Jack & Jill Costume Ideas
Hosting a Jack and Jill party for a couple preparing to marry can be a nice way to help them start out their new life together on solid footing. The point of a Jack and Jill party is to actually raise money for the couple. Unlike a traditional bridal shower, a Jack and Jill hosts both male and female guests.
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Famous Couples in History
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From Cleopatra and Mark Anthony to Napoleon and Josephine, there are many historical couples that guests can choose from in terms of possible costume selections. Non-couple guests can opt to be one half of a famous couple. Decorate the venue that you are holding your Jack and Jill party with images of famous couples. You can even name the dishes and drinks you serve to reflect various famous historical couples.
Couples from Literature/Film
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As with historical couples, there are numerous unforgettable film or literary couples. From Shakespeare alone there is Romeo and Juliet, Othello and Desdemona and Benedict and Beatrice. From the silver screen, Rhett and Scarlet from Gone With the Wind or Nick and Nora Charles from the Thin Man film series would do nicely.
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Wedding Gift Costumes
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For a humorous Jack and Jill costume, ask guests to dress in costumes that reflect the type of gifts typically given at a traditional wedding bridal shower or bachelor party. From dressing up as a blender to a giant gift certificate, there are a wide variety of inanimate objects that can be used as hilarious costumes. Or at least costumes that will seem hilarious after a few drinks.
Honeymoon Destinations
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Costumes that reflect the soon-to-be-married couple's honeymoon destination can be a creative way to send the couple off in style. A cultural themed Jack and Jill can also be the perfect approach for a couple that enjoys traveling or plans to settle in another country after they are married or at some point in the future. For example, if the couple will be moving to Ireland after the wedding, a green theme would be perfect.
Period Dress Costumes
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Another theme that you can select is one that emphasizes a particular historic period. For example, a Jack and Jill theme that reflects the way the Victorian Age was brimming with romantic literature that highlighted the painful longings of unrequited love, as well as great loves both realized and never-realized. Choose a period that you think that the soon-to-be newlyweds would most enjoy as a theme for their Jack and Jill party.
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