Group Halloween Costume Idea: Leprechauns

Ideas for Making Leprechaun Costumes

If you are looking for a costume idea for your family, group of friends, fraternity, or sorority, consider making Leprechaun costumes. Leprechaun costumes can be used for St. Patrick's Day parades and parties, or costume parties any day of the year. Also consider a Leprechaun costume for trick-or-treating and for Halloween. For a scary Halloween costume, you can even go as an evil Leprechaun. While Leprechaun costumes will have many similarities, no two costumes should be alike. Follow this tutorial and use these ideas to make your Leprechaun group Halloween costumes.

Begin your Halloween costumes by finding green outfits that you can use as a base. Look for green suits and tuxedos, knickers, vests, dresses, skirts, or any combination of these items. You can use red or black bottoms instead of green if you wish. If you are dressing children as Leprechauns, use green shorts and tights or knee socks. Ladies can wear skirts of any length. Some places where you can find green clothing items for your costumes are thrift stores, discount department stores, school uniform stores, prom items, and dance wear catalogs. Purchase anything in Kelly green, though you can go a little darker or lighter if you need to.

Once you have established the basis of your costume, you can begin to add accessories and details. Purchase a few yards of shamrock fabric and use it to embellish everyone's costume. You can add lapels to the jackets. You make bow ties and vests out of the fabric. You can also cut pocket squares. Also purchase gold or green braid trim to add to the costumes and give the group a unified appearance. Make shamrocks out of felt and attach them to pipe cleaners shaped as a spring. You can add these to jacket or to green or black hats.