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Movie Themed Couple Costumes
If you’re the ultimate movie buff, then these last-minute Halloween costumes are sure to be the perfect fit!
AcroBATS! – For those of you who like to dress as something a little more spooky or Halloween-ish, this costume is perfect!
Camp Counselors – Dressing as a camp counselor can go in many directions, which makes it a great flexible option for Halloween.
Grease – For Him: Tight black jeans rolled at the bottom, Converse style sneakers, a tight white T-shirt, and a black leather jacket {this one would work great!}. Don’t forget the greasy slicked hair! For Her: Tight leather pants or leggings, hot red heels, and a tight off the shoulder blacktop! {Plus here is her jacket as well!}
Johnny Cash and June Carter – For Him: All black outfit and a guitar. For Her: Pretty 50’s/60’s style dress. Check your local thrift store! This one tops the list of our favorite super cute couple costumes.
Castaway – For Him: Tattered white T-shirt and khakis. A Fed-ex envelope is a great addition! For Her: A white T-shirt with a volleyball drawn on it and, of COURSE, a red handprint. {You could even get the actual volleyball here!} Isn’t this just one of the best couples Halloween costumes?!
Peter Pan and Tinkerbell – This Halloween go on an adventure to Neverland with your man as Peter Pan. A sweet and nostalgic couples Halloween costume that everyone will love.
Forrest Gump and Jenny – For Him: Khaki pants, a plaid button-up T-shirt, and a ball cap. For Her: A 70’s style dress, guitar, and flower headpiece!
Squints and Wendy Peffercorn – The Sandlot is one of our ALL-TIME favorite movies! I LOVE this idea! For Him: A baseball-style T-shirt, ball cap, and glasses (a must). For Her: Lifeguard attire is the best replication of Wendy! Lifeguard swimsuit, sunglasses, and a whistle. Pretty sure you could just raid your own closet to put together these last-minute Halloween costumes!
101 Dalmatians – For Him: White T-shirt with black dots drawn or taped on, a leash necklace (if you desire), and black pants. For more effect, use body paints to draw on a nose and whiskers. For Her: A black dress of any kind. A wig would really help pull it together too! {If you would like a wig you can get one here!}
Thing 1 Thing 2 – Talk about an easy peasy and oh-so-simple couples Halloween costumes! For BOTH: A red T-shirt. Then you can either draw or iron on a white circle and write Thing 1 or Thing 2. If you have time you could even add the wigs to make this simple Halloween costume THAT much better!!
Fix-it Felix and Wreck-It Ralph – Got a super-strong spouse? A red t-shirt, messy hair, and overalls give you the perfect Wreck-it Ralph. For Felix? A hammer, yellow gloves, and a hat = done!
Fix-it Felix and Sergeant Calhoun – Taking more inspiration from the Movie Wreck-It Ralph, you could do the love story couple of Fix-it Felix with Sergeant Calhoun. Felix will need a tool belt, hammer, and hat while Sergeant Calhoun wears all black!
Tiana and Prince Naveen From The Princess and the Frog – To be Tiana, wear a long-sleeve yellow dress with a white apron, and tie your hair back into a bun or ponytail. To be Prince Naveen, throw on your best brown sweater vest over a white shirt and complete the look with brown pants and a newspaper boy hat. Don’t forget the guitar!
Minion & Gru – The movie Despicable Me offers prime costume opportunities! For a minion, a yellow hoodie with overalls and goggles gives you a great costume! Your spouse can be Gru by wearing all black and adding a grey and black striped scarf.
Minions – For more Despicable Me fun – you could both be minions! This couple kept it simple with yellow t-shirts, jeans, goggles, and suspenders!
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum – There is no more classic pair of characters than Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. To pull off this costume, get matching red hats, yellow shirts, and a big blue bow tie!
Fantastic Mr. and Mrs. Fox – For BOTH: Vintage-inspired attire and a fox mask. And if a fox mask is hard to find, use face paint to make a fox look on your face! Or do a combo of paint and mask by just ordering these noses!
