Halloween Zombie Costumes For Boys
Halloween is that time of the year when boys and girls roam the streets, clad in their favorite costumes meant to scare everyone in town. If you’re looking for that perfect scary costume for your child then why not take your pick from these Halloween zombie costume for boys?
A lot of movies have been made about zombies and even children are not spared from their influence especially when it comes to dressing up. These movies have made Halloween zombie costumes for boys and even for girls a major hit every year.
Halloween zombie costumes for boys are easy to make and are inexpensive. You only need some worn out old clothes and lots of make up and you will be able to come up with your very own Halloween zombie costumes for boys.
However, if you want the real thing, then you can always get the ready-to-wear, but still affordable zombie Halloween costumes for your children. Here are your choices:
Classic Zombie Costume
A zombie is supposed to be someone who has risen from the grave, so expect him to look ghoulish and dirty. The classic zombie costume consists of torn shirt and matching pants. You can tousle your boy’s hair a bit to give him that shabby look, of if he has short hair then you can opt for a wig. You can create a more authentic zombie look by wearing a fierce-looking mask, or applying make up that will make you wild. How about a brain you can chew on while walking at night?
Punk Zombie
Whoever said that Halloween zombie costumes for boys are difficult to get has not seen this punk zombie costume. The punk look is in every year and you can make it more popular during Halloween by adding a twist to the costume.
Start with plain denim pants, a shirt and leather jacket. But instead of plain clothing, you can rip the pants a bit, smear the shirt with blood and tear the jacket. Get the punk hairstyle and put on some metal accessories. The word zombie means ghost so make sure you complete the punk zombie look by putting on black eye make up to make yourself look creepy.
Zombie Pirate Costume
Don’t go for the common Halloween zombie costumes if you want your child to stand out in the crowd. Uniqueness is one key to being the center of attention during fright night and none of the traditional Halloween zombie costumes can be better than the zombie pirate costume.
You can get the traditional pirate wear of loose pants, shirt and some tattered coat plus a scarf as inspired by Captain Jack Sparrow in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean. To make this costume really zombie-like, wear a bone chest piece and a matching bone gloves. Get the luminous ones if possible so that the bones light up in the dark.
No matter what Halloween zombie costumes you opt for, make sure you keep your costumes realistic by adding accessories like fake body parts, bone shirts and gloves and lost of make up.
Girl Zombie Costumes
Adults may consider Halloween as a primary reason to party, but it is undeniable that the children remain one of the top markets for the scare season. Children can party too, and they are proving to be a ready market for girl zombie costumes.
Children get scared easily but they love it! Proof of this is the thousands of children literally begging their moms to get them a Halloween costume that will scare adults and other children in the neighborhood as well.
Halloween isn’t complete without Girl Zombie Costumes
Girl zombie costumes have remained in great demand despite the popularity of other Halloween costumes for kids. Not surprising since zombies are really part and parcel of fright night, and any treat or trick party would not be complete without girl zombie costumes.
Some ideas for girl zombie costumes you can buy or create:
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Zombie Prom Queen
Fulfil your girl’s dream of becoming the Prom Queen even for a night. This Zombie Prom costume is ideal for girls who want to pretty and scary too! The costume gets inspiration from the Broadway musical and short film Zombie Prom. The movie actually mirrors the Romeo and Juliet love story, but it becomes scary when the female lead Toffee comes back from the grave to be with the love of her life Eddie during prom night.
Your little girl can be Toffee, the Zombie Prom Queen during this year’s Halloween party. She can wear this black, floor-length frilly gown with matching black lace gloves and a Prom Queen sash.
What will make this girl zombie costume stand out is of course, your make up so make sure you use very black eyeliners with black smudges under the eyes. This costume goes well with long unruly hair. You can also smear fake blood all over your mouth to complete the look.
Dead Cheerleader
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Girls would not be able to resists this dead cheerleader costume for Halloween. If your girl insists on getting one of those horrific girl zombie costumes then this would be a good choice.
Instead of the usually red or blue cheerleader costumes you see around, opt for a black and grey short skirt and long sleeved blouse. The black color will make a fitting background to the red blood paint you are going to smear the cheerleader costume with.
Match the dead cheerleader costume with a ghoulish make up, preferably with lots of black eye make up and dark red lipstick. Don’t forget the pom-poms when you go out for fright night.
While there are several girl zombie costumes in the market today, these two are among the most appropriate costumes for young girls who want to appear sweet and scary during the Halloween. Both costumes do not show much skin, and are comfortable to wear on the streets or on the dance floor.
The ease with which these two girl zombie costumes can be ordered online or manually sewn make these costumes more popular not only among kids but also among mothers.
Thriller Zombie Halloween Costumes
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The zombies have become a classic Halloween costume staple thanks to the various movies about zombies shown in the past. However, zombie Halloween costumes have soared in popularity in recent years, thanks to Michael Jackson who has inspired a lot of zombie Halloween costumes due to this Thriller video.
Trust the King of Pop to always come up with quality work, and the Thriller video is no exemption. Every adult in town and even children must have seen the video and have been inspired to try on a zombie Halloween costume just for fun.
No one knew that Michael Jackson’s death has once again placed the Thriller video on the spotlight, making zombie Halloween costumes a top choice among kids and adult alike for fright night.
Several high schools got inspiration from the hit video and staged junior and senior proms with the zombie theme. You can be sure that when Halloween comes, the zombie Halloween costumes will be on top of the list.
To be easily recognizable as your own zombie version of the King of Pop’s zombie costume, why not recreate his smooth red suit with black piping on the sleeves and collar? This red thing was the costume worn by Jackson in the video and those who adored him will easily recognize it.
