Cleopatra Costumes for Girls - A Traditional Period Halloween Costume

Since the beginning of trick or treating in the 50's, there have been some costumes that even now are still popular with girls everywhere. Does your girl want to be Cleopatra this year? If so, there are some great costumes available. Take a look...............

Child Cleo Cutie Girls Costume

The Cleopatra costume is unique. Girls have always been drawn to this costume because of it brings the imagination alive with visions of far away places, Kings and Queens and the sense of adventure.

Today, there are several different styles of this costume for girls as well as for adults. Because of its popularity every online store carries a  variety of Cleopatra costumes in many sizes.

If your child is asking to be Cleopatra for Halloween this year you can make sure you get the very best costume by going to one of the online sites that has compiled the best Cleopatra costumes for girls for this year. Check out Cleopatra Costumes for Girls for a great selection.

There are so many costumes this year. Here are three more popular costumes available this year. Just pick one online and get it shipped you you early. Then have fun accessorizing it!

Child Cleopatra

Cleopatra Costume

Dark Egyptian Princess Costume for Girl's

How to Add Accessories to a Child's Cleopatra Costume

One of the best ways to make a child's Cleopatra costume truly unique is by adding some costume jewelry. You can go to a thrift shop any time of year and pick up some glitzy bling for a few dollars.

Make the day an outing with your daughter so she can pick out the ones she likes. She will feel more involved and it will make her Halloween mores special.

If your daughter has long hair you can braid it and put it up in a bun for the traditional Cleopatra look. If she has short hair you can purchase a wig if you want. There are several available as accessories to this costume at any online retailer. Make sure you have some type of proper head piece befitting a Queen. After all Cleopatra was Queen of the Nile.

If you want to play up the costume more, you can always add some makeup to add the mysterious Egyptian eye makeup that seen in old Egyptian pictures and in the movies. It is easy to do with makeup you probably already have around the house. Here is a video of how:

Fun Videos for Girls About Ancient Egypt and Cleopatra

There have been dozens of movies and series about ancient Egypt over the years. While most have been made for adult audiences some have been made for kids. These fun films have been educational as well as fun to watch.  While not all were directly about Cleopatra, they represented the early life in Egypt. I though you might enjoy checking some of them out.

For Kids-Check Out Some of These Cool Videos

Asterix and Cleopatra  (A Belgium/French movie from 1968) A musical drama animated

Ancient Egypt (By Tropicmind 2012) An animated short film

Gypped in Egypt  ( Van Beuren Aesop's Fables 1930) Cartoon

Facts About Cleopatra

Did You Know that Cleopatra---

• Was born in 69 BC
• Inherited the throne when she was only 18 years old
• Was very smart and learned many languages
• Was the first ruler in Egypt to know the Egyptian language
• Had an ancestry from Greece not Egypt
• Had an army
• Fell in love with only two men in her life
• Fell in love with Julius Caesar first
• Fell in love and married Marc Antony
• Was a great ruler of Egypt
• Was very beautiful
• Loved lavish parties
• Died on August 12 30 BC at the age of 39
• Died of her own hand

Fun Pictures of Cleopatra

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