Mario and Luigi – First of all, we know these characters didn’t start their celebrity careers in a movie… but just go with it! For Mario: A red T-shirt and suspenders. Add a red hat with a white M. For Luigi: A green T-shirt and suspenders. Add a green hat with a white L. {Want to order a ready-made option? Snatch up Mario and Luigi costumes before it is too late! OR order just their hats here!}
Angry Birds – This popular game transformed into a silly movie and now into an easy costume idea. For EITHER: Grab a red or black T-shirt and a corresponding hat. Decorate your hat to look like the bird’s face as seen in the game and throw on a feather boa! Can you even believe how little effort it takes for these funny couples Halloween costumes?!
DIY Couple Costume Ideas
On the hunt for funny and simple Halloween costumes to create together this October? Don’t worry, your search for the best list of funny couples costumes ends right here. Get inspired by your closet and everyday objects all around you to make these DIY couples costumes work for you.
Jellyfish – For BOTH: Clear umbrellas {These would be perfect}, LED lights, and strips of fabric or streamers. Attach a battery pack to the top of the inside of the umbrella, then attach LED lights and streamers. Finally, find a dark room and wow the other guests! If one of you wants to be a diver, make a tank from some 2-liter bottles and slip into a wetsuit.
Google Markers – For BOTH: Use yellow duct tape, to tape streets on a long-sleeve T-shirt. Print up street names and bus stop signs (like seen on Google maps) and tape those to different spots on your shirt. Then, use a poster board to create your large A marker and B marker.
Lightning Bolt and Victim – For Him: Create a lightning bolt out of a large poster or cardboard. You can either cover it in yellow fabric or color it in yellow. For Her: Take an old shirt and tatter it up, mess your hair, and use makeup or body paint to add the black carbon residue. Lastly, take an old umbrella and tear it up so it looks like it was struck by lightning! This has got to be one of the best funny Halloween costumes around!
Stick Figures – For BOTH: Using an all-white outfit, tape black electrical or duct tape to create a stick figure shape. Then use white paper to create a stick figure face as a mask. {Or go with this pre-made glow-in-the-dark version!}
Soap and Loofah – This is a pair of couples costumes that are nothing but nice, clean fun! For Him: Although you could create a soap sign to wear, to make it easier, use a white T-shirt and write ‘Soap’ with marker large on the T-shirt. You can add bubbles as well! For Her: To create the loofah look, you will need roughly 16-20 yards of tulle or netting. Using a tight tank top and shorts, dress, leotard, or romper and LOTS of safety pins, start wrapping your tulle around your tight apparel and securing it with the pins. For another way to create this look, check out this video.
Salt and Pepper – These easy couple costumes top the list of the best couples costumes for simplicity! For EITHER: You will need one black (or gray) and one white T-shirt. Then write or tape a black S for salt on the white T-shirt and a white P on the black (or gray) T-shirt. Add stocking caps for more emphasis! {You could also order salt and pepper costumes!}
Peanut Butter and Jelly – For one of you: A brown T-shirt with the emblem of your favorite peanut butter brand taped across the chest. For the other: A purple (for grape flavor) or red (for strawberry or raspberry flavor) T-shirt and your favorite jelly brand taped across your chest. Bam! DIY couples costumes to make everyone hungry and nostalgic. {Or if you’ve got a few days, just order this pre-made costume!}
American Gothic Painting – This classic painting can become an easy costume! Check out the original painting to match your attire and then grab a large frame and pitchfork for a unique and artsy costume!
Pair of Dice – I have done this costume before and it was super easy! Cut out the bottom of 2 boxes and add holes for the head and arms. Then, cover it in white butcher paper and add dots. It was easy to do and we got a lot of compliments!
Roller-Coaster Riders – I love optical illusion costumes! This post explains how they created this silly roller-coaster riders costume from things they already had at home.
