Darth Vader Christmas tree.

Dressing up is a common occurrence in our household. Bug needs no excuse to dress up and with his huge collection of fancy dress costumes, a big selection of which are superheroes, he is often in fancy dress. It is a common sight to see Bug strutting his stuff in Tesco as Batman or playing at the park as Captain America.

As we love fancy dress costumes, especially Bug who loves nothing more than dressing up as his favourite characters, we could not resist taking part in the Tickled Pink fancy dress challenge. We were challenged to take one of their fancy dress costumes and give it a Christmas twist.

With Star Wars being all the rage at the moment and talk of the playground Bug has declared himself a fan of Star Wars and Darth Vader as his favourite ‘bad guy’ in spite of having never seen Star Wars himself. As such we decided to get a Darth Vader costume from Tickled Pink.

Little Donkey, Little Donkey.

I have fond memories of taking part in my school’s Christmas concerts as a child. I never had the starring role, which as a bit of a wallflower I was relieved about. Over the years I was Mrs Claus, the magic mirror in Snow White, the Star of Bethlehem and an Angel. I was very lucky that as my mum is a dab hand at sewing and costume making every year without fail she would make a costume for me and my sister from scratch.

Having admired my mum’s prowess at costume making I have always hoped to follow her footsteps and make my children their fancy dress costumes for school events and concerts. Last year for Bug’s Christmas concert along with World Book Day and the Barnardo’s Pirate Toddle Walk, I lived up to my hopes and make Bug costumes myself.

When school told us about Bug needing a donkey costume for this year’s Christmas costume I hoped to make it myself but thanks to us all being struck down with illness and a huge amount of other commitments to deal with making a costume was not going to be that possible. To make things a little easier and take the strain off I went on the search for a pre-made costume for Bug.

Thankfully Fun Warehouse came to my rescue with their Donkey costume.

The cute Donkey costume is an all-in-one onesie with hood.

Nativity fancy dress costumes with Fun Warehouse.

For parents of primary school aged children December is the month of school Christmas concerts. As well as hearing Christmas songs and lines being learnt parents have the task of getting their children kitted out in the right outfit for their role in the concert.

To take the stress out of dressing your child in the correct outfit for their part in the nativity concert why not visit Fun Warehouse who have great nativity fancy dress costumes ideal for school nativity plays.

Christmas fancy dress costumes with Fun Warehouse.

There’s something about a seasonal holiday that inspires the desire to dress up in fancy dress costumes and have fun. With Christmas fast approaching, this festive holiday is yet another chance to dress up in fancy dress.

Get in the mood for Christmas by dressing up in a Christmas themed fancy dress costume. To help people bring the Christmas spirit alive and have fun this festive season Fun Warehouse have an impressive range of Christmas fancy dress costumes for both children and adults.

Children can enjoy getting all Christmassy in these cute and fun Christmas themed costumes. The website has iconic Christmas characters for little ones to dress up in including Santa, Mrs Claus, Rudolph the reindeer and a loveable snowman.