Group Halloween costumes can be a great way to dress up for Halloween if you are going to a party with friends or taking a group of children out for trick or treating. If you are having difficulties coming up with an idea you can first decide upon a theme or pick a particular event or time period to chose costumes from.
If you have a daughter and she is going tick or treating with a group of her girlfriends then the Disney princesses are always a hit and you can find these costumes in any costume store. If you are short on ideas then first decide on a time period that you want to dress up from and then look for period appropriate costumes.
It is not necessary to go out and spend a lot of money on a Halloween costume. You can still look great by creating your own for items you have lying around or picked up on sale. Making a visit to the local thrift store, stopping at yard sales and checking out the arts and craft store will all have items that can be used to create costumes.
Many people make group Halloween costumes from movie characters and television shoes. Some popular group characters come from Batman, the Flintstones, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts, Charlie’s Angels, Harry Potter, Peter Pan, Star trek, Star wars, Lord of the Rings, Spiderman, the Wizard of Oz, Snow white and the seven dwarves, the Beverly Hillbillies, the Brady bunch, Ghostbusters, Gilligans Island and many more.
Cartoon characters always make for great group costumes that are very colorful or have cool gadgets. You and your friends could all go as your favorite superhero, the Simpson’s, the jetsons, South Park kids, Scooby Doo and the gang, the teletubbies and more. Movies also make great costumes and you can go as characters from Indiana Jones, Desperate Housewives, Pirates of the Caribbean, characters form the Nightmare before Christmas and any of your other favorite movies.
Some fun group costumes that work with each other include five friends going as a royal straight so everyone is a specific playing card from a royal straight. Each person can be a can of soda or beer and when six of you are together you form a six-pack. All of your friends can be different acts found in a carnival or “freak” show. If you and your friends love art then you can all dress up like your favorite painting and for those adult parties you can all dress up in a sexy costume. So nurses, French maids, soldiers and flight attendants all fit the bill.
There a re specific group costumes that are tailored for kids and include characters from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory, the Wiggles, Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, the Rugrats, the Wizard of Oz, the Incredibles, the Power Rangers, characters from Harry Potter and the cast of High School Musical. Little kids may want to be their favorite dinosaur, a fairy, superhero or insect or animal. If you are an adult taking little children around then you can be a zookeeper with all the children as wild animals.
When dressing up as a group from a specific time period you can go as people from the sixties with tie-dyed clothing and long wigs. Dress up as the Romans or Greek or go as Egyptians. You can choose to go as famous Hollywood actors such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis and James dean. Medieval and renaissance costumes are also popular when going out in a group.