Halloween is a fun and exciting time for spooky enthusiasts of all ages. And the best part is you can find it all right here Bake Halloween-themed treats, turn ordinary food into creepy fun, decorate the house with new craft projects, make homemade costumes, and plan your outings all from information in this guide. And please, don't keep this to yourself, share it with other local parents. They will thank you, we promise!
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Local Fall and Halloween Events - 2024
September 27-November 1 - Fright Trail
September 30 - Paintin' Punkins at the East Regional Library
All of October - Boo at the Zoo 2024
October 2-30 - Poche's Patch & Maze
October 4-6 - Cattle Festival
October 5 - FarmFest '24 at Brookshire Farm
October 5 - Latin Music Festival
October 5 - 1st Annual Fall Festival - Patch at Legacy
October 5 - Villain's Night
October 6 - Patch at the Park - Youngsville Sports Complex
October 6 - Mystic Mini's Halloween Party
October 8 - Fall Bingo at the North Regional Library
October 8-13 - Festivals Acadiens et Créoles
October 11-13, 18-20 and 25-27 - Pumpkin Patch at Parc de Oaks
October 12 - Second Chance Costumes at the West Regional Library
October 12 - Halloween Family Fun Day at Pizza Artista
October 12 - Boo Bash with the Belles
October 14 - Treats at the Village, Acadian Village
October 14-31 - Youngsville Community Church Pumpkin Patch
October 18 - Boo-Bliobop at the Main Library
October 18-19 - 2024 Cowboys Fall Rodeo
October 19 - Revive Church Fall Festival
October 19 - Gulf Brew 2024
October 19 - Boo Bayou, Vermilionville
October 19 - Trunk or Treat - St. Julien Park (A Macaroni Kid Lafayette Special Event!)
October 23 - Pumpkin Painting at the Main Library
October 23 - Boo Bash at the West Regional Library
October 25 - Pre-K Spooktacular at the Main Library
October 25 & 26 - Spooktacular Halloween Parties
October 26 - Zombie Run at Moncus Park
October 26 - Trunk or Treat Family Fun Day
October 26 - 9th Annual Trunk or Treat - Hub City Ford (A Macaroni Kid Lafayette Special Event!)
October 26 - Beetlejuice Halloween Skate Party
October 26 - Trunk or Treat at Riverside Church
October 26 - Fall Fest Trunk or Treat, Carencro
October 26 - Crow Fest 2024
October 27 - Fall Festival
October 27 - Scare-N-Cro Fall Fest
October 27 - Trick or Treat at the BOO-seum
October 29 - Bat Silhouette Art at the North Regional Library
October 29 - Halloween SpookTakular! at Parc International
October 30 - Haunted Cave Crawl at the Main Library
October 30 - Graveyard Terrariums at the North Regional Library
October 30 - Bat Silhouette Art at the Milton Regional Library
October 30 - Haunted Graham Cracker House at the Main Library
October 31 - Halloween at Miko's
October 31 - Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee, Abbeville
October 31 - Trunk or Treat
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Halloween Recipes & Other Fun Food Ideas
- An Easy Halloween Treat For Your Little Goblins: Monster Apple Bites
- 13 Easy Halloween Lunchbox Treats
- Four Kooky Halloween Recipes Your Kids Will Love
- Let Halloween Candy Take You Into Thanksgiving
- Halloween Bark
- Spooky Halloween 7 Layer Taco Dip
- Halloween Marshmallow Pops
- Two Easy Halloween Party Plates
- A Halloween Trick for Delicious Halloween Treats!
- Leftover Halloween Candy Brownies
- Yummy Witches and Spiders and Bats...Oh My
- Spooky Spider Web Hard-Boiled Eggs
- Yummy Jell-o Worms
- Halloween Candy Cookies
- Cookie Dough Graveyard
Halloween Books, Costume Ideas, & Fun New Traditions
- Boo! Here are 9 Halloween Books Your Kids Will Love
- A Terrific Book to Coincide with this Spooky Time of the Year
- 8 Ideas to Decorate Wagons, Wheelchairs, & Strollers This Halloween
- 13 Family Costume Ideas for Halloween
- Invite the Switch Witch Over This Halloween
- 31 Halloween Family Movies for Kids, Tweens, & Teens
- Safer Halloween Fun: You've Been Boo'd!
Halloween Crafts
- Halloween Milk Jug Luminaries
- DIY Halloween Silhouettes
- Easy Halloween Bat Craft for Kids
- Halloween Hand Puppet: Frankenstein
- "Connect the Webs" Halloween Activity
- DIY Witch Hat for Halloween
- Creepy Stick Forest Craft
- 3 Fun Ideas to Make a Halloween Face Mask For Your Kids
- A Creepy, Crawly Spider Web Craft, Just in Time For Halloween
- Make This Homemade Pumpkin Play Dough With Just 5 Ingredients
- 13 Spooktacularly Creative Trunk or Treat Ideas
- How to Make Puffy Candy Corn Slime
Did you know that Iberia Parish and Acadia-St. Landry also have Macaroni Kid publishers and local editions? Yep, they do! And they have each put together a guide of local Fall and Halloween fun in their area. Check them out
Iberia Parish - Fall Festival Guide
Acadia - St. Landry - Fall Family Fun Guide
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