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Otsego Open Playtime
2025-09-25 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-09-29 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-02 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-06 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-09 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-13 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-16 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-20 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) and 1 more date | Prairie Center, 8899 Nashua Ave NE, Otsego, MN, 55330, United States
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 a punch pass!
Please check Facebook for closures due to holidays or inclement weather:
Not meeting October 30, November 27, December 25, January 19 and February 16
Last day is Thursday, May 14

Tiny Knights Tailgate
2025-09-25 17:00 - 19:00 | STMA Community Education Building, 60 Central Avenue W, St. Michael, MN, 55376, United States
Join your friends from ECFE for a special STMA homecoming week celebration designed just for the littlest fans and their families by the ECFE Parent Advisory Council! This festive event will feature child-friendly games, music, and delicious eats. Come dressed in your Knight spirit gear and enjoy an afternoon of playful activities, community connection, and school pride.
Bring your picnic blankets, your tiny tailgaters, and your Knight pride — it’s time to celebrate Homecoming in true family style!
Cost: $10/family
Register at https://stma.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/7396/fall-2025%E2%80%941/tiny-knights-tailgate

Preschooler Play & Learn Workshop
2025-09-29 10:30 - 11:30 | St. Michael Public Library, 11800 Town Center Dr NE, St. Michael, MN, 55376, United States
Encourage a love of learning as you and your child play, explore, discover, count, and create. Join the library staff anytime during the hour for an open-ended play session. Activities are designed for ages 1 to 5. Registration is not required, but room limits may be enforced.

Library Sensory Stations
2025-09-30 14:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-14 14:00 - 19:00 | St. Michael Public Library, 11800 Town Center Dr NE, St. Michael, MN, 55376, United States
Stop by the library for some self-led sensory fun! There will be mess-free activities and sensory bins out in the children’s area for free play. This activity is suitable for preschool ages and up.

ECFE Drop In & Play
2025-10-02 10:15 - 11:45 | STMA Community Education Building, 60 Central Avenue W, St. Michael, MN, 55376, United States
Drop in and play with your friends at ECFE! This monthly drop-in class offers young children and their caregivers a relaxed, unstructured setting for connection and play. With no formal activities, the focus is on creativity, curiosity, and making memories!
Fall Dates: September 18, October 2 & 30, November 13, December 4
Winter/Spring Dates: January 15 & 29, February 12 & 26, March 12, April 16, May 14
Location: Community Education room #203
Cost: $2 per child / max $5/family (no preregistration required)

Albertville Lions Pumpkin Party
2025-10-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Albertville Central Park, 5801 Main Ave NE, Albertville, MN, 55301, United States
Kids ages 10 & under are invited to join Albertville Lions for some family-friendly fall fun in Central Park. There will be pumpkin games, face painting, a balloon artist, treats, and more. Each kid will receive a free pumpkin while supplies last!
Stick around to enjoy a “Spooky, Not Scary” show at 4:45 on the Depot stage.

Home Depot Kids Workshop
2025-10-04 09:00 - 12:00 | Home Depot, 1385 E 7th Street, Monticello, MN, 55362, United States
Bring your kids to Home Depot to complete a free, hands-on building project created with them in mind! Workshops take place the 1st Saturday of each month and vary by theme.
Find out more information and register for the workshop at https://www.homedepot.com/c/kids

Fire Dept. Open House
2025-10-04 10:00 - 13:00 | St. Michael Fire Department, 216 Main Street South, St. Michael, MN, 55376, United States
Join the St. Michael Fire Department for its annual open house! Tour the station, meet local firefighters, check out the trucks, spray the fire hose, and enjoy some food.

Harvest Festival at Northwest Bible Church
2025-10-04 11:00 - 14:00 | Northwest Bible Church, 4343 Edgewood Dr NE, St. Michael, MN, 55369, United States
Join Northwest Bible Church for a free community event featuring inflatables, live music, pumpkin painting, yard games and more. Food will be available for purchase, and the first 100 guests will receive a free scoop of What’s the Scoop ice cream!

Library Storytime
2025-10-06 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-10-13 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-10-20 10:30 - 11:00 | St. Michael Public Library, 11800 Town Center Dr NE, St. Michael, MN, 55376, United States
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 6-year-olds. Librarians, caregivers, and children will sing, talk, read, write, and play together to build early literacy skills. Siblings are also welcome.

