Join the Hanover Park Board for its annual pumpkin decorating day at City Hall. They will supply the pumpkins and decorations; you bring your creativity and take your masterpiece home! Trophies will be given for the top 3 best-decorated pumpkins. This event also features a costume contest and a visit from the Hanover Royalty.
Kids ages 5 & under are invited to play and meet new friends at Otsego's Open Playtime. This drop-in program offers an open play session full of toys, crafts, active equipment, and activities. Come for the whole time or stay while you can. (Parent/guardian supervision is required.) Cost: $3/child at the door, or pick up an 11-visit punchcard for $20 at https://otsego.recdesk.com Please check Facebook for closures due to holidays or inclement weather:
Start your week out right... at the library! Share books, songs, and rhymes with your children at this storytime designed to promote school readiness in 0- to 5-year-olds. Librarians, caregivers, and children will sing, talk, read, write, and play together to build early literacy skills. Siblings are also welcome.
Come hang out at the library with your friends from ECFE! A staff member from STMA's Early Childhood program will lead storytime along with crafts, games, songs. This event is intended for ages 0 to 6 along with their parent or caregiver.
Kids ages 5 & under are invited to play and meet new friends at Otsego's Open Playtime. This drop-in program offers an open play session full of toys, crafts, active equipment, and activities. Come for the whole time or stay while you can. (Parent/guardian supervision is required.) Cost: $3/child at the door, or pick up an 11-visit punchcard for $20 at https://otsego.recdesk.com Please check Facebook for closures due to holidays or inclement weather:
The Monticello Chamber and Monticello Parks, Arts, and Recreation are thrilled to invite you to their spook-tacular Trick or Treat event in Downtown Monticello! Swing by the Liberty Bank Minnesota booth on Walnut Street near 3rd Street to grab your complimentary trick-or-treat bag. (supplies limited, so arrive early) Then, get ready to haunt Walnut and West Broadway, where participating businesses are all set to dish out the treats. Just look for the orange pumpkin in their window or on their door to know where the goodies are waiting! After you’ve collected your goodies, head over to West Bridge Park for even more fun. There will be more business booths, music, food stands, and games to keep the Halloween spirit going strong.
Get ready for another spooktacular Downtown Elk River Trick or Treat! Elk River businesses and local organizations invite kids ages 12 and under to enjoy the thrill of trick-or-treating in a safe and vibrant atmosphere. Here is what your family can enjoy this year: - Trick or treating in your Halloween costumes with local businesses and organizations- A photo opportunity with the fall decorations at Rivers Edge Commons Park- Feeding and visiting the animals at the petting zoo- Grabbing delicious mini donuts and corn dogs at the food truck- Visiting with K9 Duke and checking out fire, police, and utility trucks Downtown Trick or Treat is from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. in downtown Elk River. The streets downtown will be closed to ensure participant safety.
Stop by our local movie theatre for its FREE annual community Halloween event! Local businesses will be set up along the Halloween Trail to hand out treats, prizes, coupons, and more. (treats guaranteed for the first 500 kids) Your family can also enjoy a free showing of the movie ParaNorman. Showtimes: 9:25, 9:35, 9:50, 10:05, 10:20, 10:35
Join Alleluia Lutheran Church for its annual "Trick or Trunk" and Community Food and Winter Coat/Clothing Drive! There will be a professional face painter, wacky hair, bouncy house, hot cocoa and apple cider, and treats and goodies for the kids to collect. This is a FREE event, but all Trick-or-Trunkers are asked to bring gently used or new winter coats, hats, mittens, winter clothing and/or non-perishable food to donate to the CommUnity Food and Clothing Drive benefiting the Hanover Food Shelf.
FYCC is teaming up with local businesses to host a community Halloween event. Wear your costume, and dress warmly as this event takes place both indoors and outdoors. There will be a family-friendly haunted house, straw bale maze, Halloween bags, live music, games, prizes, candy and more! Please register at myfycc.com (Vendors may also register at the above link)
