Happy Halloween

Halloween Activities in the Muskegon Area 2007
2:30 to Dusk Mondays through Fridays
10:00 am to Dusk Weekends
Through Oct 30
Pumpkin Patch Fund Raiser, St. John's Lutheran Church, Grand Haven. Features hand-painted and plain pumpkins, pumpkin and gourd sale. Proceeds benefit Heart for Jesus, Concordia Children's Services in Manila, Philippines. For more information call 616-842-0260.
6:00 to 9:00 weekdays, and 7:00 - 11:00 weekends. 6:00 - 6:45 is light fright for the young and faint. Tickets are $7. Haunted Hall, middle of the plaza, on the corner of US 31 and Taylor. Grand Haven. For more information call 616-566-6659.
6:00pm – 10:00pm. Fridays and Saturdays through October Double JJ Resort. Halloween Scream deal includes cider making, haunted hayride, 3-D phobias maze. Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for children 12 and under. For more information call 231-894-4444.
7:00 pm to Midnight, Fridays and Saturdays through Oct 27 Haunted House. Sponsored by the Grand Haven JayCees. 700 Park Street.
11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm Saturdays, and 1:00 and 3:00 pm Sundays through October Famous Pumpkin Train, Coopersville. Includes a basketball size pumpkin for children 2-12 and fun with the Great Pumpkin, Scarecrow, and Little Crow. Tickets are $14.50 for adults, $13.50 for senior citizens, $10 for kids ages 2-12, and free for under 2. Call 616-997-7000 or visit Coopersville and Marne Railroad website.
Oct 1-31 Write For Fright! Scary Story Contest. Youth Services, Hackley Public Library. For more information call 231-722-7276 x 230.
Noon - 5:00 pm, Saturdays and Sundays Halloween Fun, Snow Family Farms, 88 N Maple Island Rd, Muskegon. Enjoy some of the Farm's seasonal activities and foods like a horse-drawn hayride, apple cider, apples, and pumpkin picking. Cost is $5 per person. For more information call 231-788-6544.
2:00 pm Oct 27 Hackley Halloween. Come in costume. Enjoy scary stories, a costume contest with funny prizes, the Cupcake of Doom game, and a Glow in the Dark art project. No signup required. For more information call 231-722-7276 x 230.
1:00 - 5:00 pm, Oct 28 West Michigan Society for the Protection and Care of Animals Howlaween Open House, 1:00 - 5:00 pm. West Michigan SPCA. Features education talks, activities for children, petting farm, and food. Donations of fruits, big marshmallows, carrots, apples, rawhides, pig ears, hot dogs, toys, and soft cushy beds are welcome. For more information call 231-788-5933.
Dusk - 11:00 pm, Oct 12 through Oct 31 Trail of Terror. 7582 Crocker Rd., Holton. "Bring your appetite, hot and cold beverages, hot food and more...and don't forget to bring your nerve." Tickets are $12 at the door. Half price Halloween night.
2:00 pm Oct 27 Spring Lake District Library Halloween Party. Halloween tales and treats. Costumes welcome, but not required. For more information call 616-846-5770 ext 107.
Noon - 5:00 pm Oct 27 Scary Business. Washington Street from Harbor Ave to Third Street, Grand Haven. Features Hay Rides, apples, and doughnuts, pumpkin patch and pumpkin painting.
7 pm - Midnight Friday and Saturday
7 pm -10:00 pm Sunday and weekdays
Oct 25-30
Nights of Fear Haunted House, Muskegon County Fairgrounds. General admission is $12. Visit their website for more information.
10:00 am - Noon Oct 27 How to carve a pumpkin that rocks, with Brenda Colby at the Nuveen Community Center for the Arts, Montague. Decorate a pumpkin using the latest tools and tricks. Pumpkins provided or you can bring your own. Cost is $5 per person or $10 for a family.
7:00 pm Oct 25 Great Lakes Ghosts. Mackinaw Ballroom, Grand Haven Community Center. Features a performance by Lee Murdock and his maritime music dealing with the history and lore of the Great Lakes. Free admission.

 Check out Hackley Public Library's Writing Contest, Write for Fright!

 HalloweenKids.com "family-friendly frights" (LII)

 Castle Arcana Visit a spooky castle!

 CostumZee "Search for thousands of costume ideas. You can save your costume ideas for later, send it to your friends, or even submit your own unique costume ideas, upload pictures of your costumes, find members with similar costumes ideas, etc..."

 Trick or Treat for Unicef! Have fun at this site and learn how you can help people around the world.

 Halloween at the Kid's Domain More family fun.

 Halloween Magazine

 Homemade Halloween Costumes includes costume ideas for wheelchair users. (LII)

 13 Pumpkin Avenue Costumes (STN)

 Family.com: Wickedly Easy Halloween Costumes (STN)

 Halloween: The Fantasy and Folklore of All Hallows (LII)

 Halloween Parties

 Alien Empire

 Katerpillars and Mystery Bugs

 Microbe Zoo

 Halloween Online

 Jack-o-Lantern.Com

 HorrorFind.com

 How Halloween Works "Background about where Halloween customs and traditions come from. Topics include Celtic roots (Samhain) and Christian roots (All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day), trick-or-treating, jack-o'-lanterns, bobbing for apples, and costumes. Also includes links to related material on how to carve a pumpkin, how to throw a Halloween party, how light sticks work, and more. From HowStuffWorks." (LII)

 Everything Halloween

 Halloween Central

 Halloween Costume Ideas for Frugal Parents (STN)

 Homemade Halloween Makeup (STN)

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Created: 10/12/99