1980s fancy dress group ideas

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I'm after suggestions for a family fancy dress with 1980s theme.
Me, my husband and 3 kids. (1,6 &10)

Happy to buy or make costumes just want it to be something good but my mind is blank.
Any help much appreciated

Village people. (late 70s really, but who is going to remember).

Boy George is always a good one.

Where’s Wally, Wenda, Wizzard Whitebeard, outlaw and the dog!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Care Bears
Pac Men

What about an 80's tv show - you've got the right number to be The Simpsons.
Or characters from Dallas, Grange Hill, Miami Vice, the A Team, 'Allo 'Allo, Fraggle Rock.
Depends how dressed up you want to be - couple of obvious props or full costume, face paint, wigs. I went to an 80s movie themed party with white vest, jeans, boots, cowboy hat as Thelma (or maybe Louise), there were others there from Beetlejuice, Alien, Ghostbusters, Sister Act, Annie,

An aerobics instructor complete with leg warmers, head band and a leotard that cuts you in half. All in pastel of course. You tube have some great examples.

Culture Club.
Or as maddiemookins says you could all be Boy George.

Ghostbusters with the baby as Slimer

Love the ghostbusters idea.

Like Ghostbusters too! Or go as the band Kiss?

You could all dress up as Spandau Ballet.

Just came on to suggest Ghostbusters 😄

Or you could do pop stars - Boy George has been suggested, but also Adam Ant, Madonna, Cindy Lauper (not sure what sex dc are), Kiss all had very identifiable visuals. Not sure about the baby though in that case!

Captain Sensible, and learn the song too, the dc will love it!
Roland Rat

Put everyone in dungarees and go as Dexy’s Midnight Runners.

Or zoot suits and go as Madness.

You’ll need a little toy plastic sax and some sunglasses.

Easy peasy idea - oversized white t shirt with slogan of choice printed in big black letters a la Katherine Hammett.

Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and a couple of mushrooms.

Different colours of a Rubik’s cube.

Wham in the wake me up before you go go video. Although choose life tops can be taken the wrong way these days as I discovered!

Ooo all these ideas are fab thank you!
I like ghostbusters as littlest will make a cute slimer haha. My daughter is pushing for mario so she can't be princess peach tho

Rainbow?

If you want an easy ride there ,s loads of 80,s fancy dress on Amazon ,I went to an 80,s night last year and wore a choose life T shirt ,fingerless gloves,bangles and jeggings with leg warmers and wore my hair in a side pony tail .

Best advice is don’t

Just don’t

Hi-de-hi got a laugh when I went to an 80s party but I'll admit my immediate thought was also Ghostbusters!

Kids from Fame! Leotards and leg warmers a-go-go.