The outfit, which Helen bought on Amazon in November, was listed as ‘Labreeze kids boys brown shepherd costume inflatable sheep nativity fancy dress outfit’.
It arrived two weeks ago, and after checking the costume fit, Helen packaged it up in a name-tagged bag for Alfie to take into school on 26 November.
But when Helen went to pick Alfie up from school on the 6 December – a week before the nativity – she noticed the sheep in his bag.
Helen added, “I asked him, “why have you brought the sheep home Alfie?’
“It was part of his costume and I thought he might have been naughty and snuck it out of school.
“But he said the teacher had given him it to bring home, so I let it go.”
When they got home, Helen suggested she blow the sheep up for her young Alfie to play with – then the penny dropped.
An awkward conversation
“It took forever to blow up – I was stood there blowing and blowing until the air reached its legs,” said Helen, who lives with husband Chris, 46.
“I hurriedly popped the stopper back in so it wouldn’t deflate and suddenly spotted the huge hole in the bum. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”