It’s everyone’s favourite time of the year! Aka the unveiling of our family Halloween costume theme :) As usual, we think about and debate our group costume ideas for months. But once the kids thought about Dragon Ball, they were set! Check out the photos and details on this year’s Dragon Ball family costumes.
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Whether you grew up watching Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z or Dragon Ball Super (or GT? etc?) these characters are recognizable. And even if you didn’t watch the series, they are still pretty popular.
Haven’t heard about Dragon Ball? The basic premise is that it’s an anime TV series about martial arts that started in the mid 1980s. Seriously, it’s been around for years and our kids have watched one-two episodes a night for the last year or so. (Not every night, but it’s been a bedtime staple for awhile).
Think: a lot of intense fighting, excessive yelling, planetary travel, super powers.
In our living room, we have a couple of Dragon Ball Z posters taped up. I watched Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z as a child, but I don’t remember that much. A few of the main characters, basic storylines – but not as much as my kids now know.
And they were very decisive on which characters they wanted to be!
Dragon Ball Character Costumes
Costume AliExpress | Similar Costume on Amazon
Zachary chose to be Goku “super saiyan blue”. It’s one of his special abilities/modes. Basically, the main character in the traditional orange outfit with big puffy blue hair.
Similar Green Dress | Similar Black Table Runner
Élise went much more obscure and chose Vados. She’s the sixth generation, a cousin of Whis; with a green dress, black accents/bib and magical staff. For her bib we found a table runner that I painted, but I could have probably cut it down a bit more to size to show off the green dress more. (We also ran out of yellow tape for her stick, but will add more before Halloween). And maybe a blue glowstick necklace that night too!
Costume on AliExpress | Similar Wig on Amazon
Félix is Goten “super saiyan 2” – so the magical powered up lightning version of Goten (Goku’s grandson). I was only looking to buy the wigs online but found the whole outfits on AliExpress and got them.
Green Bodysuit | Similar Purple Overalls
Picolo is their green alien friend, and I chose my costume because I knew I had a green body suit and purple overalls already! The kids did not like this choice (they wanted me to be a girl) – but I thought dying my hair green would be a fun addition. Technically, Picolo is bald – but I might wear a green hat OR go with his turban/white cape style on Halloween. (I might also do green face makeup. The only green I have now is a muted eyeshadow but my cheeks just look a bit darker).
The Husband is going as Master Roshi, their elderly master trainer who wears an orange shirt. (I thrifted an orange button-up and added white hockey tape to the edges). Most times Master Roshi is also wearing a big turtle shell and shorts. His other characteristics are a bald head, red sunglasses and white beard. Oh, and a chauvinistic pig, ha.
Tootsie is Bulma! Bulma is married to Vegeta and is friends with the rest of the characters. She has blue hair! And while she does wear a few different outfits in the show, we went with a cute little pink shorts and shirt set with hair bow (ish) and purple neckerchief.
Dragon Ball Halloween Costume Ideas
Honestly, there are SO many characters in the different Dragon Ball shows. And different versions of each of the main characters too.
As always, we do a few group photos to choose the best one – here are all the extras, ha.
Costume Sources
And some more photos of Tootsie in her Bulma costume :) She has a love-hate relationship with dressing up.
Is it mean to make her dress up when she doesn’t want too? Look how funny her butt is!
On Halloween night, we can also wear a layer or two underneath our costumes depending how cold it is. This year’s theme costumes are also more moveable – especially compared to last year’s stiff boxes. (And it rained last Halloween so they got pretty soggy).
Other Halloween Group Costume Ideas
- Family Minecraft Halloween Costumes
- The Little Mermaid
- Beauty & the Beast
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- High School Stereotypes
- Family Wizard of Oz Costumes
- Family Pokémon Character Costumes
- Family Clue Costumes
- Super Mario Family Costumes
Any suggestions for next year?
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