Dressing up at Halloween is one of the best times of the year to get dressed up and with such a vast variety of fancy dress costumes to chose from, not only will you be spoilt for choice but this is the perfect opportunity to find yourself a seriously scary fancy dress costume perfect for Halloween.

At Halloween the scarier your outfit the better and this is a great opportunity to take an average fancy dress outfit and really make yourself look scary! Although most of the Halloween fancy dress costumes you’ll find are already scary enough there’s always small changes you can make and scary things you can add to make yourself really scary and fit right in on Halloween night.

To throw together a really scary Halloween costume first you‘ll need to decide who you want to go as and then look for ways to make yourself even scarier by accessorising your basic Halloween costume.

When looking for a seriously scary costume there are a few basics you should watch out for. Firstly blood, anything covered in blood is always a bit eerie, fake blood is generally quite cheap and it shouldn’t stain your skin, although you should always check first, so don’t be afraid to go over the top with it. Mutated body parts are also a great way to scare your friends especially if you can pretend they’re your own!

Another great way to create a scary Halloween costume is to throw in a couple of scars, you can buy some seriously scary scars and wounds, which are easy to apply to the skin and some scars even look like an open wound! Definitely scary.

Halloween props are easy to find in your average high street fancy dress shop but if you can’t face the crowds at this busy time of year then shopping online is perfect and remember it‘s Halloween so the scarier your costume the better.