The 5 Best DIY Couples Costumes for Halloween 2015

1. Operation + Surgeon Couples Costume

Bringing this classic board game to life delivers comfort for the both of you, a hint of sexy and without a doubt a buzzing nostalgia!

What you need:

– felt (light + dark purple, light + dark brown, red, white)

– glitter craft foam

– gold pipe cleaner

– nude body suit

– red booty shorts

– clown nose

– tongs

– scrubs

– hot glue

For the patient costume, I cut the board game pieces out of felt and hot glued them to the body suit, mimicking the placement of the actual character in the game. For your surgeon, simply grab a pair of scrubs and tongs — I found these at our local Goodwill (score!).

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2. Trainwreck Couples Costume

– yellow strapless dress

– tux or suit

– paper bag + beer

This costume is definitely a potential rock-directly-from-your-closet look. Since this one is a little more understated, it will require you to play the part with your love throughout the night. Alicia and Michael’s acting game is going strong here!

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3. Ghostbuster +  Marshmallow Man Couples Costume

– Ghostbusters Secret Wishes romper costume ($35)

– Ghostbusters Inflatable Stay Puft Marshmallow man costume ($13)

For those of you who have no desire to make or creatively shop for your costume but still want a legit getup, look no further than this ’80s-inspired duo. The $30 spent on this inflatable Marshmallow man costume was *beyond* worth it! Everyone in the office was in hysterics as Michael did a circuit through the building doing his best marshmallow man impression. It is MASSIVE and hilarious to see in person. Michael said he was oddly refreshed from the built-in fan used to make this costume larger than life. For Alicia, how can you go wrong with this badass little romper?! Comfy and cute FTW.

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4. Doug + Patty Mayonnaise Couples Costume

– khaki shorts

– green sweater vest

– white t-shirt

– red shoes with white socks

– bald wig cap

– black craft foam

– blue sweater

– pink felt

– pink shoes with white socks

– yellow wig

– hot glue

Bringing Doug + Patty to life was so easy to do! I hit up a thrift store and found both sweaters. For Doug, I just cut the sleeves off of a green sweater to create the vest, and for Patty, I hot glued some pink felt circles onto hers. The wig from Chris March Wig Collection is sadly no longer available, but you can probably find something similar online, or maybe you can even find one from last year. Throw on a bald wig cap and glue a few pieces of black craft foam squiggles to create Doug’s hair, and don’t forget to give him his trademarked blushing cheeks with a little blush.

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5. Netflix + Chill Couples Costume

– foam board

– red spray paint

– white poster board

– black sharpie

– white dress and shoes

– blue wig

– blue + white Ben Nye Creme ($8)

– Laser Cut Statement Necklace Kit ($25)

If you still aren’t quite sure what this means, let me break it down in a PG way for you: When youngsters these days ask one another if they want to “watch Netflix + chill,” they are implying that perhaps a makeout session is the cards. So obviously we had to get in on this uber punny DIY costume and add it to the mix for our hip creative couples. To get the look, I spray painted a piece of foam board a bright red and then cut out all the embellishments in white out using white poster board. Then I added the final touches with a black sharpie. Google “Netflix envelope” for a ton of images you can use to mimic.

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