How To Create a Scary Halloween Costume

If nobody is going to believe you’re an angel or fairy this Halloween, you might be better off taking on a scary Halloween costume. A favorite of older boys, especially these costumes usually involve a realistic mask or even prosthetics to recreate a look similar to what you might see in Hollywood. Your look is designed to terrify someone when you jump out in the dark or take on a role in a haunted house. To do this you’ll need three things – a mask, a costume, and acting skills.

Halloween Masks

An essential in scary costumes, Halloween masks can be silly, funny, or the best ones – down right gross and terrifying. While anything looks mundane sitting on the shelf at a costume shop, taking the mask into the night on Halloween can create a different feel entirely. To select the right mask, you should be willing to invest a bit of time and money in the selection process.

Your mask should appear realistic and be flexible. The mask that doesn’t move on your face doesn’t look nearly as authentic as the one that moves with you. Created in the same manner as masks used for special effects and prosthetics in Hollywood, Spfxmasks were designed for the individual seeking a truly terrifying, realistic mask. The masks are silicone so they fit easily and well yet move with you to make the face on the mask shockingly life-like.

Halloween Costumes

Your costume should be realistic as well and shouldn’t distract anyone from your freaky mask. Torn or faded jeans and an old button down shirts are always good choices as are the jeans and a beat-up t-shirt. Big, clunky boots are essential in any scary costume. Be sure to grab a few realistic props as well, but take care that they aren’t so real someone can get hurt.

Acting Skills

Finally, to make people believe that you are in fact the character you’re portraying, you’ll need acting skills. Monsters rarely walk casually – they limp, shuffle, sneak and even lope between locations. They skulk along in the dark and might be shy of the light. This can be fun to practice while you’re trick-or-treating with friends, but if you’re taking a role in a haunted house or trying to scare kids at your door, you’ll need to practice as much as possible so that you have your character and role down. Staying in character and looking authentic to that character are the easiest ways to terrify people this Halloween.

Easy Step By Step

• Decide on how scary you want to be
• Visit costume shops and look online for Halloween masks that are realistic and frightening.
• Once you have a mask, select clothing from your closet or from a thrift store to complete the look.

Warnings, Advice, and Suggestions

Keep an open mind about a costume until you have a chance to see the available masks. Pick a Halloween mask that you find particularly gruesome or scary. If you feel scary, you’ll be able to play the role much more effectively.

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How to Make Halloween Costumes

What is Halloween without a fun costume. Of course if you’ve been to the stores lately, you know that getting a quality costume for adults or children can get rather expensive in a hurry. Making a Halloween costume is far less expensive and more fun.

Children’s Costumes

Many parents opt to make costumes for their children simply because they can’t find the desired outfit in the stores. If you lack basic sewing skills, you can always make your child a ghost. This involves cutting a circle from an old white sheet and then cutting two eyeholes. With that, the costume is complete!

To make a more complicated costume, you’d do best to look for a pattern in the fabric stores. Use the pattern to cut out the required pieces of the costume and then carefully sew the items together. In some cases, you can skip the sewing and make a Halloween costume out of items you already have at home combined with inexpensive items from the party or costume store.

How to Make a Witch Costume

To become a witch for Halloween, you need only pair up a long black skirt, black shirt and a witch hat acquired from a local costume shop. You can add a bit of sparkle and fun with spider jewelry or any other kind of Halloween jewelry. Remember too that painting faces is a big part of Halloween costumes – especially witches. Nothing goes better with all that black than a green face!

Angel Costume

To become an angel for Halloween, you can make an easy robe from a white sheet. Fold a sheet in half and cut a bit along the sides to make two long sleeves and a draping gown. Simply glue the sides together with fabric glue, turn the gown inside out and fit your child’s head through a hole cut at the top. Add a halo and wings acquired from a costume shop and you’re little angel is ready to go. A bit of glitter on her face would add the right angelic touch as well.

Cat Costume

For the sexier among us, a black cat can be alluring while being mysterious at the same time. Don your leotard or body suit in black. If you have a full body leotard you’re set, otherwise use standard leotard and black tights to make your sleek and sexy body. Buy a pair of cat ears from the costume shop, add some black whiskers and a black nose and you’re ready to slink out into the night!

Easy Step By Step

• Consider your time and abilities when it comes to creating costumes from scratch.
• Take requests from your child or brainstorm your own ideas
• Get a pattern and fabric for a costume from scratch – or –
• Buy accessories to create a costume from clothing and household items you already have.

Warnings, Advice, and Suggestions

If you don’t know how to sew, a Halloween costume is a great way to learn. It’s something you’ll only use one time and a few safety pins and fabric glue are expected. Test your skills on a sewing machine or pick something you can stitch together by hand – by next year, you might be ready for the more deluxe costume varieties!

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