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Get very into the Thriller dance by dressing up like a zombie. First, look for some old clothes that you won't wear anywhere. You can wear pants or a skirt and shirt. Or, you can wear a dress. The choice is yours. 1980s style clothing is ideal because that's the decade Thriller came out. Use scissors or your hands to tear them up so that they look very old. You can find cheap clothes at a thrift shop if you don't have any clothes you're willing to rip up. A zombie will probably not have very neat hair. Run your fingers through your hair to make it very untidy. You can use a comb to tease your hair into different directions. Use hairspray to get the unkempt hairstyle to hold. Place a few leaves or twigs in your hair if you want step up the zombie-like appearance. Your goal with your makeup is to make it look like you've been long dead and rotting. Wear very light foundation to give you a pale appearance. Use dark eye shadow or black eyeliner to create dark circles around your eyes. Apply more of the dark eye shadow to your cheeks to make them look gaunt. Next, take purple and reddish eye shadow and apply it to look like wounds around your face. You can buy fake wound kits at many costume stores. Wear zombie contacts for an extra creepy appearance. A zombie costume is not complete without fake blood. Purchase fake blood from costume, or make it out of red food coloring, water, and corn syrup. Spread the blood on your face, arms, and legs if they are exposed. Pour it on your torn clothes, and pour a small amount into your hair. Make sure that the fake blood does not irritate your skin before putting a lot of it on your skin. Mix in some dirt into the blood to look extra dirty.
Rip up some old clothes. Make your hair untidy. Wear zombie makeup. Put on fake blood.