Halloween Weekend Fun for CT Kids: Tricks, Treats, and Terrific Fun, October 27-28

Courtesy of the Maritime Aquarium
Courtesy of the Maritime Aquarium
10/23/18 - By Jacqueline Miller

All of us here at Mommy Poppins CT wish you and your family a very happy and safe Halloween! Since this kid-centric holiday falls on a Wednesday this year, which may be particularly challenging for the younger kids in your life, we recommend painting the town orange this weekend when there is all kinds of daytime fun to be had, including a Hobgoblin Fair, a Halloween Festival, a and even an Ick-fest! And just in case the forecast isn't boo-tiful, there's lots to do indoors at the Aqua-Scarium or the Dia de los Muertos events in Hartford and Storrs, to name just a few.

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Danbury Railway Museum Pumpkin Patch Train—Danbury
Do you have a train enthusiast in the house? Head over to the Danbury Railway Museum for a chance to ride a vintage train to the pumpkin patch, where each child is given a FREE pumpkin and everyone enjoys cider and cookies. Saturday and Sunday. 

Audubon Greenwich Halloween Weekend: Frightful Forest + Enchanted Meadow + Creepy Crawly Critter Show—Greenwich
Halloween fun and nature come together for Audubon Greenwich's annual Halloween Weekend! For two nights, the trails of the center’s nature preserve will be transformed into both a Haunted Forest Walk for people looking for a scare and an Enchanted Meadow costume walk for children. Friday-Saturday. Due to the weather, this event has been canceled for Saturday. Friday night will go ahead as planned. 

Sea Scare—Mystic
This Halloween, see the dinosaurs in the Jurassic Giants exhibit get in the spirit with a special trick-or-treat trek through the dino trail. The lights will be turned down, so pack your flashlight and prepare for roaring family-friendly fun! Saturday and Sunday. 

Aqua-Scarium—Norwalk
There's no trick about this treat as the Aquarium transforms into the AquaScarium, with an free admission for kids in costume (when accompanied by a paying adult). Saturday-Sunday. 

Witches & Tombstones—Wethersfield
Bone-chilling, but historically accurate, Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum’s Witches and Tombstones Tours is spooky fun for kids 12 and up. Saturday-Sunday. 

Courtesy of the Roaring Brook Nature Center

Saturday October 27

Hobgoblin Fair at Roaring Brook Nature Center—Canton
This annual fair for young children features a "Track-and-Treat" walk, children's crafts, cupcake decorating, face painting, and more.

Día de los Muertos: Free Community Event—Hartford
Join the Connecticut Historical Society to celebrate Día de los Muertos at the Connecticut Historical Society. This joyful Mexican celebration takes place among families to welcome their departed family members, to celebrate life, and to poke fun at death. Free.

Kidzfest—Norwalk
This Halloween hands on, family event offers the unique opportunity for young and old alike to get in and explore construction equipment of all sizes, emergency vehicles and recreation vehicles that are typically off limits to the public. Due to the weather, this event has been rescheduled to Sunday.

Halloween Stroll—West Hartford
All ghouls and goblins are welcome to Trick-or-Treat at participating merchants throughout West Hartford Center and Blue Back Square where there will also be kids-friendly music bands, prize and food give-a-ways, crafts, games, and other activities throughout the town. Free.

Hallo-Weekend Festival—Milford
Enjoy a costume parade, scary stories, trick or treating, and even a spooky 5K to work up an appetite at this day-long Halloween celebration. Most activities are free.

Halloween Festival—Southington
Spend the whole day at the Southington Drive In with hayrides, pony rides, and other children's activities including trunk or treating before screenings of Coco and, for the older crowd, the original Carrie.

Courtesy of the Stamford Museum & Nature Center

Sunday October 28

Hoot and Howl—Darien
This non-scary event at the Darien Nature Center includes a magic show, hayrides, refreshments, a fall hike, story telling, live animals, s'mores, and face painting 

Audubon Kids Day—Sharon
The festivities at this fun event include carnival-type games, kids’ crafts, a petting zoo, a hay bale maze, professional face painting, a large leaf pit for jumping, and more. 

Trick or Treat and Ick-Fest on Heckscher Farm—Stamford
Put on your Halloween costume and head up to Stamford Museum and Nature Center to trick or treat with your favorite farm friends. There will be different "trick or treat" stations around the farm, and kids can follow clues to each one. When you're done, stop by Overbrook for "Ick Fest" to investigate some spooky, slimy things that exist in nature.

Sugar Skull—Storrs
This joyous, heartfelt adventure delves into the rich, musical traditions of Dia de los Muertos, with a colorful stage production is perfect for youth and family audiences alike.