Whether you’re attending Halloween parties this year and looking for costume ideas or you just want some new cosplay inspiration for any other day, these book characters would be a great start!
1
Howl’s Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
You can check out my review of the book here and movie here.
You can go as:
HOWL JENKINS PENDRAGON
What you need
- a flamboyant cape
- blonde shoulder length wig
- blue contacts
- green teardrop earrings
- white undershirt
- tight pants
SOPHIE HATTER
What you need
- a hat
- a braid
- a ribbon to tie your braid
- drab green dress
- brown contacts
CALCIFER
What you need
- a cardboard that you could cut out into a flame shape and paint with red/orange hues
2
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
by Laini Taylor
You can go as:
KAROU
What you need
- blue hair
- brown eyes
- casual all black outfit
- a wishbone necklace
MADRIGAL
What you need:
- gazelle horns
- black, short cropped hair
- huge bat wings
- gazelle hooves
AKIVA
What you need:
- abs
- swords
- giant fiery wings
- amber contacts for that fiery eyes
- generally you need to be hot
3
Illuminae
by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
You can go as:
AIDAN
What you need:
- a cardboard to paint black and write code with. Simple as that
4
This Savage Song
by Victoria Schwab
You can go as:
AUGUST FLYNN
What you need
- a violin
- black hair
- gray contacts
- casual outfit
- a black sharpie to paint your arms with tally markings
5
Strange the Dreamer
by Laini Taylor
You can go as:
SARAI
What you need:
- mahogany/reddish, wavy locks
- blue eyes
- black paint over your eyes and around the temples (like a blindfold)
- blue paint all over your body
- and the easiest part: a slip/vintage night dress as your outfit
SPARROW
- brown, wavy hair
- blue paint all over your body
- flowers to accessorize your hair with
- a vintage slip/night dress as your outfit
LAZLO
- long, brown hair
- gray eyes
- square jaw (sorry that’s a requirement)
- a brown scholarly robe
- a string to tie your long hair with
- books as your props
6
Gemina
by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
You can go as:
HANNA
What you need
- blonde hair tied in braids
- tight suit ala Black Widow’s
- blue eyes
- also some DD’s (so basically you need to be hot too)
NIK
What you need
- any casual, all black outfit would do
- black hair
- wing tattoo around your neck
- cigarette to complete the look
A LAMINA
What you need
- cardboard and plastic to wrap around your body; shape it like a giant snake
7
These Broken Stars
by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
You can go as
LILAC
What you need
- an emerald evening gown worthy of Oscar’s
- Oh and a red wig
8
Warcross
by Marie Lu
You can go as
EMIKA
What you need:
- rainbow wig
- black fingerless gloves
- any black outfit
- skateboard
9
Hunted
by Meagan Spooner
You can go as:
YEVA (Beauty)
What you need
- red hair
- bow and arrow
- green cape
- medieval gown
10
The Cruel Prince
by Holly Black
You can go as
CARDAN
What you need
- A white victorian undershirt plus pants
- pointed ears
- black hair, dark eyes
- good looks
- crown optional
Have a blast this Halloween season!
Great ideas, and thanks for breaking them down into components! Some of these would definitely take more work than others, but they’re all fun-sounding.
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Do you go to Halloween parties? I haven’t been to one or to any costume party at all but I feel like it would be so fun.
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Alas, no. I think I went to a few when I was a kid, but I mostly just wear my costumes to work now.
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Costume parties at work are fun too! Great excuse to be a kid again. Haha. Plus it’s more fun choosing costumes as an adult compared to choosing one as a kid.
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