WWFDO HQ | February 2, 2012
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World Book Day: Measly Middle Ages

“Find out about miserable Medieval monks, the dreaded Black Death and schools that ‘really’ knew how to make children suffer. History with the nasty bits left in! History has never been so horrible! “

Horrible Histories has been teaching kids the(as the name says) more horrible parts of history for over a decade. Written by Terry Deary, it takes a comical approach to teaching history, with a less rigid structure than conventional books of it’s kind, in the second person and nowhere near as formal.

The measly middle ages talks about nasty Normans, nutty knights, monks, crusades and a lot more. The series of books is a great way to get your kids interested in history and reading, you can also get adaptations of the books on audio tapes. Or you could always catch one of it’ theatre productions this year!

Keeping with the middle ages theme, we present you with a crusader knights costume for kids:

World Book Day Kids Knight Costume

  1. Knights Costume with trousers, tunic and headpiece

  2. Knights Crusader set, two swords and shield

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WWFDO HQ | January 31, 2012
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Kid’s Fancy Dress Costumes For World Book Day

For World Book Day we’ve got some fabulous fancy dress ideas for your kids, with schools having days for dressing up to mark the occasion we’re putting together a few costumes for your little ones.

World Book Day Kids Viking Fancy Dress

  1. Viking Girl Costume brown dress with wristcuffs £14.82

  2. Boy’s Viking Costume top & trousers £16.38

  3. Viking Weapon Set sword and shield weapon set £6.25

Coming up to World Book Day we’ll have more costume ideas for your kids, so stay with us if you haven’t got them an outfit yet.

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WWFDO HQ | January 26, 2012
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Brilliant Kids Books For World Book Day Part 2

World Book Day Logo

Part 2 of our look at kids books for world book day and we have a few for the young teens this time, a one off spectacular piece of literature and two running series that have impressed the critics.

“They say that the shoulder blades are where your wings were when you were an angel,” she said. “They say they’re where your wings will grow again one day.”

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WWFDO HQ | January 24, 2012
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Best Kids Books For World Book Day Part 1

World Book Day March 1st

Books are great for kids, stories you can share with them that they’ll always remember, reading helps them learn skills for life. So in part 1 we’re looking at some of the best books for under tens this World Book Day, classics that will always be cherished by kids and parents alike.

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?

Gollum’s riddle,The Hobbit

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WWFDO HQ | January 13, 2012
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Beauty & The Beast Now In 3D!

Beauty & The Beast (Source:screencave)

Beauty & The Beast, image courtesy of Screencave

“Don’t you see? She’s the one! The girl we have been waiting for! She has come to break the spell!”

Today sees the re-release of Beauty & The Beast in 3D at a cinema near you.

The third film in the Disney Renaissance period it’s loosely based around the fairy tale La Belle et la Bete.

A childhood classic, it features a strong heroine, beautiful musical pieces and a story whose themes give children a moral message of Beauty being on the inside.

Coming on the back of the success of The Lion King’s 3D re-issue, the process has been an arduous one from a technical standpoint. Being the second film Converted to 3D, this classic masterpiece involved a year of research to develop the tools to convert it.

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WWFDO HQ | January 13, 2012
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Sherlock: the revival continues


Sherlock (source:bbc.co.uk)

Sherlock, image courtesy of the BBC

“Look at that, Mrs Hudson. Quiet. Calm. Peaceful. Isn’t it hateful?”


The BBC’s Sherlock continues with on Sunday with The Reichanbach Fall, featuring the detective’s arch nemesis Moriarty! So far this season the classic tales of The Hound Of Baskerville and A Scandal In Bohemia have been adapted to this modern retelling.

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WWFDO HQ | January 10, 2012
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Valentine’s: Celebs in fancy dress


Seal & Heidi Klum as Ravens (source:popsugar)

Seal & Heidi Klum as Ravens, image courtesy of popsugar.co.uk

Fancy dress is a great way to dress up with your other half, celebrities have been showing us how it’s done for years, here’s some of the best we’ve seen.

Here we have Heidi Klum and Seal giving tribute to Edgar Allen Poe as foreboding ravens. at a glitzy bash.

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WWFDO HQ | January 9, 2012
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The King, Elvis Presley Live?

Elvis Presley (source:latimes.com)

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Never got to see The King in concert? Maybe it’s not too late, Elvis Presley in concert is touring this year!

The King may be missing to but thanks a full orchestra, some of his original band mates and footage from some his most electrifying concerts, the Elvis experience has brought The King back to life.

The performers play live alongside Elvis’ vocals, stripped from selected multi-track footage of MGM concert films “Elvis, That’s The Way It Is” (1970), “Elvis on Tour” (1972) and from the television special “Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii, via Satellite.”

Presley is projected onto giant screens alongside the musicians, his stage presence; the seamless interaction with live musicians makes for an intense experience. The quality of the production from lighting and stage design to the actual performance makes the show unmissable.

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WWFDO HQ | October 31, 2011
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Happy Halloween, One and All!

We just want to say

Happy Halloween - WWFDO

We love all of our fabulous readers out there, and we hope you had a brilliant Halloween weekend and have an even better Halloween night!

Stay safe and make sure you have a spook-tacular night!

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WWFDO HQ | October 30, 2011
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How To: Zombie Make Up Tutorials, Part 2

Yesterday, we took a look at zombie make up for women, so now we decided to show how to apply zombie make up, if you’re a man. (And don’t worry, we’ll keep the actual make-up required down to a minimum!)

So just read on….

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