October 31st is approaching and if you landed on this page I know you’re looking for ways to incorporate your locs into your costume.
Luckily, you’ve landed in the right place!
Some time ago, I went to Facebook to see what cool and creative costume ideas my fellow dreadheads had come up with in previous years. Thanks to them (and a little thinking outside the box), I was able to put together this comprehensive list of loc friendly costume ideas.
Whether your inspiration comes from movies, books, video game characters, musicians, or some other place, this list will surely help you brainstorm your next outfit to impress your friends at the next costume or Halloween party.
95+ Ways to incorporate your dreads into your costume
Creative costume ideas
1. Dreadlocked Jesus or John the Baptist
2. Reggae musician
3. Pirate
4. Egyptian pharaoh
5. Medusa
6. Gypsy
7. Jester
8. Zombie
9. Vampire
10. Steampunk
11. Grunge rocker
12. Rock star
13. Cybergoth
14. Viking
15. Warrior or shieldmaiden
16. Witch
17. Alien
18. Scarecrow
19. Hippie
20. Mother Earth
21. Tree
22. Bird’s nest
23. Deer
24. Mythical forest creature, like a woodland fairy
25. Winter elf
26. Rag doll
27. Pop art character
28. Pineapple (shape your locs into the leaves and paint your face)
29. Reindeer (shape your locs into antlers)
30. Octopus
31. Squid
32. Jellyfish
33. Mermaid (weave seashells into your locs)
34. Unicorn
35. Porcupine
36. Lion or lioness
37. Caveman or cavewoman
38. Plate of spaghetti
39. Mop
40. Old school troll
Costumes inspired by characters from books, movies, TV series, and video games
41. White Queen from Narnia
42. Tarzan
43. Jane of the Jungle
44. Scar from the Lion King
45. Chuck Noland from Cast Away
46. Poison Ivy from Batman
47. The Predator from Alien vs Predator
48. The twins from The Matrix
49. Captain Jack Sparrow, Calypso, or Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean
50. Laurent from Twilight
51. Princess Leia, Kit Fisto, or a Wookiee (Chewbacca) from Star Wars
52. Maleficient
53. Avatar
54. Edward Scissorhands
55. Cousin Itt from The Addams Family
56. Beetlejuice
57. Sheri Moon Zombie from The Lords of Salem
58. Michonne from The Walking Dead
59. Papa Legba from American Horror Story
60. Lara Croft from Tomb Raider
61. Senua from Hellblade
62. Leeloo from Fifth Element
63. Sara Wayland from Gone in 60 Seconds
64. The cowardly lion from the Wizard of Oz
65. Alice in wonderland (style your dreads into a bow)
66. Lurtz from Lord of the Rings
67. Hagrid from Harry Potter
68. Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn
69. Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas
70. Chucky from the Rugrats
71. Cynthia, Angelica’s doll, from the Rugrats
72. Otto Rocket from Rocket Power
73. Miss Frizzle from the Magic School Bus
74. Celia from Monster’s Inc.
75. Te Fiti from Moana
76. Greta from Gremlins
77. The house with balloons from the movie Up (attach helium balloons to your dreads)
78. Super Saiyan 3 from Dragon Ball
79. Donnie from the Wild Thornberrys
80. Knuckles from Sonic the Hedgehog
81. Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons
82. Pippi Longstocking
83. Raggedy Ann
84. Old Gregg from The Mighty Boost
85. Jekyll and Hyde
Dreadlock costumes inspired by musicians
86. Bob or Damian Marley
87. Stevie Wonder
88. Lil Wayne
89. Wiz Khalifa
90. Rob Zombie
91. Brian Welch from Korn
92. Adam Duritz from Counting Crows
93. Linda Perry from 4 Non Blondes
94. John Moyer from Disturbed
95. Milli Vanilli
How have you incorporated your locs into your costume? Do you have any cool ideas that weren’t mentioned? Let me know in the comments!
This post was originally published on October 28, 2020. It has since been edited and improved.
