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Top 10 hottest Halloween costumes revealed

Megan Harvey
By Megan Harvey
Social Media and Trending Reporter·NZ Herald·
30 Oct, 2018 11:29 PM3 mins to read

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Reaching the number one spot for YouTube views, skins for the most popular game in the world, Fortnite, are what people are after this Halloween. Photo / Getty Images

Reaching the number one spot for YouTube views, skins for the most popular game in the world, Fortnite, are what people are after this Halloween. Photo / Getty Images

The creepiest time of year has come, which gives everyone an excuse to buy or make a costume to their liking.

This year, the hottest Halloween costumes are mostly characters from people's favourite video games, movies and televisions series.

Reaching the number one spot for YouTube views, skins for the most popular game in the world, Fortnite, are what people are after this Halloween.

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Also ranking in top 10 YouTube views are costumes related to Stranger Things, Despicable Me, The Greatest Showman, Alice in Wonderland and Mario Bros.

The search term "Fortnite Costume" has recently spiked in the past month on Google in New Zealand, beating superhero favourites including Deadpool, Pennywise the Clown, Spider-Man and Wonder Woman.

The online store Costume World NZ has had hundreds of requests for Fortnite costumes, with unfortunately not having any costumes to give out.

"Sadly, we don't have them in stock just yet, but we'll be launching them before Christmas. We'll be one of the only places in the country where people will be able to buy them from.

"We'll be getting several characters to begin with and rolling them out gradually, we're expecting them to be really popular," Tyler Staunton from Costume World NZ says.

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But not to worry. If you need any tips on how to create on fleck costumes watch these tutorials for the top 10 hottest Halloween costumes ideas of the year:

1. Fortnite

The Melea Show has made a tutorial on how to DIY your favourite Fortnite skin into a real costume.

2. Anne Wheeler, The Greatest Showman

YouTube vlogger Tess Christine has shared a tutorial on how to create a Halloween look for The Greatest Showman character Anne Wheeler. Christine has made many Halloween videos on her YouTube page.

3. Ladybug & Cat Noir, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

A tutorial from the Disney Channel UK shows how you can make a Ladybug and Cat Noir's Mask from the cartoon series Miraculous Ladybug.

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4. Adrien Agreste, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Another favourite costume search for Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir is the character Adrien Agreste. Kurosaki Cosplays shows you how she put her cosplay together.

5. Despicable Me

The Daya Daily shows you how you can make costumes for Gru, Lucy, Minion, and Agnes from the movie Despicable Me. She also includes a makeup tutorial for each character.

6. Fairy

The common fairy has made in into the top searches. Kait Nichole has done a easy to follow makeup tutorial so you can turn yourself into a pretty fairy. Cute!

7. The Mad Hatter, Alice and Wonderland

Victoria Lyn's shows how to turn yourself into the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland with a makeup tutorial.

8. Eleven, Stranger Things

The Eleven costume is easy to make, but Evangeline DeMuro show you how to look more like the Stranger Things character with a makeup tutorial.

9. Winifred Sanderson, Hocus Pocus

Alexa Poletti shows you how to make the costumer for Winifred Sanderson from scratch. The video is packed with tips that can apply to future costumes you make.

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10. Mario Bros

This video from TheGamer shows 20 Nintendo Halloween costumes kids will love, including the Mario Bros.

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