The number one costume for little girls is the princess costume. This has been the favorite costumes for children for decades because little girls love to dress up as a princess. Halloween is the perfect time when you cannot think of any creative costume ideas and you have a little girl. The other favorite costumes for Halloween for girls include a witch, Disney princess, pumpkin, and a cat.

Among the favorite costumes for boys on Halloween are vampires, pirates, Superman and Power Rangers. These are all easy costumes to find or make yourself. Power Rangers and Superman costumes are both perennial favorite costumes for boys.

For adults, the most common costumes are similar, for both men and women: vampires, clowns, pirates, cats, witches, ghosts, superheroes and fairies. Everyone, children and adults alike loves to dress up for Halloween. There are a lot of costumes for adults too, so you don't have to scour the Earth to find a costume for yourself this Halloween.

When shopping for Halloween costumes you have a few options: you could go to a department store, a specialty costume shop, or you could make your own costumes. Halloween costumes can be found almost anywhere as the holiday approaches; even groceries often sell costumes! This is fine if you are not very picky about what costume you will get. However, this severely limits your selection. For accessories like face paint, department stores are good places around Halloween.

Although department stores, grocery stores and even pharmacies carry a selection of Halloween costumes, visiting a specialty store is worth the trip. You will definitely find a much better selection with better quality at a specialty Halloween store.

If you're working with a smaller Halloween budget, you can go with this simple and cheap, yet popular costume idea for children - witches or vampires! The main requirements here are simply black clothes and a cape, with a witch hat for the witches and fangs for the vampires (both of these are inexpensive accessories) and a little makeup. These costumes are also very easy to make yourself.

If you cannot spend a lot of money on Halloween costumes, it is very easy to create a wonderful costume from things that are around your home. As most kids want to be witches and vampires, it is very simple to use old clothing along with makeup and accessories to create the scariest Halloween costume on the street. Deciding on the right Halloween costume takes a little creativity and a lot of imagination. Seeing as it is Halloween let your imagination soar and see what wonderfully horrible things you can come up with. edited by Hetsil Protage