Boy's 80's fancy dress

[Curlybrunette]

Hi everyone,

We're going to an 80's fancy dress party in a few weeks and wondered if you could give me any ideas on what I could put my boys in. They're 5 and 6.

I don't really want to spend a lot of money on outfits knowing they'll only be worn once.

I had thought about buying green leggings and top and trying to make a papier mache teenage mutant hero turtles shell. I'm not very creative though so don't know how that would turn out!

Any ideas much appreciated
x

Continuing with the TV theme:

Thundercats - spike up their hair and do lion/tiger face paint. Clothes would prob need leggings and vest or similar.

Blockbusters - cut out cardboard hexagons in white and blue, write letters on them and pin them on a yellow top?

Ghostbusters - all in one overalls plus backpack plus super soaker

Or dress them in bright colours with eg legwarmers and neon bits - they could be the kids from Fame?

Adam Ant?!?

Ninja Turtles?

Dress them as Wham!

Roland Rat and Kevin the Gerbil?

Milli Vanilli

Doc and Marty McFly from Back to the Future.

Bagpuss and professor yaffle.

Dangermouse and Penfold

Shades
Blazers with rolled up sleeves
T-shirts
Jeans
Sandals/espadrilles
= mini Miami vice

Bagpuss was the 70s!

Oh Wham is a great idea!

Wham! T shirt

Bros!

Blond hair would be useful (and you'd have to find a willing 'Kevin' or whatever The Other One) was called.

Oops, closing bracket fail.

I dressed my DS up for an 80s Party (as Wham type)

Big white T-Shirt, cut the arms off to make a vest (so the armholes will be big).
Write RELAX with black marker pen, nig capital letters.
A vest underneath.
Combats rolled up to mid-calf
Baseball boots
Rubber bangles (like the belt from vacuum cleaner)
Flurescent socks
Double belt- I bought 2 thin studded belts and did one round his waist, one longer so it was round his hip on one side.

Yes, I'm a child of the 80s (as in it was my era, not born in the 80s)

Thanks guys, there's some fab suggestions here. I think my favourite is the blockbusters idea. It's probably the easiest and cheapest to do!

x

Make sure one of them is a 'P' - 'I'll have a P please Bob'