24 Halloween costumes for kids inspired by famous TV & movie characters

Let’s get one thing straight, OK? When it comes to Halloween costumes, movie character costumes are the No. 1 crowd-pleaser. Television and movies are always a great place to look to for inspiration for your favorite character kid Halloween costumes and pop culture Halloween costumes. Because, what better way to celebrate Halloween than by having our kids dress up in movie Halloween costumes of our favorite fictional characters from the big screen (and silver screen, respectively)?

Halloween is around the corner, but if you are like me you are still trying to figure out how to dress your family (especially the little ones), so here are some cute ideas for Halloween costumes from movies with a sweet spin. After all, character costumes inspired by famous TV and movie characters (and other pop culture legends), are bound to be so much sweeter than their adult counterparts. Plus, there’s something for everyone—from cartoon lovers to ideas for Halloween costumes from movies for the entire family!

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And, of course, Instagram has the photos to prove just how adorable your little one will look in these movie Halloween costumes. Keep scrolling to see all of the kid character pop culture Halloween costumes you can’t help but add to your cart (who said outfit changes weren’t a thing?)

Here are some of Instagram’s most adorable TV & movie character costumes for kids

1. The Ted Lasso crew

2. Simone Biles (pop culture Halloween costumes for the win!)

3. Pete the Cat

4. A member of the ‘Space Jam’ Tune Squad

5. The one, the only, SELENA

6. Cruella, from Disney’s ‘Cruella’

7. Joe Exotic & Carole Baskin from ‘Tiger King’

8. Hopper from “Stranger Things”

9. Captain America

10. A dragon from “Game of Thrones”

11. BB8 from “Star Wars”

12. The monsters from “Monsters, Inc.”

13. Kermit from “The Muppets”

14. Elliott from “E.T.”

15. Max from “Stranger Things”

16. Cher from “Clueless”

17. Big Bird and Cookie Monster from “Sesame Street”

18. Medusa

19. Minions from “Minions: The Rise of Gru”

20. A Barbie Girl

21. Carmen San Diego

22. Every family’s favorite movie character costumes—”You’re welcome”

23. Anita Darling from “Cruella”

24. “A League of Their Own” Racine team

Halloween costumes from movies you can add to your Amazon cart right now!

Mirabel from "Encanto"

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Maverick from "Top Gun"

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Minecraft

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The Child from 'The Mandalorian'

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Buzz Lightyear from "Lightyear"

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A version of this story was originally published on Oct. 15, 2019. It has been updated.