Avatar Costumes – Popular Halloween Costume Theme This Year

Winner of three Oscar awards for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and for Best Visual Effects, James Cameron’s movie Avatar is an epic tale that has captured the hearts and imaginations of the world. This year, trick or treaters and party goers will be wearing their fanaticism on their sleeve (and maybe even on their faces) when they put together their own avatar movie costumes. You can be sure that you will see more than one Avatar at your door!

Depending on the role that you want to play, there are essentially two formats to this costume choice. The first is as a native of Pandora, a Na’vi. The second is as an Avatar, such as the one that Jake Sully becomes while there.

If you are dressing as a Na’vi, will will want to first put on your bodysuit so that you do not ruin it when you try to pull it on later. Braid your hair, or put on your braided hair wig. Put in your cat-eye contact lenses. Then apply blue body paint as a base for your makeup all over your face, neck and down to where the body suit will start to cover. Make sure you remember to paint your ears. When it is dry, you can put the bodysuit back over onto your shoulders. Using a brush, paint black stripes from your crown toward your brows, do the same from the side of your cheeks toward your nose, stopping mid-cheek. Now apply white dots in between the stripes and under the eyes. Apply a pinkish blush for women, a bronze for men, on the cheeks. Then put paper ears onto bobby pins and stick into your hair above your ears. Also make certain to include feathers in your hair.

It takes someone with a strong sense of themselves to carry off the Na’vi costume. You will need to be comfortable with your body and not feel uncomfortable about being the center of attention or having people stare at you. This is partly because the Na’vi costume is mostly “naked” except for the cloth apron which covers the groin. The Na’vi also generally have at least one arm gauntlet, which is for their archery, and also wear necklaces and bracelets.

If you are going as an Avatar such as Jake Sully, you can make this costume easily. Start by finding a plain pale blue long sleeved shirt that you do not mind destroying. Then You will need a pair of camel colored pants and field jacket and a pair of dark shoes or boots. When it comes to the costume elements, you will want to get a black wig or to braid your hair to get the right look..

avatar costumes are popular. You can find them at any good costume shop, and may include different elements depending on where you get them. Many include a mask for Jake, however, none are offered for Neytiri. Wigs are a necessity for either.

If you have children who are trick or treating or going to an event, even they can get into the fun of dressing up as their favorite character from the movie. If you are like some parents and dislike the idea of having your child wearing a mask (which restricts visibility) consider using the pointers above on how to paint your face to appear like the Na’vi.