| Every year at the end of October kids and adults | | | | The devil is a controversial Halloween costume. I |
| alike get dressed up in costumes and try to scare | | | | know some parents who are so against this |
| neighbors, friends and relatives. It's called | | | | costume that it causes them to ignore Halloween |
| Halloween and when you combine candy, spooky | | | | all together. To these people I say "get a grip". It's |
| costumes and fun you've got a holiday worth | | | | just pretend. Anyway, the devil, all in red with a |
| celebrating. Here are some of my favourite | | | | tail and horns is one of the coolest kid costumes |
| costume ideas from years past. | | | | around. |
| The cowboy and particularly the sheriff has | | | | The mummy costume, like pirates has seen a |
| always been a favourite among younger boys. It | | | | revival lately. This is mostly because of the |
| was popular when I was a kid and every year I | | | | success of The Mummy and The Mummy |
| still see my fair share of young cowboys, | | | | Returns movies. It's an easy costume to do and |
| pretending that they are the good guys. | | | | can be pretty creepy in the dark. |
| What the cowboy costume is to little boys, the | | | | I'm going to group all of the super hero's together. |
| princess costume is to little girls. Little girls love to | | | | Spider-Man should be big this year, as should |
| get dressed up, the more sparkles the better. | | | | Superman. Just don't forget the Hulk, |
| Don't forget the tiara. Some little girls also like to | | | | Wonder-Woman and Batman. All are favourites |
| have a sceptre or wand to complete the | | | | almost every year. |
| costume. | | | | Star Wars seems to be it's own genre of |
| Pirates have been popular forever and with the | | | | Halloween costume. So many characters in the |
| Pirates of the Caribbean series of movies having | | | | movies translate well into costumes. Chewy is |
| had such success, every little boy, and my little | | | | always fun. When I was a kid it was Luke |
| girl, wants to be captain Jack Sparrow. Don't | | | | Skywalker and Princess Leia and of course Darth |
| forget the other popular pirate related characters | | | | Vader and storm troopers. Nowadays it's Anakin |
| like Captain Hook and Peter Pan. | | | | and anyone else in the Jedi order and the Sith or |
| The witch and princess witch are two costumes | | | | of course Padme for the girls. |
| that work very well. This all depends on your little | | | | For scary costumes, look to the movies. |
| girl, some want to be scary, others want to be a | | | | Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nighmare of Elm |
| friendly witch. The pretty witch has the hat, but | | | | Street and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. If there |
| not the nose and the clothes have some lighter | | | | aren't enough scary examples in those, then |
| colours in them. | | | | you're not looking hard enough. |