Archive for October, 2010
Forest of Fear – Udall, KS
Find discount coupons for Forest of Fear in Udall. Get in for as little as $10 with printable coupons on the Forest of Fear website. Forest of Fear has a haunted trail, tractor ride, scary movies on a big screen, snack shack and a campfire. The trail itself is a little over a mile long and with plenty of scares for all ages.
Forest of Fear is located just past Udall on K-15, approximately 20 minutes south of Wichita. Look for the orange arrow on the south side of the road.
Call (316) 712-4354 ? or (620) 782-4014 for more info or visit the website linked above.
Weekend Round-Up: Halloween
Friday
3-6 p.m. Trick or Treat with Digeez & Cox Twitter Crew Wear your costume, get your picture taken with Dig., and meet the Cox Twitter crew.
4-8 p.m. Final Friday Art Crawl with free admission and free Trolley service between most venues
6-8 p.m. Halloween Fun Night at the East YMCA
6-9 p.m. Flashlight Tour at the Wichita Sedgwick County Historical Museum Free admission & it sounds like fun–includes a visit to the clock tower!
6 – 9 p.m. Tanganyika Wildlife Park – Pumpkins at the Park
5:30 – 10 p.m. Arts Education Open House at CityArts
7:30 p.m. The Dead Can’t Dance at the Wichita Orpheum Tickets are $6 for students and people dressed as zombies.
Haunted Warehouse Web Special Thurs – Sunday tickets are $10 when you tell them you saw it on the Internet.
Kids in Costume Eat Free at Applebees this Weekend
Free Food at T.G.I. Friday’s for Halloween Weekend Free appetizer for those in costume tonight (Friday).
1/2 Off at Hu-Hot with your donation of 5 non-perishable food items
Saturday
7 a.m. – Noon Last day for the Kansas Grown Farmer’s Market at W. 21st and Ridge Rd. It’s Stone Soup day; soup served at 11 a.m.
11 a.m. Borders‘ Annual Halloween Spooktacular – Come dressed in your Halloween costume for our Annual Spooktacular Kids Event! Best for ages 3 to 8. October 30, 2010 11:00 AM
12:15 – 3:15 p.m. Get $2 off public skating session at Wichita Ice Center if you’re wearing your costume. Includes a contest for best costume.
2:30 – 4 p.m. Boooks and Spoooks Saturday at WPL
6 – 9 p.m. Tanganyika Wildlife Park – Pumpkins at the Park
7:30 p.m. Be There or Be Scared Zombie Walk at Naked City Gallery
5:30 – 10 p.m. Free: Asian Festival at Century II
3-6 p.m. (But you need to call ahead) Halloween Blood Drive + Free Scary Movie at The Orpheum
I believe the first three require costumes to get the deals. See the posts for all the details:
Kids in Costume Eat Free at Applebees this Weekend
Kids (in costume) Eat Free at Chili’s Halloween Weekend (Note: A reader says Chili’s at Central & Maize is not participating, so you may want to call other locations to confirm before you head out.)
Free Food at T.G.I. Friday’s for Halloween Weekend
1/2 Off at Hu-Hot with your donation of 5 non-perishable food items
Sunday
1-4 p.m. Get $2 off public skating session at Wichita Ice Center if you’re wearing your costume. Includes a contest for best costume.
3-5 p.m. Malloween at Towne East Mall
The first five require costumes to get the deals. Read the posts to get all the details:
Kids in Costume Eat Free at Applebees this Weekend
Kids (in costume) Eat Free at Chili’s Halloween Weekend
Free Food at T.G.I. Friday’s for Halloween Weekend
Chipotle on the Cheap Sunday Only
UPDATE: Hometown Buffet Kids in costume eat free after 5 p.m. with the purchase of an adult buffet. Thanks, Live Large 4 Less!
1/2 Off at Hu-Hot with your donation of 5 non-perishable food items
Daily Deals: Paintball, Labels, LED TV, Vacations, More…
Plum District Plum Deal
$25 for $50 Worth of Labels from Label Daddy – a $50 Value
What is Plum District?
Groupon Wichita
Get Groupon.
Tippr
67% off Canvas Photo Prints from Picture It On Canvas – $41 for a 16×20″ (until 11/1)
50% off from FlexFlop.Com – $10 for 20 (until 11/1)
Barnes and Noble Deals of the Day
Forever Young by Nicholas Perricone, M.D. $18.72 Book Deal of the Day
Yoga Mat, Spring Grass Flower Power $14.99 Home & Gift Deal of the Day
Gerard Butler in Beowulf & Grendel $7.49 DVD Deal of the Day
Miles Davis Kind of Blue with T-Shirt and studio sessions $14.99 Music Deal of the Day
Esquire One-Year Magazine Subscription $5 Magazine Deal of the Day
Taylor Swift Rolling Stone Cover $6.29 Barnes and Noble Poster Deal of the Day
Target Daily Deals
(All with free shipping.)
