Family Themed Group Halloween Costume Ideas

The Halloween activities that families participate in have been changing over the years, but the popularity of the holiday has not fallen. According to the National Retail Federation, Americans spent nearly $5 billion on Halloween supplies last year.

While Halloween used to be more about kids going out trick or treating, while warmly dressed parents followed nearby as chaperones, today's families are celebrating Halloween together.

Nowadays, Mom and Dad are dressing up too! Adult Halloween parties are common for all generations, and most employers sponsor a Halloween dress-up day at work. Families with small children and go to Halloween festivals, and everyone can wear a costume!

Many families find it fun to dress up with a group theme. To get started, consider some of these fun family Halloween costume ideas. The possibilities are endless, but these may help get the creative juices flowing!

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

This group costume idea is sort of specific, as it requires a family of Mom, Dad, and two kids- one of which should probably be a girl- who will all spend Halloween together. If this is your set up however, it could be a super fun idea. Mom, Dad, and Baby (younger child) would each need a bear costume. Goldilocks would wear a frilly dress and curly blonde wig, unless of course she is blonde and mom is good with a curling iron.

Snow White and her dwarves - Perfect for a large family

This costume idea is great for flexibility. If Dad will not be around for Halloween, mom and the kids should be able to pull this one off anyway. If Dad will be around, then he gets to be the prince! Even if you don't have quite seven dwarves, you could enlist the help of neighborhood kids, or you could always say in a sweet, high-pitched voice, "Sleepy and Dopey are home with the sniffles!"

The Addams Family

This family Halloween costume idea works best for a family that has at least mom, dad, son, and daughter. Mom gets a super sexy Morticia costume, Dad gets to draw on the fun moustache (unless of course, he wants to grow it!), and the kids to be Wednesday and Pugsley. The idea could be expanded to include Lurch, Cousin It, and Uncle Fester, should extended family members want to join in the fun.

Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles Flintstone

Mom, dad, and toddler daughter could make this family Halloween costume idea the favorite of the party! What perfect prehistoric family wouldn't want to dress baby girl up as cutie pie Pebbles? If you know another family with a little boy, you could make them go as the Rubbles!

The Osbournes!

For a fun family with older children, dressing up as the Osbournes could be a hoot! If your kids think you are really cool, they might even go for the idea of watching mom and dad could be Ozzy and Sharon. Teenage girls could really have fun with Kelly, but it might take a pretty confident male to dress up like her brother.

Aladdin and Jasmine with Abu or Rajah or both

For this family Halloween costume, mom and dad are Aladdin and Jasmine (this does involve showing some skin, so you might want to be in good shape to pull this off), and the little ones get to be the animals. A baby boy would make a cute monkey, Abu. A preschool boy or girl in a tiger costume can be Rajah! If you have a grandpa who wants to get in on the action, he can be the Sultan.

Blue Man Group

This is probably the easiest Halloween costume ever, but it will definitely be obvious. No one will ask, "What are you supposed to be?" Make sure to buy a lot of blue face paint, and then just wear all black. Cover every bit of showing skin in blue paint. To go all the way with this, you could buy bald caps and spray paint them blue, or simply just buy blue hair spray. Kids of any gender and age can do this one, so it is super flexible.

Bee Keeper and bees

This Halloween costume would work well for a single parent family. The parent gets to be the bee keeper, and all the little ones can be the bees. This can make for some fun drama, as the kids can run around yelling, "No, don't take my honey!"

The Claus Family

Who says you can't have Christmas at Halloween? Mom and Dad get to be Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and the little ones can be elves or reindeer.

The Incredibles

The favorite super hero family would make for a fun family Halloween costume idea that everyone would enjoy! All of the costumes are available online at Disney's Halloween Booootique.

The Peter Pan Characters

Depending on the make-up of your family, there are several ways this one could go. Mom and Dad could be Peter Pan and Wendy. If you have a little girl, she can be Tinkerbell. Little boys can be the Lost Boys, or they could be pirates. Someone could even be the crocodile.

The Wizard of Oz

This would work well for a family with two little boys. Mom and Dad can be Dorothy and the Scarecrow, while the little ones can be "Cowardly Lion" and "Tin Man." The costumes could be made at home, or some could be purchased. Either way, it's unique and fairly easy.