Handy tips
Costumes:
1. Make or buy a costume that is at least two sizes too big so nappies/diapers and skisuits fit underneath. That way, your child won't freeze to death and the costume will fit them for at least the next year and a half when it's nicer weather for dressing up.2. Tails WILL get pulled off. Have a safety pin handy.
3. Mind capes are sewn onto clothing not tied around necks. No one wants Superman sliding into unconsciousness. Seriously.
3. Perhaps keep a spare superhero/princess dress in your bag just in case your kid is the only Barbapapa and has an amoebic meltdown.
Barrels:
1. Don't stand too close to little kids holding a baseball bat or you might lose your front teeth, kneecaps or ability to reproduce as well as your cool.2. Pace yourself. Don't whack the barrel with all your might on the first try. This is a war of attrition.
3. Stand behind a person who looks like they hit hard but hold onto the bat.
4. That way, when the bottom falls out of the barrel, the chances are you'll be near enough to the front of the queue to get at the goodies faster than they can because they're still holding the bat.
5. Hit the bottom out of the barrel and you will be crowned Cat Queen - whether or not you are wearing a dress.
6. Make the last slat (piece of wood that makes up the side of the barrel) fall off the rope and you'll be crowned Cat King. But this can take hours.
7. Don't worry. Though there is a cat painted on the outside of the barrel, the only things inside it these days are sweets or oranges, depending on how politically correct the kindergarten is. Oranges bounce nicely but when eaten make a disgusting sticky mess down the front of everything in sight. Two seconds and there'll be no trace of the sweets except the wrappers.
HAVE FUN!
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