Group Halloween Costume Ideas
Dixie Chicks
(For a group of all-girls.) Everyone attaches dixie cups all over themselves.
Mouseketeers
Everyone wears jeans, a t-shirt with your name written on the front, and mouse ears.
Breakfast Club Cast
Everyone dresses like a different breakfast item of (eggs, sausage,toast,pancakes, etc.).
Crayons
Everyone dresses in different colors, with matching cone shaped hats made out of construction paper. Add "Crayon" logos. Walk together.
South Park Characters
Kenny, Cartman, Kyle, Stan, Eric, Chef, etc.
Professors from "Harry Potter"
Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Flitwick, Hooch, Sprout etc.
Geek Squad
Everyone dresses like a nerd: pants pulled up too high, shirts tucked in and buttoned up all the way, white socks with black shoes, pocket protectors, glasses, etc. Everyone carries computer manuals
Addams Family Cast
Gomez wears a pinstriped suit, dark hair, mustache, and carries a cigar. Morticia wears a long black dress with flowing sleeves and hem, long black hair, and pale skin. Pugsley wears black shorts, horizontally-striped shirt, short socks, and short hair. Wednesday wears a black or dark blue dress with a white collar and cuffs, black tights and shoes, pale skin, long black hair in pigtails, and carries a doll. Lurch wears a tux, white-gray hair and greenish-white skin. Uncle Fester wears a heavy coat, dark make-up around his eyes, and a bald head. Grandmama wears very frizzy shoulder-length gray hair, black dress and grey coat. Cousin Itt wears long hair covering his body all the way to the floor. Thing is a hand with no body.
Snow White and the Seven Dorks
One person wears a Snow White costume. The other seven dress like dorks (high-water pants, black-rimmed glasses, pocket protectors, etc.). Optional: dorks can wear dwarf costumes altered to be dorky.
Riverdance
Have "dancers" wear all black with plaid sashes. The Michael Flatley character should have tight Lycra pants, boots, and a bandana; no shirt, and plenty of stage make-up. The less athletic you look, the better!
Yahtzee
(For a group of five.) Take five square cardboard boxes and cut holes so they fit over your torsos. Paint them white and draw black dots on them to simulate dice. Be sure to make the same number face front (Yahtzee!).
Monopoly Game Pieces
Each person dresses like a token from the game "Monopoly" (flatiron, car, thimble, dog, shoe, top hat, wheelbarrow, horse, etc.).
Condiment Bottles
Salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard, relish, sugar, etc. All can be made easily using large pieces of felt wrapped around the body, with holes cut for the arms. Make "caps" from posterboard and then cover with felt. Use a marker or paint pen to create labels on the front of the bottles.
Smurfs
Blue shirts, white sweatpants, blue face paint and floppy pointy Smurf hats. Check http://www.smurf.com to see what they should look like.
Friends
Monica, Rachel, Pheobe, Chandler, Ross, and Joey
Royal Flush (for a group of five)
You will need two pieces of white felt for each card. Sew them together and stencil them to look like the ten, jack, queen, king, and ace of spades.
Fruit of the Loom Guys
Everyone dresses up as the Fruit of the Loom fruits (apple, green grapes, purple grapes and gooseberries). Wear turtleneck shirts and tights of coordinating colors underneath, and make caps and mittens out of felt. For the grapes, attach green or purple balloons all over yourself. For the apple and gooseberries, use felt or cloth to create the costume and stuffing to fill them out.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka, Grandpa Joe, Charlie, Veruca Salt, Violet, Mike Teevee, Augustus Gloop, Slugworth, etc.
Party Animals
Everyone wears a different animal costume (flamingo, gorilla, cat, etc.). Add party hats and party blowers. Run around tossing confetti.
Spice Girls
For a group of girls: each person attaches spice packages to their clothes (cinnamon, pepper, oregano, bay leaves, etc.)