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Spooky Harvest
Add some safe and sorta-spooky fun for your family with the following events taking place across the region for young kids and adults to enjoy—and maybe receive a fright or two in the process. It’s events like these that make memories for mom, dad, and the kids to cherish forever.
Annual Hometown Halloween Parade, Oct. 30, 5:15 p.m.
The Arts Council Of Princeton
Downtown Princeton
Admission: Free
Call 609.924.8777 or visit
www.artscouncilofprinceton.org
Join the Princeton University Band as they march their way from the Witherspoon Plaza to Palmer Square. The fun continues with games and treats on the Green adjacent to the Nassau Inn. Everyone can hang out while spooky ghost stories are told, if you dare. Children are encouraged to wear costumes.
Giggleberry Fair Spook-tacular Halloween, Oct. 28-29, 10a.m.-6p.m.
Peddler’s Village
Route 263 near Doylestown and New Hope
Admission: Free
Call 215.794.4000 or visit
www.Giggleberryfair.com
Kids of all ages are invited to a Spook-tacular Halloween event at the Giggleberry Fair. And it’s just a stone’s throw from Central Jersey. Children who dress up get to participate in pumpkin painting and pumpkin bowling for free. A bag of delicious events are planned: kids can guess the number of candy corn in the jar to win a free birthday party and children in costume can participate in pumpkin painting and pumpkin bowling. In addition to the Spook-tacular event, children can also visit Giggleberry Mountain, the largest indoor obstacle course in the area. You can also visit Discovery Land complete with a moon bounce and rock-climbing wall, Game Room, and the Painted Pony Café.
The South Jersey Pumpkin Show Oct. 13-15
Cumberland County Fairgrounds
3001 Carmel Rd. Millville, N.J.
Admission: $2, Under 3, FREE
Call 856-765-0118 or visit
www.sjpumpkinshow.com
“Our whole concept is the celebration of families.
It’s affordable. It’s safe. It creates lifelong memories with your kids.
It’s a real celebration of fall for families,” said Kathy Bailey, an
event organizer for the show. “Our pumpkin show is unique and different.
I’m from Ohio and I brought a little bit of the Circleville Pumpkin Show
with me.” The city of Circleville has a water tower with the water tank
on top painted as a pumpkin! Your little girl could enter the Little
Miss Pumpkin Show on Sunday and feel like a princess or your little boy
could watch the Pumpkin Weigh-Off Friday. Last year, Robert Novak of
Mount Laurel won the contest with a pumpkin weighing in at a whopping
814 pounds. On Saturday, the Halloween Costume Contest & Parade starts
off at 3 p.m. for kids 3-10, and every kid will receive a ribbon and one
will get a grand prize. But there’s so much more: a Pumpkin Painting
Contest, a Pumpkin Pie & Pumpkin Dessert contest, a Scarecrow Contest, a
Decorated Baby Stroller Parade and Contest, free hayrides, and the list
goes on, so you’ll have to visit their Web site to find out all the
delicious details. The first 150 children to enter the show each day
will receive a free pumpkin, and every child will get a
trick-or-treating bag. Different events take place on different days, so
check the schedule, but you might just want to go all three days.
Enchanted Halloween Oct. 29, 12p.m.-4p.m.
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
Route 52 (Kennett Pike) Winterthur, DE
Admission: Members Children $3, Nonmembers Children
$6
Call 302.888.4907 or visit
www.winterthur.org
What an enchanting way to spend Halloween: trick or treating with fairies, elves and trolls—they may even play a few tricks. Your kids can even hop on a hayride and then head off to have their fortunes told and hear spooky local and traditional ghost stories. The best part is the children’s costume parade that begins promptly at noon so get there early.
Halloween Scary Story Nights Oct. 27, 7p.m. & Oct. 28, 2p.m. & 7p.m.
The Stagecrafters Theater
8130 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia, Pa.
Admission: Adults $5, Free for Children
Call 215.247.8881 or visit
www.thestagecrafters.org
What was started as a special event for the 75th anniversary celebration has blossomed into its fourth year. Actors of the theater read classic and modern scary stories. After the readings, magician Jeff Ragan will perform some of his spookiest tricks. On both nights, there will be a costume contest for the best dressed child and adult. Jane Toczek, Halloween Coordinator, said, “We’ve had a lot of positive feedback. People enjoyed it—so we keep doing it.” Reservations are recommended.
Pumpkin Fest Thru Oct. 29,
11a.m.-4p.m.
Shady Brook Farm
931 Stony Hill Rd. Yardley, Pa.
Admission: $7 per person, Pumpkins sold by the pound
Call 215.968.1670 or visit
www.shadybrookfarm.com 
This farm is packed every year with excitement, pumpkins, inflatable amusements, Trackless Train Rides, and the Barn of Horror, Jr., for those kids who may not be ready for their signature attraction, HorrorFest—a spine-tingling hayride on a tractor through the woods and into a place haunted by demons and all other types of marauders who sneak up on you when you least expect it. And who can forget their other two activities during HorrorFest: The Barn of Horror and Alien Invasion. Young kids may not be ready for these features of the farm, but your older children will be game, if they’re up for a fright.
BooFest Oct. 27-31, 11a.m. & Oct. 29, 2p.m.
The Crayola Factory
30 Centre Square Easton, Pa.
Admission: $9.50
Call 610.515.8000 or visit
www.crayola.com/factory
Children can come dressed up to participate in a parade through the factory. All children who come dressed get in for half price admission. Treats will be handed out to all children. This is a great, safe alternative or addition to regular trick or treating in your neighborhood. Children get led around the area by staff and volunteers for other visitors to see. At each pit stop along the way, children can participate in hands-on activities with themes of Native American art and history.
Boo at the Zoo Oct. 28-29, 11a.m.-3p.m.
Lehigh Valley Zoo
5150 Game Preserve Rd. Schnecksville, Pa.
Admission: Adults $7.25, Children $5.25
Call 610.799.4171 or visit
www.lvzoo.org
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