Are you stuck for some Fancy Dress Costume Ideas? We have lots of ideas and suggestions for you for Adult Fancy Dress Costumes and Children’s Fancy Dress Costumes to make your fancy dress party an event to remember.

One of the most popular themes and one of the easiest costumes to put together is a Pirate Fancy Dress Costume, which will look great on children and adults alike.

Ladies you can dress up just like Kiera Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean and for you men out there who fancy yourselves as a bit of a Johnny Depp or Orlando Bloom there are plenty of costumes available to help you fulfill your fantasy.

If you’re more of a Captain Barbossa than a Captain Jack Sparrow or a handsome blacksmith we can help with that too, including props such as swash-buckling swords and chests of treasure.

If you are looking for something a little more magical you can never go wrong with a Fairy Fancy Dress Costume as all little girls love fairies, and all big girls and ladies too. You never grow out of the fun of dressing up as a Fairy Princess, a Fairy Bride, a Flower Fairy or even an Evil Fairy on Halloween.

There are so many stories with Fairies in that you could base your costume on any of them, from Peter Pan to Cinderella. Or if you prefer you can let your imagination run wild and really have fun creating your own Fairy character and costume to go with it.

These costumes are so easy to put together as you can use any pretty dress teamed with some fairy wings and a wand, or even make your own dress from cloth or net and accessorise with stripy tights, ballet pumps, tiaras for your hair, flowers, ribbons and anything sparkly or glittering. Just think magical and let your ideas flow but to help you there are many accessories and ready-made Fairy costumes available for both children and adults.

Another fantastic costume idea is an Alice in Wonderland fancy dress costume. This is another easy theme to create an amazing looking costume as it has an element of fantasy so you can use your imagination and creativity to the full.

By giving you the ideas here you have a starting point to build your costume on or you can buy complete Alice in Wonderland costumes ready-made if you haven’t got time to make your own.

If you prefer to create your own from scratch just go through the looking glass and think bunny rabbits, bows and playing cards. You could be Alice herself by wearing a dress with a pinafore and a big bow in your hair and perhaps finish the outfit off with some white knee length socks or black and white stripy tights.

Or you could dress up as the Queen of Hearts or any card in the pack by making a sandwich board and painting on the design of a playing card, for example the Ace of Spades would be the easiest card to draw.

Alternatively you could be the Mad Hatter by getting yourself a big top hat and tails and a bow tie, this is a good outfit for a boy or a girl, as are the playing card outfits.

If you’re looking for scary Halloween Fancy Dress Costumes there are so many to choose from it’s difficult to know where to start. You could be a witch, a devil, a ghost, a vampire, a pumpkin, a skeleton, a zombie, a werewolf, a character from a film such as The Adams Family, Harry Potter, Star Wars or any horror film.

The list is endless and there are lots of costumes available to buy ready- made from very simple to completely elaborate for all ages from toddlers to adult, and even dogs too!

And finally another great theme for male and female, adults and children alike for any time of year is 70s Fancy Dress Costume. There are so many options open to you for this theme and they are all relatively easy to create.

Take a pair of flares, some platform heels and some psychedelic colours and you have a costume. Add to it a fun party wig and you have a great disco diva costume.

For loads more ideas have a look at the themes we’ve suggested here and the costumes you can buy.