Sugar Skull Costume DIY
My daughter loves to face paint and simple shirt dresses for Halloween. So I came up with this affordable and easy sugar skull costume DIY. In this post, I am going to write about how fast and easy it is to put together.
Make your own easy sugar skull halloween costume
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You can see more of her costumes sad clown costume, DIY maleficent costume, dark angel costume, and Queen of Hearts costume, which all start out with the same basic comfy cotton shirt dress as I used for this easy sugar skull Halloween costume.
Supplies Needed for the sugar skull costume
- face paint (HERE)
- face paint brushes or makeup brushes (HERE)
- piece of black lace (HERE)
- a headband (HERE)
- bouquet of faux roses (HERE)
- hot glue gun (HERE)
- simple black dress (HERE)
Step-by-step sugar skull costume instructions:
I started by detaching the faux roses from the bouquet. You can either use scissors or just your hands.
Then take the headband and lay out your lace piece over the headband the way you want it. I wanted it to look like a bridal veil. When I figure out the placement I used my heated hot glue gun to attach the fabric to the headband. I did this by placing dabs of glue onto the headband and then carefully placing the lace onto the dots. Be careful it’s easy to burn yourself.
After that, I attached the roses the same way with hot glue. See the below photos to see the placement of the roses.
Now it is time for the sugar skull face paint. Start out by painting the entire face white and then letting that dry completely. Always wash out your brushes well in clean water between steps so the colors don’t mix.
The next step is painting blue big circles around the eyes which you can also see in the photos. After they had dried I placed pink small dots around the large blue eye circles. And also used the same pink color for a pink detail on the chin which you can see in the below photos.
Lastly, you need to take a fine brush with black face paint to add all the extra black sugar skull details on the forehead, eyes, nose cheeks, and mouth. Once again use my photos as a guide. You can get as intricate as you want or keep it more simple the way I did.
It is all easier than it looks. Trust me! And the best part is you can start over again with the paint should you mess up.
That’s it.
That’s how easy it was to put her easy DIY sugar skull costume together.
Love the smile 😉
This outfit totally goes with her creepy sleepover party table that we just had at the end of September. If you are new to my blog then you can check out my modern Halloween decor home tour and Halloween gallery wall to see what I bought to put this creepy wall together.
(Her latest apocalypse costume doesn’t use a plain black dress for the first time and we love it)
And here is our Halloween Home Tour
And her costume also matches our living room wall that I talked about on Tuesday (click HERE to see the post) which was Mexican skull art.
The outside of our house is covered in spiders every year, because the neighborhood kids love it:
And I have one more thing to show you:
You can read more about my studded pumpkins HERE.
More DIY costume ideas
- I made a super easy fantasy elf costume with cute makeup
- Or how about a post apocalyptic costume that you can put together with some regular clothes
- Or a scary scarecrow Halloween mask with burlap and some other cheap supplies
Tschüß
Soccer Zombie Makeup (HERE)
As always your home looks great, even spooky! But lets talk about your daughters costume, love! The makeup is fantastic and I will have to try that brand, the coverage is great. Nice job!
Ummmm….seriously???? You are on fire!!! (now I’m totally singing “this girl is on fire!”) I headed to pinterest right when I woke up this morning and saw one pic of your daughter. I instantly thought “oh I have to send this to Julia!”…and then I looked and saw that it was pinned by you! I luuuuuuuuuuve it. And the new pics of your home with the studded pumpkins…gorgeous.
the house stunning and glamorous your daughters costume omg super stunning
Thanks so much!
Could she be any cuter? I don’t think so!! Adorable. And i am really looking forward to the details on the canvas.
Can’t wait to see the tutorial on that feather art…in love with it! It needs to go in my master bedroom! =)
OMG! Her costume is amazing! You are so talented! And your dining room, you already know I am loving it! So jealous!
That costume is jaw dropping! I cannot get over how awesome it is! And of course, your Halloween tour rocks too. 😉
So much fun! Continue to Enjoy!!!! Love see it!
She looks amazing! You are one talented lady, but I already knew that. And you are going to have to keep the boys away from her and those beautiful big blue eyes. 🙂
Wow, your Halloween is SO crazy fun, loving every last bit of it! Her costume is AMAZING!!
Such an awesome costume! I love it!!!
You are TOTALLY THE BEST MOM! Wow, your kids are so lucky! I adore all the ‘trouble’ you went to…create such gorgeous decorations. Your daughter’s outfit and makeup are just tooooo cute! The photos are all just so over the top…stunning!
Awww thanks Karen.
Love the skulls and studded pumpkins! Such a fun take on Halloween deocrating 🙂
Whoa! you did a great job, you really painted her face really well! love the makeup, the red flowers and the lace; it’s a great costume Julia! 🙂
enjoy your weekend 🙂
LOVE the costume! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Andrea, I tried to reply to you by email but I don’t think it worked 🙁
I love this costume! It’s so incredible and original!
I love the outdoor spiders! Are they a DIY project, or did you purchase them? What is the web made of? Also, LOVE you daughter’s costume!
Thanks! And I bought the spiders years ago after Halloween on clearance.
It looks like she was totally into the costume, very creative and I love that it was inexpensive too! Your pumpkins are still some of my favorites. Can’t wait to see the tutorial for the feather art too.
What a great Halloween home tour!! Such amazing details!
Hugs,
Jamie @ somuchbetterwithage.com
That is one cool costume! Your creativity is evident and your little model couldn’t be more perfect! BTW, all of your photos in this post are awesome!
Totally creepy!! Success!!
that costume is so awesome! you did an amazing job painting her face, and she’s such a great model!
Her costume is so much cooler than the store bought ones you find! Very creative, Julia! Love the rose headband and her makeup 🙂
WOW! That costume is amazing. And so is all of your Halloween décor! The outside of your house covered with spiders – how fabulous is that. I bet the neighbourhood kids love it! I know when we were decorating (I have two little boys) my six year old was so thrilled about all the spiders and skulls and eyeballs and things. He loved it all!! you did such an amazing job on your Halloween décor- so glad to be on this tour with you!
Thanks Krista. Yes the kids are crazy about the spiders and glad to be in the tour with you too.
Amazing!!! The face painting you did was incredible! I also have to say that little model of yours is pretty fantastic! She must charge a lot of money ;).
Blessings,
Kayla
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Awesome costume, Julia! That rose headband is terrific and your little one looks beautifully scary.
My girls would love that face paint! She’s creepily cute!!!! Love the dripping blood art!
Kelly
You are a rock-star, Julia! Inside and out, your house looks freakin amazing. And your daughter’s costume- beautiful!!
your home looks amazing as i have already told you. lily’s costume- inspired! i LOVE it! she looks so cool!!!!! and unique, too!
Wow this looks amazing! I can’t believe you have art work just for Halloween… you are my hero! lol
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Thanks so much Dee 😉
So, so great! One of the best costumes I’ve ever seen. I love the way she’s looking at the camera. A little spooky but mostly so cute!
Haha, thanks. She loves it!
You are the QUEEN of HALLOWEEN. Seriously – that costume is amaze-balls! And the dining room – you already know how I feel about the dining room.