The Best Halloween Costumes

Halloween costume popularity varies from year to year, depending on events of the previous year and what movies, TV shows or books were popular that year. And then there are Halloween costumes that show up on your doorstep year after year, no matter what happened before Halloween! The new (or popular repeat) costumes for 2010 include the following

What movie is going to influence the most costumes this Halloween? It is predicted that the big winner is Alice in Wonderland, starring Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway. Costumes that are sure to be popular will be Alice, the Mad Hatter, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, the Cheshire Cat, and the Red Queen and the Queen of Hearts. Shrek, Princess Fiona, Rapunzel, the Donkey and Puss N’ Boots, from the movie Shrek Forever After, are sure to show up on your doorstep come Halloween night.

You’ll be seeing plenty of Dragons and Vikings this Halloween. How to Train Your Dragon is another movie that’s spawning plenty of Halloween costumes this year. Look for Monstrous Nightmare, Terrible Terror, Night Fury, Gronckle and Hideous Zippleback. Vikings will include Fishlegs, Snotlout, Astrid, Hiccup, Stoick and Ruffnut and Tuffnut.

Not to be left out, Robin Hood, the movie, will certainly be the inspiration for lots of Robin Hood, Maid Marion, King Richard and Friar Tuck costumes. Toy Story 3 will have lots of kids dressing up for Halloween as Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Ken Doll, Peas –in-a-Pod and Lots-o’ Huggin’. There are sure to be many people dressed as Michael Jackson, after his unfortunate and untimely death a little more than a year ago.

Then there are costumes that are popular every year. One of the best things about them is that they’re easy to assemble, easily recognizable, and usually not too expensive. They include a witch costume (probably the all time most popular costume), princess costumes, ballerina costumes, pirate costumes, cowboy costumes, superheroes of all sorts, and Ninja costumes. You can find parts of these costumes or the costumes themselves in most stores that carry Halloween costumes.

Halloween is on the way and you don’t want to be the last one to choose a costume. Are you looking for something creative or something more traditional? The ideas above should start you on the path to making or finding your best Halloween costume ever!

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