Dress-a-Bessie
'Dress up a doll with a whole range of clothes and accessories, from shoes to hats – drag and drop your selections.'

We’ve gone a bit girly this month, with ten dressing up games – play around with styles and colours and check out new designs, all without costing you a penny!

Small but important print: All games are free downloads or free to view online, and need the minimum of equipment.

Some games require your browser to have a 'plug in' for Shockwave, Flash or Java.

To play a game, simply click on its name.

If you are a parent, we advise you to try the game and the site it's on first before letting your kids play them, to make sure you're happy.

When downloading games from the Internet, don't forget to keep your anti-virus and anti-spyware software up to date.

• Dress-a-Bessie

Click on the wardrobe and dress up Bessie the cow!

• In Your Heart

Dress up a doll with a whole range of clothes and accessories, from shoes to hats – drag and drop your selections.

• Baby in Room

Choose hair, clothes and shoes for the baby, and drag and drop to dress him (or her). Click next to enter your name, and then OK to finish.

• Dress a Colonist

Dress up a colonist in 1628 – drag the clothes over to the dressing area, and find out whether you are right or wrong.

• Wednesday Adamms Dress Up

Dress up Wednesday Adamms from the Adamms Family . Click on the category to cycle through the different options, and click ‘done’ to see the final result. Watch out for the spider!

• Autumn Magic

Drag and drop hair, clothes and accessories onto the model, and when you’ve done, click on the thumbs up to finish. You can print out your finished design as well.

• Goth Wedding Dress Up

Choose from all the different options to dress up the Goth bride, including a purple veil and a black bouquet – dare to be different! Click ‘show’ to look at the finished thing.

• Will Smith Dress Up

A bit less girly this one – dress up Will Smith by dragging and dropping, from hat to boots.

• Archie Comics Dress Up Game

Pick a character from Archie comics, choose a location, and dress your character to fit by dragging and dropping clothes and accessories.

• Lovely Twin

Dress the babies by clicking on the clothing – keep clicking to find the style you want. Once you have finished, click ‘show’, and then click ‘next scene’ to see your baby twins in the playroom, in the park and all over the place.

And as an extra – print out some old-fashioned paper dolls and clothes (or some characters from Star Wars ) and get dressing up!

Suzanne Elvidge is a freelance writer and Surefish Ethical Living Editor