Rubie's Official Amelia Fang Child Dress, Kids Fancy Dress

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I find this helps to move the gathers around if you want to position the volume more at the back or at the sides.

On World Book Day itself, Rubies and Laura will launch another competition where entrants can post a picture of themselves dressed up in Rubies’ Amelia Fang costumes on Instagram to win a series of signed Amelia Fang books. It’s the kind of job we fantasise about, like being the person who gets to name paint colours or lipsticks. Rubies has teamed up with Novel Entertainment for the promotional activity which offers an exclusive giveaway alongside the Horrid Henry dress-up costume. I cut a full circle from some black duchesse satin as the overskirt and box pleated some black and white striped cotton for the underskirt.

She's currently starring in Laura's book Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball,which follows her race to save her pet pumpkin Squashy from the King's spoiled son Tangine.

Just don’t forget to bring a small pumpkin with you – Amelia never leaves home without her pet pumpkin Squashy! Laura is the creator of EVIL EMPEROR PENGUIN and illustrator of WITCH WARS, as well as many other children’s books. This year’s World Book Day is on 7 March and if you’re feeling stumped for costume ideas, look no further! Emmy award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris has invented a band of magical apprentices who use their conjuring know-how to stop crime and escape from sticky situations.There are lots of exciting things coming up in October for the much-anticipated Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball. The Amelia Fang costumes are available in children’s sizes and there is also as an accessory set, featuring finishing touches for an outfit for the Pumpkin Ball. I have my milliner friend, Jayne Hepsibah Sullivan of the Hepsibah Gallery to thank for the introduction to animation wire. The Amelia Fang book series, published by Farshore/HarperCollins UK, has sold over 380,000 copies in the UK, and been translated into 24 languages worldwide.

Amelia is back this month in the new book Amelia Fang and the Memory Thief (just in time for some fang-tastic Halloween reading) and in honour of her brand-new adventure, author and illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson is showing us how it’s done. It’s a beloved book series with a strong and growing group of fans consisting of children and parents alike. Fran Hales, head of content and marketing at Rubies UK, said: “We are delighted to have both Laura Ellen Anderson on board for our ambitious plans to promote Amelia Fang on World Book Day.It’s wonderful to know that my fans and readers will be able to easily access this costume which can be worn for events such as World Book Day and Halloween, or just for fun. Popular among 7-9-year-olds, the seven book series invites readers to enter an imaginative, gothic world brought to life with creative illustrations. The company will design, market, manufacture and distribute the range in the UK from next year, and says the highly versatile character works equally as well for World Book Day as she does for Halloween. Held at T he Crypt of St Pancras Parish Church, London which was originally designed and used for coffin burials from 1822, when the Church was opened, to 1854, when the crypts of all London churches were closed to burials.