Halloween & Harvest Calendar
Published 11:27 pm Thursday, October 28, 2010
Edmonds
Fairbank “Hands On” Animal &Pumpkin Farm: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays &Sundays, through Oct.: Farm animals for petting and feeding, vegetable garden, Hidden Bear Trail and Pumpkin Land. Harvest time theme; nothing scary; lots of baby animals. Admission: $2.50 per person. Pumpkins $1 &up, gourds 50 cents &up. School groups by reservation weekdays. 15308 52nd Ave. W. Edmonds (north Lynnwood area). Info: 425-743-3694.
Make a Mask: 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, make a fanciful or scary mask using simple materials and imagination, with prizes given in three categories, at the Edmonds Library, 650 Main St.. For school-age children. Info: 425-771-1933.
Treat or Treat Kick-Off: 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 start off the annual downtown Edmonds Kind of Halloween with stories and activities at the Edmonds Library, 650 Main St., Edmonds. All ages welcome. Info: 425-771-1933.
Edmonds Halloween Celebration: 5-7 p.m. Satuday, Oct. 31, children are invited to trick or treat at downtown Edmonds participating merchants. Coldwell Banker Bain, 108 5th Ave. S., Edmonds, hosts free Halloween costume photos. Admission: Free. Info: 425-776-6711.
Hoppy Hollow-ween: 2-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Just Frogs Toads Too Foundation hosts this fundraiser and “fun-raiser” event about frogs and toads, with prizes for the best “Green Costume,” at the Just Frogs Amphibian Center, Edmonds Landing, 300 Admiral Way Ste 104. Suggested donation: $2 per person. Info: 425-778-8726.
Edmonds Haunted Museum: 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, visit the lower level of the Edmonds Museum, 118 5th Ave. N., for a “friendly” historic haunting. Little goblins welcome. Admission: $1 donation at the door. Info: 425-774-0900.
Shoreline
Happy Pumpkin Stories: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, a joyful celebration of the season for small goblins, with not-so-scary stories, at the Richmond Beach Library, 19601 21st Ave NW, Shoreline. Admission: Free. Info: 206-546-3522.
Scary Stories for Brave Listeners: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, storytellers from the King County Library System and KSER Radio will tell frightening, yucky and true tales of ghosts and hauntings, followed by an open mic, at the Richmond Beach Library, 19601 21st Ave NW, Shoreline. For teens and adults. Admission: Free. Info: 206-546-3522.
Harvest Carnival: 5:30-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Shoreline Free Methodist Church, 510 NE 175th St., hosts this event for children featuring face painting, games, prizes, $2 hot dog dinner and other activities. Info: 206-365-9303.
Richmond Beach Community Association’s Annual Halloween Carnival: 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, carnival games with prizes, cake walk, raffle, inflatable attractions, haunted house, food and more, Syre Elementary School, 19545 12th Ave. NW, Shoreline. Costumes encouraged. Admission: free; tickets 3/$1. Info: www.richmondbeachwa.org/events/halloween.html.
Lynnwood
Make Your Own Halloween Crafts: 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, create fun and slightly spooky Halloween crafts, at the Lynnwood Library, 19200 44th Ave. W, Lynnwood. Costumes encouraged. For children &families. Admission: Free. Info: 425-778-2148.
Munchable Monster House: 12:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, make monster houses from edible materials and get ready for trick-or-treating by making monster-like Halloween bags and masks, at the Lynnwood Rec Center, 18900 44th Ave. W. For ages 6-13. Cost: $22/$20 resident discount. Register: 425-670-5732.
Halloween B-O-O-Fest: 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, bring the kids in their Halloween costumes to a new family-friendly event specifically designed for ages 3-10, featuring face painting, carnival games, crafts and a bouncy house, at the Lynnwood Rec Center, 18900 44th Ave. W. Not a drop-off program, parents are required to stay and participant in the fun. Cost: $12/$10 resident discount. Register: 425-670-5732.
Jack the Giant Killer: 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, view this traditional puppet play of a famous English folktale, at the Lynnwood Library, 19200 44th Ave. W, Lynnwood. For children &families. Admission: Free. Info: 425-778-2148.
Mill Creek
Trunk or Treat: 6:30-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Mill Creek Parks &Rec hosts the city’s annual safe Halloween event for children 12 &under, featuring a parking lot full of cars with trunks filled with candy, at Mill Creek City Hall, 15728 Main St., Bring your own bag for candy. Admission: Free, a non-perishable item food donation or donation to the Mill Creek Youth Advisory Board is requested. Info: 425-745-1891.
Treats on Main Street: 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, trick-or-treat safely at shops in Mill Creek Town Center, Main St. &Bothell-Everett Hwy, Mill Creek, plus a bouncy house, kids area, tractor pictures, and candy hay hunt. Admission: Free. Info: www.millcreektowncenter.biz.
Haunted Hollow: Halloween night, visit this residential yard display at 606 164th Pl. SE. in Mill Creek, featuring an authentic pumpkin patch, a witch’s laboratory, a 20-foot-tall gothic tower, spider webs, skeletons, goblins, handmade headstones. Hot cider will be served. Info: millcreekhauntedhollow.com.
Mountlake Terrace
Tricks &Treats: 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, come in costume and enjoy a traditional puppet play of the famous English folktale “Jack the Giant Killer,” at the Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 58th Ave. W. Admission: Free. Info: 425-776-8722.
Fourth Annual Costume Carnival: 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, the City of Mountlake Terrace Dance Program and Kontagious Dance Company host this event at Terrace Park School Gym, 5409 228th St. SW (adjacent to the Recreation Pavilion), featuring harvest festival activities, dance performances, costume contests, cakewalks, a magician, a fortune teller, snacks, music, games, crafts and commemorative photos (additional $2). Admission: $5 per person or $10 for families up to four members, available at the door; proceeds benefit the MLT Dance Company Scholarship Fund and Kontagious. Info: 425-776-9173 or visit www.mltrec.com.
Lake Forest Park
Community Halloween Party: All day Saturday, Oct. 31, Third Place Commons hosts this free annual family event beginning at 1 p.m. with the Northwest Ballet Halloween Dance Recital, 4-5:30 p.m. trick-or-treating at participating Towne Centre merchants, 5:45 p.m. costume parade, 6-7:30 p.m. spooky games and contests based on author Neil Gaiman’s “The Graveyard Book,” and 7:30-9:30 p.m. a “Family Dance Macabre” with music by Snake Suspenderz, all at Third Place Commons at Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, 17171 Bothell Way NE. Info: 206-366-3302.
Bothell
Country Village Safe Halloween: 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, children under age 12 can dress in costume, collect treats from merchants and view scarecrows and pumpkins, at Country Village, 23732 Bothell-Everett Hwy., Bothell. Info: 425-483-2250.
“Clown Cemetery” Haunted House: 8-11 p.m. Wednesdays &Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight Fridays &Saturdays, yes, you read right — a haunted clown cemetery, located at Jump Planet, 22310 20th Ave SE, Suite 200, Bothell. If that doesn’t scare you, nothing will. Admission: $10 at the door, with discount coupons for weeknights, available at www.clowncemetery.com. $15 R.I.P. Tickets (V.I.P.) offer priority admission. Info: info@clowncemetery.com.
