The Most Popular Halloween Costumes For Kids From the Past 7 Decades
Halloween costumes for kids have adapted and changed over the years, mostly following pop culture and media trends. Since the 1950s, kids' costume ideas have definitely come and gone, some reappearing over the years due to movie remakes and TV adaptations of old classics. If you're curious as to which costumes have been around for the past 70 years, or you want to see which costumes were "one-decade wonders," scroll through for the most popular kids' costumes since the 1950s.
2010s
Frozen
Tangled
Minions
Star Wars
Transformers
2000s
Captain Jack Sparrow
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Joker
Harry Potter
Darth Vader
1990s
Buzz Lightyear
Batman
Scream
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Power Rangers
1980s
Freddy Krueger
Alf
Jason
Michael Jackson
Superman
1970s
Planet of the Apes
Peanuts
The Wizard of Oz
Casper
Devil
1960s
Dennis the Menace
Catwoman
The Flintstones
Star Trek
Cleopatra
1950s
Hula girl
Zorro
Astronaut
Cowboy
Clown