Super heroes abound!

There is nothing quite so much fun as making fancy-dress costumes for children. I don't mean the kind from patterns published in books or magazines. I mean taking items you have and turning them into costumes, and all the fun of researching and deciding the details with your little one.

We did just this at the weekend, to come up with a fancy dress costume for my little boy's birthday party.

So from one old negligee, a pair of tights, some gold ribbon, yellow craft foam, an off-cut of black leatherette and an old pair of pants... batman was born...

Ignore the red socks and cuffs - on the day they will not be making an appearance. Do you think Bruce Wayne would have been proud? My little chap was unsure about wearing his pants over his trousers, but even he had to admit, that when we consulted the comic book, that was how the man (bat?) himself did it.