Halloween Costume for Couples – Frankenstein and Bride with Little Monsters

A Halloween Costume for couples makes parties and trick or treating so much more fun. And matching family costumes brings it up to a whole ‘nother level! This Frankenstein and Bride couples costume is perfect and pretty easy to add in a few little monsters for an easy full family costume theme!

It's Day 10 of our 13 Days of Halloween. Every year I try to come up with fun ideas that surround a general theme. This year we're doing Frankenstein and sharing all things bubbly Mad Science and green. If you missed the last post it's here: Day 9 – Brain Cake Tutorial for an Easy Spooky Halloween Cake

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Bride of Frankenstein Halloween Costume

Ladies first. Our Bride of Frankenstein costume starts with the stitches. You can't see them well in the couples costume photo so I did a close up of how cool these stitches temporary tattoos look applied. They last for a few days so prepare to wear these with pride to work or the grocery store and have people stare! 😂

Apply the tattoos to clean and dry skin then add any additional makeup afterwards.

The wig is a little tricky, I stuffed some plastic bags into the end to keep it upright, otherwise it starts to sag. The necklace I picked up at a thrift shop but there's fun options like this metal chain one online.

The makeup always takes longer than you think it will! Start with the white and then darken under the eyes and add black lipstick. Then spray your face with makeup setting spray! This is important, otherwise it's all going to rub or sweat off and look blotchy. And the bonus is you can use it for all future events where you'd like your regular makeup to last.

Bride of Frankenstein Halloween Costume Supplies:

• Bride of Frankenstein Wig {they are surprisingly hard to find so order one as soon as you decide!}
• White Gothic dress
• Stitches temporary tattoos – red stitches or simple black ones {I picked mine up at Zurchers so check Party City or a local Spirit Halloween pop up store and see if they carry the long straight stitches like I used.}
• White face paint
• Black face paint
• Makeup setting spray
• Large chunky necklace – I like this chain looking one

Frankenstein Halloween Costume

Frank is a lot harder to make look seamless with the half wig. But it's better than a full mask. Just use double stick tape to adhere the edges better to the skin. My hubs used this costume FOUR times so some makeup applications were better than others.

If you really want to blend the wig into the face, use some white face paint to mix with the green to the color is a little more gradual. But overall it works fine on its own, so don't stress about the makeup being perfect. Darken the eyes and use eyeliner top and bottom to reduce the white ring appearance around eyelashes.

Frankenstein Halloween Costume Supplies:

• Frankenstein half wig
• Large suit jacket {thrifted}
• Black pants and shirt {check your closet}
• Black boots {check your closet or thrift store}
• Green face paint
• Black face paint

Monster Family Group Halloween Costume

A group costume for a Monster family has lots of options.

• Frankenstein & Bride couples costume
• Mad scientist – Dr. Frankenstein
• Elizabeth Lavenza – Dr. Frankenstein's actual bride {refer to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein}
• Mummy
• Other options – Vampire, Warewolf, etc.

Mad Scientist Halloween Costume

For a Frankenstein family costume you MUST have Dr. Frankenstein! The creature we think of as “Frankenstein” is actually Dr. Frankenstein's monster. He probably didn't look like Einstein but I love the wild white wig and he evokes a bit of Doc Brown from Back to the Future. Another lovable mad scientist! So any way you look at it – this science gig is pretty fun for Halloween.

Mad Scientist Halloween Costume Supplies:

• Mad Scientist Costume – includes lab coat, wig & mustache
• Steampunk goggles
• Long black rubber gloves – small
• Black pants
• Black shoes
• Skull and Halloween props
• Large plastic flask

Dr. Frankenstein's Bride Halloween Costume

Getting a teenager to play along with a family costume can be tricky so my gothic princess decided she was Elizabeth Lavenza, the actual bride of Dr. Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's classic novel. Too bad she gets murdered on her wedding night.

As long as she got a crown and a pretty dress, my daughter didn't mind!

The long sleeves on the dress make it tricky for daily tasks but she fared okay at school on Halloween. The black cape is simply black fur fabric cut in a half circle with neck hole and black ribbon I sewed on the corners. It's pretty rough, but it helped temper the cold weather and allowed her to stay warm AND in character.

Gothic Bride Halloween Costume Supplies:

• Renaissance style dress
• Fur capelet – 1/2 yard black fur fabric, 1 yard thick black ribbon
• Marie Antoinette style Black wig {if needed}
• Gold crown
• Some pretty dangly earrings {get something you will wear again later}
• Red lips

Mummy Halloween Costume

This mummy costume is my FAVORITE! It was SO easy and simply zips up the back and wears like pajamas. You seriously don't need anything else but we added the black eye makeup and some gauze strips wrapped around his head and across his face for the parties.

At school he wore the jumpsuit all by itself, and it was perfect. I would have preferred white shoes but sometimes mama can't be too picky when the family is already playing along!

Mummy Halloween Costume Supplies:

• Mummy jumpsuit costume
• 4″ Gauze wrap – or an Ace bandage works too if you already have one
• Black face paint

Do you like themed Family Halloween Costumes? Or are you more interested in a good Halloween costume for couples? Or is it every man for himself?

Either way, we've got you covered with this Monster Family. I highly recommend it for ease and fun factor. If you try any of these costumes I'd love to hear about it in the comments below. And if you share photos, I want to see it too! Please tag us @partieswithacause on Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram. We love celebrating all your hard work! 

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