Popular short character costume ideas for Cosplay and Halloween
Whether you're looking for a last-minute costume for Halloween or planning ahead for a cosplay event, these short character costume ideas are perfect. From pop culture to classic literature, there's something here for everyone. And the best part? They can all be put together with items you probably already have in your closet. So get creative and have fun!
Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs Costume
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’s costumes are a special princess dress with a fluffy light blue short-sleeved blue vest attached to a ballooning yellow long skirt, a red cape, slip-on black leather shoes, and a black curly hair with a red bow headband for Snow White; and colored shirts with a printed belt and giant buttons, compression legging pants, medieval brown laced-up boot shoes, and dwarf beards, ears, and hats for the Seven Dwarfs.
Dobby's (Harry Potter) Costume
Dobby wears a sack cloth. He has elf ears, too. Carry a sock to complete the look.
Oompa Loompa (Charlie & the Chocolate Factory) Costume
An Oompa Loompa costume is a brown, long-sleeved shirt, white pants, with white suspenders, green hair, and an orange face.
Horace & Jasper (101 Dalmatians) Costume
Jasper and Horace costume is their matching looks featuring a turtle neck, jacket, pants, and ankle boots.
Gollum (Lord of the Rings) Costume
Gollum’s costume is a nude bodysuit, a mask, a brown loincloth, big feet, and the One Ring.
Smurfette Costume
Smurfette’s costume is a white dress, white heels, white hat, and long, blonde hair. She also has blue skin. Smurfette is the deeply caring female Smurf that everybody loves.
Mr Smee (Peter Pan) Costume
Mr Smee wears a striped shirt and blue shorts. Wear a fat suit or belly filler to recreate his tummy. He also has a dwarf hat, white side burns, and moon shaped glasses.
Lord Farquaad (Shrek) Costume
Lord Farquaad costume is a red royal cape with a red shirt dress under. He has black sleeves topped with a red pair of gloves.
Gnome Costume
Gnome costume involves solid-colored long sleeved shirt, pants, and boots. Wear a beard and elf hat, too!
A Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings) Costume
For Hobbits costume, you will need a white dress shirt, cropped pants, a tweed vest, a blazer, and a brown cape. Don’t bother with shoes since Hobbits are known to go everywhere barefoot.
Mayor of Halloween Town (Nightmare Before Christmas) Costume
The Mayor of Halloween Town costume black and white-striped pants, a gray blazer, and an orange prize ribbon.
Princess Bean & Elfo (Disenchantment) Costume
Princess Bean costume is to dress up in medieval clothes more styled for men while Elfo likes something a lot simpler, a tunic and shorts.
Pillsbury Doughboy Costume
Pillsbury Doughboy costume is still a perpetually white dough-like man who wears a white scarf and a white chef’s hat
Wario (Super Mario) Costume
Wario’s costume looks very much like Mario’s and Luigi’s except her prefers the color yellow. He wears a yellow sweater, a pair of purple overalls, black sneakers, a yellow cap, and white gloves.
Dr. Evil (& Mini Me) Costume
Dr. Evil costume is a gray long-sleeved shirt with a matching pair of pants, a ring on his pinky finger, and pair of white formal shoes.
Edna Mode Costume
Edna Mode costume is an all-black ensemble. She wears a black top, black skirt, black leggings, and black shoes
Billy the Puppet (Saw) Costume
Since Billy is actually a puppet, his face is in the same style of a puppet, but with scary features like red eyes and crazy black hair.
Ewok (Star Wars) Costume
Cosplaying Ewok would be a perfect choice for kids, but adults could try as well. These small creatures have a pretty interesting "teddy bear" look. So making this costume is pretty much all about fur pieces of clothes. For kids, complete Ewok can be found.
Yoda (Star Wars) Costume
Yoda has a straightforward costume. While the mask and lightsaber are necessary, you can improvise with the Jedi outfit