Family & Group Halloween Costume Ideas
Group family costumes are a great idea for neighborhood and church Halloween parties. Often times Mom & Dad can use their costumes as a couple's costume set if they are invited to an adult Halloween party too. And of course, the kids can wear theirs for trick-or-treating.
My favorite family costumes from Halloween parties that I have attended in the past were a family of Smurfs and a Shrek family. Both sets of costume were made by hand (with the exception of the Fiona dress and Shrek mask). Unfortunately, I couldn't find digital photos of these particular costumes, but if you check out the Flickr photo section below, there are some similar examples. My creative sister-in-law made up the Smurf costumes by buying cheap white pants, blue sweatshirts and making little white hats for everyone in the family including the baby. They all had their faces painted blue and it was simply adorable.
The photo to the left was an entrant in the Disney Family 2007 Halloween Costume Contest. For instructions on how to create this unique set of costumes for your family, visit Family.Go.com for more information.
The Caped Crusader Family of Heros
Batman is a fictional comic book hero who was introduced to the public in 1940 by DC Comics. He fights crime in Gotham City along with his trusty sidekick Robin. Batman has also occasionally teamed up with Batgirl to fight crime over the years. Batman has always been a popular superhero, but the series of Batman movies produced in the 1990 and 2000's have increased the status of the superhero even more.
It is no wonder than that Batman costumes are available for all genders and sizes. There is even a Batman costume for dogs on the market today.
And for tips on how to make your own Batman costumes, visit WikiHow or Family Crafts or FamilyGo.
Batman Costume Accessories at Amazon
Dark Knight Make-Up Application Video
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Family of Firefighters
For tips on how to make an adorable fire truck costume for a child, visit FamilyGo.
Fireman Costume Accessories at Amazon
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Halloween Party Invitations
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Aaaargh! There's A Family of Pirates on the Loose
For step-by-step instructions to creating your own Pirates of the Carribbean costumes, visit FamilyGo.
Pirate Costume Accessories
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Halloween Costume Idea Books
including some great handmade costume!
The Halloween Handbook: 447 Costumes
Amazon Price: $11.07 (as of 11/10/2009) 
Creative Costumes & Halloween Decor: 50 Projects to Craft & Sew
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 11/10/2009)
Halloween Costumes & Other Treats (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Amazon Price: $22.76 (as of 11/10/2009)
Illegally Easy Halloween Costumes for Kids
Amazon Price: $25.95 (as of 11/10/2009)
Halloween Costumes (Singer Sewing Reference Library)
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An Entire Family of Teletubbies Attack
Personally I wouldn't be caught dead in a teletubbies costume, but if you have preschool aged kids, chances are that they love the teletubbies. If you can get Dad and the older kids to get on board with this costume idea, I'm sure that your younger kids would be thrilled with the choice.
Star Wars Costumes
There's even a Yoda the Dog!
George Lucas created the Star Wars series back in the 1970's and the movies are some of the highest grossing films ever. With the release of the prequel trilogy to the sequel trilogy in the late 90's, Star Wars has become a staple in the popular culture of today. And since there was a 22 year gap between the original and prequel series, the ages of Star Wars followers cover a wide range making it easy to get adults and kids of all ages excited about a Star Wars themed group of costumes. The other great thing is that because there were 6 movies, there are plenty of fun characters to choose from. You can find many costume Halloween stores that sell Star Wars paraphernalia online - they even have Yoda dog costumes that are super cute!The Disney 2007 family costume contest showcased this creative family of Star Wars fanatics (see the photo to the left). They said they did all these costumes for under $20 and it was super easy. Check out the step by step instructions at FamilyGo.
Star Wars Costume Accessories
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This Family Bites! Vampires
Mythological vampires who live by sucking the blood from their victims have been immortilized in countless movie films and cartoons. The common attributes of legendary vampires make them a great costume choice - pale purplish complexions, fangs for teeth and bloody mouths. Just watching movies like Brahm Stoker's Dracula and Interview with a Vampire will give you countless costume ideas. Since vampire Halloween costumes can be a bit scary, I do not recommend this theme for very young children. However if you have tweeners, I have no doubt that they'll love this theme.
Creating realistic looking vampire make-up requires some skill so be sure to watch the Youtube video below for some tips.
Making your own vampire costumes is relatively easy as well. For a 'Lil Vampire, visit this family site. For a vampire princess, try these instructions.
Vampire Make-up Kits on Amazon
How To Apply Vampire Make-Up
Vampire Makeup for Halloween
Watch in high quality for more realistic colors. An extreme look for Halloween, if you want to be a glammed up, sexy vampire. Have a fun and SAFE Halloween! Optional accessory: Lestat on your arm. ;P OK I had to add this: People commenting about the fangs. I bought the cheapest ones available because I am using them for the tutorial ONLY. If you dress up as a vampire, by all means, spend more on fangs so that you can talk better with them, that they look more realistic, etc. I don't see the point in buying expensive fangs just for the sake of the videos. If it distracts you that much, please feel free to send me a donation via Paypal so that I don't have to spend anymore of my OWN money buying props and makeup and accessories to make these tutorials for you guys. Products used: Face: Bare Escentual mineral foundation - Fairly Light NYX White e/s MAC Copperplate e/s (contouring) Eyes: MAC Paint - Flammable NYX Sunrise e/s MAC Beauty Marked e/s Revlon Colorstay liquid eyeliner in black Ben Nye Cosmic Violet e/s black kohl eyeliner (nameless brand) DUO Adhesive glue red glitter Jofrika eyelashes Lips: MAC Velvetella lipliner Nars Scarlet Empress lipstick Jofrika theater blood costume store fangs Nailpolish: Rimmel - Chocolate Fountain Music: (all from "Interview with the Vampire" soundtrack) 1. Lestat's Tarantella 2. Claudia's Allegro Agitato 3. Abduction & Absolution
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What DVDs do you like to watch on Halloween?
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown gets rocks in his trick-or-treat bag more...1 point
Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers
For pulse-pounding suspense and relentless thrills more...0 points
Halloween - Unrated Director's Cut (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
The original slasher film about Michael Myers the more...0 points
Garfield: Holiday Celebrations (Garfield's Halloween Adventure / Garfield's Thanksgiving / A Garfield Christmas)
Adventures of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, and more...0 points
The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection
Freddy Krueger haunts the dreams of a group of tee more...0 points
Interview with the Vampire
When it was announced that Tom Cruise would play t more...0 points
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Collector's Edition)
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Super Man, Woman, Child & Dog!
If you have a family full of boys, this theme is the perfect choice. After all, what little kid wouldn't like to grow up to be big and strong like superman? Online Halloween shops have super girl and super dog costumes too so no matter what the gender distribution in your family, you should be able to put this theme together fairly easily.
For tips on creating your own superhero costumes, visit this Superman costume page.
Spiderman costumes are a great idea for super heroes too!!
Superman Accessories on Amazon
Cheap Homemade Costume Idea Video
Vote For Your Favorite Family Costume Theme
The Flintstones
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Posted October 24, 2009
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Hey hey janices7 this is a nice lens. great grouping of costumes and your videos on how to apply halloween makeup was fun to watch.
Posted October 20, 2009
pepys wrote...
One of the great things about costumes is that for a time you can fantasize to your hearts content - and that is one of the great things that happen during Halloween, when kids and families make believe.
Posted September 25, 2009
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Posted September 07, 2009
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