The jack o'lanterns below are my first animation. Paint Shop Pro. It was pretty easy to do. It also has some neat Halloween costumes and you can print out the directions for making them. I found this site when I was looking for easy costumes that don't cost a lot of money.
Mom likes it a lot.
Some neat costumes ideas are here at this site. This one has a ton of ideas and they are all cheap too. The Goodwill Store Site Lots of silly costumes. Most of them are easy to do. This one has a lot of ideas for costumes made out of boxes.