Orbitz Couple – This might be the easiest costume yet! Just add the famous Orbitz gum logo on your shirts, a mint scarf, and give out packs of gum! Easy and fun!
Hunter & Deer – This is a costume many people can find right in their closet! For the hunter – pull out your camouflage attire. Then, for the deer – attach some ears to a headband and add a little face paint. You are set!
Oreo Cookies – Pair white shirts with black pants and add a decorated Oreo cardboard cutout for a costume that is deliciously creative! If you each only have 1 cookie, when you hug you become double stuffed Oreos!
Operation Game – How fun is this? For a surgeon costume, all you need are scrubs and maybe some doctor accessories. For the game board, just cut the shapes from the game board onto paper and attach it to a nude-colored shirt. This couple even added a red nose and boxers!
Easy Couples Halloween Costumes
We know some of the best couple costumes are those that make you (and everyone else) laugh, so we gathered up our favorite punny and therefore, very funny Halloween costumes, and here’s what we uncovered for ya…
Black Eyed Peas – This is easy PEASy for clever couples costumes! For BOTH: A black T-shirt with a large white P on the front and a painted-on black eye! DONE! Whoever said there was no such thing as easy couple costumes?!
Deviled Egg – For the Devil: The main features are the horns, tail, and pitchfork. For the Egg: A large white poster board cut in an oval with a yellow oval colored in the middle. Punch two holes on one end and hang it from your neck. Talk about the ultimate in DIY couple costumes!
French Kiss – Only two requirements for these funny Halloween costumes: face paint and French bread! Paint your face like the band Kiss and carry around your French bread and you’ve got a French kiss. {Here is a makeup kit with everything that you would need!}
Hawaiian Punch – Such funny Halloween costumes with such a fun twist on the tasty drink! For Him: Any attire and a boxing glove. For Her: A swimsuit, grass skirt, or Hawaiian style clothing! {These inflatable gloves would be a fun touch as well!}
Mail Order Bride – For Him: Classic dress pants, a button-up shirt, and jacket. For Her: If you can head to your local thrift store and find a wedding dress, GO FOR IT! If not, a white dress and fake flowers will give the same idea. Then, if you have a postal envelope, tape it to your dress OR from your computer, print off FedEx or postal wording, to tape on your dress!
Publisher’s Clearing House Winner – These funny Halloween costumes definitely make me laugh! For Him: Wear a suit! Then, using a large poster board, create a BIG check! For Her: A bathrobe or pajamas. Then, place your hair in curlers or give yourself some sweet bedhead! Voila!
Wal-Mart Greeters – Super easy couples costumes! For BOTH: Wear any normal clothes and add a blue vest. You can add fun pins, a name tag, or stickers to your vest to give these funny Halloween costumes the extra touch!
50’s House Wife and Milkman – If you are pregnant, these are GREAT and easy couples costumes for you and your spouse! For Him: An all-white outfit and empty glass bottles. In the featured picture, I LOVE the added lip marks on his outfit! It’s the PERFECT touch! {If you are planning ahead you can even order the whole costume here!} For Her: A simple 50’s styles dress and cardigan. If you don’t have anything at home for these DIY couples costumes… a run to your local thrift store might do the trick! A quick fix for some easy costume ideas!
Paul Bunyan and the Blue Ox – For Him: Jean and Flannel T-shirt with suspenders. Include an ax and stocking cap as accessories, maybe even a fake ax! For Her: Blue Leotard or T-shirt, blue tights or leggings and blue socks or boots! If you can find horns or use a headband to make your own… that would be a GREAT finishing touch!
Nerds – Grab some large glasses and decorate a box to mimic a Nerds candy box. Add a couple of straps and you’ve got a super fun costume!
Starbucks Couple – Print out the Starbucks logo and add it to an apron and a dress to create this classic costume! I love the frothy feather boa touch!
