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Fancy Dress Party Ideas

Here's a few fancy dress ideas to inspire you when planning your Halloween, Christmas, New Year's Eve or Hogmanay fancy dress costume party. If you really do need some excuses to have more costume parties then you'll find 52 of them towards the bottom of this page.

Sparking Strawberry fancy dress

Teen Movies party:

Road trip, Scream, Porky’s, Bring It On, American Pie, Cheerleader Costumes

Vicars and Tarts party:

From the Bishop of Bath and Wells to Vicars, Cardinals, Tarts and sexy nuns.

Uniforms party:

Naughty Nurses from Newcastle or Doctors from Derby, Fire Girls from Fife or WPCs from Wrexham, Firemen, Army, Navy, Police, & FBI Costumes

Wild West party:

Cowgirls, Indians, Saloon Girls, Can Can Dancers, Sheriffs

Garden Party:

Flowers, weeds, honey bees, love bugs, head gardener

Invaders party:

Vikings, Pirates, British Empire , Martians, Virus

Pirates of the Caribean party:

Pirates, Pirate wench, Jack Sparrow, Navy Officer, Admirals

‘Allo ‘Allo party:

Herr Flick, Helga, Renee, Yvette, La Resistance, Gendarme

Once upon a time party:

Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Goldilocks, Alice in Wonderland

Slumber Party:

Pyjamas, Cheerleader, Nightmare, Wee Willie Winky

Sparking Strawberry ladies costumes

Bunny Girl Party:

Bunny Girls

Under the knife party:

Doctors, Nurses, Dentists, Surgeons, Patients

Creatures of the night party:

Vampires, witches, ghouls, cats, batgirl, batman

Undead party:

Zombies, Mummies, Werewolves, Vampires

Rocky Horror party:

Frank n Furter, Magenta, Columbia , Riff Raff, Brad, Janet, Dr Scott, Rocky

Sci Fi Party:

Barbarella, Forbidden Planet, Rocky Horror, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who

Heaven and Hell party:

Angels, Devils, Nuns, Vicars,

Beach Party:

Bikinis, hula skirts, board shorts, shades, flippers, sarongs

Creatures party:

Go as your favourite creature

Grease party:

Danny, Sandra Dee, Pink Ladies, ‘T’ Birds

Film costumes fancy dress

Movies party:

Go as your favourite movie, popcorn girl,

Kids TV party:

Trumpton, Simpsons, Clangers, Bagpuss, Tweenies, Balamory

Nursery rhyme party:

Little Miss Muffet, Little Bo Peep, Jack and Jill, Mary had a little lamb.

Back to school party:

Schoolgirls, Schoolboys, Teachers, Lollipop Lady, Nurse

Black and White party:

Dress in black and white

Valentines party:

Wear red, bring a rose. Lots of love hearts

Disney party:

Peter Pan, Robin Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast

Fairy party:

Fairies, Nymphs, Sprites,

Deep in the forest party:

Wood nymph, Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, Maid Marion, Little John, tree, squirrel, badger, water sprite

Shakespeare party:

Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Midsummer Night’s dream

bespoke fancy dress costumes

Egyptian party:

Cleopatra, Mummy, Pharoah, Gods

Roman Empire party:

Roman lady, Centurion, Senator, Caesar, Slave, Gladiator

Desert nights party:

Sheikh, Belly Dancer, Scheherazade, Aladdin, Sinbad

Ancient antics party:

Cave girl, Cave man, Vikings, Warriors

Miss Demeanours party:

Cops, robbers, gangsters, FBI, sheriff,

Unfuneral party:

Enjoy your own wake!

Wizard of Oz party:

Dorothy, Tin Man, Lion, Scarecrow, Wicked Witch, Glynda – good witch, Toto, Wizard

Countries party:

Dress as a country or in national costume

Mistress and Maids party:

Maids, Mistress, Master, Butler

PVC party:

Dress in PVC

Sparkling Strawberry mens fancy dress

Medieval mayhem party:

Wenches, Peasants, Robin Hood, Monks

Elements party:

Earth, fire, water, air, silver, gold, copper, krypton, arsenic

Under the sea party:

Mermaids, octopus, diver, seaweed, starfish, shark

James Bond party:

James Bond, Pussy Galore, Goldfinger, Q, M

Back to the future party:

Wild west, 50s, 80s, the future, mad scientist

Monster party:

Any monster will do!

