Popular Mexican character costume ideas for Cosplay and Halloween
When it comes to Halloween and cosplay, there are plenty of fun Mexican character costume ideas to choose from. Whether you want to be a traditional mariachi player or a sexy senorita, there's a costume for you. And don't forget about those iconic Day of the Dead costumes! Here are just a few ideas to get you started.
El Sol (Loteria Cards) Costume
El Sol’s costume is a long-sleeved black T-shirt, black stretch pants, black sneakers, a red face, and a giant Loteria card.
La Luna (Loteria Cards) Costume
La Luna’s costume is a long-sleeved black T-shirt, black stretch pants, comfortable black shoes, a stars headband, large cardboard moon, and a giant Loteria card.
La Arana (Loteria Cards) Costume
La Arana’s costume is a long spider-witch dress, black pump shoes, a spider masquerade ball mask, and a giant Loteria card with a spider web drawing.
La Rosa (Loteria Cards) Costume
La Rosa’s costume is a red flower ruffle blouse, green pants, low heel brown shoes, and a giant Loteria card.
La Calavera (Loteria Cards) Costume
La Calavera’s costume is a long-sleeved black T-shirt, black stretch pants, a skull bone mask, jumbo plastic human crossbones, and a giant Loteria card.
La Chalupa (Loteria Cards) Costume
La Chalupa’s costume is a traditional puebla Mexican embroidered blouse, a traditional Mexican fiesta skirt, a lace red mantilla veil, and a giant Loteria card with a flowers and fruits-laden canoe drawing.
La Sirena (Loteria Cards) Costume
La Sirena’s costume is a long-sleeved nude crew neck T-shirt, Hawaiian seashell bras, a long black wig, and a giant Loteria card with a mermaid tail drawing.
El Apache's Costume from Loteria
El Apache's look features a colorful native chief's hat with a skirt of feathers. He also carries a quiver with bow and arrow.
La Muerte's Costume from Loteria
La Muerte's costume features a skull onesie or jumpsuit in yellow or gold. Then, add a golden skull mask and a scythe to complete the look.
El Catrin's Costume from Loteria
El Catrin's outfit features a black tail coat with a white shirt and a bow tie. He also wears a pair of striped pants, black shoes, and monocles.
El Musico's Costume from Loteria
The El Musico costume from Loteria features a Mariachi-inspired look with a blue jacket, checked pants, and brown shoes. Add a yellow hat and carry a guitar to complete the costume.
El Valiente's Costume from Loteria
El Valiente wears a striped shirt and a pair of pinstripe pants. He also has a red belt and brown shoes, too. Complete look by carrying a scarf and sickle.
El Borracho's Costume from Loteria
Start El Borracho costume by wearing a fake belly under a white shirt, striped pants, and red belt. He also carries a bottle of tequila.
El Paraguas' Costume from Loteria
El Paraguas' costume can be recreated with a wearable blanket, an umbrella, and some fairy lights.
El Diablito Costume from Loteria Cards
El Diablito costume is a red gym shorts, red flip flops, a fake mustache and goatee beard, pointy ears, and devil horn hair clips for the El Diablito Loteria Card.
La Dama Costume from Loteria Cards
La Dama costume is a collared red button-up blouse, a two-piece set featuring a long-sleeved business blazer and a pencil cut skirt, closed-toe red pump shoes, a retro white silk neck scarf, a red air hostess pillbox hat, and wrist length white gloves for the La Dama Loteria Card.
Salt Tequila Lime Costume
Salt, Tequila, and Lime’s costume is a white dress with an ‘S’ on it for Salt, a beige dress with a print of a tequila bottle on it for Tequila, and a light green dress with lime wedge earrings for Lime.
The Salamanca Twins' Costume from Breaking Bad
The Cousins or the Salamanca Twins are often dressed nicely wearing gray suits and printed inner shirts. They also have leather shoes.
La Chilindrina Costume
La Chilindrina’s costume is a green dress with a round yellow collar and red sleeves, short white bloomers, white crew socks, t-strap black Mary Jane shoes, her hair in pigtails, and black nerd geek eyeglasses.
Cholo and Chola Costume
The Cholo and Chola costume features a checkered or plaid outfit styled with an inner shirt and khaki pants.
