Lots of new events added!
Our Halloween and Fall MEGA Fun Guide for Greater Lowell has everything your family needs to make the season fun! Things to do, farms, Halloween events, Fall and Halloween recipes, crafts and events and so much more!
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First, visit our list of plan-ahead Halloween events -- many of these require advance ticket purchases.
Second, check out the smaller local and online Halloween events from our event calendar.
Note that some of these events require registration in advance (usually indicated in the title of the event)
October 1
Crafty Kids Club: Spider Web Watercolor Painting (Chelmsford)
Sensory Inclusive Movie: Hocus Pocus (PG) (Tewksbury)
October 2
Witches Cauldron Slime and Magic Potion (Groton)
October 6
Maker Monday: Bat Keychain (Lowell)
Spooky Monster Rubber Ducks (Dracut)
October 7
Teens: BOO Craft (Billerica)
Halloween Crafternoon (Lowell)
October 8
Spooky Potion Bottles (Dracut)
Nature's Real Vampires with Hands On Nature (Tyngsborough)
October 11
Halloween Costume Swap Shop (Westford)
October 13
Pumpkin Festival at Krochmal Farms (Tewksbury)
October 14
Teens: Halloween Spooky Character Clay Craft (Billerica)
Teens: Tea Light Ghosty (Tewksbury)
October 15
Felting Jack O Lanterns with Rachel (Groton)
Discovery Kids: Haunted Houses (Billerica)
October 16
Teens: Halloween Slime (Billerica)
October 17
Inclusive Harvest & Halloween Party (Westford)
Halloween Family Fun Dance (Billerica)
October 18
Howl-o-ween (Chelmsford)
Safe Trick-or-Treat Hayride (Tewksbury)
Spooky Party (Dracut)
Monster Mash Farm Bash (Westford)
7th Annual Fright Night (Pepperell)
Tyngsborough PTO Trunk or Treat
Trunk or Treat (Westford)
October 19
Safe Trick or Treat Hayride (Tewksbury)
Tewksbury Fall-o-ween
October 20
Maker Monday: Cemetariums (Lowell)
Teens: Halloween Movie Afternoon (Billerica)
Spooky Clay Making (Dracut)
BATV-or-Treat (Billerica)
October 21
Halloween Fun at Kimball Fruit Farm (Pepperell)
Spooky Tie Dye (Dracut)
Zombie Head Felting (Westford)
October 22
Spooky Wooden House Painting (Dracut)
October 23
Tween Crafternoon: Doodle Pumpkins (Chelmsford)
October 25
Not-So-Haunted Family Farm Halloween Day (Westford)
Slightly Spooky Storytime (Chelmsford)
Halloween Boo Bash (Billerica)
Trunk or Treat (Billerica)
4-H Halloween Spooktacular with Touch-a-Truck and Trunk or Treat (Billerica)
Safe Trick or Treat Hayride (Tewksbury)
Halloween Stage Make-up (Groton)
Lowell Annual MonsterBash & Fall Fest
Monster Mash on Main Street (Westford)
Sensory-Friendly Halloween Party (Westford)
Prescott Community Center Halloween Hoopla (Groton)
Spooky Witch Hat Decorating (Dracut)
Trunk or Treat (Billerica)
North Chelmsford Halloween Parade & Party
Spooky Story Celebration (Chelmsford)
Trunk 'n Treat (Dunstable)
Free Community Trunk or Treat (Lowell)
Annual Pumpkin Armada (Chelmsford)
Littleton Annual Trunk-or-Treat and Costume Parade
Trunk or Treat (Westford)
October 26
Halloween Family Lane Party (Tewksbury)
Safe Trick or Treat Hayride (Tewksbury)
Billerica Halloween Bash
Halloween Costume Party at Roller Kingdom (Tyngsborough)
Trunk or Treat at Chelmsford Mills
October 27
Spooky Family Portraits (Dracut)
October 28
Annual Unscary Halloween Celebration (Lowell)
Air Dry Clay Ghosts (Westford)
October 29
Teen Craft Mini Potions (Littleton)
Sensory-Friendly Trick or Treat (Lowell)
Spooky Storytime with Ms. Anabel (Tyngsborough)
Costume Parade at the Library (Tyngsborough)
October 30
Costume Storytime (Tyngsborough)
Teens: Halloween Cemetariums (Billerica)
No Bake Halloween Treats (Groton)
Sensory-Friendly Trunk or Treat & Resource Fair (Westford)
Greater Lowell YMCA Trunk or Treat (Lowell)
CMAA Trunk or Treat (Lowell)
Know of another local family-friendly Halloween event? Email the details to me!
Halloween Trick or Treat Hours for Greater Lowell
Tips
Best Halloween Movies for Kids, Tweens & Teens
Boo! Here are Halloween Books Your Kids Will Love
No Tricks, Just Treats: 9 Ideas to Make Your Own Boo Basket
13 Spooktacularly Creative Trunk or Treat Ideas
Halloween Episodes From Your Kids Favorite Shows!
Kid-Friendly Halloween Costumes: Fun, Creative & Easy
10 Ways to be More Inclusive to Trick or Treaters This Halloween
The Switch Witch Can Switch it Up For You
Ways to Use That Leftover Halloween Candy
Crafts
How To Make Puffy Candy Corn Slime
A Creepy Crawly Spider Web Craft
Want to Get Rid of That Halloween Candy? Make These Cookies!
Foodie Fun: Jack O'Lantern Stuffed Peppers are Scarily Delicious
Don't Toss Those Pumpkin Seeds! Here's How to Roast Them
13 Easy Halloween Lunchbox Treats
Four Kooky Halloween Recipes Your Kids Will Love
Check out our Fall Farm Guide for information on apple-picking, corn mazes, hay rides and pumpkin patches!
Print out our Fall Fun List for more ideas!
Check our event calendar below for fun Fall events!
October 19
Scarecrow Festival (Chelmsford)
Pumpkin Festival at Krochmal Farms (Tewksbury)
Tewksbury Fall-o-Ween
October 25
Annual Tewksbury Applefest Craft Fair
Pumpkin Festival at Krochmal Farms (Tewksbury)
November 3
Teens: Fall Wreath Creations (Billerica)
November 5
Autumn Collaboration Pop Art (Dracut)
November 10
Teens: Pumpkin Lanterns (Tewksbury)
November 18
Teens: Thankful Turkey Decor (Billerica)
Tips
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Crafts
5 Easy Upcycled and Recycled Crafts for Fall
Discover, Learn & Create: 3 Fall Crafts for a Curious Preschooler
4 Fall Fun Sensory Projects for Toddlers
Pumpkin Play Dough With Just 5 Ingredients
Recipes
Easy 5 Ingredient Applesauce Bake
4 Of Our Favorite Macaroni KID Apple Recipes
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