DIY Teen Mavis Costume from Hotel Transylvania
Mavis Dracula’s costume has been popular with young girls, tweens and teens since Hotel Transylvania came out in 2012.
With the release of Hotel Transylvania 2, Mavis’ gothic teen costume is proving to be popular once again as a Halloween or cosplay costume and even for every day wear.
The official Hotel Transylvania costume is difficult to find since it has been so popular. Fortunately her costume is one that can be easily put together using readily accessible items and some items that might even be worn again.
Count Dracula’s daughter, as a character is much more approachable than many of the other teen vampires.
She is sweet, enthusiastic and fun-loving, with a bit of an attitude, instead of being a super moody and gloomy teen.
To figure out what you need to create her tween and teen look read on. For more on her adult mom look, see the at the DIY Mom Costume from Hotel Transylvania 2.
Meet Count Dracula’s Teen Daughter
Selena Gomez, who voices the character, says this teen is what you might expect if Dracula had a daughter. Selena may have hit upon why this teen character is so popular with tweens and teens, because she is a lot like them. She has
… a cute hairstyle, dresses kind of stylish, has a little bit of an attitude, but is really sincere. She wants a bit of independence.
In this video clip we get to meet the 117 year old teen-aged daughter of Count Dracula and see her try to literally spread her (bat) wings.
Teen Mavis Costume
This teen vampire has pale skin, beautiful blue eyes, and short jet black hair with bangs. She has her own unique fashion sense—stylish, trendy, but not too scary. She dresses almost entirely in black with, what else, but blood red accents.
As seen in the image to the right, she wears a black dress, sheer black fingerless gloves, striped black and red tights with red high top shoes (or boots).
The basic teen Dracula costume from top to bottom consists of:
- Short black vampire styled bob-hair
- Dark gothic makeup
- Black form-fitting turtle neck dress
- Striped tights (black with red stripes)
- Long, sheer, black fingerless gloves
- Red high top shoes or boots
Her Gothic teenage vampire stylish look is trendy enough to include her clothes and accessories for everyday Goth wear.
As a teen, her hair is in a shoulder length bob cut. Her makeup is with pale skin, big blue smokey eyes, lots of mascara, eyeliner, black lipstick and black nail polish on short nails.
Extras for the Teen Vampire Costume
In addition to her basic vampire attire, there are several time in Hotel Transylvania that she ends up wearing other clothes or adding other clothes to her normal dress.
She adds in extras on her trip to paradise, when she dresses like a vampire in a cape, and when she transforms into a bat.
- A Hawaiian shirt, hat and lei
- A black cape with collar
- A bat costume
These optional extras could be easily modified into a different costume idea so you can create your own unique twist on the Dracula’s teen daughter character.
Making a Teen Mavis Costume
The basic costume is really pretty easy to pull together from clothes that can be readily found and may be reused for normal daily use. This is helpful since the official costumes often don’t last past a single wear.
For this page we’ve focused on the tween and teen sizes. If you need suggestions for something larger, see the page that we did for the Mom/Adult options.
Makeup and Hair
This teen vampire has a wears a unique long bob-cut with her bangs cut into a long point in the middle and short at the side so she has that widow’s peak in the middle. (A widow’s peak is a V-shaped point in the hairline in the center of the forehead.)
For her makeup she has pale skin (but sometimes it is a regular pink as in this picture), big blue eyes, with black eyeliner and lots of mascara, and black lipstick. She even has black nail polish on short nails.
To help get the makeup look just right with a lot more room for explanations, we split the makeup and hairstyling into a separate page, Mavis Dracula Makeup, Fangs and Hairstyle Ideas and even look at resources for adding fangs to her costume.
Black Dress and Black Separates
As seen in the images, her look is mostly basic black with a black turtleneck dress, black sheer fingerless gloves and black make up. Most any kind of black dress will work to create the costume. You can also go with black separates, a top and skirt, which could be used later.
(Note: The clothes included on this page are in tween and teen sizes, the adult sizes are on the our adult/mom costume page.)
Black and Red Striped Tights
Striped tights, stockings, socks or even leggings will work for this tween/teen costume, since she wears boots that the leggings can be tucked in at the top. Black and red striped tights (more black than red) can be harder to find that red and black tights (more red than black).
If you want ones that are more black, you can get a pair of black tights and paint them with red fabric paint, or make a pair of leggings from black and red striped knit or spandex fabric.
Sheer Fingerless Gloves or Arm Warmers Easily Make Your Own
One of her signature accessories are her sheer fingerless gloves that go around her thumb and her index finger. These are definitely a must have accessory for her costume.
There are some available that are close to her look, if not you can choose ones like the spider webs that are a fun addition to her costume.
If you can’t find sheer fingerless gloves, you can easily make your own using black sheer stockings, socks or even from a pair of old leggings. See the crafting project page for all the “how to’s” on making DIY Sheer Fingerless Gloves.
Red High Top Sneakers, Boots
On her feet are a pair of high top shoes, which look more like boots to me than sneakers, but some sources identify them as Converse shoes. If you need to get the red shoes for the costume, find a pair that can be worn again after Halloween.
Extras for the Teen Vampire Costume
In addition to her basic vampire attire, there are several time in Hotel Transylvania that she ends up wearing other clothes or adding other clothes to her normal dress.
She adds in extras on her trip to paradise, when she dresses like a vampire in a cape, and when she transforms into a bat.
- A Hawaiian shirt, hat and lei
- A vampire cape
- A bat costume
These optional extras could be easily modified into a different costume idea so you can create your own unique twist on the Dracula’s teen daughter character.
Off to Paradise
When she takes off on a vacation to Paradise (Hawaii) she wears an oversized orange-red Hawaiian shirt and carries a large leather suitcase, as seen in the image to the right. For her off to paradise look you can even carry a leather suitcase, if you want to recreate the part of the movie when she is flying off on a vacation.
For her 118th birthday celebration, after meeting Johnny, she wears a large Hawaiian straw hat and a lei, as seen in the image below.
To customize your Mavis costume as a Mavis Off to Paradise version add a Hawaiian shirt, straw hat and lei. Dressing up as Mavis and Johnny as a young couple works well as a couples costume.
Teen Vampire Costume
The vampire cape is what she wears to her first birthday party. As seen in the close up, it has an antique silver or pewter cape chain clasp. Create one with antique buttons and a bit of chain, to customize your own cape.
More Costume Ideas
For those who would rather dress like an adult or as a mom, we have ideas for her costume as well along with tips for her makeup, hairstyle and how to make her unique arm warmers.
- DIY Mom Mavis Costume Ideas from Hotel Transylvania 2
- Mavis Dracula Makeup, Fangs and Hairstyle Ideas
- DIY Mavis Dracula’s Sheer Fingerless Gloves
Our Pinterest Board with DIY Mavis Dracula Costume Ideas
Our Pinterest Board for Hotel Transylvania has many of the ideas and inspiration for making your own gothic, vampire inspired costume, either as the young or the mom costume. I’ve also collected some of the best cosplay examples to inspire you when making your own outfit. Be sure to follow us on Pinterest for updates.
Mavis Images from Hotel Transylvania on Facebook and Hotelt.Tumbler.com