Costume & Acting Guide 🧵🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️

👻 THE GHOST – Budget Banshee Vibes

DIY Look:

• Old sheet? Classic. Cut eye holes and go full vintage horror.

• OR: White hoodie + white jeans = sleek modern specter.

• Add gray makeup, baby powder in hair, or white eyeliner for a hollow look.

Props from the crypt:

• Chains from a dog leash or thrift store curtain rods.

• A broken phone with a cracked screen (a “ghosted” symbol).

How to Act:

• Float silently. Drift instead of walk.

• Occasionally vanish mid-convo (ghost ‘em IRL).

• Make TikTok transitions spooky as hell.

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🧛‍♀️ THE VAMPIRE – Yassified Dracula

DIY Look:

• All-black fit from your closet. Add a thrifted blazer or corset.

• Red lipstick for bloodstains. Bonus if it’s smudged.

• Sunglasses indoors? You’re a daywalker.

Fangs on a budget:

• Folded white paper triangles + eyelash glue = $0.00 vampire life.

How to Act:

• Speak in outdated slang ("Thou art slayin’, fr").

• Judge mortals silently.

• Refuse garlic bread like it's a mortal sin.

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🧟 THE ZOMBIE – Dead Inside but Make It Fashion

DIY Look:

• Ripped clothes you already ruined at a concert? Add fake blood (or red lipstick).

• Use gray eyeshadow to contour like you haven’t slept since 1792.

TikTok-ready twist:

• Add a “BRB brain break” sign around your neck.

How to Act:

• Slow mo walk with sudden jerks.

• Moan like you're trying to reach Starbucks but it's closed.

• Say "uuughhhh... brainrot" for authenticity.

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🐺 THE WEREWOLF – Feral But Make It Furrycore

DIY Look:

• Flannel shirt + torn jeans + teased hair.

• Hot glue faux fur (or mop heads) onto a hoodie.

• Draw claws with eyeliner on the back of your hands.

Extra touches:

• Add a DIY tail from yarn braids or a stuffed sock.

How to Act:

• Sniff everything. Yes, everything.

• Growl when someone asks “what are you?”

• Channel chaotic bisexual energy.

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🧙‍♀️ THE WITCH – TikTok Coven Supreme

DIY Look:

• Black dress, boots, and too many rings.

• Drape a scarf over your shoulders or wear a mesh shirt under your crop top.

• Draw sigils with eyeliner on your face/arms.

Alt touches:

• Plastic spider rings. Tarot cards in your fanny pack.

How to Act:

• Whisper cryptic stuff like “the moon told me not to trust him.”

• Stir invisible potions with your metal straw.

• Threaten to hex your ex with ✨crystals✨.

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👹 THE DEMON – Chaotic Good/Neutral/Evil

DIY Look:

• Red and black anything. Fishnets optional. Horns from headbands or paper towel rolls.

• Use eyeliner to draw sigils under your eyes or a third eye on your forehead.

Upcycle moment:

• Make wings from cardboard + trash bags + duct tape.

How to Act:

• Grin too wide. Know things you shouldn’t.

• Speak in riddles or all lowercase.

• Say “I don’t sleep, I plot” unironically.

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🦴 THE SKELETON – Minimalist Mortality Aesthetic

DIY Look:

• Black clothes with white tape or chalk-painted bones.

• Skeleton gloves from Dollar Tree or draw bones on your hands with white eyeliner.

Extra flair:

• Glow-in-the-dark paint.

• Facepaint skull mask or just outline the jaw for a stylized look.

How to Act:

• Clack your imaginary bones.

• Say “I’m just skin and vibes.”

• Laugh awkwardly like a xylophone.

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🦇 BONUS: TIKTOK MONSTER MASHUP – Choose Your Fighter

Feeling indecisive? 

• Half ghost / half vampire (spirit but make it thirsty).

• Witch who got bit by a werewolf mid-spell.

• Zombie but she’s a YouTuber now.

• Skeleton demon who vapes darkness.

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🧠 TL;DR (But like, don't...):

• Raid your closet first. The vibe > accuracy.

• Use makeup, duct tape, and irony as your magic tools.

• Remember: monsters are just misunderstood icons with killer fits and better social commentary than most influencers.