best costume competition

COMENIUSSv. Cirila in Metoda School

Trst – TriesteITALY

CARNIVALBest Costume Competition

Trst – Trieste, Feb. 16th, 2010

‘Carnival is in winter in February. It’s a beautiful festival. At the school party we play bingo.’ RAFAEL

Workshop: masks

One group prepared masks using coloured cardboard, scissors and glue.

‘Carnival in Brasil is fantasic. My favourite costume is a princess because I have a long dress.’ SARA

‘Carnival is a beautiful festival. We dress up. At school we have a beautiful party.’ LUCIA

‘During Carnival only people in Trieste eat ‘krofi’, ‘fritole’ and ‘crostoli’. My favourites are ‘crostoli’. They are biscuits with sugar.’ AILEN

‘On Mardi Gras at school we have a party. We dress up as Spiderman, Batman… . We play bingo, we dance … .’ ERIKA

Decorating the school hall

After making the masks the pupils decorated the school hall for the Best Costume Competition.

‘Carnival is a beautiful festival. At school parties we play bingo. We dress up. At the parties we dance.’ IVAN S.

‘At Carnival people organise parties. At school we have a best costume competition.’ IVAN R.

‘The Carnival is a big festival and the special food is ‘crostoli’ and ‘fritole’. The allegorical carts are beautiful and we play bingo and dance.’ GIULIO

Workshop: costume making

Pupils made their own costumes during Art lessons at school. They used coloured rubbish bin bags and different types of paper. They also used scissors, staplers and glue.

‘Carnival is a beautiful festival.’ IVAN G.

‘We dress up and go to parties. We have school parties and we decorate the school hall. At Carnival the food is very fatty. In Venice the Carnival is very popular.’ MARTA

‘At Carnival we dress up as Cinderella, jolly, Alice, witch, fairy, cat, Zorro … . Carnival is a beautiful festival all over the world. At parties we throw confetti. ‘ ALENKA

The Best Costume Competition

Pupils dressed up as the characters of their favourite fairy tales and stories.

• A FAIRY AND A WITCH

• A SUPERHERO

• SNOW WHITE & CO.

• ALICE IN WONDERLAND

‘At Carnival the children dress up and their parents make big allegorical carts.’ MARTIN

• THE KNIGHTS

• THE MUMMY !!!!!!

• THE JOLLY!!!!!

‘We walk around from house to house. It is fun!’ NEJC

• DWARVES

• PRINCESSES

• SLEEPING BEAUTY AND THE THREE FERIES

• BATMAN

‘We dress up as characters from fairy tales. We make these costumes.’ JULIJA

•The funniest costume : the Sleeping Beauty

•The best show: ‘the Knights’

•The most original costume: Martin ‘the Jolly’

•The best group: Snow White, the Witch and the 7 Dwarves

•The best indivdual: Enrico ‘the Mummy’