Vanity -- Help! I need unique couple costume ideas

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[soccermom]

OK, I know this isn't the most urgent request. But I need to tap the creative juices of freepers. Do you have any suggestions for unique costume ideas for couples? I'm ususally creative, but this party came up at the last minute and I haven't a thing to wear! Ideas?

[soccermom]

ROFLOL!!!

[soccermom]

Great! Even if I don't get any practical suggestions, this is a fun thread.

[Goddess50]

Two ideas: Both dress as Hershey candy bars...with and without nuts...(him being with nuts, of course.)

The other one would be go as a fire hydrant and a dog...you being the dog, of course!

[soccermom]

"Of course, if you're really pressed, I suggest that you just wear matching paper bags on your heads with holes cut out for eyes and mouth." Hee hee! That's a running joke in out family. One year, my dad was stationed in Korea and my poor mom had 5 kids under the age of 10 to raise on her own. There was this cotume parade that I sprung on her at the last minute. (I was 5.) Anyway, she told me to go as a bag monster. I was soooooo traumatized. So when my kids get in trouble, I tell them I won't make their costumes and they can go as bag monsters.

[is_is]

nudists maybe???? That always gets lot's of attention....

[Xenalyte]

You just KNOW what I'm gonna suggest . . . get out your best leathers and weapons and knock 'em dead! (No polish required. It's good for battle gear to look a bit scruffy.)

[ao98]

You can dress up in a military uniform as an airborne soldier or a fighter pilot. Carry a noose that is around the neck of your husband or boyfriend. He will be dressed as Osama Bin Ladin

[Constitution Day]

Dictator & sourpuss.
I'm NOT going to explain that one! >;-)

[Xenalyte]

Hee hee! Do you think it's OK to "capitalize" on that at this point?

Not at all in bad taste. Humor is what'll get us through this.

Well, humor and firearms.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

I was going to suggest going as the Clintons, but that would be TOO creepy. How about one goes as Bert and the other goes as Tourist Guy?

[conservativejunkie]

Go as hersey bars one with nuts one without. Or dress all in beige color black al around your eyes paint a big "P" on your shirts and go as black eyed peas.Or he can go as the devil and you a pregnant bride and wear a sign that says the Devil made me do it.

[TADSLOS]

Go as a camel with a Bill Clinton signature cruise missile sticking out of its butt.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Funniest costume we ever did was a sleazy pregnant bride and a sleazy bridegroom. I bought a tacky white lace mini-dress for $10 at a cheap-clothes shop, wore white fishnet stockings and white high heels, stuffed a pillow under the skirt and wore a ton of makeup and hairspray. My husband wore his own tux with the shirt open several buttons down to show his hairy chest, stuffed a sock in his pants to have a huge "bulge," wore a bunch of my gold chains around his neck, slicked his hair back and put a Cigarillo in his mouth. Cost us about $15 total. The best part was we had a whole sleazy wedding party with two pregnant bridesmaids. We won a best costume prize for this!

Another funny thing I saw was people dressed up to look like the host of the party. That always gets a good laugh!

[Virginia-American]

best costume I ever saw: my boss put on a pair of glasses, left his suit on after work; Mrs Boss was Wonder Woman, he was Clark Kent

[Phantom Lord]

Why not go as the classic Clinton and Monica (cigars and all)? Or your women can go as Hillary and you can go as a firefighter and walk around booing her all night.

The Osama and Evil Bert is a good suggestion.

Maybe go as hanging and pregnant chads?

Jesse Jackson and TV camera? Jesse, his mistress and a newborn?

Kenji Fukui and Otta? Or Fukui and Dr. Hattori?

Chairman Kaga and Kishi?

[bootless]

Here's a couple:

Dress all in red (like in leotards), and wrap yourself in Saran Wrap = be a therometer.

Dress in pink, and attach pink and white balloons all over, and put on a close-fitting white or pink cap = Mr. Bubble.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Go as an Afghan woman with a burqua outfit. Of course, you'll have to think of a neat sign to hang around your neck too.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

If you have the time, it is easy to create a real winner.
My spouse and I won first prize for this one years ago...

You need: 2 cardboard boxes. One to fit 'her' from midriff to to mid thigh and one to fit 'him' from waist to mid thigh.
Cut and fashion the boxes to be worn by suspenders made of string. Paint them with brown poster paint. You then fashion hers to resemble a 'female' electrical wall socket (two vertical slots inside a circle flattened at top and bottom). Fasion his to resemble the male two prong plug on the end of a lamp or appliance using two pieces of flat cardboard pushed through two slots from inside the box. Fold the ends into tabs and use masking tape to secure them inside the box. The prongs can be wrapped with aluminum foil to make them look metallic.
Once the materials are assembled you can make these up in an evening. Good scissors and masking tape is all you need. And some time to let the paint dry.

Another good one is have 'her' dress up as a French maid (You know the one, black with white lace). Have 'him' dress up in a huge diaper, baby bonnet and a big bottle to complete the ensemble. My Mom and Dad won a blue ribbon with that one, though Dad did get a bit cold as the evening wore on.
The maids outfit you could rent (or go to Fredericks of H'wood for a real nice one). The diaper...well a bedsheet works good.
Good Luck!

[Snowy]

Go as "envelopes" addressed to Tom Brokaw, etc postmarked Trenton, NJ. .

LOL!

[soccermom]

We've already done the Bill and Monica -- complete with knee pads. Thanks though.