The sheer number of fairy princesses, Disney princesses and ninja princesses wandering around town this weekend likely indicates one thing: Dartmouth loves Halloween.

Citizens of every age were in on the fun and ready to flaunt their costumes. At Children’s Circle Nursery School on Friday morning, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz clasped hands with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michelangelo and busted a move on the dance floor to Pharrell Williams’ “Happy.”

The performance was part of an early morning parade. About a dozen kids put on a brief, witchy performance before their parents headed out to work.

Over at the senior center, Council on Aging Director Heather Sylvia was busy at work answering the phone, dressed as the fairest one of all, Snow White.

The activity room was packed with seniors snacking and laughing. Unlike Dartmouth’s younger residents, the seniors were less apt to dress as popular cartoon characters and superheroes. Instead, they opted for a more classic ensembles: pirates, witches and forest critters.

The spirit of the ‘90s came to life at Potter Elementary at the end of the school week. A large crowd of parents waited in the parking lot with smartphones poised to snap photos of their children’s outfits as they paraded by.

X-Men, Power Rangers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – all popular heroes from Saturday morning cartoons more than 20 years ago – were present.

Another popular costume with the kids this year: Ghostface.

Famed horror movie director, Wes Craven, director of “The Hills Have Eyes,” “Nightmare on Elm Street” and all four “Scream” films, died earlier this past August from complications with brain cancer. He was 76.

The numerous children dressed as Ghostface, the masked serial killer who stalked the unwitting teenagers of Woodsboro, California, in the “Scream” series, served as a tribute to Craven’s legacy.

While some of the pop icons parading outside the school left some parents scratching their heads, the skipping, shouting children didn’t appear to care if anyone knew who they were dressed as.

Have some Halloween pictures you’d like to share? Send your spooky pics to seth@dartmouthweek.net, and we’ll add them to our gallery.