A costume is an essential part of a Halloween party or trick or treat
session - and when else do we have an excuse to dress up so outrageously in public?
Halloween costumes vary from simple sheets to full blown fancy dress outfits bought from specialist stores. Whether you make your own costume or buy an outfit
the question remains:
what to go as? Here are a few ideas:
Traditional Costume Ideas
Well, maybe not all traditional but certainly in the traditional spirit of Halloween as a night of fright:
Today, anything goes with costumes. You can just browse through a fancy dress catalogue and choose whatever you like best. However if you need inspiration here
are a few ideas:
Superheros / Villains
Cartoon characters
Cops / Robbers / Gangsters
Pirate
Politician
Rocky Horror
Blood stained doctor / nurse
Sexy slave
Caveman / woman
Star Trek / Doctor Who character / alien
Evil cowgirl
Halloween 2011 Topical Costume Ideas
One good source of costume ideas is topical items - news stories, this year's hit movies etc. Remember that heros are just as valid as villains and try
not to be too tasteless! A list of
topical ideas for 2011 might include:
Captain America / Red Skull
Colonel Gaddafi
Doctor Who: the Silents, NASA Astronaut, 'Gangers etc
the Euro
Harry Potter et al
News of the World
the Tea Party
Olympic Games 2012 (it'll be over by next Halloween!)
