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Friday, November 27, 2009

5 Last-Minute (and Easy) Couples Halloween Costumes

There are two ways to go with Halloween costumes. Over-achievers (and role-playing aficionados) go all out with fake blood, custom vampire teeth and the perfect shade of face paint. But if you don't have the time (or, let's face it, the cash) to create a masterpiece, go the easy but effective route: a pun costume. These costumes take minimal time and effort and make you look super clever. Below YourTango's five easy, funny (and punny) couples costumes:

1. E-Male and Attachment. The man wears an "E" on his shirt (a sharpie and a white undershirt will do it) and the woman fastens paper clips all over her top. 

2. A Freudian Slip. The man dresses as Freud (a suit is all you need, although a cigar and round glasses are even better) and the woman wears a slip.

3. Curiosity Killed the Cat. The man wears a question mark on his shirt and holds a weapon (got a water gun lying around?); the woman dresses as a cat, which can be as easy as painting whiskers on your face with eyeliner.

4. Mummy and Deady. This is the least sexy of the costumes, but it's a fun one. One person dresses as a mummy by wrapping toilet paper around his torso (go with two-ply here) and the other person just has to look dead—you can do old-school ghost and drape a sheet over your head, or just use powder that's a couple shades too light.

5. Peace and Quiet. One person dresses as a hippie, the other is a mime. The hippie can wear flared pants, a tye-dyed shirt and a headband. The mime can wear black pants, a white and black striped shirt and paint her face white.

Got other good couple's costume ideas? Let us know below!

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Written by Sarah Harrison for YourTango.com.
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  • Jaylen's Avatar
    Posted by Jaylen Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:00am PDT

    THAT WAZ GOOD

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  • Angel's Avatar
    Posted by Angel Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:06am PDT

    The ladie dresses as a baby chicken & the guy dresses as a magnent... chick magnent!

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  • None's Avatar
    Posted by None Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:58am PDT

    Ewl mummy & deady creepy lol

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  • Rosa's Avatar
    Posted by Rosa Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:40pm PDT

    www.costumeideazone.com has a lot of funny (and punny) couple costume ideas :)

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  • Maureen's Avatar
    Posted by Maureen Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:29pm PDT

    Freudian Slip is def the cutest one. so smart!

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  • princess's Avatar
    Posted by princess Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:32pm PDT

    Um? Don't care much for any of these except for #5....all the others sound a bit to quick and cheap. I don't believe in spending lots of money on costumes either, but, please: e-mail and attachment? Very cheesy. What about a simple Witch & Warlock. Capes are only like $5, add to it a witch hat, and you've got yourself a DECENT costume!

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  • ArelyL's Avatar
    Posted by ArelyL Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:46pm PDT

    I agree with the Princess chick, but I do see how these are "last minute".

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  • Stephy poo's Avatar
    Posted by Stephy poo Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:08am PDT

    i like the chick magent one and i also like the one Curiosity Killed the Cat thats funny i whould do that ...lol

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  • sauce's Avatar
    Posted by sauce Mon Nov 2, 2009 12:23am PST

    peace and quiet was my favorite of these

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