subject: Popular Couples Costume Ideas [print this page] Planning a costume for an event of Halloween can be overwhelming, but working as a team can make costume planning fun and creative. Ideas ranging from famous actors and singers to animals to objects can provide hours of fun and eye-catching, creative costumes.
Famous People
Favorite stars or those who populate the public eye are excellent choices for costumes. Popular choices abound for easy, homemade or inexpensive costume ideas. Sonny and Cher require hippie clothing, easily purchased at a thrift store, parted hair and 1960s jewelry, and fake microphones. Lucille Ball and Ricky Ricardo are fun to imitate, with wigs and suits and stylish, fitted outfits. Cleopatra and Marc Antony make seductive, beautiful costumes, as do Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. Funny couples can include Sammi and Ronnie from "Jersey Shore", Kate and Jon Gosselin, or other relevant, news-worthy people.
Popular Characters
Books, movie and films provide interesting couples as inspiration for costumes. In-love couples could be Maria and Captain Von Trapp, the Twilight characters or Superman and Lois Lane. Other famous characters that are not necessarily in love include Alice and the White Rabbit, or Little Red Riding Hood and the Big, Bad Wolf. Using your creativity and a little craftiness can produce fun and interesting costumes.
Things in Pairs
Paired items often produce excellent and humorous costume ideas, such as salt and pepper, peanut and peanut butter, or dog and cat. Condiments are popular paired costumes, such as ketchup and mustard. While these costumes are fun, they can be difficult to create and to wear for extended periods, so keep this in mind when choosing a costume for a particular event. Retailers have less appropriate items for sale as well, including Adam and Eve, nuts and bolts or locks and keys.
Period Pieces
For those interested in a particular time period, creating a costume together is a fun and colorful way to connect and try on a new identity. Turn of the century Victoriana is fun and structured, Renaissance outfits provide comfort, and the 1980s humor. It is a chance to have fun together and explore another time.
Zombie Invasion
The zombie phenomenon is coming back, with increasing movies, television shows and books dealing with the subject matter. Zombie costumes are easy and gory, so perfect for couples who love horror movies. These costumes can also provide humor, especially when paired with non-zombie costumes. For example, a couple could dress as a queen and king, and add gory makeup to be the King and Queen of the Zombies.
Where and How?
Costumes for couples can be found online at a variety of retailers. Popular web-based stores include fantasycostume.com, atoztheaterical.com, and halloweenexpress.com. Thrift stores provide excellent costume resources as well, especially jewelry, tiaras, and other accessories. Face paint and other makeup can be found at drugstores or other costume shops, especially around Halloween.
