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World book day in schools…more money for parents to spend.

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Beechnut Thu 02-Mar-23 16:58:31

I prefer homemade/improvised and it was something I enjoyed doing for my daughter (and still do as old as she is). Her first outfit for WBD was Peter Pan. I made it out of an old crimpline dress of my mums and a friend I had at the time was quite snotty with me over it.

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Chestnut Thu 02-Mar-23 16:55:32

My daughter was up last night making Room on the Broom things so her daughter would be dressed up nicely. In this day and age with parents working their socks off and very short of cash I think it's wrong they are expected to do any dressing up. They either have to spend money buying something or spend time making something, both of which they are probably short of.

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Sago Thu 02-Mar-23 16:45:20
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Today is world book day our lovely granddaughter wanted to go as Dolly Parton, she loves her “ Little People Big Dreams “ books and Dolly is her heroine😬.
There are obviously 2 huge reasons why my daughter didn’t allow her to go dressed as Dolly😬.
The compromise was Frida Kahlo, but there is no such thing as a Frida costume so my daughter used her imagination.
Granddaughter was in tears because she says she will be the only one not in a costume from a costume shop!
Of course she won’t be🤞.
Should schools find another way of promoting the day without parents having to splash out on costumes?
IMHO they should home made/improvised only!

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