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Are you trying to think of some costume ideas? Perhaps you’ve been invited to a fancy dress party and want to stand out from the crowd, or perhaps you’d like to throw a fancy dress party and need some costume ideas for a theme? We’ve got lots of costume ideas here to help you get started and here a just few examples.

A really popular theme is Disney costumes as there are so many choices of Disney characters to choose from. There are costumes for kids and adults as well available from Disney, for example Captain Hook, Buzz Lightyear, Cruella de Ville, Minnie Mouse, Cinderella, Snow White, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Mr Incredible, to name just a few. Just think of a favourite Disney film and you can probably get a costume for some, if not all, of the characters.

Another very popular theme is Super Hero Costumes. This is a great theme for both adults and kids as again there are lots of different costumes available, as there are loads of superheroes. To choose a costume for this theme just think of your favourite Super Hero! Boys could wear a Spiderman costume, a Batman costume or a superman Costume. Ladies you could go as Wonderwoman, Super Girl or Cat Woman. There is a whole range of superhero costumes available, including kids costumes, adult costumes and sexy adult costumes.

Following the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies pirate costumes are very popular. You can get costumes for pirate girls and pirate boys in all sorts of different styles, as well as specific character costumes, such as Jack Sparrow. Pirate costumes are also quite easy to make yourself with the help of a few accessories like a sword and an eye patch.

Another popular costume idea following the success of recent film Twilight is vampire costumes. Of course vampire costumes are always a good choice at Halloween but now you can wear one at any time of year. Other popular and cheap Halloween costumes include skeleton costumes, devil costumes, and witch costumes.

Speaking of witches, and staying in the film genre of costume ideas, Harry Potter costumes have also become very popular and there are lots of great ones available. You can get a costume for nearly all of the main characters, such as Harry, Voldemort, Dumbledore, Hagrid and even Hedwig the Owl for kids. Or you can make your own wizard or witch costume with the help of an appropriate wig or a pointy hat and a robe.

Some other great costume ideas for girls include fairy costumes, as you can look pretty or sexy, and there are some fabulous costumes and accessories available to buy, such as wings and wands. To create your own fairy costume you can be as creative as you like and indulge all those childhood fantasies.
Other girly costumes include angel costumes and princess costumes.

Another popular theme for men, women and children is Star Wars. You can get Star Wars costumes for just about every character from every film so this makes for a varied, colourful and fun party.

Medieval costumes are some other easy-to-make costumes with something for everyone, as within this theme there are lots of different characters you could dress up as. There are knight costumes for men, maid costumes, princesses, and queens for ladies, as well as other characters such as monks, executioners, crusaders, princes, and even Robin Hood costumes.

A few other popular themes are 70’s costumes and 80’s costumes, as these are easy and fun to come up with ideas for. Cowboy and cowgirl costumes are fairly easy too, as are gangster costumes, clown costumes and the all-time favourite Elvis costumes.

The list of ideas is really endless but hopefully some of these mentioned here will give you a starting point, otherwise try think of your favourite film, or hero, or era of history or anyone you’d like to dress up as for a day. The most important thing is to enjoy thinking of costume ideas and then putting together your ideal costume.