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 - 2025
September 26-November 1 - Fright Trail
September 26-28 - Sugar Cane Festival
September 30 - Apple-icious Apple Craft: South Regional Library
All of October - Boo at the Zoo!
All of October - Pumpkin Patch
All of October (Thurs-Sunday) - Poche's Patch & Maze
October 3 - Bayou Boogeyman Homeschool Program
October 3-4 - Latin Music Festival
October 3-5 - Louisiana Cattle Festival
October 4 -Spooktacular S.T.E.A.M Fest
October 4-5 - Germanfest
October 4 - Villain's Night at Safari Station
October 4 - Creole Culture Day
October 4 - Movies at Moncus (Hocus Pocus!)
October 4 - Sugar Jam at Sugar Mill Pond
October 5 - Patch at the Park
October 6 - Let's Make! Halloween Card: Main Library
October 7 - Makerspace Grab & Go: Halloween Lantern: Main Library
October 7 - Pumpkin Art: North Regional Library
October 7 - National Night Out on Crime
October 8 - 🎃 Spooktacular Costume Drive! 👻
October 10 - Bach Lunch
October 10 - 13 - Parc De Oaks Pumpkin Patch
October 10-12 - Festivals Acadiens et Creoles
October 10 - Monsters on Main (Halloween Golf Cart Parade)
October 11 - Zydeco Pancake Breakfast
October 13 - TREATS at the Village
October 16 - Ghost in a Jar Craft- North Regional Library
October 17-19 - The International Rice Festival
October 17-18 - Fall Rodeo
October 17-19 - Freaky Friday the Musical (CYT)
October 17-19 - Parc De Oaks Pumpkin Patch
October 18 - Gymtober Fest
October 18 - Boo Bayou Fall Fest
Oct0ber 24-26 - Mary Poppins - CYT
October 24-26 - Parc De Oaks Pumpkin Patch
October 25 - Louisiana Mosquito Festival
October 25 - Grand Coteau Sweet Dough Pie
October 25 - Ascend Fest
October 25 - 10th Annual Trunk or Treat at Hub City Ford
October 25 - Halloween Art & Nature Festival
October 25 - Howl-o-Ween Costume Pawty
October 25 - Milton Civic Organization Trunk or treat
October 25 - Trunk or Treat 2025! (Broussard Sports Complex: Hosted by Macaroni Kid & Sponsors)
October 25 - Trunk or Treat (We Rock the Spectrum)
October 26 - Sunday Spooktacular!
October 30 - Trick or Treat at Woodbriar Assisted Living
October 30 - Lafayette Police Department Trunk-or-Treat 2025
October 30 - Broussard Sessions
October 31 - Trunk or Treat (The Breaux Bridge Pentecostals)
October 31 - Harvest Festival
October 31 - Carencro C'est Bon Seasoning Fest Trick or Treat
October 31 - Trunk or Treat at Shane's
October 31 - Frightfully Halloween Sk8 Party @ Fun Nation
November 1 - Broussard Music Festival
November 1 - Giant Omelette Celebration
November 1 - Acadiana Eats
November 1 - 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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