Make Your Own Gypsy Halloween Costume

How To Make A Gypsy Fortune Teller Costume

You may have to do a bit of shopping around at used clothing stores for some of the items that you'll need.

If you are handy with a sewing machine, there are many Halloween costume patterns available for gypsy style clothing.

Here are some suggestions for both men and women (and boys/girls) that can easily be created once you get all the items together:

• Long skirt in bright colors or a gypsy dress.
  
• Gypsy blouse
  
• Brightly colored front-laced vest
  
• Black leotard stockings
  
• Black shoes
  
• Brightly colored sash for the waist
  
• Matching bandana for hair
  
• Gold hoop earrings and some long, colorful beaded necklaces and beaded bracelets, gold bangles for arms
  
  

• Long wide-flowing black skirt
  
• White peasant shirt
  
• Black front-laced vest
  
• Black stockings
  
• Black shoes
  
• Brightly colored apron or a shorter overskirt
  
• Long black wig or reddish-brown wig
  
• Colored 2" to 3" wide headband
  
• Gold hoop earrings or dangling gypsy style earrings, long colorful beaded necklaces, bangles for arms
  
  

• Black or brown breeches
  
• Black boots
  
• White pirate shirt or long sleeved colored shirt that has "blousey" type sleeves
  
• Long-length black or brown vest preferably trimmed with a gold-colored braiding
  
• Red or another colorful long scarf for the sash at the waist
  
• Colorful bandana
  
• One gold hoop earring
  
  

Additional Accessories

You'll also want to add some certain accessories to your gypsy Halloween costume. For one thing, gypsies loved music and dance. So accessorize yourself with some musical instruments:

• Costume Tambourine
  
• Costume Finger Symbols
  
• For musicians: Gypsy Travel Guitar
  
• And most important - fortune telling tarot cards.
  

Let your imagination run wild with the colors and styles you could mix and match. The trick is to dress in layers and use clothing that is loose and flowing.

Don't forget to add lots of jewelry like bangles, long flowing necklaces, large earrings and ankle bracelets to enhance your outfit. Use colorful sashes to accent your waist (and also to hold daggers!)

Women could drape several sheer scarves from their waist to hang down in points around a solid colored skirt.

Include headbands, bandanas and even eye patches for that gypsy pirate look. Purples, blues, greens, bright yellows, reds and blacks are the most popular colors and will make your outfit really stand out.

Learn a bit about fortune telling and divination, carry around a pack of playing cards or tarot cards - and you'll be all set to play the part of the gypsy fortune teller.