Hello Folks,
Tis the season for scary movies, too much candy and dressing up in creepy costumes. Here are my top 5, DIY, easy, non slutty Halloween costumes I've found- far cooler than your average lingerie and cat ears combo.
5. Carrie from "Carrie" (1976)
An absolute classic of the genre, based on the novel by Steven King- if you haven’t heard of Carrie and the bucket of pigs blood scene- well- just rent the movie, its iconic.
Heres how you make Carries gory prom night costume, it’s pretty simple but messy!
You will need:
- A long light dress or silk night gown- ebay!
- Long blonde wig
- A TON of fake blood- As you’d need quite a lot, I’d advise making your own WASHABLE variety, heres a good recipe.
Easy enough to do- put the dress and the wig on, get in the bath and douse yourself with a load of fake blood and you’re done!
4. Coraline from "Coraline "(2009)
I’d recommend Coraline by Neil Gaiman for a short scary read for Halloween, the film is pretty good too! If you know and love it already, then the costume is pretty simple to do, for a Coraline Costume
You will need:
- A Short blue wig.
- Pale face paint and and kohl black eyeliner- here is a good tutorial for the make up: But I wouldn’t recommend GLUING BUTTONS TO YOUR EYELIDS like this crazy Italian lady did.
- A yellow raincoat.
- Yellow Wellies
- Jeans
- A dragonfly hair slide- Ebay has them (of course!) or you could make your own from a hair slide, cardboard, paint and glue
- Optional: 2x very large black buttons & some clear elastic or wire.
For the button eyes, I’d recommend perhaps making a clear wire glasses frame or connecting them with a clear elastic band all the way around like an eye mask so you can take them on and off.
3. A Lichtenstein Girl
Roy Lichtenstein’s 60’s iconic pop art style looks super creepy in real life! This costume is pretty much all about how good the makeup looks.
You will need:
- Face Paints
- Kohl Black Eyeliner
- A bright coloured wig (preferably yellow)
The make up tutorial can be found here, it’s not too tricky or delicate, I’m pretty sure anyone with a mirror and the right tools could do it!
Pair it up with any simple outfit you can find, (if you have it to hand anything polka dot or a fifties dress) and make a speech bubble from light cardboard and a hairclip and slide on top of your wig.
2. Tippi Hendren from "The Birds" (1963)
Who doesn’t love Hitchcock? The master of suspense! This costume is great for film lovers,- its easy and relatively cheap as you can get all the items on ebay or charity shops.
You will need-:
1. (If you are not blonde) A blonde Wig
2. A pale green (or similar) skirt suit- there are tons on ebay
3. Fake blood
4. Some fake ravens (ebay)
5. Flat shoes, clear stockings
6. (Optional) a large plain handbag- charity shops are a great place to find “old lady” style bags!
1. Marceline from Adventure Time
For those of you who don't know- I freaking love Adventure Time, i’m not dressing up this year but if I was, Marceline the vampire from AT would be my first choice. The costume is a little harder than your average face paint and wig jobby but any crafty person should be able to handle it.
You will need:
- A 100cm long black wig- heres a good one.
- Grey face paint
- A grey vest
- Skinny or straight leg jeans
- Red Cowboy boots or similar style
- Materials for the Axe Bass Guitar- Theres a great tutorial here.
Everything can be bought on ebay or charity shops if you allow yourself enough time- I’m keeping an eye out for cheap red boots just in case for next year!
Happy Halloween Y’all!
Hayley x
