Twilight Character Spoof Costume Ideas

Whenever there is a wildly popular movie, you can bet there will be a spoof waiting in the wings somewhere. There is one about to be released for Twilight called “Vampires Suck.” If you want to dress like the Twilight characters this Halloween, but from a funnier side, you just need to think of the sublimely ridiculous and run with it.

The Twilight Saga films are based on the series of novels by Stephanie Meyer. The first film in the series was Twilight, released in 2008 followed by New Moon in late-2009. The summer of 2010 brought the third installment, titled Eclipse.

The Twilight movies are a series of romance/fantasy/thrillers based on vampire Edward Cullen and his human love, Bella Swan. To add to the mix, Bella is torn between the sultry vampire and her friend, Jacob Black, who morphs into a werewolf.

Twilight Trickster Chld Costume

There is so much that you can do with these Twilight characters, especially the Cullen family. Think back to the traditional vampire lore: sleep in coffins, pale as death, sunlight burns their skin, and drinking the blood of unsuspecting virgins.

Makeup and Costume – Boys

Here’s where you will make a dramatic contrast. Instead of dabbing a little powder on, go with the deathly white look like traditional vampires. Don’t forget the blood red lips and black rings around the eyes. For the red eye thing that the Cullen’s seem to have, you can play that up with colored contact lenses. Your friends will get a kick out of that.

What about the hair? Now, for Edward, an exaggerated do will look something like Elvis having a bad hair day. Let that cliff-like coif stand high off your head. In fact, you can use an Elvis wig.

How about Jacob? Well, as you know, when he comes of age, he can shape-shift into a wolf. Play on that. Make your face up like a werewolf. Don’t go all wolf with a mask. It’s much more creative to go only slightly wolf-like, and much more eerie.

Use makeup glue and affix prickly dark hairs to your face like sideburns. Don’t forget the eyebrows and the chin. A prosthetic nose or face makeup can transform your human nose into a canine sniffer. A Wolverine wig would be the icing on the cake that is Jacob Black.

Makeup and Costume – Girls 

Vampires often have telltale red rings under their eyes like they’ve been awake for a thousand years. Exaggerate that red makeup and add long false eyelashes.  As far as the hair, go with wild blond wigs or spiky brunette ones if you want to spoof Rosalie or Alice. For the costume, think Elvira or Cyndi Lauper at her wildest.

To spoof Bella, give her a lot of makeup. Go over the top. If you’ve seen the spoofed trailer of New Moon, Bella looks more like Daisy Duke and Buffy the Vampire Slayer than a conflicted teenage girl. You can go with either one of those. Dress her in a black leather biker’s outfit with spiked heels. Or, on the other end, she can look like a farm girl with cowboy hat, plaid shirt and short shorts.

Making fun of popular Halloween characters is always good for a laugh. Go outrageous and let the fun begin!

Have a spooky great time!

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