Elsa and Anna Costume
Bring the magic of Arendelle to life as Disney's favorite sisters.
Elsa and Anna from Disney's Frozen are the ultimate sister duo, making them a premier choice for best friends, siblings, and couples. This guide covers their classic looks from the first film: Elsa's shimmering ice queen gown and Anna's colorful Scandinavian-inspired winter travel outfit. Together, these costumes create a perfectly contrasting cool-blue and warm-magenta color palette.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Time
- ~45 min
- Budget
- $60–150
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What you need for a Elsa and Anna costume
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Elsa's Ice Queen Dress
A light blue gown featuring a sequined sweetheart bodice, sheer mesh long sleeves, and a high slit.
DIY: Attach a sheer blue mesh top to a strapless blue maxi dress and cover the bodice in blue sequins.
Elsa's Snowflake Cape
A long, floor-length sheer organza cape printed with silver glitter snowflakes.
DIY: Use fabric glue to attach silver glitter snowflake decals to a long piece of sheer blue tulle.
Anna's Blue Dirndl Dress
A dress featuring a black bodice with gold trim and colorful floral rosemaling embroidery, paired with a vibrant royal blue skirt.
DIY: Layer a black vest with gold fabric paint details over a light blue long-sleeve shirt and a royal blue maxi skirt.
Anna's Magenta Cape
A short, vibrant magenta or pink cape with a high collar, black trim, and a clasp at the neck.
DIY: Cut a semi-circle from magenta fleece, trim the edges with black bias tape, and add a decorative clasp.
Elsa's Ice Shoes
Light blue or silver glittery low heels or flats.
DIY: Coat a pair of old flats in mod podge and silver glitter.
Anna's Winter Boots
Black calf-high boots with gold scrollwork details painted on the front.
DIY: Use gold metallic paint or gold vinyl stickers to add scrollwork patterns to plain black boots.
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How to put it together
- 1
Decide who will portray Elsa and who will portray Anna, or coordinate both looks for a display.
- 2
For Elsa: Slip on the blue sequined gown, ensuring the sheer mesh sleeves fit comfortably, and secure the flowing snowflake cape to the shoulders.
- 3
For Anna: Put on the blue dress with the black rosemaling bodice, then drape the magenta cape over the shoulders and fasten the clasp.
- 4
Style Elsa's hair into a thick, voluminous side braid swept over the left shoulder, and style Anna's hair into two classic pigtail braids.
- 5
Put on the respective footwear: Elsa's silver glitter flats and Anna's black boots with gold accents.
- 6
Add finishing touches like Elsa's soft blue eyeshadow and Anna's warm pink blush and optional faux freckles.
Makeup & hair
Elsa needs a voluminous, French-braided platinum blonde wig swept to the side, paired with purple-pink eyeshadow. Anna requires a strawberry-blonde or auburn wig styled into two braided pigtails with a white streak on one side, finished with natural makeup and light faux freckles across the nose.
Elsa and Anna for couples, groups, kids & more
- couples
- Pair Elsa or Anna with Kristoff in his ice-harvester gear, or Olaf in a plush snowman suit.
- group
- Add Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven to create the ultimate Frozen group costume.
- kids
- Both characters have widely available, comfortable dress-up gowns with soft fabrics and elastic waistbands.
- Plus size
- Look for stretch-velvet bodices for Anna and empire-waist gowns with elastic backs for Elsa to ensure a comfortable fit.
- pet
- Dress a pet as Olaf with a white step-in hoodie featuring felt coal buttons and a carrot nose.
Tips
- Anna's cape is made of warm fleece, making her costume excellent for colder Halloween weather, while Elsa may need a nude thermal layer underneath her sheer sleeves.
- Use plenty of bobby pins and hairspray to keep Elsa's voluminous braid from slipping during movement.
- For photos, stand side-by-side with Elsa posing elegantly with an open hand as if casting magic, and Anna striking a cheerful, hands-on-hips pose.
Did you know? The floral patterns on Anna's dress and the architectural details of Arendelle are based on traditional Norwegian 'rosemaling', a decorative folk art style that the Disney design team researched in Norway.