Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas for Couples

Going out for Halloween with your significant other is the perfect opportunity to wear matching costumes. There are many homemade costumes for couples that you can make that would go together nicely without being expensive. Check out your local fabric store, Halloween costume store, thrift or charity store and local garage or estate sales for cheap Halloween costumes, materials and accessories.

Homemade Halloween Costume Idea for Couples: Adam and Eve

To get started making this couples' Halloween costume, get a flesh-colored pair of briefs for him and a flesh-colored bikini for her. Use hot glue or a needle and thread to attach some cloth or plastic leaves to the groin and buttocks of both the the briefs and the bikini bottoms. Then attach two leaves to the cloth of the ladies' bikini top. If the woman doesn't have long hair, she should wear a long wig. Weave some leaves into your hair. To make this couples Halloween costume complete, carry and apple and a rubber snake. This Halloween costume is best if you're barefoot.

Homemade Halloween Costume Idea for Couples: Angel and Devil

Have the lady wear a simple white dress. Then make some basic wings from cardboard. Attach white faux feathers to one side of the wings with craft glue and allow them to dry. Turn the wings over and apply glue and feathers to the other side. When the angel wings are completely dry, attach some white elastic where your shoulders will be. Make a simple halo by attaching two wires to the top of a plastic headband, then attaching a feathered ring or metallic gold or silver chenille stem to the wires. You may also be able to buy the angel's halo at a Halloween costume store if you're in a hurry. Finish the angel Halloween costume with some high-heeled white shoes.

Dress the man in a devil Halloween costume by having him wear a pair of red pants, a white shirt, a red or black bow tie and a red jacket. Make some simple devil's horns out of red construction paper, then attach them to a plastic headband with hot glue. Finish the construction paper with polyurethane varnish to make it more durable. Make a devil's tail by attaching a triangle of varnished red construction paper to a long silky cord. Attach the tail to the seat of the pants from the inside using a safety pin. Wear basic black shoes.

Homemade Halloween Costume Idea for Couples: Cop and Robber

To make a cop and robber couples Halloween costume, get a suit with horizontal black and white stripes on the pants and shirt. Also get a cap with vertical black and white stripes. For the other half of your couple, get a navy blue pair of pants, belt and short sleeved shirt to create a cop Halloween costume. Get a cap in a policeman's style and attach a badge if it doesn't already have one. Carry a baton and attach handcuffs to your belt loop. Attach a silver police badge to the left front of the shirt.

Homemade Halloween Costume Idea for Couples: Caveman and Cavewoman

Get some fabric in an animal print such as leopard or tiger. Make two basic knee-length caveperson costumes with one shoulder strap per costume. If you don't know how to sew, use hot glue to assemble the costumes. Cut the bottom edge of the caveman and cavewoman Halloween costumes with a jagged edge. Get a large club for him and make a large necklace with a leather cord and fake saber teeth or small bones for both the caveman and cavewoman. Rat two fright wigs and wear them on Halloween evening. To make this costume really look authentic, attach some bushy eyebrows with spirit gum and wear some crooked fake teeth. Wear bulky brown sandals.

Homemade Halloween Costume Idea for Couples: Doctor and Nurse

Have him dress up in black pants, a white button-down shirt and a white doctor's lab coat. Have him wear a stethoscope around his neck. Dress her in a white knee-length dress with lapels and short sleeves. Wear white tights or panty hose and white high-heeled shoes. Get a white nurse's hat from your local Halloween costume store. Make some small red crosses from fabric or felt and attach them to your lapels, the front of the hat, the sleeves and shoes. You can make this Halloween costume for couples complete by adding a stethoscope to the nurse's costume as well.

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