"Casual" day

[daemonluna]

The last Friday of every month is casual day at one of my two schools. Usually, the wee kiddies are in uniform, but on casual day, there are no uniforms and there is a theme. Pajama day, wacky hair day, inside-out day, these are all well and good. (Fancy Dress Day in December, not so much.)

I spent an hour tonight making a giant paper bag.

Tomorrow is "dress like your favourite book character day," and seeing as I'm the librarian, I can't exactly not play. (Plus, Friday mornings I have five classes in, and all but one class of grade fours is seven or under.)

So yes, I am going as the Paper Bag Princess. We share the same first name and everything. We shall see how many Harry Potters there are running about. I'm totally taking my camera!

Comments

[dine.livejournal.com]

I love that book! it's absolutely wonderful, and I do hope you'll share any photos! I wanna see your giant paper bag costume

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

"Because you, Ronald, are a bum!" I love the book, too, and will try and get some pictures of me being a big dork to share!

[placidia.livejournal.com]

I still have that book somewhere, but I can't recall the plot. I know I liked it, but something really annoyed me. I'd guess it must have been Ronald.

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

It was probably Ronald. *g* I just remember at the age of six being incredibly amused by the fact that she calls him a bum. At any rate, I read it to approximately seventy-five kids over the course of the morning.

[mimisgrotto.livejournal.com]

It's so cool that schools still have Book dress-up day.

Coming from 13 years of school uniform, I remember how exciting that was, to dress up. I went as George Herriman's 'Krazy Kat' when I was about 8.
Yes, I KNOW it's a comic and not a book, but it was obscure enough that noone argued with me ;)

International Days were always popular, too.
They were a LOT less frequent than once a month, though. Damn, I bet that stresses a lot of non-crafty parents ;)

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

Hee. Krazy Kat sounds like an awesome costume.

Oh, we had a whole bunch of not really book characters, from ninja turtles and Disney princesses to hockey players. (And a kid in a santa hat who was a "hockey playing Santa who left his jersey in the classroom. Oookay then.)

The last few casual day themes have been way too labour-intensive. (Especially since it's always Fridays when I mostly have the little guys in the library, so I kind of have to play along.) Pajama Day and Crazy Hair Day were okay, but from there it was Costume Day, Fancy Dress Day, and Dress Like Your Favourite Book Character Day. Fortunately, next month? Athletic Wear Day. I'll be so glad to be able to pull on a sweatshirt and jeans and call it done.