missing once. Our children were given a goal to read for ten minutes each evening for two weeks in a row with a parent or a family member. So that’s what we did… The idea behind it

DIY Dress-up: Harry Potter

It’s Book Week again and G1 wanted to be Harry Potter this time. That meant two costumes because G2 would surely tell me just before dress-up day that he wants to be Harry Potter, too. I started googling pictures and I noticed that Harry Potter’s Hogwarts robes from the first movie is different from the

Book Week Dress Up!

It was Book Week at school and G1 had to dress up as a book character. He wanted to be the Strawberry in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Just in case you’re wondering, the strawberry in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is actually a boy and its name is Barry. Also,