Costume Party Themes

Here’s a list of costume party themes and titles to get you started with your celebrations. You may notice that some of the themes overlap, though one title may seem more catchy to you than another, or you may even come up with a new name yourself!
Take a look at the venue, consider how you could best dress it, and let the theme come rolling off your tongue.
- or think about what you’ve always wanted to wear and create the party around that!

A
Alice in Wonderland
Ancient Rome
Angels and devils
Animal Kingdom
Arabian Nights

B
Bad Asses and Bimbos
Bad Taste
Beauty and the Geek
Bollywood
Burlesque

C
Candyland
Carnival
Cartoons and Comics
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Circus
Country and Western
Come as your favourite Cocktail
Come Fly With Me
Cosplay – find the most obscure cartoon, comic book or computer game character you can find and replicate their outfit.
Cowboys and Indians

D
Dirty Thirties – for when you turn 30
Departure Lounge
Doctors and nurses
Dead Famous - dress as a famous person who has all ready passed on.

E
Eighties
Eurovsion
Electric Zoo

F
Fantasy Island
Fairytales and Nursery Rhymes
Flying High

G
Gods and Goddesses
Gangsters and Flappers
Geeks and Freaks
Glamour
Glam Rock

H
Halloween
Heaven
Heros and Villains
High Tea
Hollywood
Horror

I
International Spies and Villains
Island dream

J
Jungle Party

K
Kick Ass Super Heros and villains

L
Las Vegas
Licorice Allsorts

M
Mad Hatters Tea Party
Mad Max
Masquerade
Medieval
Movies
Myths and Magic

N
Naughty and Nice
Naughty Forties – for when you turn 40
Nautical
Nuns and Priests

O
Oriental
Outta Space

P
A night at the Playboy mansion
Pimps and Ho’s
Pirate Party
Pop Stars
Prehistoric

Q
Queens and Kings
The Quick and the Dead

R
Rainbow party
Rubics Cube – I like this one because it involves guest interaction. The idea is that you come dressed in items of clothing in different colours, and by the end of the night you leave dressed in one colour. Probably a good costume to source from a second hand store. I don’t fancy the chances of getting al you hire gear back in time to avoid late fees.
Romance Novels- come dressed as you favourite romance novel character or book cover (look, I know it’s silly, but it’s funny too, isn’t it?) – imagine, a room full of fabulous Fabios! And his beautiful face

S
Sailors Ahoy!
Secret Agent
Secret Service
Seventies
Shipwrecked
Smartie Party – another party involving colours, like the smarties lollies
Super Heros (and Villians)
Swinging Sixties

T
Toga
Toystory
TV shows

U
Under the sea
Uniforms

V
Vickers and Nuns
Virtue and Vice
Vikings and Vampires (why not?)
Vampires, Witches and Ghouls
Vickers and Tarts

W
White
Wild West
Winter Wonderland

X
XXX – for a 30 year old after all XXX is Roman numerals for the number 30

Y
You can’t stop the Music
Yellow Party

Z
Zombie
Zoo