ECFE Storytime at the Library
2025-10-09 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-10-23 10:00 - 10:30 | St. Michael Public Library, 11800 Town Center Dr NE, St. Michael, MN, 55376, United States
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.

Otsego Pumpkin Patch
2025-10-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Prairie Park, Otsego, 13355 90th Street NE, Otsego, MN, 55330, United States
Celebrate fall with a fun and festive morning at Prairie Park’s Pumpkin Patch! Children are encouraged to dress in their Halloween costumes and walk the decorated Pumpkin Patch Trail, where they’ll stop at activity stations and trick-or-treat along the way.
Children who are registered in advance will be eligible to receive one pumpkin to take home, and pumpkins will be available while supplies last. All participants are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to donate to CAER.
A live DJ will keep the energy high with kid-friendly Halloween music for a themed dance party throughout the event.
Families can enjoy a festive fall-themed photo area, and leashed dogs are welcome to join the fun — with special treats available just for them! No pet registration required.
There are two time slots available to choose from at registration:
10:00–10:55 a.m. – Register here: otsego.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=1860
11:00–11:55 a.m. – Register here: otsego.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=1893
In the event of inclement weather, the Pumpkin Patch will be moved indoors across the street at the City Shop.

FYCC Halloween Bingo
2025-10-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Albertville City Hall, 5959 Main Ave NE, Albertville, MN, 55301, United States
Bring your family (grandparents included!) for a fun night of Halloween Bingo with FYCC. Wear your costume and get ready to win some great prizes!
Cost: $20/family
Register at: https://secure.rec1.com/MN/family-youth-community-connections/catalog

LEGO Fun at the Library
2025-10-16 17:00 - 18:00 | St. Michael Public Library, 11800 Town Center Dr NE, St. Michael, MN, 55376, United States
School-age kids are invited to show off their LEGO building skills! The library will provide the bricks, you provide the imagination. Come meet with other builders and have some fun.

Glow-n-Skate
2025-10-22 18:00 - 19:10 | Rogers Trustone Ice Arena, 21080 141st Ave N, Rogers, MN, 55374, United States
The coolest event in town! Glow-n-Skate is a special nighttime open skating event with the lights down and the music up.
Cost: $6/skater (includes glow necklace)
Rental skates: $2/pair

Monticello Downtown Trick-or-Treat
2025-10-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Downtown Monticello, 154 Walnut Street, Monticello, MN, 55362, United States
Grab your costumes, round up the kiddos, and get ready for a candy-filled stroll through historic downtown Monticello!
Start at Liberty Bank Minnesota tent to snag your FREE trick-or-treat bag (while supplies last). Follow the trail of orange pumpkin posters in participating business windows for sweet stops at local businesses along Walnut Street & Broadway. Then head to West Bridge Park to visit businesses without a downtown storefront—more treats, more fun!

Elk River Downtown Trick-or-Treat
2025-10-24 14:00 - 18:00 | Downtown Elk River, 679 Main Street NW, Elk River, MN, 55330, United States
Elk River businesses and organizations invite children aged 12 and under to enjoy the fun of trick-or-treating in a safe and vibrant atmosphere. Your family can enjoy:
– Trick or treating in your Halloween costume 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 food from the food truck– Visiting with public safety and utility officials and their trucks

Trick-or-Treat Trail at St. Michael Cinema
2025-10-25 09:00 - 10:30 | St. Michael Cinema, 4300 O'Day Ave NE, St. Michael, MN, 55376, United States
Visit St. Michael Cinema for a spooky-sweet morning of Halloween fun! Bring the kids in costume and enjoy trick-or-treating as well as quick carnival-style games with instant prizes. Bring your own trick-or-treat bag to receive candy from community sponsors all along the trail.
Stick around to enjoy a FREE showing of a kids’ Halloween movie—Spookley the Square Pumpkin!
Showtimes: 9:25, 9:35, 9:50, 10:05, 10:20 & 10:35

Be sure to enter the Costume Contest! Prizes will be given in several categories:
Ages 0–3 years, 4–6 years, 7–10 years, Best Kid Duo/Group, Best Family Duo/Group, Most Creative Costume
