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Home » DIY Costumes » 25 DIY Couples Costumes

25 DIY Couples Costumes

September 18, 2019 By Jamie Dorobek 1 Comment

If you’re on the hunt for the perfect Halloween costume for you and yours, this list of 25 DIY couples costumes has you covered! Oh and check out this article for 44 homemade Halloween costumes for adults!

Awesome DIY Couples Costumes

Famous Couples Costumes

Famous couples costumes include characters from cartoons, tv shows, and movies. There is even a famous book couple that made the list.

1. Fred and Wilma Costumes

While wearing Fred and Wilma Flintstone costumes you are guaranteed to have a “yabba-dabba-doo time, a dabba-doo time, a gay old time” this Halloween! For more details about how to make this costume, check out C.R.A.F.T.

Flintstones costumes

2. Waldo and Wenda

Waldo and Wenda costumes are cute for a couple, a family, or a large group! (How cute is this office of Waldo’s?!) If you happen to be pregnant, consider sneaking in a 4th Waldo on the belly, like below! For a complete tutorial hop on over to the Where’s Waldo costume DIY on C.R.A.F.T. If you’re short on time or lack sewing skills, you can buy the shirt, hat, and glasses on Amazon.DIY Halloween costumes

3. Thelma and Louise Costumes

The classic movie from 1991, Thelma and Louise, is the perfect Halloween costume for you and the bestie! Best part? You likely have most of the costume pieces in your closet! For the Louise costume, roll up a pair of light jeans and wear a sleeveless white shirt. Tie a bandana around your neck and wear big black sunglasses. Make sure and save time to craft up a giant cardboard blue car!Thelma and Louise costumes

4. Bob Ross couple costume

Bob Ross is back! His iconic show “The Joy of Painting” is on Netflix and allowing kids of the 90’s to relive their painting dreams. (Oh wait, is that just me?) Either way, this DIY Bob Ross and Happy Tree costume is sure to win you first place in the Halloween costume. Also fun to note, I am pregnant in this costume, and the squirrel in my tree represents baby boy!

Bob Ross and Happy Tree Couple Costume

5. The Birds Costume

If you love classic horror movies, this is the costume for you! Costume essentials for Tippi include a curly blonde wig and must be good at striking the perfect “bird attack” pose.

DIY adult costume

 

 

6. Indiana Jones Costumes

This couples costume comes with a fun accessory, an arc of the covenant! My friends crafted up a cardboard Arc of the Covenant and filled it with candy for people to raid.

Indiana Jones Costumes

7. Princess Bride Costumes

If you prefer romantic comedies, how about Princess Bride Buttercup and Westly costumes?!

DIY Halloween couples costumes

8. Kenny and Dolly halloween costumes

If country music is more your thing, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers make the cutest couples costume. This one works perfectly for a man with a beard!
DIY Halloween couples costumes

9. Moonrise Kingdom Costume

Young lovers flee to an isolated beach they call Moonrise Kingdom and wear outfits that make great Halloween costumes! Psst… Here’s a perfect dress to be Suzy!

DIY Halloween couples costumes

10. DIY Wizard of Oz Costumes

The Wizard of Oz movie came out in 1939, who knew?! Andy and I debuted our Dorothy and tin man costume a few decades letter in 2008! My Dorothy Wizard of Oz costume was made with mostly with borrowed items. I borrowed the blue and white checkered dress from a friend and raided my mom’s closet for the skinny white belt. The only thing I bought was red shoes. Andy’s tin man costume was store bought, although he did buy a new oil can and fill it with a substance to share, ha! (Here’s a similar tin man costume if you’re in the market!)

DIY Wizard of Oz costumes

11. Space Jam Costumes

All you need for this Lola Bunny Space Jam costume is a simple jersey, bunny ears, white gloves, and, of course, a basketball! (Here is a perfect Lola Bunny jersey!) Also, can you believe Space Jam cam out in 1996, that is 23 years ago!

Lola Bunny Space Jam costume

(Image via Instagram)

12. Doug and Patty Mayonnaise Costume

If you are a child of 90’s, I know you know Doug and Patty Mayonnaise. Do you remember Doug’s alter ego Quailman? Quailman and Patty make for a cute DIY couples costume by simply wearing underwear on top of your shorts and a red cape. Patty needs a polka dotted sweater, jean skirt, and short golden hair!

