Fancy Dress masks are an easy way to make a fancy dress outfit really authentic. They can also be a relatively cheap way to make a costume as you can add one to an outfit you already have, even your ordinary clothes.
There are absolutely loads of different masks you can get, from famous people to cartoon characters to animals to scary, Halloween masks. You can full face masks and eye masks depending on the kind of theme you need a mask for and also how comfortable you want to be.
Full-face masks can be very hot but they all have holes to breath and for your eyes. You can get kids masks and adult masks, as obviously they are different sizes and different kinds of themes as some adult masks can look quite frightening.
A common theme for a fancy dress party is cartoon characters and as well as loads of fun costumes for this theme you can get some really great masks. The Flintstones is always a popular theme and you can get both Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble full head deluxe latex character mask. Obviously these will look better with full Fred or Barney costumes so that might not be such a cheap option but you’ll really look the part.
Another popular cartoon show is The Simpsons and there are loads of different character masks for this series, including Homer, Bart, Moe and Mr Burns. You can get an Adult Homer Simpson Oversized Vinyl Mask, which is a full-faced mask or if you would feel more comfortable wearing a half-face mask you can get an Adult Homer Vinyl Half-Cap Mask. Both of them look really funny and you could wear either of them with your regular clothes such as a shirt and trousers. The Moe The Bartender mask and the Mr Burns mask are both half-face masks.
Star Wars is always a popular theme and the good news is that there are loads of Star Wars character fancy dress masks, from every film. From the classic baddy, Darth Vader, to the fantastic Darth Maul, there are lots of baddies and good guys to choose from. You can get an official licensed Adult Darth Maul Vinyl Mask that looks like the real thing, including the horns on the head, although you might want to cover these with the hood of your cape. You can even get a full Darth Maul costume with a cape with hood and a vinyl mask attached. If you go as Darth Maul or any Star Wars character it’s important not to forget a light saber, of course.
If your favourite character is Chewbacca you can get a superb Adult Chewbacca Deluxe Latex Mask but if you really wanted to go the whole hog and you have a bigger budget you can get a more authentic looking full-face mask covered in hair. The Adult Supreme Chewbacca Mask Supreme edition is completely covered with hand-layered, multicoloured long hair fur for an authentic blended look. Other Star Wars character masks include Stormtrooper helmets and Clone Trooper helmets, a C-3PO Vinyl Mask, Jango Fett and Bobba Fett helmets, Jar Jar Binks, Yoda, Emperor Palpatine, Greedo, Watto, Boss Nass, Nute Gunray full face masks and X-wing Fighter and Naboo Collectors helmets.
As well as Star Wars you can get loads of other great film character masks, such as a Mad Eye Moody latex facemask, a Dumbledore Face Mask and a Dobby facemask from the Harry Potter collection. You can also get a latex Voldemort facemask from the Harry Potter films, which looks quite gruesome as do a lot of the Halloween themed masks. Some of them could be very frightening to children so it’s worth thinking about when and where you are going to wear a mask. Some other film themed fancy dress masks include Rocky, Spock from Star Trek, Gollum from Lord of The Rings, Predator and Terminator. Some rock and pop star themed masks include Elton John, Mick Jagger and the ever popular, much loved Elvis.
Elvis is always a great character to dress up as because there are so many flambuoyant costumes available, from different periods of his career but an Elvis mask can be worn with any of them. Some other masks based on real-life famous people include The Queen and other members of the royal family, Tony Blair and several American presidents such as J.F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. You can also get more generic fancy dress masks such as old ladies, old men, pirates, mad doctors, clowns, gnomes and burglars.
Fancy dress masks are a fab addition to any fancy dress costume and although they aren’t that cheap they can be an affordable way of making a costume really great if you already have the clothes. Fancy dress masks can be really fun too as you’ll have to guess who everybody really is!