Ideas for a fancy dress party

When choosing a theme for a fancy dress party it is important to consider a number of key aspects, the venue, the budget and most importantly the guests. Try and find a fancy dress theme that gives you plenty of options for decorating, and also gives the guests plenty of ideas for costumes.

See also: dinner

	Convict fancy dress party
	A convict fancy dress theme is brilliant for all ages, and for both men and women, Costumes are cheap to buy buy also really easy to make. To make your own costume you just need to either find or buy a white boiler suit or just use a white t-shirt and trousers. Then you can simply paint on black ...read more

	Pick a colour any colour
	An easy option for a fancy dress party is to pick a colour and get all the guests to dress in that colour. For example if you picked orange, guests would all need to wear orange colour costumes. These might include a Holland football shirt, orange t-shirts, you could even buy some orange dye and mak ...read more

	Rainbow fancy dress party
	Why not base your fancy dress party around a particular colour. For example if you choose orange then eveyerone coming to your party must wear the colour orange of something relating to the colour orange. Some examples:Dress up as an orange, big round jaffa suit Wear an orange footie strip (Wolv ...read more

	Homecoming fancy dress party
	Why not recreate an American High School homecoming party, the guys can dress in American football outfits, while the girl get to be a cheerleader for the day. Other costume options can include the compulsory school geeks or school sweaters. Don't forget to spike the punch! ...read more

	Gangster & Molls fancy dress party
	The beauty about a gangster and molls fancy dress party is that there are obvious costume options for both male and female guests. Men can get themselves dressed up in a sharp zoot suit, you don't need to buy a suit, any black suit will do, but if you can find a pin stripe suit then all the bette ...read more

	Alter Ego Fancy Dress Party
	Why not have an alter ego party. The premis is simple, you dress up in a costume which is the opposite of who you are or what you do. If you work in a bank, come as a bank robber. If you're a bit of a devil, come as God. If you're shy and timid, turn up as a rock star. The list is endless. ...read more

	Ancient Egypt Fancy Dress Party
	Why not host your own Ancient Egypt fancy dress party. You can come as a Egyptian, or Cleopatra herself. A cheap costume option is to wear a toga style (basically a sheet!). * Decorate your venue with images of the pyramids * Bring your own sand * Provide sumptuous fresh fruit bowls for your gu ...read more

	Lord of the Rings Fancy Dress Party
	A classic book, turned into three classic films so why not turn it into an amazing fancy dress party. Dress up as your favourite Lord of the Rings characters such as Gimili, Legolas or Gandalf. You could even have your own army of evil orks. You can decorate your venue like one of the many locations ...read more

	Pick a letter any letter
	This is a simple idea for a fancy dress theme. The best thing about this theme idea is that there are 27 different themes to choose from. Simply select a letter and get all your guests to dress in costumes that relate to that letter. Picking M for example, your guests can come as milkmen, maids, mon ...read more

	Carry On Fancy Dress Party
	Why not have a fancy dress party with everyone coming as characters from the Carry On films. There are many films to choose from including: Carry On Camping Carry On Up The Khyber Carry On Screaming Carry On Doctor Carry On Abroad ...read more

	Rubix Cube fancy dress party
	This is an excellent idea I heard on the radio the other night. Every guest has to turn up to the party wearing the colours from a Rubix Cube, which are: Red, Blue, Green, White, Yellow and Orange. On arriving at the party you will be given one of these colours. You then have to try and make your ...read more

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