BBC - Children in Need

How Will You Wear Yours?

Pudsey was honoured that you all wore his spotty bandana to show your support this year- it looked fantastic seeing you all at the various events across the UK all spotty like him! You can still get creative with your bandana over the festive season and we've got some great ideas to get you going! There are simple ideas which just need a bandana, or if you're a dab hand with a needle and cotton, we've got some great ideas for accessories and clothing. And of course, spots are most definitely in so whether you wear it as an accessory or use it as a napkin with your Christmas dinner - you are sure to look cool!

Get with the Bear online

To support this year's Appeal, you can create Pudseyfied profile pictures for all your social networking sites. So wherever you are, and whatever you're doing in your photo, you can be sure you'll be spotty and looking hip like Tess!

For just £1 you can download your choice of BBC Children in Need accessories: Pudsey's bandana, a neckerchief or Blush's cute hair bow, which you could also wear as a bow tie. 100 percent of the £1 from each download will be added to the grand total raised this for this year's Appeal.

To get your fab accessory, simply go to pudseybandana.co.uk

Get creative

There are also plenty of ways to get creative with the bandana offline. In honour of our 30th Appeal this year, and to celebrate 30 years of changing children's lives across the UK, we have 30 ways to go spotty with the bandana. All you need is one or more Pudsey bandana and you're ready to go!

For you busy bees, here's a few ideas if you have 1 minute to spare...

- Put it in your hair
- Make it into a neckerchief
- Tie it around your wrist
- Put it in your back pocket
- Put it in your jacket pocket
- Wear it like Superman
- Wear it 'Pudsey Style'
- Wear it as a belt
- Wear it rambo style around your head
- Tie it around your purse or backpack
- Make a band around your bowler hat
- Use it as a blanket
- Wear it as a headscarf
- Use it to line your drawers
- Use it for a sponsored three legged race
- Wear it as a garter on your wedding day
- Use it as a bib
- Use it as a flag
- Wear it as a blindfold in your fundraising games
- Tie some together to make a tug o' war rope
- Use it as a picnic blanket

If you have a little more time, here are some great ideas for getting creative with the bandana:

Clothing & Accessories

If you want to make a fashion statement... making a positive change to disadvantaged young lives is never out of fashion. Wearing a spotted bandana over your eye, however, is questionable for most of us, despite it looking great on Pudsey! His bandana represents more than just what's hot this season so show your support, join the celebrities and look the part with these fab spotty items!

Dinner Parties
Pyjama parties are a favourite across the nation when it comes to fundraising with your friends, however, you can also do dinner parties using the fabulous homeware accessory ideas below.

Fundraising Accessories
You can use the bandana as a table cloth at your cake sale or car boot sale, or as a tea towel during your bake-a-thon, tie it around your handle bars on your sponsored bike ride or use it as an apron when baking. There are so many fabulous things you can do with a Pudsey bandana and below are instructions on how to make your very own spotty bunting for your event!

At School
There are loads of great school fundraising ideas in our Ideas & Toolkits section but here are a couple of great ideas to get your teachers and friends seeing spots!