Each year the National Retail Federation conducts a survey of the top choices for Halloween costumes. Everything from super heroes to Mascot Costumes show up on the list of costume ideas. In 2010 nearly 120 million adults, children, and even pets are planning to dress up and celebrate this truly American holiday.
The top choices are witches (11.4%) for adults and pumpkins (10.3%) for pets. 4.3 million children will dress up as a princess — which tops the list for the sixth consecutive year. Other popular costumes for kids include Buzz Lightyear , Harry Potter characters, Spider-Man, and witches. Disney Princesses made the list as a separate category along with ghosts, pumpkins, and Star Wars characters.
Adults will continue to dress as vampires, pirates and nurses. One of the surprises of this year’s survey is Alice in Wonderland costumes for adults coming in at #16. Other popular costumes for adults in 2010 include zombies, witches, and athletes.
People like to get their pets in the act. There aren’t as many trendy costumes for animals as humans. In 2010 expect to see traditional pet costumes such as witch, devil, and hot dog.