TV Inspired Costumes
Love a good rerun? Can’t handle that your favorite show is over? Just use it as motivation for the best, simple Halloween costumes! Get inspired by television and create the perfect last-minute couples Halloween costumes.
Pebbles and Bam Bam – The cutest kids from the Rock Age make cute Halloween costumes, too! For Him: No shirt (ow ow). Orange shorts with black polka dots. Now, these might be hard to find, so if you can find just orange shorts and use black electrical or duct tape that will work as well! He also wore an orange ball cap! Plus if you have time you could order this club for him as well! For Her: You can totally copy the cute girl pictured, but the real Pebbles wore blue shorts and a green tank with black polka dots. If necessary, use black electrical or duct tape to create black dots on your tank!
Inspector Gadget and Penny – For Him: The trench coat and fedora are a MUST! For Her: A red T-shirt with a large white stripe in the middle. To create the T-shirt, use a red shirt and white tape to wrap around the middle section of the shirt. Using that same white tape, add a square patch to the knees of your green cargo pants. Grab a messenger bag to finish it off!
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – What guy DOESN’T want to be Superman? Here’s how you can put together easy, DIY couples costumes to complete the superhero look. For Him: Your best suit with a Superman shirt exposed underneath. Glasses are a great finishing piece! For Her: A nice pencil skirt, button-up shirt, and heels!
Chip and Joanna Gaines – Chip and Joanna are cute, casual, and super creative. To nail Chip’s look, wear blue jeans with a button-down shirt and vest, and toss on your favorite cap. Joanna rocks casual tees and jeans, wear something along those lines, and lightly curl your hair. Now it’s time to fix things up!
Mickey and Minnie – We love these cute Halloween costumes inspired by classic Mickey and Minnie – the cutest mice around! For BOTH: Any combination of black and red clothes will work. Find mouse ears at a local dollar store. If you don’t have a nose, you can use black body paint to paint one on! {You can also find Mickey and Minnie ears here!}
Flo and Mayhem – For Him: Black dress pants, a white button-up shirt, a sweatband, and weights. Be sure to leave part of your shirt untucked to give the total Mayhem look! Lastly, use make-up to create a fake black eye. For Her: An all-white outfit. If you have, or can find, a white apron, write or iron-on letters to read Progressive. Add a name tag reading ‘Flo’. If you don’t have an apron, the name tag will work just as well! {If you have time you can order the whole costume here!}
Mad Men – This is a more dressy combination for a couples costume! For Him: A well-fitted suit. For Her: A vintage dress and pearl accessories. You may need to hit up your local thrift store to find something just right!
Cosmo & Wanda – With wings and a fun wig, this couple transformed into creative characters from the cartoon Fairly Odd Parents!
Silent Film Stars – Use face paint to pale your faces and then wear period black and white clothing. Finally, make some silent film cards. The tricky thing about this couples Halloween costume is staying in character all evening!
Price is Right Contestants – Just make your own price-guessing signs, wear a college sweatshirt (optional) and you have a totally recognizable costume! You can even use our free printable name tags from our Price Is Right Date Night to add to the costume!
Last Minute Costumes
Quick, cute, and simple Halloween costumes are totally our jam—after all, it’s nice to have fun and look good doing it. The best couples costumes are easy to recreate with a quick look through your closet and maybe an even quicker run to the store for a prop or two. Don’t worry, these last-minute Halloween costumes won’t stress you out one bit!
Where’s Waldo – For BOTH: A red and white striped T-shirt with blue pants. A red and white striped stocking cap and a pair of glasses. You can add fun accessories like a cane or a camera that sometimes Waldo sports in his books! {Him and Her ready-to-order couples costumes are also available!}
Jack and Jill – The items needed for these couples’ costumes are most definitely in your closet! For Him: Jeans and a button-up shirt. If you have jeans with holes or old ones that you could add holes too, it will give the full effect of “falling down the hill.” For Her: Simple dress or overalls. Again, if you can create holes or tatters to give the full effect, that would be ideal. Carrying buckets will also add effect, then use makeup to add bruises or scrapes!
