Family Halloween Costume Ideas

A great way to get everyone in your family in the Halloween spirit is to create a group of costumes with a united theme. So once you get your family members to agree that they will jump in with both feet, the hard part will be choosing a fun set of costumes that reflects your group's personality and style. If dressing up together is a haunted Halloween tradition in your family, it can get difficult to come up with new and exciting ideas so it is my hope that you will find some of the costume ideas, make-up and costume making tips, as well as links to costume stores useful.

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. And of course, they walked away with a cool Halloween gift basket that was their prize for the best family costume at the big Halloween bash.

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.