8 Costumes You Can Make With a Green Dress
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Green dresses are harder to style than red or black ones, which is exactly why they make great costumes. Green belongs to fairies, witches, mermaids, elves and a few famous statues.
Pick a shade, then pick a costume. Light green leans fairy and mermaid; dark green leans witch and elf.
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1. Witch
Green is the classic storybook color for a witch. A green dress makes it feel different from the usual all-black version.
How to do it: Pointed black hat, striped black-and-green tights, a broom and dark lipstick. Green face makeup if you want to go full storybook.
Worth buying: a witch hat with a wired brim.
2. Fairy
A light green dress plus wings is a forest fairy. It’s great for kids and adults.
How to do it: Sheer wings, a flower crown, glitter on the cheekbones and bare feet or ballet flats. Leaf garland around the waist.
Worth buying: a pair of fairy wings.
3. Elf
For Christmas or fantasy, a green dress gets you most of the way to an elf.
How to do it: Christmas: red-and-white striped tights, a felt collar and a hat with a bell. Fantasy: a cloak, pointed ears and a braided crown.
Worth buying: pointed elf ears.
4. Mermaid
A long, fitted green dress is a mermaid tail. Add shells and sparkle.
How to do it: Seashell bra top or shell necklace, sequins, a starfish hair clip and loose wavy hair. Shimmery green and blue eye makeup.
Worth buying: a starfish hair clip.
5. Statue of Liberty
Mint green is all you need for Lady Liberty. It’s one of the most recognizable costumes there is.
How to do it: Mint or seafoam green dress (drape a matching sheet over one shoulder for the robe), a foam spiky crown, a torch and a book. Paint exposed skin pale green for the full statue effect.
Worth buying: a crown and torch set.
6. Christmas Tree
The holiday move. A green dress plus tinsel makes a Christmas tree in ten minutes.
How to do it: Wrap tinsel garland in a spiral, clip on small ornaments, and wear a gold star headband. Add battery fairy lights if you’re brave.
Worth buying: battery-powered fairy lights.
Full guide: our full Christmas Tree costume guide
7. Plant Villain
The comic-book plant villain is all leaves and attitude, and a green dress is the perfect base.
How to do it: Glue or pin silk ivy leaves along the neckline and straps, add a leaf crown, red hair (or a red wig), green eyeshadow and dark lipstick.
Worth buying: artificial ivy garland.
8. Frog Princess
A fairy tale with a twist: a princess who’s half frog.
How to do it: A gold crown, a stuffed frog, and green eyeshadow. Bonus points for a little frog-shaped purse.
Worth buying: a small plush frog.
Green Dress Costume Tips
Match the shade to the idea. Mint for Lady Liberty, emerald for a witch or elf, light sage for a fairy, deep green for a Christmas tree.
Use green makeup sparingly unless you’re going full statue. A little green on the eyelids reads as costume; a full face is a commitment.
Pin on leaves and tinsel instead of gluing so the dress survives.
Need more ideas? Browse the full costume encyclopedia from A to Z, or see our 10 last-minute costumes you can make tonight.
Green Dress Costume FAQ
What can I be for Halloween in a green dress?
A witch, fairy, elf, mermaid, Statue of Liberty, plant villain or frog princess.
What Christmas costume can I make with a green dress?
A Christmas tree or an elf.
What’s the easiest green dress costume?
A fairy. Add wings and a flower crown.
What’s a group costume with a green dress?
A fairy circle, a witch’s coven, or a whole Christmas tree lot.
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