Group Costume Ideas

A few years ago I saw a few Web page costumes that were kind of interesting, but I have an idea for an update that could really be sweet.

Get some friends together and be Facebook pages. Of course if it’s Halloween, You want something appropriate. Any good monster will have a fan page, Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman of course, but also Satan and numerous demons have fan pages. Satan’s wall should have posts from Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Joseph Stalin and the like. Those would be some good pages to be also, and you could have some really good banter going on between the pages.

You could really take this one over the top if you can put a portable DVD player in the costume and be a YouTube page. Don’t ask me how to do this; I’m the idea guy, not a fashion engineer.

Twitter is another ‘Net related theme that could be good. Twitter bluebird costumes are available, and of course you will want some clever tweets to “post” with some small hand held signs.  All within the 140 character limit, of course. A few should be really banal, “I’m sitting on the patio,” “I’m drinking a beer,” but a few could be really outrageous, depending on how adventurous you feel.

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One of these group costume ideas movies is already out on video (complete with 3-D glasses!) and the other is coming out next week: 9.

Characters from 9

Apparently the last hope for humanoid life on planet Earth is a collection of 9 six-inch tall ragdolls. This visually rich movie presents a good set of group costume ideas.

I’d just go for the spirit of the film without worrying too much about accuracy. Make some bodysuits out of coarse-woven cloth, some gloves, and a pair of goggles. Attach some oversized zippers, buttons and assorted fasteners. Get a few props to fit the movie if you like, such as the lightbulb staff or the bird skull helmet and I am sure you will be a big hit.

If you need a bit more inspiration, here are a couple of pictures and video clips from the movie:

Running from the Fabrication Machine

Another good movie for group costume ideas is Coraline. Another set of ragdoll costumes, these will have button eyes instead of goggles, and you don’t need to make full body suits.

Wybie and Coraline

I would recommend using cheap sunglasses lenses for the buttons. This way you can still see through them fairly easily. Otherwise, you will need to make the buttons very large and place the holes so that you can see through them.

Coraline herself is even easier, you don’t need the buttons, but she does have dark blue hair. Wear a blue sweater with stars all over it and blue shoes and you’re all set.

The ghost children look like a very fun part of this group costume idea, too. Whitish-grey clothes and white makeup are almost all you need for this easy costume. Of course they need the button eyes too.

A bit of inspiration:

More group costume ideas to come, stay tuned!

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