Avatar Costumes For Kids - The Ideal Outfit Can Be Yours

Avatar is a movie that adults and children around the world have come to love. With its award winning cinematography, special effects and memorable characters, it is no wonder that children are fascinated with the characters. Here are some tips to help you make your own avatar costumes for kids.

Chances are, if your child is a girl, they will want to dress up as Neytiri. Most boys will want to dress as Jake Sully. Some girls may want to dress as the Avatar of Dr. Grace Augustine. Whichever role your child wants to play, it can be easy for them to dress up as a character from Avatar.

For girls who want to be Neytiri, you will need a blue full body bodysuit, as well as a long braided wig, a cloth "apron", a gauntlet, as well as beaded necklaces and bracelets. You could put all this together yourself, however, it is very easy to find this costume at a reputable costume shop. Most of the prepared costumes also include a tail, and feathers and other elements of the costume to make it as real as possible

The Jake Sully Avatar costume is one that can be purchased from a costume shop. However, it is also easy to put together from many boys' current wardrobes. With a blue turtleneck, a pair of black shoes, some khaki pants and a field or expedition jacket, you have almost all you need for your costume. As with the Neytiri costume, you will need a wig or to braid your son's hair to get the full effect. However, many of the Sully costumes include a mask. It is your choice if you have your child wear one or not.

While not many children would dress as Dr. Grace Augustine, the researcher and teacher, it would offer children an opportunity to dress up without feeling self conscious or feeling "naked". To Neytiri's typical costume, slip on a pink or white tank top and a pair of jeans.

While masks are available for both Jake and Neytiri, the real beauty of this costume can be in how you interpret your child's personality and make it shine in their make up. Use a blue body paint as a base coat and apply it to your child's neck, face, lips and ears. Now make dark stripes that look like a zebra or a cat on their face, then add light colored dots in between the stripes. You can add prosthetic ears or simply make them out of paper and attach them with bobby pins.

While many of the Avatar costumes for kids, especially the Sully costumes offer your child the ability to use a mask, remember to safety while trick or treating. Masks offer limited visiblility, making it difficult for children to see and be seen. Trick or treat in groups, preferably with an adult.

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Avatar Halloween Makeup Tips

If you want your face to look like the Na'vi from the movie Avatar, you can easily achieve this look with a little makeup and a lot of patience.

Build the Avatar Makeup Foundations

Start with a white, full coverage foundation on your face. You can use regular Halloween makeup or makeup you might buy from a theatrical store. Apply a light coating with a sponge. This way, when you apply the blue makeup, it won't have a brown undertone. This may not be necessary if you have very pale skin, but if not, the white makeup will help the blue to stand out. Remember to paint your neck and your ears, as well as any area that is exposed.

Types of Blue Makeup

For the blue makeup, you can use almost any kind you like. You can choose among powders, creams, or liquids. You might even try an airbrush technique. You'll want to use a light blue first because you will go back and put darker blue markings on your face a little later.

Make Sure You Set Your Makeup

An invisible setting powder at this point will help to set your blue face before you move on to make the darker blue markings. You want to keep your nose looking lighter so after you use the setting powder, you can create some shadows on either side of your nose by using blue eye shadow. You'll put this on your face the length of your nose but not on your nose. Just brush it onto either side of the nose. This has the effect of making your nose look a lot wider, like in the Avatar movie.

Getting the Real Na'vi Look

Now, you can start doing the Na'vi markings on your face. The good news here is that each individual Na'vi has their own distinct markings and they are all different. One thing to keep in mind, though, is that the markings are the same for each side of the face so whatever you do to one side, you will want to do to the other side. It may be helpful to have a picture in front of you that you can use as a reference, although many people just make up their own designs at this point. You can do this with the same darker blue color that you used on either side of your nose.

Have fun with this part and express your creativity. Remember that each Na'vi is different so don't feel like you have to look exactly like the picture of one. Pair the well applied makeup with the right costume and no one will question who you are portraying.

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