Mr. Clean and Housewife – For Him: An all-white outfit. Tight-fitting T-shirt of course. If your man has a shaved or bald head, this is PERFECT for him! For Her: An apron and dish gloves!
Koala and Tree – For Him: An all brown outfit and tree leaves. You can find fake leaves at hobby stores, or here. For Her: An all brown outfit and Koala hat or ears– you can easily make these with a headband and construction paper. Adhere your construction paper to something more durable like card stock or cardboard and place that on your headband to create ears! Use body paint to add a nose and call your couple’s costumes complete!
Robbers – For BOTH: Black and white striped T-shirts, black pants, black stocking caps, a bag that you can write a dollar sign-on, and a face mask. If you don’t have a face mask, use body paint to draw one on around the eyes! {You can also find the entire costume here!}
Barbie and Ken – For Him: Khakis and a tight solid-colored T-shirt. For Her: Really anything girlie! A pretty dress or cute top and skirt is perfect! Then you can take it up a few notches if you have some cardboard lying around and can make boxes for each of you.
Babies – Get an adult baby suit or wear pajamas and add a stuffed animal to your hip! Voila! Easy! Footed pajamas would really be a nice touch. You could also hang a pacifier from your neck.
Safari Couple – For BOTH: Khaki shorts, white T-shirts, hats, sunglasses, binoculars, and a camera! You can tell your friends that you came up with these couples Halloween costume ideas all on your own! 🙂
Grandparents – For BOTH: Dated clothing with Velcro shoes – great thrift store finds – and a cane or walker! Do DIY couple’s costumes get any easier?
Magician & Rabbit – For the magician – a top hat and suit coat keep it very simple. For the rabbit – just wear all white (it would amazing if you had something with fur texture) then add white ears and attach a cottontail.
Typical Tourists – This last minute Halloween costume couldn’t get any easier! Get your tackiest Hawaiian shirt, wear socks with sandals, add a floppy sun hat and grab maps, sunglasses, and cameras for accessories. Easy!
Switch Looks – How clever is this? The couple dressed up as EACH OTHER! All you have to do is raid each other’s closets and start confusing people. Check out the link to see the before and after pictures – it is hilarious!
Piñata & Birthday Girl – This idea made me giggle! The birthday girl just needs pigtails and a bat (I like that this couple did a blow-up one so no injuries!). For the piñata, it looks like they did rows of colorful paper that they frayed. So fun!
Ketchup & Mustard – An easy peasy choice, this adorbs matching ensemble will look even better if “mustard” dresses entirely in yellow, and “ketchup” wears red—topped by a white cap.
Monsters Inc. – Okay… how cute is this?! ALL you need is some pink and blue clothing and you are good to go!
Bob Ross – This is a super simple group costume and would be pretty easy to pull together last-minute – all you REALLY need to buy is the wig – though with the right hair you might fake it!
The 80’s – Embrace all of the fun and vibrant colors!
Vampires – Red and black clothes, fake blood along the sides of your mouth, fake vampire teeth, and you are set!
Baseball Couple – Put on your favorite baseball shirt, baseball hat, and some high socks, and your Halloween will be a home run!
Guess Who? – You can really choose ANY character from the game and recreate their facial features. It may be a pair of glasses, a mustache, or a hat. Then wear a red or blue T-shirt with a large ‘?’ painted on the front. Lastly, create a square out of the poster board to frame your face. Across the top border of the frame write “Guess Who?” and along the bottom border of the frame, write the name of the character you are recreating.
Social Media – Rival social media companies make for funny Halloween costumes! For EITHER: Just print off sections of the social media page and tape them to your shirt as they appear online! Then you look like a running Facebook or Twitter feed!
So many choices, it’s going to be so hard to choose your favorite out of all these couples Halloween costume ideas! At least now you have a few years worth of amazing couples’ costumes. Want more costume ideas? Check out our family Halloween costumes!