Add some realistic characterization to your zombie Halloween costumes by learning how to laugh Mwaaahaahahhh the Jackson way! You can even recreate the video by inviting a friend to dress up as Jackson’s pretty but terrified date in the video.
Or you can even go the extra mile and ask your friends to go to the Halloween party with you dressed as the zombies featured in the video. These corpses can dress themselves anyway they like provided they come out dirty and ghoulish. It will be an added attraction if they can do the Thriller dance too.
The whole gang can in fact wear zombie Halloween costumes. Imagine the impact you would create by going to the party as a group of zombies with their leader clad in red! Just make sure that each zombie will come in a different character, some wearing a bride zombie costume while the others can wear the baseball league zombie costume.
Zombies are scary creatures which is probably the reason why they zombie Halloween costumes have become a hit. Unlike most costumes which rely on movies, zombies are an all-time favorite whether or not they hit the big screen. This is probably the reason why it is easy to get a zombie costume in most malls and even online shops. Merchandisers keep the zombie costumes coming to meet the increasing demand for it every year.
If you want to scare rather than impress, then it is time to choose your zombie Halloween costumes even before fright night knocks on your door. You do not even have to spend much, just be ready to rip off your old clothes and cover yourself with gooey paint to create that just-risen-from-the-grave look and you’re ready to scare them away.
Homemade Zombie Costumes For Fright Night
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Why wear a beauty queen costume when you can gross people out with your homemade zombie costume for Halloween? By wearing this costume, you will surely be getting comments like freak, creepy, monstrous, and other vile-sounding words. Wouldn’t you like that?
Aside from being scary, one good thing about a homemade zombie costume is its affordability. After all, you don’t need to spend much to be the dead of the party, no pun intended. You can even create your own homemade zombie costumes and still come out scarier than store-bought costumes.
Here are some tips to get you by when you’re looking for inspiration for your homemade zombie costumes.
Make use of old clothes and shoes
Old clothes and shoes are ideal for your homemade zombie Halloween costumes since you are going to rip them anyway. Why buy new clothes when all you need to look like a zombie are tattered and worn-out clothing? Remember that a zombie is someone who has just risen from the grave, so you have to look dirty, ugly and gross. But don’t be just an ordinary corpse because you have a lot of choices when it comes to your zombie character. Take for example the corpse bride or the athlete who was buried wearing his favorite soccer uniform. Be careful in stripping your clothes though because you will be wearing them. Just keep them dirty and you’re ready to go.
Make up and blood
Your homemade zombie Halloween costumes wouldn’t be complete without blood so make sure you get red blood paint to smear on your face and even your clothes. And since you’re dead, you have to keep your flesh rotten. You can get a lot of help from accessories and fake rotten flesh. There are lots of hypoallergenic makeups you can use to fake your wounds and to keep your face as ghoulish as possible.
Props and accessories
Complete your homemade zombie costumes by adding some accessories or pros like rotten teeth, wigs and fake brain. A zombie holding his brain, oozing with blood is a sight to behold especially during fright night. You can create fake wounds by using gauze filled with fake blood. You can create a more frightening sight if you can get bugs to follow you around.
Zombie walk
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When your homemade zombie costumes are done, make sure you do not only dress the part, but you also act the part of a zombie. You can watch zombie movies and learn how to stagger instead of just walking straight. For extra effect, you can give out a ghoulish moan and maybe produce zombie-like grunts.
While it is easy to get a ready-made costume for Halloween, nothing beats wearing homemade zombie costumes which you can personalize depending on your choice of zombie character. You need a lot of creativity when doing this, to keep your zombie look perfect from head to toe. After all, you don’t need a lot of effort to look dirty and gross.
The Art Of Making Zombie Halloween Costumes
Have you ever thought about making zombie Halloween costumes as a business? Halloween is an annual event that attracts people of all sex and ages, so there is a steady market for such products.
While there are other costumes you can create and add to your product line, making zombie Halloween costumes are more profitable since they have become classic and are always in demand.
Making zombie Halloween costume is also fairly easy for as long you can portray a dead person who has just crept out of his grave to haunt the living. It does not even require impeccable sewing since zombie costumes are usually torn and stitched on strategic areas to show bones on the chest or even a bloody brain.
The key to making zombie Halloween costumes is to think about professions or types of people that would appeal to the community. Your inspiration for the zombie Halloween costume is actually unlimited since you can just pick anybody and imagine how that person would like fresh from the grave.
The making of zombie Halloween costumes is actually an art because it entails a lot of creativity. Not that you have to be a very talented sewer to start creating a zombie costume. On the contrary, the clothing is easily enhanced and made to look zombie-like with the use of fake red blood.
What will make your zombie Halloween costume scary is your make-up. This is actually the phase which will take most of your time before you can transform yourself or someone else into a living dead.
A person who has died even for such a short time would have rotten flesh so make sure you use lots of very light grey make-up with a hint of green all over the face and the exposed skin of the body. This includes the neck, ears and even your hairline to make it really authentic.
They key to a realistic eye make-up is to use black paint to smudge the area under your eyes. Red smudged lips will work well for the corpse bride costume, while a pale, greyish face with blood smudges on the mouth will do well for a zombie doctor costume. It is also important to show some wounds on the body and to make them appear rotten.
Making zombie Halloween costumes is not a difficult task if you have old clothes at your disposal. You can check out the second hand stores or Salvation Army for the base clothes for your zombie costume. The secret to making your zombie costumes look worn out is to rip them in specific areas so that it can still be worn by a person. The parts that are usually torn and frayed are the hems and the sleeves. Every zombie costume should come with matching shoes that has been dirtied and covered with smudges or blood to make it look creepy.
Being a low-life can be a challenge too especially during Halloween. If you have decided to dress up as a zombie for fright night then make sure you do not leave a good impression, but a very scary one
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