Carbon Costume

Jake Wheeler (played by Zackary Arthur) is a main character in the Chucky TV series.  Jake finds a Good Guy doll at a yard sale and plans to sell it online, which sparks the events of the series when the doll comes to life with murderous intent.  Jake eventually dates Devon and becomes friends with Lexy, despite a rocky start.  Jake wears many different outfits, but you can’t go wrong with dark jeans and a flannel shirt layered over a black t-shirt.  Jake wears a unique (and creepy) doll head pendant necklace, but a Friday the 13th pendant will achieve a similar effect with no DIY required.

Nadine (played by Bella Higginbotham) is a student at Incarnate Lord where she is roommates with Lexy Cross in the TV series Chucky.  Nadine joins forces with Lexy, Jake, and Devon to stop the Good Guy doll at the heart of the horror.  Nadine has short, curly auburn hair and wears round-framed glasses.  Most often, she is shown wearing her Catholic reform school uniform.  If you want to recreate her ethereal white look, it might be difficult to find an exact match for her dress.  You can achieve a similar look by layering a sheer robe over a white dress and using gold fabric paint to add some floral details to the robe.

Cody (voiced by Joseph Balderrama) is one of the protagonists of the adventure game It Takes Two.  Cody and his wife May are in the midst of a separation when their minds are transferred into two dolls made by their daughter Rose.  They must put their issues aside to find their way back to their bodies.  Cody’s doll appearance includes green hair, an orange sweater, and patchwork pants.  Top off your wig with a green antenna headband and create your button pin from a paper plate.  You can also cut plates into the shapes of the leaves that appear throughout Cody’s costuming.  Don’t be afraid to take your crafting scissors to your sweater as well in order to achieve the perfectly imperfect look from the game.  Top it all off with some rope wound around your midsection and right forearm, as well as a pair of tan shoes.

Meryl Stryfe (voiced most recently by Sakura Andou and Sarah Roach) is a supporting character in the anime and manga series Trigun.  In the 2023 reboot Trigun Stampede, Meryl is a rookie reporter investigating Vash the Stampede alongside her seasoned partner Roberto De Niro.  In addition to an update to her vocation, Meryl’s wardrobe underwent an overhaul for the new series.  In Trigun Stampede, she wears a white blouse with blue frog button detailing, black tights, and blue shorts with a rolled hem.  Her accessories include gold earrings, a blue beret, black fingerless gloves, a black belt with gold buckle, a cream-colored jacket, and white high-top sneakers.  If you really want to get as close to her look from the show as possible, take a little light blue fabric paint to the buttons on a white blouse to make them pop.

Goldilocks (voiced by Florence Pugh) is all grown up in the Dreamworks animated feature Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.  The leader of a criminal gang which includes the Three Bears from her well-known fairy tale, Goldilocks allies herself with Big Jack Horner in a bid to secure the Last Wish so she can be reunited with her biological family.  Goldilocks wears her hair into two enormous curly buns with two locks trailing down her back.  Her costume includes a puff sleeve blouse under a blue corset top, a multicolored skirt, and brown boots.  To recreate her look, you can layer multiple skirts together, and even use a pair of scissors to give them a more shredded look.  Use a blonde wig with pigtail clip-ins styled as two buns and secured with teal hair ties (in the film, her hair is held in place with beaded ties, but any texture will do).  Finally, wind a leather strap around your right wrist, and accessorize with pearls, a multicolored necklace, and mismatched earrings.  Her staff, which has a v-shaped top, also has pearl strands wound around it.

May (voiced by Annabelle Dowler) is one of the protagonists of the adventure video game It Takes Two.  The mother of Rose and wife of Cody, May finds her mind transported into a doll her daughter has made in the midst of her separation from her husband.  Cody is transported as well and they must work together to find their way home.  May’s doll likeness includes blue hair made of yarn, a yellow sweater with a blue button and rope details, patchwork pants, and a pair of black shoes.  She also wears black round-framed glasses.  To recreate her costume, take a pair of scissors to a turtleneck sweater.  You can style a blue wig into a bun and then wrap yarn around it to get closer to May’s appearance in the game.  You can also fashion a blue button from a paper plate, and add stitching details with the remaining yarn if you feel up for a little sewing.

Roberto De Niro (voiced by Kenji Matsuda and Ben Bryant) is the latest character addition to the Trigun franchise.  In the 2023 reboot Trigun Stampede, Robert is a seasoned reporter with a bit of a drinking problem.  He and his rookie partner Meryl Stryfe are dispatched to investigate and report on Vash the Stampede by the Bernardelli New Agency.  Robert appears far more disheveled than his partner, with brown hair that hangs in his face and a beige button-down that is often partially untucked.  The rest of his outfit includes a brown blazer, brown boots, black pants, and a black belt.  His mustache is darker than his beard or hair, and you can use a temporary root touch-up tool to achieve this look.  Don’t forget your favorite libation in a silver flask to complete the transformation.

Nina the Killer is the titular serial killer character at the heart of a CreepyPasta story.  Originally a fan of Jeff the Killer, Nina Hopkins turns down her own twisted path after a bad day at school.  Nina is a high school girl with long dark hair that she wears in a ponytail with a red bow and a single streak of purple.  Her outfit includes a hoodie, a black pleated skirt, and black and red striped thigh-high socks.  Perhaps the most striking aspect of Nina’s appearance is her Chelsea Smile, which you can achieve with a little liquid latex, fake blood, and some patience.