Couple Costume Ideas

Why these items are on the list

1. Filter and no filter. Needs a matching outfit, plus one partner willing to look rumpled, tired or disheveled.
2. Friday Night and Saturday Morning. Mostly matching outfits and a shared sense of humor; carry the shoes and add grass to the torn dress.
3. Our Get Along Shirt. CafeMom puts it at about $5; you do need to get along all night.
4. Tinder match. An easy cardboard DIY, a nod to meeting on an app.
5. Salt-N-Pepa duo costume. An easy one: one person wears all white with an S, the other all black with a P.
6. Cruella and Estella. Can be made from items already in your closet.
7. Netflix and Chill. One dresses as the Netflix logo, the other as cozy or an ice bucket.
8. Taco Bell(e). A literal taco plus Belle from Beauty and the Beast; it may stump friends at first.
9. Georgie and Pennywise. Suggested for couples who like creepy costumes, from the film It.
10. Cat in the Hat and Things. For expecting parents: the baby carries a tag saying Thing 2.
11. Steve and Blue. Dress as the two leads of a childhood show; friends can join as Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper.
12. Mario and Luigi. Unwritten lists game duos like this among endless options from movies, music and history.
13. Bonnie and Clyde. A history-minded pair, also on Unwritten's list of dynamic duos.
14. Amazon delivery person and boxes. A way to reuse the delivery boxes that start arriving this time of year.
15. Garden and gardener. A DIY idea plant-loving couples likely have the tools for; either partner can be the plant.
16. Red Queen and White Rabbit. A 2Peas poster's plan: no-sew tulle skirt, duct tape bodice covered in cards; partner in suit and rabbit ears.
17. Doctor and vaccine. Not an easy DIY, but a funny pairing.
18. Paul Blart and Segway. Needs planning for the pieces, and a mustache to grow.
19. Tourist and Statue of Liberty. Swap in any recognizable destination if a Statue of Liberty look is hard to find; low-pressure for reluctant partners.
20. Bob Ross and happy tree. Each costume still makes sense on its own if the pair get separated at the party.
21. Dorothy and the Tin Man. A 2Peas member says she and her husband have gone as this pair before.
22. Plain and peanut M&M's. One partner plain, one peanut; a 2Peas member calls it always fun, if not cultured.
23. Terminator and Sarah Connor. A 2Peas member's pairing: the Terminator and the Terminator 2 mental-hospital Sarah Connor.
24. Sheldon and Amy. The Big Bang Theory pair; a 2Peas member's son and daughter-in-law wore it and looked cute.
25. Squid and sushi chef. A 2Peas member's couple costume from a previous year.
26. Al and Peggy Bundy. A 2Peas member's friend and her boyfriend are going as this pair.
27. Sonny and Cher. A 2Peas member's idea: the 5'4 partner as Sonny, the 6'2 partner as Cher; he declined.
28. Gilligan and Mary Ann. A 2Peas suggestion; the Professor and Ginger, or Mr. and Mrs. Howell, also came up.

Pass the phone back and forth with your partner and tick the pairs you both like. Where a note mentions effort, like a mustache to grow or a no-sew skirt, cross off the ones you won't take on.