For the
Economically Challenged (whether by Choice or Circumstance)
OK, you need a group costume ideas, and you don’t want to break your
(very fragile) piggy bank. This seems even more challenging because you have a group who want to go with a common theme. You can put together the basics at home, and just add on a couple cheap accents from the costume shop or local discount store.
A band of gypsies is pretty easy if a few of you have the right tastes in clothing hiding away in your closet. The ladies just need to layer several skirts, perhaps with some scarves as skirts, and a simple peasant blouse with a few dollars of gaudy costume jewelry. The men just need a vest and a hoop earring.
A band of hobos is crazy simple; we used to use this one a lot when we were kids. Just take some old clothes and rough them up a little, drag them around in the dirt, maybe walk on them a little. Rub a bit of grime on your face, dark makeup works, but we often used old coffee grounds. And of course your goodie bag of a kerchief tied to a stick over your shoulders.
Couples and
Small Group Costume Ideas
Even for groups of three or four, it can be easy to twist a couples costume to work. For example, one old standard is Bonnie and Clyde, but if you have a larger group, just add a couple of police and you’re all set.
Just take the basic pair and build out a supporting cast to suit your group.
A lot of great group Halloween costume ideas come from taking the old standards and giving them a gruesome Halloween twist. I often see Cupid and a loving couple at Halloween parties. So let’s see cupid gone wrong. Maybe Cupid accidentally grabbed the wrong bow and arrows and people are getting killed. Just the diaper/loincloth and archery set for Cupid and bloody arrow wounds for the victims. Or step it up a notch (OK, several notches) and give Cupid a Tommy gun.
Take the gruesome and move it into the mundane with a zombie beach party or disco zombies. One very funny group I’ve seen was a “Ghouls Gone
Wild” take-off on the videos you see advertised on late-night TV.
Move the cute into the gruesome, or the gruesome into the ordinary and you have the makings of some very memorable group costume ideas.
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