What were some popular Halloween costumes when you were a kid?

[beebella]

Is there a particular costume that you really favored?

I think Ghostface (Scream) was still popular when I was growing up. My sister and my cousin were Ghostface for 3 years in a row. 🤣

[WhiteSteve]

I feel like when I was little there was less creativity, but maybe that’s me only being surrounded by other little kids, and our pop culture references were fewer to work with. Like you’d still see a lot of kids with eye holes cut in a sheet like “I’m a ghost, BOO!”, or other classic scary characters like Dracula or a mummy. I’m not totally sure what kids’ costumes are, but I remember a lot of them were a cheap plastic mask that covered the front of your face, accompanied by an even cheaper plastic smock/apron kind of thing with the corresponding character’s body drawn on it. I remember being Garfield the car one year with one of those kind of costumes, and they come in all kinds of different types: DC comics characters, Looney Tunes, He-Man, GI Joe, The Transformers, My Little Pony, The Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake, Rainbow Brite, etc. The scariest ones were the big slasher movie villains of that era: Michael Myers, Freddie Krueger, and Jason Voorhees.

I feel like I don’t remember a ton of clever costumes by adults, and in fact, I think it was deemed a little more childish for a grown-up to do it unless they were going to a Halloween party. I think that older generation was less in tune with their inner child, haha. Maybe I’m remembering it wrong, but I feel like I see a lot of adults dressing up with their kids for trick or treating, and when I was a kid, my parents were just in street clothes, same for the adults giving out the candy at houses.

My best costume was definitely when I was Indiana Jones, probably like 3rd grade. I went to Halloween party at some place where they had a costume contest, I should have won it, and they gave it to this other kid who dressed up as Pee-Wee Herman, way less clever and way more store-bought, all the kid did was cut his hair a little shorter to resemble Pee-Wee’s, in a store-bought Pee-Wee tuxedo. My mom curated mine by hand, even made me a whip to carry. Hands-down the best costume. I’m still mad 35 years later😂😂😂

[WhiteSteve]

Just to add…. for pop culture stuff, when I did see adults dress up, it was a lot of the big stars of the time: Madonna, Michael Jackson, or President Reagan was a fairly common mask to see.

[Fuentes]

Scream (ghostface), the colorful skulls, bloody clown mask or bloody mask, Jason Voorhees, Freddie krueger, Micheal Myers, Grim Reaper, Apes, Animals, M&M's costume, power puff girls, spiderman, superman, batman, robin, joker was pretty much it when I rmbr the school I went to in first grade allowed costumes at school.

[beebella]

I wanted to be a Powerpuff Girl, but they never had Blossom in my size. 😭

[Fuentes]

Lolol the Pink one hahahaa my mom had to make my sister a custom blossom outfit because she had the same issue when she was small they didn't have it in any good sizes hahahhaa ur parents shoukda made u one hahaha

[beebella]

I was also an M&M one year because I couldn't be Blossom. 😂

[Fuentes]

Lol I rmbr the M&M's Hella kids were those I thought it was cool couldn't afford it tho hahaha I tmbr I didn't even have a costume at school but at the same time I was afraid of everything and hiding and crying hahahahahahaha

[Fuentes]

My school ise to do a monster mash lol and I hated that ish it was fun but I was so scarred hahahahaa

[Fuentes]

Thanks @beebella

[Simslover92]

Witches because of Halloweentown. I used to love those movies. Too bad Disney doesn't play them anymore. The only place I think to watch them is on Disney.

[Simslover92]

Disney plus

[DizzyDesii]

I was a princess, a ballerina, a fairy, a witch, a genie, an eskimo and I don't know what else

[DizzyDesii]

Oh yea i was one of those poodle skirt girls too

[Still-alive]

Definitely the usual ones from slasher flicks like freddie, michael myers, jason, leatherface.

there's the generic ones too like vampires, ghosts and frankenstein monsters.

I also recall a lot of pirates and ninjas growing up.

From cartoons there was a lot of x-men, batman, and disney princesses too.

[Bethany22]

Witches, princesses, clowns, knights, action figures

[exitseven]

Superman, Batman, Hobo, Ghost, Frankenstein;s monster,

[colaman94]

Devil's, Satan, Ghostface, Vampires, Various Masked Monsters, Clowns, and I guess chicks probably prefer angels, female satan helpers, princesses or girly girl outfits, playboy bunnies, etc

[colaman94]

Adult chicks would obviously dress as like Mean Girls Halloween 🎃🤭

[Fromdusktilldawn]

yea the Scream masks were so popular, especially those with a pump that lets fake blood pour over it. Spider-man was second place

[Andres77]

When I was a kid, Batman and the Lone Ranger.

[zagor]

Can't do the old bedsheet with eyeholes ghost costume anymore or they'll think you're in the Klan.

[strateguy632]

the opposite. a klan uniform will assume ghost. source series south park.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Mine was Dracula

[Joker_]

Captain Underpants

[Jennz6]

A ghost 👻