Remote areas of Australia or large and bulky parcels may incur additional postage charges, we will contact you should this occur. For your Dennis the Menace dress-up outfit, all you need is a red and black stripey top, black shorts and some hair gel for his spiky hair. For a fun touch, consider using blue makeup to color your nose and part of your cheeks to re-create the scene where Violet first turns, well, violet. The BFG is a really popular dress-up idea for World Book Day, as shown here by U Me and the Kids on Pinterest. I am preparing other surprises that are even more marvelous and even more fantastic for you and for all my beloved Golden Ticket holders – mystic and marvelous surprises that will entice, delight, intrigue, astonish and perplex you beyond measure.

As part of a charity bake sale, wrap home-made bars (like flapjack, shortbread, millionaire’s shortcake) and include a Willy Wonka golden ticket in a few of them for people to find. So if you don't want to be up sewing until 2am, come up with your own shortlist of achievable costumes first, then let them pick from that list. And you are allowed to bring with you either one or two members of your own family to ensure that you don’t get into mischief.If your kids want to go as Roald Dahl’s The Twits, all they need is backcombed hair, a monobrow and a cane cut out from some cardboard. I, Willy Wonka, will conduct you around the factory myself, showing you everything that there is to see, and afterward, when it is time to leave, you will be escorted home by a procession of large trucks. There are many customizable templates out there that you can use to print beautiful golden tickets on specialty paper.

If you're looking for inspiration for costumes based on characters from books, then you've come to the right place!However, you can make a much simpler version using silver-painted cardboard, foil or silver clothes.

You can turn your child into pretty much any World Book Day character they fancy with a little crafting.

Then make your spider's legs using our step-by-step instructions for animal tails, and stitch onto the outfit. For instance, if you select an elegant theme for your ticket, then the design will have to be very elegant too. This kids Charlie and the Chocolate Factory costume is perfect for your next Book Week costumeparade or Movie and TV party.