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DIY Medusa costume. VIEW IN GALLERY. Perhaps your child is quite into the idea of being someone fierce and powerful, but they’ve always been more a fan of mythical stories than pop culture based adventure ones, especially where female characters are involved? Then perhaps she’d prefer to be the stuff of legends instead! Plus, homemade costumes are creative and unique. You won’t have to worry about running into someone with the exact same costume on! These cheap and easy DIY halloween costumes include women, couples, children and teen ideas. Also, keep in mind that you can get the clothing for these costumes at thrift stores for great prices!
We already sell a beautiful Medusa set which has everything you need to turn into the Gorgon of Greek myth, but with a few additions you can make this costume really stand out
Read on for the full costume tutorial!
Medusa costume essentials
Medusa Halloween Costume Ideas
- Wig cap (optional)
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How to dress as Medusa for Halloween
Start off with the Medusa costume, which comes as this gorgeous green asymetrical dress with lace and gold embroidery detail. Every element of this dress has been designed to make you think of snakes, from the wiggly embroidery to the faux snakeskin cuff and belt. It also comes with a golden snake headband, and a large gold snake detail that sits on the shoulder of the dress.
Next, do your make-up and make it a bit more glamorous than usual with metallic green eye shadow and dark lipstick. You could also use some green glitter or gems like from this Mystic Mermaid set to make you look even more monstrous!
Then add some accessories! Upper peninsula casino. Start with a vibrant green wig and if you’ve got thick hair, put a wig cap on first to keep your hair in place (trust us, this will make it much easier to put the wig on). Last but not least, add the finishing touches with a snake armband. You could also add a little more sizzle to this snake with these Witch Doctor tights.
Medusa Or Fairy Diy Costume
And that’s it – your ready to hit the town as the most mesmerising figure in Greek mythology!
Medusa Halloween Mask
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This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my Disclaimer and Privacy policy for more information.Looking for a last minute Halloween costume? What about a unique childrens costume that is sure to make your child just spooky enough for the party but not so spooky that they scare themselves? :) Look no further — this Easy $3 Medusa Costume and Makeup Tutorial has you covered.
Easy $3 Medusa Costume and Makeup Tutorial
There are so many ways to do a Medusa Costume… just use your own creative abilities and talents to put something awesome together. I'd love to see what you come up with! Email me your photos to [email protected] and don't forget to follow my Halloween Pinterest Board!
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Medusa's hair is kind of messy and crazy so this part doesn't have to be perfect – or even close to it. We just put Saff's hair up in a few loose braids and then pinned them to the top of her head. We added in some plastic snakes and secured them with bobby pins as well.
There are several ways you can do Medusa Makeup, but we did a basic green coat and then added white Manic Panic Goth on top.
Add some scales with an eyeliner roll-on.
The actual costume is a cream colored pillowcase with a slit cut in the top and side for arms. :) We tied a few pieces of yarn around the waist so it isn't SO big. You could also cut and sew it but I wasn't putting that much effort into it.