Don't panic. It's World Book Day on 2nd March 2017 and the challenge is on to kit your child out as their favourite character from a book.
In case your imagination has run dry and you need inspiration, the following posts should give you plenty of budget-friendly ideas.
And don't worry, if you're a craft-duffer like I am, trust me you will be able to do one of these.
And if not, there's always Smiffys, or Amazon (bad mum alert!).
Keep reading for plenty of useful suggestions and the relevant links.
Worldbookday.com
2017 celebrates the 20th World Book Day, the aim of which is to encourage children in the UK and Ireland to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own.
Schools are being sent packs of Book Tokens and age-ranged World Book Day Resource Packs (age-ranged into Nursery/Pre-School, Primary and Secondary) full of ideas and activities, display material and more information about how to get involved in World Book Day.
World Book Day has its own really useful website with plenty of dressing up ideas which you can find here.
This year if you donate £1 to dress up and you can help change lives at the same time by helping Book Aid International.
You'll find even more dressing up ideas on the Book Aid International website here.
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| Ieuan as Willy Wonka |
Wales Online have put together some really useful ideas - and you could even re-use the costumes you doubtless had to cobble together for Roald Dahl Day last year.
World Book Day 2015: What To Wear - The Guardian
A useful collection of real life costumes featuring photos parents have sent in to the Guardian's photo gallery.
As you might expect, you'll find some useful ideas on Netmums and Mumsnet.
If you live in the North East, ChronicleLive has 41 Inspiring World Book Day Costumes From Families in Newcastle and the North East.
More ideas from The Daily Post in North Wales in its piece "When is World Book Day 2017. Some Ideas And Find Out What Is Expected To Be This Year's Best Seller"
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| Caitlin as Matilda |
More ideas from the Manchester Evening News and the Liverpool Echo and ChronicleLive's "10 World Book Day Costume Ideas from Tesco, Asda and Sainsburys".
This list may also help "15 Best Children's Books Of All Time" from The Telegraph.
But are there any characters you shouldn't dress your child up as? I recently heard the story of a woman who sent her son to school dressed as serial killer Dexter and then there was the mum whose son's favourite book was his Top Gear Annual - so she sent him in dressed as Jeremy Clarkson.
And on that bombshell......
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