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 minEffortEasySteps11

⏱️ 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.
Safety: Pin name tags from inside the shirt. Pin backs must face cloth, not skin.
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.