40 Fierce Halloween Ideas If You Hate The 'Girl Costume' Aisle

Taylor Pittman
Updated

Halloween costume shopping is typically fun, but sometimes, the options for girls are anything but.

Often, parents shopping for their daughters for Halloween are faced with sexualized outfits or stereotypical costumes, like princesses and other so-called “girly” ideas.

While there’s nothing wrong with being a princess (especially in the age of Disney’s newest heroines), girls should also be given the option to creatively show off their fierceness beyond stereotypes.

Here are 40 empowering costumes for girls (or boys!) to wear this Halloween:

A Ghostbuster

Gertie from "E.T."

Wonder Woman

Hermione from the "Harry Potter" Series

Coraline

Frida Kahlo

Wednesday Addams

A Tater Tot

Winifred Sanderson from "Hocus Pocus"

Mary Poppins

Katniss Everdeen from "The Hunger Games" Series

Batgirl (On A Skateboard)

"Freeze Rey" (a take on the character from "Star Wars")

Astrid from "How To Train Your Dragon"

Spider-Man

Judy Hopps from "Zootopia"

Darth Vader

Chewbacca from "Star Wars"

A UPS Delivery Person

Merida from "Brave"

A Presidential Candidate

Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty"

Jane Goodall

A Soldier

The Queen of Hearts from "Alice in Wonderland"

Black Widow

Catwoman

Mavis Dracula from "Hotel Transylvania"

Audrey Hepburn

A Construction Worker

A Hot Dog

Olaf from "Frozen"

A Zookeeper

An Astronaut

Little Red Riding Hood

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