Opinions and suggestions most welcome (aka pleeeeeese help)

[Nightshade]

First off hello Im back :wave:
second Yes I need help again... this time its a bit odd.
Every year in the Uk libraries they have a reading challenge for kids ( if you have a child aged 6-11) look it up lots of fun.
Anyway its a themed thing and the children get to read any 6 books then move along this themed poster till they rech the end and in september they will get a certificate and medal.
last year it was the reading Voyage and my library dressed up as Pirates this year its The reading mission and Im supposed to get a "spy, detective" costume preferbly from a book.. oh and a wheres wally costume but as we already done that once I have that one.
Anyway to get to the point I need suggestions for costumes.

My little sister said the tardis (http://www.drwhoguide.com/tardis.jpg) ..... somehow I think NOT!

[ShoutGrace]

First off hello Im back

Hi! :wave:

I think that you should go for a noir Dick Tracy type of thing. Although, you might want something unique that no one else will use . . . you might look good dressed up like an inanimate object. :D

What does a Where's Wally costume look like?

[AimusSage]

Like I told you before: Inspector Gadget!

[Nightshade]

wheres wally (http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/northdevongazette/flatfiles/features/2004/childreninneed/wally.jpg) not my library BTW.. anyway I got to where a dress last time but this time Im probably not going to get out of the dreaded stripes that easily.
Who is dick tracy why is the name familiar...
yes Aimus inspecator gadget is one but I need a costume foor each week of the summer holiday thats 6 and then one for the presntaton evening....:eek2:

[ShoutGrace]

Like I told you before: Inspector Gadget!

How could you even produce a reasonable facsimile of the Inspector? She shouldn't commit an injustice :D .


wheres wally


Well, I guess that makes sense. :p I should have thought of that.

[Nightshade]

well theres also the fact that I where a head scarf easily incorparted nto pirates and medevial and at a pinch the witches costume but detcetives are a bit trickier....

[AimusSage]

you can just place the gadget head on top of the scarf, would be perfect.

GO GO GADGET!

[Nightshade]

Do I have to say Go GO gadget??
What was the name of the captain in Tin TIn
the one who said "blusturing barnicles"??

[AimusSage]

Captain Haddock!

[Nightshade]

oh no! :lol: I cant go as that I'd get "what no chips, duck?" all day
((g))

[AimusSage]

See, gadget is the way to go

[kathycf]

A fedora and/or a deerstalker hat(s) always work for me when I dress like a detective, they are very "detectivey" ;)

(and Inspector Gadget wears a fedora...)

[RobinHood3000]

Yellow trench coat and fedora - Dick Tracy
Khaki trench coat and fedora - Inspector Gadget
A suit, stuffed with many, many pillows - Nero Wolfe
A bald cap and a HUGE moustache - Hercule Poirot

Feel free to go after Sherlock Holmes, if you like -- I can't for the life of me remember what his hat is called.

[Petrarch's Love]

You could stick on a grey wig, grab some knitting needles and go as Miss Marple. :D Of course, there's always Sherlock, whom I've imitated successfully in the past. A deerstalker cap, fake pipe and a phony magnifying glass is all it really takes. In fact magnifying glasses in general are a good idea. You can get some small ones cheap that might be fun to hand out to the kids. Here (http://www.orientaltrading.com/application?namespace=browse&origin=browseProductMain.jsp&event=link.itemDetails&demandPrefix=11&sku=39/123&xsaleSku=39/1689) for example, you can get 144 magnifiers for about 8 USD.

[kathycf]

Yellow trench coat and fedora - Dick Tracy
Khaki trench coat and fedora - Inspector Gadget
A suit, stuffed with many, many pillows - Nero Wolfe
A bald cap and a HUGE moustache - Hercule Poirot

Feel free to go after Sherlock Holmes, if you like -- I can't for the life of me remember what his hat is called.



A fedora and/or a deerstalker hat(s) always work for me when I dress like a detective, they are very "detectivey" ;)

(and Inspector Gadget wears a fedora...)

Perhaps a deerstalker hat? :D http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/786.jpg

I really like the fedora the best, it is extremely detectivey...Humphrey Bogart wears one in some of his detective movies. A fedora may be all that is needed! Although the pillows/Nero Wolfe idea could be an option.

[RobinHood3000]

Feel free to get a plastic orchid, as well. I would recommend against a bottle of beer.

[Nightshade]

who is wolfe???
then again who's dick tracey name rings a bell but cant think why...
:lol: thanks everyone:D

[kathycf]

who is wolfe???
then again who's dick tracey name rings a bell but cant think why...
:lol: thanks everyone:D
Heh, Nero Wolfe was a fictional detective in a series of books by Rex Stout. Wolfe is a very intelligent man who is mostly housebound (he is not a people person) and relies on his second in command Archie Goodwin. He is very grumpy, an epicurean, lover of orchids and a rather heavy person. He actually has many pecadillos, but is pretty cool. I like the books.

Dick Tracy? Famous comic book detective, there was a movie in the 80's that starred Warren Beatty and Madonna.

[AimusSage]

Heh, Nero Wolfe was a fictional detective in a series of books by Rex Stout. Wolfe is a very intelligent man who is mostly housebound (he is not a people person) and relies on his second in command Archie Goodwin. He is very grumpy, an epicurean, lover of orchids and a rather heavy person. He actually has many pecadillos, but is pretty cool. I like the books.

Dick Tracy? Famous comic book detective, there was a movie in the 80's that starred Warren Beatty and Madonna.

80's???? it's 1990! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099422/) You're turnipey aren't you, having forgotten that. ;)

[kathycf]

80's???? it's 1990! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099422/) You're turnipey aren't you, having forgotten that. ;)
Bah, humbug! I blame the whole thing on Warren Beatty. You may be right about me being turnipey though.... :p