La Popis' (El Chavo del Ocho) Costume
La Popis wears a pink dress with green sleeves. She wears white socks and a pair of dark shoes. La Popis also carries a doll.
Tapatio & Cholula Costume
Tapatio & Cholula’s costume is a long-sleeved button down white shirt, black pants, white leather shoes, a yellow coat jacket, a red Mexican charro bow tie, and a sombrero for Tapatio, and a formal white dress, white sandal shoes, a Mexican waist belt sash, a white shawl, and a red Dahlia flower hair clip for Cholula.
Ramses (Nacho Libre) Costume
Ramses’s costume is a gold wrestling mask, gold leggings, gold boots, gold wrist cuffs, and a gold cape.
Bandita Costume
Bandita's costume features clothes such as a black corset, a skirt, and thigh high boots. You can style it with a pair of gloves, hat, and an eye mask.
The Zorro & Elena Costume
Zorro costume is most known for his all-black ensemble. He wears a black tunic, black pants, black boots, a billowing black cape, a black Spanish hat, and a black mask. Elena’s costume is a white renaissance dress with a white corset, brown riding boots, and a choker necklace with a medallion as its pendant.
Doña Florinda (El Chavo del Ocho) Costume
Dona Florinda costume features a head full of hair rollers, a red gingham dress, and a blue apron!
Rey Mysterio (WWE) Costume
Rey Mysterio's costume is a signature full head mask along with a tank top and performance pants.
El Macho (Despicable Me) Costume
El Macho’s costume is a red long-sleeve dress shirt, black pants, and a gold necklace for day-to-day. But El Macho’s supervillain costume is composed of a black wrestling singlet, a red cape, and a red/black wrestling mask.
Frida Kahlo (Coco) Costume
Frida Kahlo’s costume is an orange crop top, a ruffled magenta midi skirt, a flower crown, a brunette wig in an up-do, and face paint to look like a skeleton.
Grandma Coco Costume
Mama Coco’s costume is a white embroidered dress, white socks, pink fluffy slippers, and an orange shawl. Mama Coco is also known for her all-white hair styled in twin braids.
Hector Rivera (Coco) Costume
Hector’s costume is a skeleton suit, a purple button-down shirt, brown pants, a red scarf, and a straw hat.
Miguel Rivera (Coco) Costume
Miguel’s costume is a white tank top, a red zip-up hoodie, light washed denim jeans, brown shoes, skeletal gloves, and face paint. You might also want to bring along a guitar.
Isabella (Phineas and Ferb) Costume
Isabella’s costume is a white shirt, a pink sleeveless dress, a pink belt, white socks, pink shoes, and a pink hair bow. Isabella is one of the most willing and adventurous friends of Phineas and Ferb.
Pedro Sanchez (Napoleon Dynamite) Costume
Pedro Sanchez costume is a light blue button-down shirt, denim pants, a blue bolo tie, and a fake mustache.
Maria Posada & Manolo Sanchez (Book of Life) Costume
Maria Posada costume is an off-shoulder top with a red long skirt. Meanwhile, Manolo Sanchez costume a black bull-fighting coat with gold-toned embellishments. He also carries a guitar.
Three Amigos Costume
The Three Amigos costume include a mariachi-inspired ruffled top, jacket, and pants with a red bow and sash. They also wear a sombrero or a wide hat.
Pinata Costume
Pinata costume can be recreated with a cute unicorn hoodie decorated with hanging ribbons all over.
Sugar Skulls Costume
For sugar skull costume, aside from drawing a skull on their face, women wear slightly gothic-themed dresses and beautiful floral headbands. Men, on the other hand, wear much simple clothing of black suits.
Rebelde Costume
The Rebelde rag tag group of musicians are most known for their rendition of their school uniform. They are wearing denim bottoms paired with a white collared top, a red necktie, and a red blazer.
Santa Muerte and San La Muerte Costume
Santa Muerte costume includes a red cloak with a rib-printed tee and red skirt. Tie a hemp rope as belt. It also includes a skull mask, a scythe, and a toy scale. Meanwhile, San La Muerte has the same features in his costume, just switch up the color of the cloak to black.