Are you a Beauty & the Beast fan? I love the story and the music. For years I told my husband that we should do this for Halloween. But we never did.
Although I am far from Belle and my husband is even further from a beast, we do have a 100-pound difference and a foot difference in height! So I always thought it would be a cute idea. So, Halloween 2020 seemed like the perfect time!
And what better way to start off October 2022 with Halloween fast approaching than with a Tale as Old as Time.
The Ballroom
Besides the costumes and decorating, like our Grease theme, we decided this would be a great theme to reenact the dancing parts from the ballroom scene. To prepare, we replayed the scene several times and took snap shots of the parts we could do.
Although I did not think to take a video at the time, you can check out the slideshow on YouTube here.
The Costumes
My husband’s costume was fun. As I have mentioned before, I try to reuse things we have but I had to buy his mask, blue coat and tail from Amazon. He had the ruffled shirt and black pants from our Pirates of the Caribbean theme.
After searching for a gold gown for Belle, I came across this dress from Neman Marcus. Although it is nowhere close to Belle’s, and it is yellow, I decided it didn’t matter. I made it into what I called a modern Belle.
My hair was an attempt at her bun. As always, it wasn’t quite right. But you get the idea.
The Decor
Since this is an epic love story, I wanted our family room to feel like an enchanted castle.
The table was set with my version of the main characters and other accents from the movie. I used our china coffee pot and cup for Mrs. Potts and Chip, a candelabra for Lumiere, a round clock for Cogsworth, and a feather duster for Plumette. I also added stacked books for Belle being a bookworm along with the Enchanted Mirror. And of course the table wouldn’t be complete without the Enchanted Rose.
When we use our family room for our themes or holidays, I like to add something related to the theme to the tv (mostly because I do not want the big black box messing up the mood!). This time it was the ballroom from the movie.
To add to the ambience, I wanted a romantic vibe. And what castle is complete without candles? We had the tall candlesticks and some white candles. But I did buy more for this occasion. However, we used for many more themes, romantic dinners and date nights by the fireplace.
Since I love roses, and the rose is the trademark of the story, I added a bouquet to the fireplace along with more candles. In addition, I printed two photos from the ballroom scene for the mantle.
Unlike our other themes, this was all about the costumes, the reenacting and the decorating. So we didn’t have any themed food or drinks. We ended the night by ordering sushi!
It was a fun and romantic costume date night.
Although it is hard to choose, I think this was my favorite! I asked my husband as I was getting this blog together which was his favorite. He said Beauty & the Beast.
But we did love all of them.
The End
Although it is a little hard for me to believe, this is the last of the 2020/2021 themes! But, we’ll still be sharing upcoming fun date nights, holidays, special occasions, vacations, and occasional couples costumes. I have no doubt that adventures will still await us. They just won’t all be at home!
22 thoughts on “Beauty & the Beast – A Tale as Old as Time”
What an amazing date night, I love Beauty and the Beast and your costumes really were great
While I am not quite a Disney fan, this is absolutely adorable. You guys look great in your costumes. I love that you pay so much attention to detail. Fantastic job!!
That is so much fun! I love your costumes. You really hit the mark with them!
This is cute. I don’t think I could ever do this for a date night, but as a Halloween costume it is a really cute one and you both looked the part. Very imaginative!
What a fun idea. I love it!
Really cute setup here guys! And I love the costumes! Looks like a fun evening at home 🙂
I love Beauty and the Beast. We watched the movie so many times and then saw a live performance of it. Such a good one!
I really love the costumes, they look great. What a fun date night that must have been. Love the candle stick and rose decor.
I loved your costumes! Very cool. I am a big Belle fan.
I love Beauty and the Beast especially the songs. Sounds like you have a lovely romantic time. I adore your modern day Belle dress.
You guys are the coolest couple ever!!! I looooove this theme, love it!!!! You look amazing btw.
Omg so much fun.Love your costume soo pretty.thanks for sharing.
Oh wow your costumes are amazing! What a lovely time to spend together.
OMG this is absolutely my highlight to today! Love the theme and you both look just super, the dress is stunning!
We don’t celebrate Halloween in my household but I think that reenacting the dancing parts from the ballroom scene would be so fun!
I love your costumes so pretty. Theme of the party is also cool all the clicks are so beautiful
You guys are so cute~! This is such a fun idea, I love the photos. Great idea for a date night or party.
We love the Disney Princesses and my Princess Belle loves Disney’s Princess Belle also…we also love the music
I LOVE, how you guys go to so much effort to have fun times at home your attention to details always thrills me…and the costumes…
Love the story and this date night idea! Makes for a special evening and sweet memories to cherish! Great photos! Thank you for sharing your take on this.
Very cute and fun idea! It all looks great!
Amazing night and the decoration is pretty as well with the lights and everything. Thank you for sharing!
Love the costumes. They’re brilliant!