Fairy tale characters
It is not at all necessary to disfigure yourself with terrible makeup and drench yourself in artificial blood. Romantic images may be quite appropriate. For example, white angel, fairy, elf.
It is especially recommended to choose pleasant images for children. Kids can dress up as fairy tale characters. Girls make cute princesses, Snow Whites, Little Red Riding Hoods. Boys can be offered costumes of gnomes, foresters or heroes from “The Wizard of the Emerald City” - the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman.
You can use animal images, offering kids images of a cat, a tiger cub, a bear cub.
Sexy characters
Women, in principle, do not tend to disfigure themselves, so not every girl wants to appear in the image of an evil old witch with a wart on her nose. But there are also sexy female Halloween characters. Moreover, the choice of characters of this type for girls is practically unlimited.
The same witch may not look ugly, but attractive and seductive. There are many more sexy images. You can, for example, dress up as a devil, a pirate leader, or a little robber.
The restraint of British traditions on Halloween is a thing of the past!
Until the middle of the last century, Halloween was celebrated modestly in England. Having recovered from military disasters, the British took a closer look at the overseas order, and one day little goblins and ghosts hurried through the evening streets of London, and adults in witch outfits and witch hats went to pubs.
When is Halloween? - Laughing, passers-by asked the people they met. And they answered Halloween is coming! Run for your lives! (Halloween is coming! Save yourself who can!)
Soon the British picked up the fashion of wearing caricatured costumes of Hollywood stars, because the dominance of simple American cinema became unbearable.
English girls began to tell fortunes on Halloween, and in a special way. An apple was placed in a bucket of water, and everyone took turns trying to fish the fruit out with their teeth. The most dexterous ones drowned the apple with a push of their nose, and then picked up the ruddy barrel that emerged from the depths. The one who succeeded in bobbing for apples was expected to get married soon!
Those who were braver tried to climb the stairs backwards in a dark house. At the top step, a burning candle should be held before the eyes. Then in the mirror, held in an outstretched hand, the image of the betrothed appeared. But if you saw a skull, you didn’t have long to live... Terrible Halloween - terrible fortune-telling!
Movie characters
But the most popular characters for Halloween are, of course, the heroes of various films. Moreover, horror films are not necessarily taken as a basis. For example, a very popular image today are the inhabitants of the planet Pandora, that is, the heroes of the film Avatar.
But, of course, the characters in horror films are beyond competition. Thanks to them, the scariest characters for Halloween are created. Photos of the heroes of some films can really terrify, therefore, these characters are among the most popular.
The most popular Halloween characters associated with films:
- Count Dracula. This is perhaps the most famous vampire of all time. However, after the release of the Twilight film series, the bloodsucker count was greatly displaced on the pedestal of popularity by a noble vampire named Edward.
- Freddy Krueger. Despite the fact that films about the adventures of the not particularly handsome Freddy were released more than thirty years ago, this character is still popular. To create this look, you can buy a spectacular latex mask.
- Leather face. The film about the adventures of a maniac who not only killed people, but also sewed masks for himself from human skin, was released back in 1974, however, it is still included in the list of the most terrible and bloody. Therefore, the character from this film is often chosen to create an image for Halloween.
- Billy from Saw. The creepy puppet, which is used by a homicidal maniac to negotiate with victims, is quite a popular character for Halloween. Moreover, creating this image is relatively easy: the most recognizable features are a white face, black eyes with red pupils and blush on the cheeks, drawn in the form of spirals.
- A creepy Chucky doll possessed by the soul of a serial killer. This image evokes horror even by its appearance, since the face of the killer doll is covered with numerous scars.
- Maleficent. This beautiful witch is often seen at Halloween parties.
- Annabelle. A creepy doll with an angelic appearance and a devilish essence - a suitable character for Halloween.
- Samara Morgan from the movie "The Ring". This very scary girl can scare anyone with her appearance.
