Make your own donkey costume. Shopping list: A pair of brown tights or leggings, some brown felt, a long brown woolly jumper, some glue, a pair of black gloves and black socks, 2 pipe cleaners ...

If your budding actor is going to be a shepherd, wise man, angel or donkey in this year's nativity and you begrudge spending £10 to £20 on a costume, then look no further.