DIY Halloween costumes

13. Kim Kardashian and Kayne West

Pop culture Halloween costumes

DIY Food Costumes

Who doesn’t love food? There are so many fun options for couples costumes with food. Peanut butter and jelly, bacon and eggs, wine and cheese, milk and cookies, salt and pepper, or you can go off the grid with list of silly DIY food costumes including a double stuffed Oreo!

14. Oreo couple costume

Who doesn’t love double stuffed Oreo’s? All you need for this costume is black poster board, cardboard, and string to make the Oreo a giant necklace. The milk headbands are extra fun and surprisingly easy to make.

Double stuffed Oreo Halloween costume

15. Crown Royal and Coke

I made the Crown Royal bag out of a few yards of purple fabric and hand stitched Crown Royal into the fabric with gold yarn. The coke costume is super easy to make with a simple red strapless dress, duct tape, and a cutting machine. The pop top headband is a fun prop too! You can find a detailed crown and coke costume tutorial on C.R.A.F.T.

 

DIY Crown and Coke Couples Costumes

 

16. Pizza slice  and pizza delivery costumes

Who doesn’t love pizza?! For a complete tutorial and tons more pictures check out Studio DIY.

Slice of pizza and pizza delivery costume

17. Sriracha bottle costume and Rooster

If you’re spicy and you know it, this costume is for you! There are 4 key elements to the Sriracha bottle and rooster couples costume: Green beanie, rooster hat, Sriracha t-shirt, and red dress. To make this costume super simple, buy this Sriracha t-shirt, green beanie, and rooster hat and you’re all set!

DIY Halloween costumes

Funny Couples Costumes

Funny costumes are always a winner! In 2016, my husband and I went as the Anthony Weiner text scandal. Andy wore underwear over his jeans, ha! Here are 5 more funny couples costumes that are not political, you’re welcome!

18. Filter/ No Filter Costume

The snapchat/instagram filter costumes for couples or besties is one of those DIY costumes that can be super simple or awesomely complicated. Check out this post for five versions of the Snapchat filter costume.

Snapchat filter Halloween costume

19. Clean and dirty

Who is going to be clean and who is going to be dirty in your relationship?! Eleah made her shower poof out of decorative wreath mesh and a white string to act as the holder! The dirty costume is easy peasy! (She used this kind of wreath mesh!)

 DIY couple costume ideas20. DIY Piñata Costume and Piñata Hitter

Can you believe this DIY piñata costume was made with Post It notes! It looks amazing, right? The piñata hitter can basically wear anything, but must carry around a baseball bat, ha!DIY Halloween costumes

21. Chrsitmas Story Costumes

If you think Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, then these Christmas Story costumes are for perfect for you for Halloween! The beloved leg lamp and Ralphie in his pink bunny pajamas will get everyone at the Halloween party in the Christmas spirit (whether they like it or not)!

Christmas Costume Ideas

22. Dancing Girl Emoji Costume

Nothing better than the dancing girl emoji unless it is a dancing boy and girl emoji! Best part? All you need are black leotards and a black bow headband! You also need to work up the bravery to wear leotards in public!

(Image found via Twitter)

Dancing girl emoji costume

23. Tooth fairy costume and tooth

Here’s a clever couples costume idea, dress up as a tooth and a tooth fairy! For a detailed tutorial about how to make these costumes, check out Julie Ann Art.

tooth fairy costume DIY

24. Home Alone costumes

A red iron to the face and bird feathers stuck to your coat are essentials for this Harry and Marv robbers from Home Alone costume!

(Image via Instagram.)

Home Alone Costumes

25. Operation Game and Surgeon costumes

This DIY couples costume is funny for the Doctor or nurses! It’s also fun for the board game lovers. 

DIY operation costume for couples

 

26. LEGO People

These amazing handmade LEGO people costumes come with a detailed tutorial from Sew Woodsy. Hint: You need a lot of cardboard, foam, and patience.

Adult Lego Costume

 

What’s your favorite costume on the list? I’d love to hear…

If you want more costume ideas, don’t miss these posts:

  • 34 group Halloween costumes
  • 37 homemade animal costumes
  • 29 DIY kid costumes

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  1. Jean Marmidon says

    September 18, 2019 at 11:56 pm

    Love them all, Jaime, but my favorite for a laugh has to be the Filter/No Filter one!!! So flippin’ cute!!!

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