Couples costumes for Halloween
If one costume is fun, two must be even better. If you want to go to a Halloween party or simply just dress up as a duo this year, here are our favorite couples costumes for Halloween 2015 – all under $100.
1. A celebrity couple
The list of celeb partners is endless. Make it a romantic couple, like Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, or a cartoon couple, like Popeye and Olive Oyl. Superman and Lois Lane are a given, but how about Sterling and Lana Kane from “Archer” or Fry and Leela from “Futurama?”
2. Food-inspired
People aren’t the only things that go great as a pair. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a can of Coke and Diet Coke, cookies and milk or a hot dog with a bottle of ketchup are also excellent matches.
Or go for the costume that everyone will love. Well, everyone except vegetarians. Dress up as two matching pieces of bacon. Find these and more food couples costumes at CostumeExpress.com.
3. Pick an era or theme
You don’t have to dress up as a specific couple, though. Pick any theme that you would do solo and double it up as a team. Steampunk and Day of the Dead are big this year. So are mermaids. So how about a mermaid and a sailor or Poseidon? Find an adult mermaid costume at Target.com.
4. Movie couples
For inspiration for your costumes, you don’t need to look any further than the silver screen. Halloweencostumes.com has couples costumes inspired by the “Hunger Games,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Avengers” and more! They make it easy to pair costumes while allowing for individual sizing. Couples Costume Tool, Halloweencostumes.com
5. Take a new spin on an old classic
Put your unique twist on an otherwise regular couple costume. Do Goldilocks and a bear, but steampunk style or as zombies. Turn superheroes into vampires, cartoons into monsters or place celebrities in a different era. How would Marilyn Monroe look as a hippie? Let your imagination go wild.
This story was originally published October 17, 2015 at 1:26 PM with the headline "Couples costumes for Halloween."