The holidays are just around the corner. If you want to get your costumes involved in seasonal festivities, look no further. These Christmas cosplay ideas are a perfect fit for holiday cons, meet ups and more. Whether you’re aiming to craft from scratch or assemble a closet costume, you’ll be able to blend the magic of Christmas with the creativity of cosplay with these options.
Cosplay Ideas
- Santa – You could go with a standard Santa suit. Or if there’s a specific one that calls to you like Tim Allen’s from the Santa Clause, you can create it yourself to have something a little more unique.
- Overwatch holiday cosmetics – Video games with cosmetics is a great way to get ideas for holiday themed costumes. One such game specifically being Overwatch. There’s an assortment of Christmas skins that can make for great cosplays.
- The grinch – From the iconic Jim Carey’s version to the horror movie’s the mean one, you have options in bringing the grinch to life. Or you can choose other characters from the story such as Martha or Cindy Lou Who.
- Holiday redesign – If you want to exercise your creative mind, consider taking an existing character and giving them a whole new look. Recolor and design any character to better fit the themes of the holiday.
- Buddy the elf – Looking to be the big elf himself? Buddy is a fun and simple costume that can be put together relatively quickly and just in time for Christmas
- Nightmare Before Christmas – Thankfully for the more spooky people out there, this movie is both a Halloween and Christmas film. Either try Jack and Sally or get a trio cosplay together for Lock, Shock and Barrel.
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