- Queen of Hearts. This image from the latest production of "Alice in Wonderland" was very popular with girls.
- Bellatrix Lestrange. Fans of the story about Harry Potter introduced fashion to this character. To create the image of Voldemort's most faithful comrade-in-arms, you won't have to seriously disfigure yourself, but the traits of madness must be present in this heroine.
The list of movie characters and images that you can try to recreate for Halloween is endless. You can use film classics, for example, why not dress up as Pannochka from Gogol’s Viy. Or get ideas from new films that come out every year.
Ghost Writer
You've probably seen the cult movie for all copywriters, “The Ghost Writer.” To transform into a ghost writer, you will need a sheet, an inkwell and a feather. You will have to make holes in the sheet for the eyes. For naturalness, it is better to put a few blots on it. So be careful that your wife doesn’t really send you into the world of ghosts.
How to choose the right character?
The list of Halloween characters can be endless, since it is a carnival, and at a carnival anything is possible. But such a variety of images makes it difficult to choose. How to choose the character you want to transform into during the party?
You can, for example, choose an image based on your date of birth, or more precisely, on the signs of the zodiac. The recommendations of astrologers extend to the area of choosing a costume and makeup for a party.
But it’s better to focus not on other people’s recommendations, but on your own feelings. The character that is planned to be embodied should, if not be liked (how, for example, can a homicidal maniac be liked?), then at least touch a nerve. Only in this case will it be possible to create a truly interesting image, and not just a “cast” of the screen hero.
When choosing a suit, you need to take into account your own personality. If a person is modest in life and does not like to be the center of attention, then he should not wear a suit that is too provocative. You definitely need to wear the chosen suit at home for a while to get used to it and understand how to move in it. For example, a girl who normally wears only jeans and trousers may feel awkward wearing a tight minidress.
You also need to think about the financial side of the issue. Some characters will require considerable expense to recreate. You may need to buy or tailor a suit, complex makeup that can only be done by a professional makeup artist, and expensive accessories. Therefore, if the budget allocated for the holiday is small, you should choose a character that does not require large-scale expenses.
So, Halloween characters can be very diverse. It is not at all necessary to repeat images that have already been created by someone; you can come up with something of your own, make a costume and makeup yourself. This will be much more interesting than if all the guests come to the party dressed in store-bought costumes and masks.
Maybe dress up as a pumpkin or whatever they treat you to at Helloween?
When planning to attend a Halloween cosplay, you can choose the outfit of a pumpkin, or rather, a homeless Jack, which is considered one of the main symbols of the terrible holiday. However, do not forget that you will see pumpkins everywhere: on the street and porch, on the window and balcony, on the garden path and, of course, on the holiday table.
So that you can not only dress up spectacularly, but also treat your friends with traditional dishes, here are some culinary tips from kitchen masters.
Halloween would be boring if people didn't come up with special dishes. Since pumpkin replaced beets in making Jack's lantern, meat stewed in pumpkin has become the main English treat on the evening before the holiday.
In England, the “lid” is cut off from a squat and wide vegetable, and instead of the extracted seeds, pieces of fried meat, potatoes, herbs, and bacon are placed. After baking in the oven, the pumpkin with meat is doused with tomato sauce and sprinkled with pomegranate seeds. This creates a bloody flavor, an indispensable part of Halloween.
Vegetarians fill the holiday pumpkin with hummus, and for extra convincing, sprinkle the plates with chips and crackers that look like bats.
In Spain, which taught the public to dress up in carnival costumes on Mischief Night (and if you choose the costume of an evil spirit, a ghost or a witch at Helloween?) so that the evil spirits do not recognize their faces, it is customary to bake special cakes. They are called “holy bones” and are used for offerings to the dead.
The French do not bring cakes to graves, but they leave bowls filled with milk in cemeteries. It is customary to feed and water ghosts in Italy, Germany, and Japan. Children learned to use the established tradition most productively.
