Leg Avenue Golden Goddess

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He crafted a big cardboard mallet spray painted gold to go along with his white tunic, gold leaves ribbon. Perfect! Since Athena is a heroic Greek goddess of wisdom, my daughter decided to carry a gold painted cardboard book, as well as a shield. She used these along with a white tunic. Other than that, she used the same gold leaf ribbon, and cardboard cuffs spray painted gold and closed with Velcro. Super simple and pretty Athena Halloween costume! Since Hephaestus is the mythological god of smithing and building, we thought it would be perfect for our 3rd kiddo, who is our biggest builder by a mile! He loves anything with cardboard and tape, so this was right up his alley. MORE POSTS IF YOU LIKED THIS POST WITH OUR FAMILY GREEK MYTHOLOGY COSTUME, YOU MIGHT LIKE THESE POSTS TOO: Writing posts like this is a bit fun, and also, challenging. What do we visually consider a representation of a “goddess”? What cultures do we choose from and why?

If you believe the tales, Venus rose from the foam of the Mediterranean Sea. As she took on her fair form, she became the ideal of beauty and love, taking on all the attributes of the most beautiful woman imaginable. Marrying the famously ugly and crippled god of the forge, Vulcan, she was one of the chief goddesses of the Roman and Hellenic pantheons. Despite literally rising from nothing, she came into her own and achieved such fame that she is known even to today. Now that is an influencer! Product Details We used a few basic supplies for all the DIY Greek mythology costumes. They were inexpensive and impactful!My kids came up with this idea on their own with zero input from me. They decided they all wanted to coordinate, decided on the costumes, came up with ideas for the other family members, and I just followed along. I sort of feel like I’ve arrived in parenthood! 😉 In the post below, I have endeavored to list costumes by most size inclusive to least, as well as some DIY plus size goddess costumes. Gold face paint. This gold face and body paint went on beautifully and was impactful and inexpensive. My husband decided to do a Zeus Halloween costume, and needed a couple of props to add to his look. He also used a flat sheet to tie around himself. Then, he made a lightning bolt staff out of cardboard and a wooden pole. He then spray painted those gold, along with cardboard cuffs closed with Velcro, and gold leaves ribbon around his head. I’ve mentioned before that we love we love matching family Halloween costumes, but that I was sure that last year would be the final time my kids would be on board. Well, lo and behold, this year they came up with a matching theme for a family Greek mythology costume.

For my Hera Halloween costume, I took an old white flat sheet and tied it around myself in a two-shoulder style. (It didn’t stay up super well, so I need to figure out how to get it to stay better. I also wrapped the gold leaves ribbon around my head. Additionally, I made cuffs from cardboard, then spray painted them gold and closed them around my arms with Velcro. Finally, we had little baby Aphrodite Halloween costume! She’s our little love, so we figured she had to be the goddess of love. It made for a perfect DIY Greek goddess costume! Why be an ordinary woman when you can be a goddess? If classical mythology has always intrigued you, women's goddess costumes are an exciting choice for any costumed event. Before you make your decision on the costume alone, you may want to decide on what you want your vibe to be for the night? Are you feeling fierce and powerful? Well, then Athena is a great choice! Feeling a little mysterious and magical? If that's the case, you may want to choose from Egyptian mythology and explore goddess Isis costumes! Fortunately, the Greek mythology costumes theme my kids chose lent itself perfectly to simple but beautiful and impactful matching family Halloween costumes. There’s something about all being in the same color and style that really ups the wow factor, even if the costumes themselves aren’t super elaborate. I LOVE how our family Greek mythology costume turned out and am sharing all the details below! Are you looking for a plus size goddess costume? Trying to find plus size costumes can be a challenge, so I put together this roundup.

In addition to all that, we’re planning to have him try using some beard oil and then putting gold glitter in his beard! I’ll let you know how that goes. Did you know that Egyptian pharaohs were considered divine? How could they be anything less? They were well-dressed, adorned with beautiful jewelry, and had the full attention of everyone in their kingdom. Can you imagine the epic parties that the Egyptian gods and goddesses took part in? We can only envision people waving a palm leaf over them while they were being fed grapes and enjoying endless amounts of wine. It probably wasn’t all glamour and parties - what with the constant threat of being overthrown looming large. But still, it would be fun to indulge like a goddess every now and then. Product Details And that’s it for our family Greek mythology costume! It was a blast putting it together, and it only took a few short hours to pull together 7 beautiful costumes that made a big family Halloween costume impact. I hope this inspires you in creating some costumes of your own!