Outlaws party:

Robin Hood, Dick Turpin, Ned Kelly, Bonny & Clyde , Josey Wales

Gangsters and Molls party:

Don’t forget your violin case!

Punk party:

You know – punk!

Glam Rock party:

Bowie , The Sweet, T Rex, Wizard, Mud

Unusual costumes for women

Circus party:

Clowns, Ring Master, Lion Tamers, Lions,

Panto party:

Oh no it isn’t

Boys will be girls and girls will be boys party:

You need to cross dress for this one

Roaring 20s party:

Flappers, Gangsters, Molls, Bugsy Malone

Nifty 50s party:

Rock and Roll!

60s and 70s parties:

Flower Power, Big Hair, Flares, you know the rest!

Alice in Wonderland party:

Alice , Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, Dormouse, Cheshire cat

Shiny party:

Dress in anything shiny

Fluffy party:

Dress in anything fluffy

Pink party:

Dress in pink

Sparkling Strawberry fancy dress party

Seasons party:

Spring, summer, autumn, winter

Agatha Christie party:

Murder on the orient express, Poirot, Miss Marple, Death on the Nile , Sparkling Cyanide

Bad Taste party:

You won’t need our website for this one!

Cats and Dogs party:

Dress as cats and dogs

Ultraviolet party:

Anything fluorescent. Ensure you have UV lighting

Posh party:

Black tie and posh frocks

Bare as you dare party:

Wear as little as possible

Carry on:

Carry On Films Camping, Cruising, Doctor, Screaming, Dick

Cocktail party:

Dress up as your favourite cocktail

Constellations party:

The bear, The plough, Orion, Libra, Pisces, Gemini

Myths and legends party:

Greek, Roman, Viking, Celtic, and old English myths and legends

Famous people party:

Go as your favourite famous person

Pub party:

Dress as: The Red Lion, The Swan, The Dog and Duck, etc.

Murder Mystery party:

Get in character – Miss Scarlet in the library with the candlestick

 

52 excuses for a party

If you need an excuse to have a party beyond Halloween, Christmas and New Year's Eve or you simply don’t want to miss an opportunity to have a party then this list is for you.

 

Halloween

Christmas

Valentine’s Day

New Year’s Eve

Bonfire Night

Hanukkah

Mardi Gras

Thanksgiving

Hen Nights

Stag Nights

Anniversaries

Divorce

May Day

4th July

Birthdays

Unbirthdays

St Patrick’s day

St, George’s day

St Andrew’s day

St David’s day

Midsummer’s night

Shortest day

Spring equinox

Autumn equinox

Births

Christenings

Engagements

Weddings

End of term

End of exams

Passed your exams

Graduation

Passed driving test

New job

Promotions

Leaving your job

House warming

Decorating party

Garden party

BBQ

Holidays

Talk like a pirate day

New boobs

New nose

Mother’s day

Father’s day

Labor Day

Yom Kippur

Chinese New Year

The cat’s away

Sporting Events

Burns night

 


Even more party ideas.


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Party Weekend

Book a long weekend away with some friends and have a themed party Friday, Saturday and Sunday night.
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Pole Party

How about hiring a pole dance instructor complete with pole and have your own pole dance party. This is a great idea for hen nights!


Midsummer Madness

We did this with some friends a few years ago. We climbed up Snaefell, the highest mountain on the Isle of Mann, to watch the sun rise on Midsummer’s day. This involved setting off from Douglass at 2am to climb the mountain in the dark. We dressed in black tie, dinner jackets and ball gowns and had a 6 course champagne breakfast complete with candelabras as we watched the sunrise!

Obviously, any mountain would do and you could do any fancy dress theme but make sure you plan it well and take professional advice to ensure you are properly prepared, equipped and take every precaution for the terrain, conditions and circumstances you may encounter.


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