The Best Avatar Costume is the One You Make

Every child and fun-loving adult in town is looking forward to that special day of the year when they can dress up and be their favorite or even most hated character. With the popularity of the movie Avatar, you can expect a lot of people to be lining up for any of the Avatar movie costumes.

Children who were able to watch the movie are surely pestering their parents to find them an Avatar costume that might be available online. James Cameron’s Avatar movie has made billions in the box office. However, it is not just the movie producers who will have a big grin from ear to ear with the Avatar, considering how it has become big when it comes to merchandising.

The different Avatar characters led by Jake Sully and Neytiri are also making it big in shirts, games, bags, Halloween costumes and other collection merchandise. If you’re thinking about an Avatar movie costume for this Halloween then here are some tips for you.

Buying the full Avatar Costume is Easier

Purchasing the prepared Avatar Halloween costumes online is the ideal way to go since the costumes have been perfected already and will surely be recognized by your peers and other people during fright night.

But Having an Avatar Costume that you made is better!

But if you want to let your creative juices flow, then you may already be wondering how to make your own Avatar costume. Be forewarned that it will take a lot of creativity and hard work if you want to replicate any of the Avatar costumes.

The key to getting the whole Avatar look right for Halloween is basically the blue-colored body and face paint. Add some intricate details like the tiger-like stripes to get the characters right. Then you can choose which of the lead characters you want to imitate and start thinking of their costumes.

Jake Sully is perhaps the easiest to replicate costume-wise. You can wear the human-hybrid look which means that after you have applied the blue body and face paint, you can wear the shirt and khaki pants worn by Jake Sully.

Neytiri is another story because her Avatar costume is the simplest but most eye-catching. To make this Neytiri costume perfect, ask an expert sewer to create a body-hugging bodysuit costume in blue. If you get the right blue material right then it will make your costume a replica of Neytiri’s look in the movie. Don’t forget to add the important details like the ears and tail of the Na’Vis, as well as the long black wig.

It is also important to wear your costumes with wooden beads of different colors, shapes and sizes.

The costume depicting Dr. Grace Augustine as played by Sigourney Weaver is also a nice disguise and is easy to make. Start from the blue body paint and then add the khaki safari shirt and shorts plus the working boots costume. To add some interesting touch you can always put on long braided hair accessories on both sides of the head and add lots of beads.
Remember that aside from their trademark tails, the Na’Vis also have elf-like ears so get a pair from the costume store and paint them blue. When they have dried up, paste them near your forehead.

To keep your costume more authentic, don’t forget that the Na’Vis do not have eye brows so cover them up by applying glue stick over them. And to keep true to the Na’Vi look, you can always get a pair of yellow contact lenses so you look like the real deal!