<< Previous   of   Next >> (click to enlarge) In this file photo, Janet Fairbank, owner of the Fairbank “Hands On” Animal and Pumpkin Farm in north Edmonds, picks yellow gourds in a pumpkin patch located at her farm. The farm is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through October.

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Halloween & Harvest Calendar

Lynnwood

Wight's Kids Halloween Party: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, children's games, prizes, refreshments, a costume contest with 8 age groups at noon, a penny hunt following, coloring contest. Admission: Free. At Wight's Home & Garden, 50th & 196th St. SW, Lynnwood. Info: 425-775-3636.

Lake Forest Park

Fall Fun Festival: 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, this annual event for children 12 & under features games, prizes and food, at Lake Forest Park Presbyterian Church, 17440 Brookside Blvd. NE., Lake Forest Park. Costumes welcome. First 20 tickets are free; additional tickets 25 cents each. Info: 206-364-2712.



Community Halloween Party: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Third Place Commons hosts annual event beginning at 5 p.m. with face-painting, continues with games, treats, the annual parade and more, at Third Place Commons at Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, 17171 Bothell Way NE. Info: 206-366-3302.

Edmonds

Fairbank "Hands On" Animal & Pumpkin Farm: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays & Sundays, through October : Farm animals for petting and feeding, vegetable garden, Hidden Bear Trail and Pumpkin Land. Harvest time theme; nothing scary; lots of baby animals. Admission: $2.50 per person. Pumpkins $1 & up, gourds 50 cents & up. School groups by reservation weekdays. 15308 52nd Ave. W. Edmonds (north Lynnwood area). Info: 425-743-3694.



Movies with Bite!: 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, teens are invited to watch a chilling (PG-13) monster movie, creepy snacks and drinks will be provided. Dress as a monster/villain or come as you are, at the Edmonds Library, 650 Main St. Info: 425-771-1933.



"A Memory of Lizzie": 8 p.m. Friday & Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24-26: Driftwood Players' Alternative Stages brings David Foxton's dramatization of the Victorian childhood and trial of accused murderess Lizzie Borden, who "took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks" (and gave her father 41), at the Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds. Tickets: $10 for the show and dessert buffet, available by calling 425-774-9600.



4th Annual "Halloween Extravaganza": 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday Oct. 26, pumpkin carving at the Horizon Bank parking lot (pumpkins & children's carving utensils provided; donations accepted for local food banks); at 1:30 p.m. a free matinee movie of "Ghostbusters" at Edmonds Theater; and coloring contest for all ages (entries due 10/30; prizes awarded 10/31). Info & coloring contest entry forms: www.EdmondsWA.com.



Edmonds Haunted Museum: 4-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, visit the lower level of the Edmonds Museum, 118 5th Ave. N., for a 'friendly' historic haunting. Little goblins welcome. Admission: $1 donation at the door. Info: 425-774-0900.



Food Fright: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 31, make squirmy spiders, blathering bats, ghastly ghosts and mad monsters into spooky treats. Create a "boo bag" to take home any leftovers to share with family. Costumes encouraged. For ages 1-3 with adult. Cost: $12; bring three cans of food for food bank. Register: 425-771-0230.



Edmonds Halloween Celebration: 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, children are invited to trick or treat at downtown Edmonds participating merchants. Admission: Free. Info: 425-776-6711.

Mill Creek

Trunk or Treat: 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Mill Creek Parks & Rec hosts the city's annual safe Halloween event for children 12 & under, featuring a parking lot full of cars with trunks filled with candy, at Mill Creek City Hall, 15728 Main St., Bring your own bag for candy. Admission: Free, a non-perishable item food donation for the Volunteers of America Food Bank is requested. Info: 425-745-1891.

Shoreline

Hamlin Halloween Haunt: 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, Shoreline Parks & Rec hosts this 11th annual night of spooky songs and tales around the campfire, hayrides, games and face painting in forested Hamlin Park, 16006 15th Ave. NE. Dress warmly; bring flashlight, roasting stick for marshmallows. Free admission. Info: 206-801-2600.



Halloween Hands-On Day: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, Shoreline Historical Museum at 749 N. 175th invites you to remember when you couldn't get a "store-bought" Halloween mask and make your own paper bag "spider hat" to take home. Free activity appropriate for families with children ages 4-12. Info: 206-542-7111 or www.shorelinehistoricalmuseum.org.



Richmond Beach Halloween Carnival: 3-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, carnival games, a cake walk, inflatable attractions, a haunted house and food at Syre Elementary School, 19545 12th Ave. NW, Shoreline. Costumes encouraged. Volunteer info: Sherry Ashleman, 206-542-9147.

Mountlake Terrace

Halloween Fun: 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, stories, craft activities, costume contest and treats for ages preschool through 5th grade, at the Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 58th Ave. W. Info: 425-776-8722.

Spooky Splash!: 4:40-5:55 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, the Mountlake Terrace Recreation Pavilion,

5303 228th St. SW, hosts this special swim featuring Halloween pool toys and goodie bags. Admission: regular pool fees apply. Event limited to first 180 people. Info: 425-776-9173.

Bothell

Country Village Safe Halloween: 4-6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, children under age 12 can dress in costume, collect treats from merchants and view scarecrows and pumpkins, at Country Village, 23732 Bothell-Everett Hwy., Bothell. Info: 425-483-2250.

Kenmore

10th Annual Haunted Trails Celebration: Fridays & Saturdays, Oct. 17 & 18, 24 & 25, Halloween festivities throughout the month at Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore. Info: 425-602-3107 or rnielsen@bastyr.edu.

• 7-10 p.m., Haunted Trails tours with brand-new twists and turns and Halloween ghouls and goblins around every corner for ages 8 & up, Admission: $10 for Oct. 17 & 18 tours, $12 for Oct. 24 & 25 tours; receive $1 off with a can or dry food donation.

• 5:15-7 p.m., the Trick or Treat Trail offers families with children under age 8 a "lighter" version of the Haunted Trails tour plus special Halloween treats. Cost: $3 per child.

• 7 p.m., catch Halloween Story Time after walking the Trick or Treat Trail, with a different tale told each night. Cost: $1 per child; children must be accompanied by an adult.

• 6 p.m. until last trail tour, Supernatural Spookfest Carnival, featuring face painting, fortune tellers and a variety of other food and activity booths. Admission: Free to carnival; activity booths may include a cost.

• 7 p.m. until last trail tour. Hades Labyrinth, a new addition to the festivities, a 2,400-square-foot maze that visitors must find their way through as they are visited by spooks and specters along the way. Not for children under 8. Cost: $8 per person.

• 7-11 p.m. Scarecrow's Tale Hayride,hear a spine-tingling ghost story while enjoying a hayride ride through the fields behind Bastyr University. Less-scary stories will be told to younger travelers. Cost: $3 per person.