New Year’s Theme Party: Family Business
Wanna make your friends an offer they can’t refuse this New Year’s? Invite them to your mafia theme party and ring in 2014 organized crime-style. Welcome to another rousing theme party tip. What is this, anyway, number gazillion in our series? Dive head first into the low-life world of mafiosi, gangster mammas, corrupt cops and glamorous underground parties. The best mafia costumes, accessories and party ideas are all right here.
The Perfect Atmosphere to Get Whacked
Much more than just a bunch of loosely organized criminals, the mafia is a world all its own. The combination of demimonde style and merciless violence is what makes the mafia so fascinating. We have a couple tips for how best to capture this back-alley aura for your own mafia theme party.
Decoration: Real mafia parties are stylish. Put white table clothes on the tables and place candlesticks wherever you fancy. The lighting should be warm yet dim – after all, these people don’t take care of business in broad daylight. Catholicism and the Italian American mafia go hand-in-hand. Set up a couple of colorful, kitschy statues of Mary, and while you’re at it, leave your Bible lying open somewhere. Mafiosi generally avoid kitsch, but for the perfect mafia party atmosphere, more is more! If you have classical statues or busts in your yard, bring them inside. Hang up a map of Italy, spread playing cards on the tables. In a word: make it a real mafia den.
Food: Why, Italian of course! Order take-out from your favorite neighborhood Italian joint, or take to the kitchen and whip up some homemade spaghetti, pizza, cabrese and bruschetta. And gallons of blood red wine, please!
Music: The right background music is key for a mafia-tastic atmosphere. Get your hands on the soundtracks from The Godfather, Goodfellas and Sicilian tearjerkers, or get acquainted with Al Capone’s life and times and put on some sweaty jazz and Big Band tunes à la Frank Sinatra.
Costumes: Make the party. Period. Here are some ideas we’ve put together for you to keep it classy like a mafioso.
Gangsters & Bandits: Mafia Costumes for Men
„You’re my older brother, and I love you. But don’t ever take sides against the family again with anyone. Ever.“
La famiglia forms the core of the mafia, a clan of committed “family” members under the paternal authority of a Don, godfather, or in layman’s terms, Big Boss. If you want to go as a classic godfather, a stylish suit and a dashing fedora are in order. To be one of the real tough guys, the snazzier the better. Stuff your suit pocket with a dress handkerchief and put on a tie. Or go even bigger – we mean that literally – by wearing one of our fat suits. The Big Boss is always just that: overweight. And because the mafia is always a family affair, mafia costumes for kids abound.
Streetwise Mammas: Mafia Costumes for Women
„In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.“
Hey, who really wears the pants in the famiglia? The mammas, of course. As a family woman the choice is yours. Get all dolled up for the Big Boss in a seductive evening gown and let him fawn all over you. Or take matters in your own hands and eliminate the competition with our huge selection of mafia costumes for women.
Manslaughter 101: Getting Your Hands Dirty
The mafia wouldn’t be the mafia if completely unthinkable, heinous murders and threats didn’t happen every once in a while. Restaurant owners who can’t pay their protection get whacked, traitors, competitors get shot dead, and the severed limbs of enemy clan members get sent in the mail as a sinister kind of greeting card. If you’re looking for a wild costume for your mafia theme party, going as a whacked mafia victim isn’t a bad idea at all. With our high quality latex applications and other special effects such as fake blood and Bloody Scab you can make yourselves look battered by the Big Boss himself. How about a handful of severed fingers for your mafia buffet?
Corrupt Cops & The Clink: Police and Inmate Costumes
„Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.“
The mafia would never work if there weren’t hoards of people in the police force, government authorities and politics who willingly sell themselves, turn a blind eye and act as spies. To that effect, the police and undercover agents should be among the crowd at a mafia theme party. Check out our huge selection of police costumes and pick your favorite uniform. Or go as a gangster low on the totem pole who jumped off a bridge to escape his debts. Just put on one of our inmate costumes and have a ball on day parole!
Mafi-hahaha!
A mafia theme party needn’t be a deadly serious occasion (although it very well could be…) With our Bloody Mary shoes, our fun Gangster Morphsuit, whose face amounts to nothing more than a mustache, or our Switchblade Knife, ahem Comb, you can take your fellow partiers for a ride they’ll never forget (and may never come back from…)
Hey, Do Me a Favor, Will Ya?
It’s all in the details, people. Little favors make the famiglia, and the right accessories make your mafia costume. As a mafia mamma, tough guy or the Big Boss himself, individualize your mafia costume with accessories and get the respect you deserve.
If you’re looking for a theme that’s not so criminal this New Year’s, take a look at some of our other theme party ideas:
The Roaring Twenties
Glam & Glitter
Red Carpet: Hollywood & Celebrities
Paint the Town Neon
Party Animals
Couples Costumes
Happy New Year!
“The family” @ maskworld.com