The Mexican Day of the Dead is a celebration that fits perfectly with Halloween and a Dia de los Muertos costume. People usually celebrate on All Saints Day, the day after Halloween. The traditional holiday of celebrating the lives of the dead is a cultural staple. If you're unfamiliar with the meaning of Dí a de Los Muertos, especially when it comes to dressing up for Halloween, make sure you do your research before putting together your outfit. You'll want to make sure your costume is taken out of the proper context to do justice to the holy holiday. Here's some useful information as well as instructions on how to create an easy DIY version of the Halloween costume.
Before you decide to make a Dia de los Muertos costume yourself
Halloween costume and makeup trends change from year to year. Whether popular series like Game of Thrones or Stranger Things, political scandals and celebrity mishaps, such outfits now reflect much of what is happening in the worldPop culture for Halloweenis going on – for better or for worse. If you're looking for a last minute option, you'll probably have to stick with one of the tried and tested options.
Luckily, this can also be an easy DIY Dia de los Muertos costume. The above celebration is held throughout Mexico, with families celebrating their deceased loved ones. These include a few skull paintings and costumes of dead people, but they look quite colorful and chic. So if you want to start such a DIY project for Halloween, the following examples might help you.
Make your own couple costume with make-up
You can paint your face by watching some tutorials online. For the female version, you will mainly need flowers, makeup, a plastic headband, a black dress, as well as a lace T-shirt, skeleton tights, skull earrings, black shoes and a pair of gloves. The male version requires a plain black t-shirt, white acrylic paint, a ribcage pattern, a black hat, a blazer and pants.
Apply the traditional white makeup to your face, leaving out the eye area. Then add foundation. The most difficult yet interesting part of makeup is sketching. You can use a stencil set to make the outlines easier if you are not comfortable sketching yourself. Add some glitter to the edges of the sketch and use some flowers as embellishments.
Dia de los Muertos costume for children
For this particular costume, you will need to dress your kids first before you start applying their makeup so that it doesn't get ruined while getting dressed. You can use glitter eyeliner to make makeup shiny. If you have a flair for dressing up, you can try this DIY Day of the Dead costume. Follow these steps to complete the face painting.
- Apply a base first and then line the nose and eyelid.
- Then add some shading under the cheekbone and then paint the lips.
- To make the roses, remove some from a bouquet and wrap a hair ribbon around them.
- For face paint, use a white base and let it dry completely before lining the eyes. To make the face look like a so-called sugar skull, you can use a blue detail for the eye filling.
- In addition, you can either make the children's costume yourself according to your taste or order some of the parts.
Traditional Sacred Heart Dia de los Muertos costume
The more embellishments you can use, the funnier the costume will be. Start with a quick sketch of what you will enjoy doing. To make the rose crown. It's best to use red roses and glue them to the sides of a headband. You can also take a large square tulle and place it over a piece of parchment paper to cut it to size. Sew the pieces together and then make the heart in the center surrounded with jewelry.
Here's how to dress like you're on the Day of the Dead
To dress according to tradition, you should look colorful rather than scary. It's a very special holiday and your Dia de los Muertos costume should be as unique as you are. It's not actually a Halloween event, although the type of costume is perfect for the festival. Women can choose colors like yellow, pink, purple, orange and the list goes on. You can wear a long or floral dress and use some accessories. The men can wear a tuxedo or a charro suit.
Step-by-step instructions for a Dia de los Muertos costume
On a budget and about an hour of crafting at home, you can put together this authentic costume, including DIY flower crown and easy sugar skull makeup made from pantry staples. Simply wear the dress and some fake blood to put together a Carrie costume too, who is also a classic Halloween movie character.
Materials required:
- White dress
- Black laces
- Scarf or matching garment in black
- 5 or 6 silk flowers (flat-bottomed ones are best)
- Headband
- Glue gun
How to put together your costume:
- First, using a hot glue gun, apply a small amount of glue stick to the headband, starting a thumb's length from the bottom on one side.
- Then press the base of your silk flower firmly into place.
- Repeat this process until all the flowers are in place, each a thumb's length apart to form a crown.
- If using silk flowers with removable bases, separate the flowers one at a time and drape your silk scarf over the basting base.
- Then place the flower back on top.
- Repeat this process until your scarf is attached to your flower crown.
- If you don't have silk flowers with removable bases, run a thick line of hot glue across the back of the headband (behind the silk flowers).
- Press your scarf firmly into place and repeat in sections.
Easy sugar skull makeup for your Dia de los Muertos costume
Use the cheap and easy DIY recipe below to create your authentic sugar skull makeup. What you need for makeup are the following ingredients:
- Coldcream
- Cornstarch
- food coloring
- Flat makeup brush or small brush
How to create and apply the makeup:
- First, in a small bowl, mix 2 teaspoons of cornstarch with 1 teaspoon of cold cream and a teaspoon of cold water.
- Then add food coloring and immediately whisk with a small knife or spoon. Be careful not to leave the cornstarch in the wet ingredients for more than a few seconds or it will clump together.
- Once combined, add additional drops of food coloring until desired color is achieved, then apply.
- Be sure to wash your face and any area you apply makeup to, then dry thoroughly.
- Apply a thin layer of cold cream all over your face.
- Gently dab cornstarch over it with a cotton ball, being careful not to leave any pieces of cotton sticking, or use your fingers.
- Using the flat makeup brush or brush, apply a thin layer in long strokes and allow to dry completely.
- Pat in cornstarch and repeat as often as necessary to achieve the desired smooth, even look.
