Today, the most widespread Halloween customs are costumes and "trick-or-treat." While an estimated 36 million American youngsters dress up as “spooky” or supernatural characters — ghosts, witches, skeletons and the like — the purpose is not to promote the occult, but to collect candy. Kids can be seen in cute little costumes from the Straw berry Shortcake princess to a Motor cross rider, Captain Jack Sparrow to Harry Potter, from fairy costumes to skeleton costumes. With many retailers selling Halloween merchandise, kids and adults can get any size and design that they want from plus size to costumes for couples to kids' oversized costumes. Apart from spooky characters, Halloween is witness to an interesting array of out of this world costumes and weird combinations from men's costumes and women's costumes.



Large scale involvement of people in Halloween meant for fun parties has cautioned many organizations and institutes to make them aware of the vulnerabilities of Halloween costumes. Safety measures and warnings are best guidelines for safety of adult and children. They are kept aware of the dangers of Halloween costumes. As per the guidelines of American Academy of Pediatrics main precautionary steps are guaranteeing safe and funny holiday for children and adults. Your Halloween dress should confine to bright and reflective products. Make sure that shoes, skirts and socks you wear are comfortable and short in size so that you remain safe from tripping or entanglements. Keep them away from dangerous objects and flames to avoid problematic situations.

Children's costumes have to be given particular attention. For children going with their friends, consider adding their costumes with reflective tape striping to costumes and Trick-or-Treat bags for greater visibility. The same goes for baby costumes. Make sure babies are either in their prams or being carried by you. Never ever give your child for another person to hold unless you really trust that person.

Also, consider non-toxic makeup and decorative hats as safer alternatives when making up children as well as for adults. Costumes for couples which have heavy dressing and make up should be given added attention as well. Items such as masks can limit of block eyesight so make sure that the eyelets are enlarged a little bit more and if using hats, make sure it fits properly too. Whether for children or adults, when going costume shopping, make sure that everything from poodle skirts to wigs, masks to accessories, both women and men's costumes have labels indicating that they are flame resistant. Items such as a sword or cane that comes together with your costume or your child's make sure that it is not too sharp or too long. This can also cause tripping or can cause your child to stumble and get easily hurt. You wouldn't want that to ruin his or her Halloween right.

I firmly believe that you follow this advice in flashlights. Ensure that your children have their own flashlights with batteries. Such arrangement must be with adults too. Think innovatively while carving pumpkins. Often adults too get injured and cut their hands while cutting pumpkins. Think of the circumstances children may face. No small children should be asked to carve pumpkins. You should assign safer role to your child on Halloween. Ask them to use markers to decorate and draw faces. Once they have drawn them it's your turn to start cutting process. Parents should do cutting activities rather than children. Choose votive candles which are safe for candlelit pumpkins. Ensure that you have used them instead of general ones. You must keep candlelit pumpkins at reasonable distance on some safe table so that no accident happens and they remain safe from fire. Keep them away from curtains and flammable objects. Also, not that pumpkin must be attached with candles properly.

Keeping your home secure for yourself and children. How much you care for infants is important. Check frontal portion of your porch and immediately remove an item which your child may possibly trip. Such incidents usually occur in nights when there is less visibility. Ensure that you have removed items like hoses, toys, bikes, lawn decorations and forgotten gardening tools on regular intervals. Also, keep your porch bright to maintain safety. You should make a schedule to do it each time you are expecting visitors. Besides these, also ensure that you keep wet leaves away from sidewalks and steps. Keep your pets at proper distance so that they don't jump over the area purposefully neither they bite passersby.