Dressing up as a group can make a costume party fun and interesting. Finding the perfect costume with friends or co-workers can be a wonderful way to bond with each other, as well as getting creative juices flowing. Alternative ideas to single costumes make group costume ideas different and unique.

Groups of friends heading out for the night have far more freedom to choose a fun and silly outfit together. Keep in mind the setting of your group costume. Co-workers should keep the appropriateness of their costumes in mind, as many store-bought costumes are often inappropriate for the workplace. Some ideas for good group costume ideas include the following.

Books Character Group Costumes

Favorite Fairy Tale Characters Some fun ideas are fairy tale characters, such as Hansel and Gretel, or Snow White and the Dwarves. Cinderella, her prince and the ugly stepsisters are also fun group costume ideas.

Harry Potter An easy and relevant group costume idea, the characters from Harry Potter can include the main character wearing robes with a lightning bolt drawn on his forehead. A girl can go as Hermione, with curled hair and carrying a wand.

Twilight Characters For those that are interested in the popular Twilight series, dressing as a werewolf or as a vampire is a fun and easy costume.

Dr. Seuss' "Things"For a fun group costume, participants wear mismatched clothing, a rainbow wig and a big sign that states "one" or "two" or "three" around their waist. This is a fun and creative group costume idea.

Pop Culture Group Costumes

Star Trek Dressing as Star Trek characters is easy as these costumes are often sold at costume or party stores. These costumes also provide warmth and are easy to wear without constant adjustment. Those that love Star Trek will have fun dressing up as their favorite characters.

Current and Past Politicians Especially In election years politicians can be a fun and interesting group costume idea, like different politicians debating or older ones, including Churchill or Teddy Roosevelt. Keep any political figures out of the workplace as they can be controversial and political views should not be taken for granted

SmurfsWearing white with painted blue faces is an easy and fun group costume idea.

Alternate Group Costume Ideas

Doctors For gorier group costume ideas, add fake blood or zombie makeup to the doctor group costume idea. Otherwise, dressing up as doctors and nurses is very fun and easy. Simply add white lab coats to regularly worn clothing, plus a stethoscope or thermometer, and the look is complete.

Cell phonesDressing as cell phones, computers or other technical gadgets can be made with boxes, paints and some creativity.