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Cut a length of foam (around an inch and a half deep), to fit snugly around the circumference of the head you're making the costume for. Well — I’m not entirely sure what the anatomical differences are, between a praying mantis and a grasshopper, but I managed to convince him that it would work for either. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Get the face paints out. Book characters can easily come to life with cute painted faces. Think The Tiger Who Came to Tea or the Cheshire Cat. These form the eyes of your grasshopper costume. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. To begin, draw round a bowl, to create a couple of circles on one of the sleets of foam, then cut them out with a pair of scissors.

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. For the wings, I took a couple of lengths of bubble wrap and cut them into two long, teardrop shapes. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. If you're after more book-smart ideas on how to make easy World Book Day costumes, we've got you covered! Here are just some of our vital tips for making easy and affordable costumes for World Book Day: The curly plastic band snapped after a couple of ‘dress rehearsal try-ons’, so I ended up making a band from the foam instead.I’m sure if your little son or daughter comes home one day and announces that they need a praying mantis costume for school, this will do the job nicely.

If you're feeling creative, you can also add a little pattern on the face of each one, to give the impression of insect wings. Then I cut the visor into a rounded point and also cut two lengths of foam to make antennae. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Next, I cut a single line — from the edge of the circle to the centre — through each circle; then overlapped the edges and glued them together, creating a shallow cone shape.Next, cut a single line — from the edge of the circle to the centre — through each circle; then overlap the edges and glue them together, creating a shallow cone shape. I took a couple of sheets of foam and glued down the long edge to create a tube, making sure that Bertie’s hands fit snugly into one end; almost like gloves. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. Photo Credit: The Listed Home. For the wings, take a couple of lengths of bubble wrap and cut them into two long, teardrop shapes. Adapt a PE or sports kit, or their school uniform - think Football Academy for sports kit, Harry Potter and St Trinian's for the uniform.