Sonia Kashuk 6 pc. Make-up bag and brush kit $10.99
Remington Cordless Shaver with 4 Disposable Replacement Blades $24.49
Elite Platinum Stainless Steel Buffet Server $37
SecurityMan Wi-Fi Wireless Wall Clock Hidden Camera Kit – Black (16″ x 16″ x 3″) $93.49
Bohland Entryway Console and Mirror – Black $229.99
Walmart Value of the Day
Kodak EasyShare C183 Red 14MP Digital Camera Bundle includes 2AA Rechargeable Batteries, Wall charger, and Neoprene Case, 3X Zoom, LCD, One Button Upload $78
(I just happened to see that Office Depot will have the Kodak Easy-Share C143, Red, without the bundle, for $69.99 starting Sunday. The Walmart one has more megapixels and comes with a mini battery-charger and carrying case for only $8 more, so it may well be the better deal. I don’t know all the differences between the two models, so you may want to check that out.)
20% Off all Books at Borders.com with code BKP5677C. 4 days only, valid Oct. 27-30, 2010 (Weds thru Sat)
Amazon Gold Box and Magazine Deals
Toshiba 55-Inch LED HDTV with Net TV $1199.99
Popular Magazine Subscriptions for $6.99
Cosmopolitan, House Beautiful, Popular Mechanics, Good Housekeeping, Country Living, Marie Claire, Veranda, Bazaar, Esquire, Redbook, Town and Country, Seventeen
An Eight- to Nine-Hour Tour of Yosemite National Park for One Adult ($42) or a Family of Four ($117); or Tour Plus Round-Trip Transportation from Fresno for One Adult ($55) or a Family of Four ($150) (Fresno) Vacation!. Living Social also has deals for Ziplining in Dallas, Kayaking in Jacksonville, and Tandem Skydiving in St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Orlando.
Coming Soon to Wichita. Sign up for Living Social deals.
MamaPedia Sweet Deals
$15 for $30 Worth of Customized Stationery, Gifts, Keepsakes and More from CafePress.com
$20 for $40 Worth of Tote Bags, Storage Units and More from Scout by Bungalow
What is MamaPedia?
Groupon Anywhere Deals
(Redeem them online; it doesn’t matter where you live.)
$1200 for an Ecuador Multi-Sport Vacation
$45 for $126.95 at Canvas On Demand
$20 for $40 Clothes at Don Ed Hardy Kid
Travel Cheap (Destination Deals)
If you’re planning some travel for the holidays, don’t forget to watch for deals in your destination city. Tippr currently has deals in Boston, Honolulu, Atlanta, San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, Dallas, Los Angeles, Washington DC, New York, San Diego, and Chicago. Living Social is another site to watch. Living Social has deals in too many cities to list. And of course, if you’ll be heading out of town, don’t forget to check Groupon deals in other cities.
For several of the deals above, I’ve linked you via my affiliate links. (Thanks to those of you who’ve told me you make a special point of using my links. I’m truly grateful!)
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Boooks and Spoooks Saturday at WPL
Boooks and Spoooks is a free “creepy carnival” for kids ages 4 through 8 years at the Wichita Public Library, Central Branch (downtown). Kids will enjoy Halloween-themed games and a spooky story. Drop in anytime on Saturday, October 30, 2010, between 2:30-4 p.m.
Wichita Public Library, Central Library is at 223 S. Main Street in downtown Wichita. (Near Kellogg and Main)
Tanganyika Wildlife Park – Pumpkins at the Park
Friday, October 29, and Saturday, October 30, 2010, Tanganyika Wildlife Park will host Pumpkins in the Park, featuring fun and games, wildlife and candy.
A pumpkin trail with over 600 lighted pumpkins and 15 candy stations will stretch throughout the park. There will be spooky-fun inflatables, a mad scientist lab, FREE horse and “haunted” hayrack rides, and more activities. Winners of the Pumpkin Painting Contest will receive a limited edition Indian Rhino painting.
The Chamber of Adventure is an indoor area where you can warm up, watch a movie, get some special Halloween treats, and meet “Creepy Crawler Animal Ambassadors.”
Admission is only $4 for kids 3-12 years and $8 for adults. (That’s a significant discount on regular admission prices.) Admission for members is free.
Tanganyika is also looking for volunteers for the event. If you’re age 14 or older, contact Erinn Stiles at 794-8954 x 102 or by email at volunteer@twpark.com. You just may score some free passes.
Trick or Treat with Digeez & Cox Twitter Crew
Wear your Halloween gear to a Cox store today (Thursday) or tomorrow and get a free Digeez (the little spaceman-looking guy) item, like a bobble-head, mouse-pad, plush toy, stress-reliever, etc…
On Friday, stop by the Cox Digital Store downtown between 3-6 p.m. and get your picture taken with Digeez and @cox_will.
Everyone who comes in will get a SPECIAL Digeez item – DIGEEZ BANDS. Plus, get a chance to chat with @cox_jessica, @cox_katie and @cox_sarahk.
The Cox Digital Store Downtown location is at 725 E Douglas Ave, Wichita.
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