Need some Halloween costume inspiration ... or from a horror film (don’t get us started on wearing any old fancy dress – being a cat, duh, will just about pass, but Elsa from Frozen is ...

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If you’ve found that an event such as World Book Day or Halloween has rolled around all too quickly, here are a few quick and easy character costume ideas from CBeebies programmes that started ...

Many of them are also on sale from Halloween, so you may need to pick carefully to ensure they match a book. Fancy dress shops will have a wider selection, but will most likely be more expensive ...