Tips On How To Choose A Unique Costume Theme
August 13, 2010Throughout the years I have come across some quite excellent, unique themed costume parties. What I have found is, it’s good to be unusual, however by choosing a hard or impossible topic, your guests may find it all too difficult to think of a suitable costume for the occasion.
Must Know Tip: It’s an idea to offer costume suggestions when posting out invites, this will assist to put your guests at comfort and will help to build their excitement.
Here we will address many of the considerations that should be done before making a decision on the theme.
What part of the year is the party to be thrown?
Be sure that your topic party is arranged to reveal case costumes that are compatible with the weather at the time of year you are holding your celebration. Keeping the theme party and costumes consistent will ensure the comfort of your guests.
What venue?
Always fit your theme to your venue for e.g. look at holding your celebration on a boat and utilize one of our themes below like “Noah’s Ark” or “Come Rescue Me”. Perhaps your venue can be a nightclub whereby “Come as a Cocktail” – “Playboy Mansion” could be used.
What sought of guests will attend?
Consider who among the plenty of your guests will be present and if they are a little on the conservative side, probably stay clear of a sexy topic.
What is the occasion?
Are you the host of a birthday event, bon voyage, graduation, wedding anniversary or possibly a sweet 16th birthday? Consider beyond the norm, select your theme and start researching what costumes your guests could put on as characters. Consider the case and select something age appropriate if it is a younger persons birthday.
Tip: Find your local costume hire shop, libraries, opportunity or thrift shops, Internet and so on as they can all be valuable sources of information.
More Theme Ideas:
- Come as your favourite dead famous person or icon
- Come as a part from a Rubik Cube
- Change of sex uniform party
- Heaven or Hell
- Come rescue me (pretend someone you would like to be rescued by)
- Mad wig celebration
- Come as a title of a book (maybe an autobiography character)
To ensure the success of your party theme, try a small planning prior to the celebration and by addressing some of the points discussed in this article your guests will happily don their fancy dress on the night. This will make for a really memorable evening and they will wait in anticipation for your next celebration!
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