We’re launching an exciting new competition for the best, most monstrous costumes – just in time for Halloween!

We would love to see some terrible teachers, repulsive parents, terrifying TAs and horrible Headteachers dressed up in all manner of scales, teeth, warts and claws!

We’re obviously hoping that our wonderful teachers and parent fans will involve the children in the design of their monster costume too (eek – this sounds scary!).

Send in photos to [email protected] or enter via Facebook using this link.

The winner will receive a £150 bundle of Usborne books for their school or home and two runners up will each receive a £75 bundle of Usborne books.

How to enter.

1. Take a picture of you wearing your monster outfit

2. Send in a photograph with your name and school to the following address [email protected] or enter via our Facebook page.

4 Closing date 7th November 2013

Entries will be judged by Ceri Williams. Ceri Williams is a specific learning difficulties tutor for Torfaen LEA and Jazz musician. Thanks Ceri!

Terms and Conditions for the competition can be found here: Competition Terms and Conditions

Good Luck! We cannot wait to see those monster costumes!

Long before the summer days kicked in (the best summer the UK has had in years it must be said!), we ran a competition to design a monster for the new game ‘Fun With Words’.

We received a whopping 500 monster entries to the competition, and after some hard deliberation by our judges, it was decided that the monster ‘Garbage’ drawn by Tanzina (age 10) would be featured in the new game.

Here’s Tanzina’s drawing next to the finished ‘Garbage’, illustrated by the fantastic Rich Wake. Wow! This monster can now be made by adding all these various body parts together at the beginning of the game.

Here’s a short time-lapse video of Rich bringing the monster to life. It’s fun to see the monster take shape!

Runner-up news!

Our competition runner-up Devlon has also been busy. Devlon created the brilliant monster Ogo (one of my personal favourites).

Here’s what Devlon said about the competition:

“I am really proud to be a runner up. My friend helped me to choose the books and Mrs Stephens (The Head Teacher) was really pleased as we need books for our new library. I can’t wait to play the new game!”

Here’s Devlon with Ogo and with his friend Angus – reading their winning books! Hooray!

To view all our amazing competition monsters then take a look at ‘The Monster Gallery” on Flickr.

We’ll be launching a new competition next week – just in time for Halloween. Watch this space!