How to Make Chili Pepper Costume
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| # | Item | Description | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Full Red Pepper Jumpsuit | Slip into this one-size red pepper suit. Your face pops out of the top and the curved tip and green stem do the rest. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 2 | Padded Pepper Jumpsuit | Prefer a straighter, cartoon-style pepper? This one has sleeves, so your arms stay free for the party. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 3 | Red Pepper Hat | The easy route is a soft red pepper hat with a green stem. Pair it with the red clothes below. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 4 | Red Onesie | A red hooded onesie makes the body of a DIY chili pepper and is warm for a night out. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 5 | Red Sweatpants | Not into onesies? Wear red sweatpants with a red long-sleeve top so you are red from head to toe. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 6 | Red Pepper Headband | A plush pepper on a headband is the lightest option for a party or a group costume. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
| 7 | Kids Pepper Jumpsuit | A kid-sized pepper with a smiling face and a green stem hat, for children who want to match. | 🛒 Check on Amazon |
A chili pepper is about as simple as a food costume gets: be red, add a green stem. Choose the full pepper suit for the funniest look, or the hat-and-red-clothes version if you want to move, sit and eat comfortably. Dress it up with green gloves or green tights so the stem colour repeats, and wear black shoes so the red stays the star.
Ideas for a Chili Pepper Costume
- Spicy couple: pair a chili pepper with a salt shaker, or Salt and Pepper if you want a food duo. Another hot match is Tapatio and Cholula.
- Taco Tuesday group: a chili pepper, a taco, an avocado and a lime make a good Mexican-food crew.
- Hot-pepper pun: hang a "Caution: Hot" sign on the front, or call yourself a "hot chili" and hand out candy.
- Kids and family: a kid-sized pepper next to a parent in the adult suit makes an easy matching set.
About Chili Pepper
Chili peppers are the fruit of plants in the genus Capsicum. They come in red, green, orange and yellow, and their heat comes from capsaicin. Red is the colour most people picture for a chili pepper, which is why red is the colour of the costume. Peppers have been grown in the Americas for thousands of years.
