Unique Couples Halloween Costumes

Everyone likes to double the fun, and often the weirdness, so a lot of people search for truly unique couples Halloween costumes with which to wow their friends at parties and maybe even double the chance of a prize in a contest.

It can just take a few twists to make a costume unique

While there are plenty of costume shops and retailers who sell vast costume selections, buying from the rack will ensure you're anything but unique!

The first point of business in determining what your unique couples Halloween costume will be is making a list of categories to get the creative juices flowing. Here are some possibilities just to get you started – you can add many more:

• Historical figures
• Fictional characters
• Film/TV characters
• Cartoon/comic strip characters
• Famous politicians
• Famous athletes
• People currently in the news
• Animals, either with or without humans (Jane Goodall and a gorilla, for example)
• Electronics (a Mac and a PC, as one thought)
• Food dishes (green eggs and ham?)

Try to get as many as ten options in each category. At this point, it's best to just let your imagination run completely wild, rather than trip yourself up on logistics. There is plenty of time for that later. First, you want to find your fantasy costume.

In-jokes work best at gatherings of friends or office parties. There will always be something that everyone gets and appreciates. It can be very simple to put together. In the TV show The Office, where the company sells paper, Jim came to work on Halloween wearing a white shirt with three black circles on one side – he was regular and three-hole punch. There might be a similar possibility in your office for a pair that would get an appreciative laugh and be cheap and easy to pull off.

Once you've narrowed down possibilities, the next step is figuring out how to pull it off. Most unique couples Halloween costumes are homemade, because that's the nature of being unique. Of course, that isn't to say you can't rent or buy a costume that, once you've added some props or accessories, isn't then rendered original. Bear in mind that you may have to sew or contrive the costume yourself. This will require figuring out both a cost and time budget. If both are short, you might want to go with your second favorite choice and leave the top one for another time.

Here again, it can help to make a list of options for creating the costume. Maybe there are items you can borrow? If you're involved with or know someone in a theatre company, you might be able to rent something at a reduced fee. Period costumes are usually going to be a bit more involved or expensive than something modern, although their advantage is that they more readily telegraph who you are.

Some choices can be inexpensive but labor intensive to create. If you wanted to be Thomas Edison and a light bulb, for example, an Edison costume, although period, is cheap to put together, while a light bulb might take more work.

That said, if one of the pair isn't interested in dressing up, they can just wear all black and carry a light bulb, perhaps painted to look like it's lit. You could use this option and have more fun with Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone, because Bell could dial and the phone could "answer", making for a costume that is both unique and funny, especially if you prepare a few jokes. Just bear in mind that it's not something you can do all night – people will walk away.

Everyone appreciates a clever costume, and you'll have a great time wearing it, so take your time with creating an idea and putting it together. You'll be glad you did!

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