The Best Kid Halloween Costume Ideas from the Associated Content Library

Having a hard time brainstorming creative, unique Halloween costumes for your kids this year? Associated Content contributors have a load of unique ideas that will set your little ones apart from the rest of the neighborhood for this year's trick-or-treating rounds or parties. Check out some of the best kids Halloween costume articles from the AC library.

Crystal Ray appeals to the handy and thrifty among us with some homemade costume ideas in "Make Halloween Costumes for Kids."

Contributor Fooditalia goes a step beyond thrift (to cheap!) in "Cheap Halloween Costumes Ideas for Kids 2009" where five suggestions are offered for low-cost children's dress-up.

Dyan Stanley shares five ideas for boy-girl siblings in "Kids Halloween Costume Ideas for Twins and Siblings."

Similarly, contributor Glam Princess writes on coordinating ideas for boy-boy, boy-girl, or girl-girl siblings in "Affordable and Unique Halloween Costume Ideas for Siblings."

Josh Wiley has ideas for eight- and nine-year-old trick-or-treaters in "Top Halloween Costume Ideas for Third Grade Kids." For convenience, he handily divides the list into boy costumes and girl costumes.

R. Ann Sipper offers some ideas that parents may see as throwbacks from their own childhoods in "Three Best Retro Halloween Costumes for Kids."

Angel Vee has thoughtfully provided an exhausting list of links for children in wheelchairs who want to dress up in "Halloween Costume Ideas for Kids in Wheelchairs." Her suggestion is to make the wheelchair part of the costume!

Content Producer Prosperity66 asked kids what they really wanted to be for Halloween and learned that some don't want to be cute! He offers their five top requests in "Children Do Not Want Fairy Costume for Halloween."

Check out Pam Gaulin's "Don't Be Afraid: Best DIY Costumes for Girls and Boys" for tips on using what you have at home to create great-looking disguises without breaking the bank.

Stacy Hensley is smart in knowing that many parents wait until the last minute to get their children Halloween costumes and offers suggestions in "The Best Last Minute Halloween Costumes for Kids 2009."

Tamara McRill details how to dress a child (boy or girl) like everyone's favorite boy wizard in "DIY Harry Potter Halloween Costume Ideas." She also details how to achieve Hermione's look in "DIY Hermione Granger Halloween Costume." No HP threesome would be complete without the red-headed Ron, so A.J. Hunter explains how to get his look in "Halloween Potter O' Gold IV: Ron Weasley."