Roald Dahl Day

Start: 13th Sep 2024 9:00am

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Celebrate Roald Dahl Day by dressing up as your favourite character from one of his many much-loved books. 

Here are some ideas for outfits: 

•    Matilda Wormwood (Matilda)
Blue dress (actually any dress will do!), hairband and a pile of books. 

•    Mr or Mrs Twit (The Twits)
Scruffy clothes, messy hair and a long warty nose for Mrs Twit (download our guide to making your Mrs Twit nose!), scruffy beard for Mr Twit.

•    Sophie (The BFG)
Pink dress (or a nightie) and glasses

•    Charlie Bucket (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Charlie wears old clothes - just jeans and an old t-shirt will do.  Just remember to decorate a golden ticket and you'll look the part.

•    Miss Spider (James and the Giant Peach)
Black top and black leggings or trousers, stuff a couple of pairs of black tights with newspaper to create extra spider legs and drape around the neck or attach to a belt.

•    Yummy Yellow
Don't forget, yellow was Roald Dahl's favourite colour so you can join in the ‘Dahlicious Dress Up Day’ by wearing anything yellow.

Some trickier ones:
•    Willy Wonka (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Purple or dark red jacket (actually any vibrant colour will do!). Add a top hat and cane, and use some ribbon or a scarf to create a bow tie. 

•    The Enormous Crocodile (The Enormous Crocodile)
Dress in a green outfit – t-shirt and trousers or leggings. To create the crocodile head use a cereal box painted green, or covered in green material or paper.  Bubble wrap painted green covering the box makes a great scale effect. If you have lots of bubble wrap you could create a scaly cloak too!  Use white card stuck to the cereal box for the crocodile's eyes and teeth.

•    Oompa-Loompa (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Most people remember the Oompa-Loompas best from the Gene Wilder film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. You'll need orange face paint, a green wig and white trousers or dungarees!

•    James Henry Trotter (James and the Giant Peach)
James wears ordinary clothes, so put your creative energy into creating your very own papier-mache giant peach. You can decorate it with drawings or photos of insects. Top it off with seagulls for a really spectacular effect like our James pictured above.

•    The Big Friendly Giant (The BFG)
Long trousers (green or grey are ideal), shirt, waistcoat. Plus download our guide to making a pair of giant ears.