DIY Office Couple Costume: Easy 10-Min Build

DIY office couple costume built from white button-down shirts, name tags, and toy teapot or a small real teapot

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Pictured: the boss and assistant office looks.

Time10 minEffortEasy

⏱️ We timed it, but results may vary.

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White shirts, name tags, and a teapot. The office's finest, and the teapot is the mystery. Ten minutes, easy: white button-down shirts, name tags, and a toy teapot. The name tags should have absurd titles; 'Regional Manager' is the baseline.

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Tip: write the fake titles in a dead-serious font, like 'Regional Teapot Manager'.

Materials

White button-down shirts, 2 (own: from closet)
Name tags, 2 (buy: office supply store, or make: index cards with safety pins)
Toy teapot or a small real teapot, 1 (own: from the kitchen)
Black pants or skirts, 2 (own: from closet)
Marker for writing names, 1 (own: household)

Steps

Buy name tags, or make them from index cards and safety pins.
Pull the white button-down shirts and black pants or skirts from the closet.
Write joke job titles on the name tags.
Pin them on the shirts.
One person carries the toy teapot all evening.
The other carries a clipboard or a stack of papers.
Tuck the shirts in.
Straighten each other's collars.
Introduce yourselves by your fake titles to everyone you meet.
Optional pro finish: write the fake titles in a dead-serious font, like 'Regional Teapot Manager'.

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Common questions

What are good joke job titles?

Pick titles that match the props: 'Director of Teapot Operations' for the teapot carrier, 'VP of Paperwork' for the clipboard holder. Specific beats random.

Is a real teapot okay to carry around?

A small empty one is fine, but a toy or plastic teapot is better, real ceramic breaks if set down hard, and a full teapot is heavy by hour two.