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When it comes to spooky season, cats are experts at all things that go bump in the night. So why not include them in your Halloween costume just as they are? We’re sharing our best ideas on safely including your furry friend in the frightful fun for an evening of treats and scary movie cuddling on the couch.
Channel your inner Holly Golightly with a white button-up, sleeping mask and animal companion—aptly named Cat! No costume needed for your furry friend, simply strike a pose together for a glamorous look worthy of a trip to Tiffany’s.
Alice in Wonderland
A literary classic your cat is sure to appreciate. Whether you opt to dress as the Mad Hatter, Red Queen or Alice herself, be sure to include your Cheshire Cat for a whimsically fun look that might even inspire a little extra mischief—especially if cardboard boxes are involved.
Twin with your cat for a night of show tunes sung at a purrfect pitch by wearing a pair of ears and matching tail. A classic costume your feline friend is sure to appreciate, don’t forget to draw on a few whiskers for a complete look.
Sailor Moon
Whether your cat is more of a Luna or Artemis, defend the galaxy with the help of your kitty companion. Channel the look of Sailor Moon alongside your cat by adding a crescent moon charm to their collar for a celestial nod.
Create the perfect outfit for a look so wicked, they might just call you Dr. Evil. Enjoy a relaxing evening on the couch with your own Mr. Bigglesworth while you plot how to get away with stealing the candy bowl when no one’s watching.
Candy Drawing
Before we launch the instructions, do remember that the key with creative drawings is to have confidence in yourself to change instructions to fit the kind of art YOU want to make. My steps below are merely suggestions!
1. Draw a circle for the “head” of the candy, then add eyes and a smile.
As with our easy, cute spider drawing, we’re simplifying things by making the head and body one simple circle. I recommend a kind, welcoming expression for your hard candy drawing. This sweet is excited to be eaten!
2. Sketch the “arms” of the twisted wrapper.
To indicate the sides of the candy wrapper — which also double as the “arms” of our personified candy (that’s a type of figurative language), sketch two sideways triangles on either end of the head/body, and add some zig-zags (that’s an onomatopoeia example) for crinkles in the foil.
3. Add contrasting color to the candy drawing and background.
Pick a cheerful color for your hard candy wrapper, and use a very different color in the background so the two shades are juxtaposed with nice contrast, and don’t blend together. I opted for a lighter version of the midnight purple shade that I used in our cute bat drawing.
(Side note: Into history? Check out a fascinating history of candy in the Encyclopedia Brittanica!)
4. Put in shading and highlights.
The key to making your candy drawing look three-dimensional is shading the bottom and sides with darker versions of the wrapper color, and adding highlights at the top to show glinting light and curves. (We used a similar technique with our witch hat drawing.)
My son (who was looking over my shoulder as I was drawing these illustrations) also urged me to add some decorative polka dots on the wrapper, and I agree with him that those add some fabulous flair! Ready to see the completed candy drawing? Here you go…
Spell Sweetest
As an English teacher, I can’t help inserting a little spelling lesson into this candy art tutorial. Many of my students over the years have had trouble spelling “sweetest” because it sounds like the word should be written “sweetist” with an “i” instead of an “e.”
The correct way to spell “sweetest,” however, is SWEET-EST (with an “est” at the end). One way to remember this is that the “est” is a suffix used to form superlatives (things that are the most or the biggest). Another way to remember to use an “e” instead of “i” is that the former letter looks more like a sweet candy circle!
VIDEO: How to Draw Candy
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