Are you trying to think of some fancy dress party costume ideas? Maybe you’ve been invited to a party or maybe you’d like to host a costume party and want theme and costume ideas? Here are some tips and ideas to help you get started.
A popular suggestion is Disney costumes, as there are many Disney characters to choose from. There are Disney costumes for kids and adults, like Captain Hook, Buzz Lightyear, Cruella de Ville, Minnie Mouse, Cinderella, Snow White, Captain Jack Sparrow and Mr Incredible, and many more. Name the Disney character and there is probably a costume available.
Another great popular idea is superhero costumes. This is an excellent theme for both adults and children, as again there are many costumes available, because there are many well-known superheroes. To choose a costume for this theme, just think of your own favorite superhero, the ones you always wanted to be!
For men and boys, a Spiderman costume is always a classic option, but you can also get a Batman costume or a popular Superman costume. Ladies, you may want to dress up as Wonderwoman, Super Girl, or Cat Woman.
Movies have a great influence on costume idea trends and due to the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, pirate costumes are very popular. There are costumes available for pirate girls and pirate boys in all sorts of different styles, as well as costumes for individual characters, for example, Jack Sparrow. Pirate costumes are also pretty easy to make yourself with a little help from a few accessories, like a sword or a parrot.
Another favorite costume idea, after the success of the current film Twilight, are vampire costumes. Naturally, vampire costumes are a popular choice on Halloween, but now you can wear one at any time. Other inexpensive favorite Halloween costumes include skeleton costumes, devil costumes, and witch costumes.
Witch costumes can also be used for another theme, also a popular movie series, and that is a Harry Potter theme. There are tons of great Harry Potter costumes available, including all the main characters and a few more general ones as well. You can get full Harry costumes, as well as costumes for Dumbledore, Voldemort, Hagrid, and even Hedwig the Owl!
Some other fabulous costume ideas for ladies include fairy costumes and angel costumes, as you can look sweet and angelic, or mischievous and dark. There are some fabulous costumes available to buy, as well as accessories, like wings and wands, if you want to use your imagination to make your own costume.
Medieval costumes are other popular costumes and relatively easy to find. There is something for everyone as you can be a bunch of different characters. For men there are costumes of knights, princes, warrior kings, executioners, crusaders and much more, and for women some ideas include costumes of princesses, queens and servants.
Some other popular themes are the costumes from the 70s and 80s as they are easy to come up with and fun, cowboy and cowgirl costumes, gangster costumes, clown costumes, and ever popular Elvis costumes, among others. There are literally hundreds of different costumes available, but perhaps some of the suggestions mentioned here will help you find some novel costume ideas.
