For the most part kids have a good idea, if not many ideas of what they want to wear for Halloween, or even Comicon.  Every now and then though, for whatever reason, a kid will want to dress up/cosplay and have no clear idea for a costume.

Tips for finding ideas –

Some of these tips will seem simple and fairly obvious but when you are stumped and possibly stressed (think teenagers) the obvious can be elusive.

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• Popular movies (Avengers, Star Wars, Ghostbusters…)
• TV shows  (new and old, Firefly, Star Trek, Walking Dead…)
• Disney characters (primarily for little ones)
• Video games  (Assassin’s Creed, Mario Brothers, Halo…)
• Historical (Egyptian, Roaring ’20s, Ancient Greece, Wild West, 1950s…)
• Comic books  (Superheroes, Sci Fi, Fantasy, Horror…)
• Sports (Football, Baseball, WWE, etc.)

Specifically for little ones –

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Most little kids are happy to be in something fun and cute.

• Animals  (Cat, Dog, Lion, Elephant, Tiger, Bumble Bee, Ladybug)
• Food  (Pumpkin, Cupcake, Banana, Popcorn)
• Box  (Truck, Lego, iPhone, Crayons)
• Characters  (Pirate, Fairy, Cowboy,  Princess)
• Classic Halloween  (Witch, Dracula, Skeleton, Devil)
• Elaborate (Dragon, Snowglobe, Dinosaur, Jellyfish)

Group costumes –

Sometimes the struggle to find a costume idea stems from two or more kids wanting to dress up/cosplay together.  Here are some group ideas.

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• Avengers
• Wizard of Oz
• Justice League
• Where’s Waldo
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Lord of the Rings
• Harry Potter

You can also do a quick internet search for group costumes, as well as, other ideas like ‘classic Halloween’ or ‘Video game’ costumes.   Pinterest is another great source for costume tips and ideas.

I hope some of these ideas will be helpful, or at least help lead you to other ideas that might work.

Next week, I will be talking about planning for group costumes.

This post will be crossposted on Cap’s blog, The Geek Registry.