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Free IHOP Scary Face Pancake for kids with adult entrée purchase

These are the least scary faces ever, and the price (FREE) won’t scare you away either. For Halloween, IHOP is once again offering kids 12 and younger a FREE Scary Face pancake with an adult entrée purchase. Keep reading for more details about this Halloween freebie.  The deal is valid from October 24-31, 2024 from […]

Halloween Family Fun Night at El Dorado Lake

Cute Halloween themed flyer for El Dorado Lake Halloween Family Fun Night 2024

The Friends of El Dorado Lake are a friendly bunch! I met them one summer when my family and I spent the day at the lake, and they told me about their big family Halloween shindig coming up. A Halloween party at the lake sounds like so much fun, doesn’t it? This year’s Halloween Family […]

Botanica’s Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular

Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular

This is a community favorite Halloween event in Wichita for 2024. Botanica will be hosting the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular again this year from October 9, 10, 11 & 12, 2024.  For four days this October, Botanica will be transformed into a family-friendly Halloween haunt,complete with over 1,000 lighted jack-o-lanterns, music from DJ Carbon, food trucks, fire […]

Tanganyika Wildlife Park – Pumpkins at the Park

Pumpkins at the Park Tanganyika

Tanganyika Wildlife Park is NOT hosting Pumpkins at the Park in 2024!  Get into the Fall spirit with five nights of fun. From toddlers to grandparents and everyone in between, they have something for everyone this Halloween! Older kids and teens may like the Cage Maze of Doom or participate in the Zombie Task Force […]

Half-price admission for grandparents at Klausmeyer Pumpkin Patch

Klausmeyer Dairy Farm & Pumpkin Patch will celebrate Grandparents Day with half-price admission for grandmas and grandpas with at least one paid grandchild admission. The owners, Debbie and Dave, are grandparents themselves, so they know just how special it is to spend a day with the grandkids. That’s why, on September 21 and 22, 2024, […]

Cabela’s FREE Trick or Treat Event

Trick-or-treating at Cabela's

Sportsmen, sportswomen, and sportsmonsters are all invited to trick or treat at Cabela’s Wichita during October. Dressing up in costumes is encouraged! The kiddos will get to collect candy and other take-home treats from trick-or-treat stations set up in each department.  We confirmed with Cabela’s in Wichita they are offering FREE trick-or-treating in the store […]

Wicked Island trick or treat (Sunday afternoon)

O.J. Watson Park tricks and treats at Wicked Island in Wichita

Tricks and Treats for kids at Wicked Island For the first time ever, Wicked Island at O.J. Watson Park is offering a family-friendly trick or treat event. The normally scary haunted attraction is a favorite in Wichita with the older kids and adults, but little bro and sis have always had to stay home.  This […]

Free Candy and Photos at Lowe’s Trick-or-Treat Tryouts

Lowe’s wants to give Halloween lovers an extra chance to dress up in costumes and get candy this Halloween. Families can visit Lowes.com/TrickorTreat to reserve a spot for Lowe’s Halloween experience at their local store, where they can show off their costumes and collect candy for FREE.  Pre-registration is required. The Halloween fun will take […]

Boos & Bonfire Halloween Bash at McAdams Park

wichita recreation boos and bonfire halloween bash flyer 2021

McAdams Recreation Center is hosting a FREE, family-friendly bonfire & Halloween party in McAdams Park on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. The park is located at 1329 E. 16th Street in Wichita. Costumes are encouraged for this family-friendly Halloween event! Stop by for candy, bonfires, s’mores, games, a DJ and more. Free snacks: S’mores Candy Popcorn […]

Family Movie & Game Night at Naftzger Park

Bring your family out to Naftzger Park for a fun night of yard games, movies, and food truck fare!   Starting at 7 p.m. yard games will be available to enjoy with your family and friends.  Then the feature starts at 7:45 p.m. The movie playing will be Hocus Pocus – a fun Halloween themed […]

Boo at the Zoo: a Sedgwick County Zoo event

Sedgwick County Zoo is hosting a family-friendly, not-so-scary Boo at the Zoo event! Bring your ghouls and goblins to the Zoo for some not-so-spooky fun! They can wear their costumes, and enjoy Halloween fun at the Sedgwick County Zoo! Regular Zoo admission applies and Members get in FREE with member ID! Boo at the Zoo […]

Howl-loween at the Great Plains Nature Center

Join the naturalists at the Great Plains Nature Center for a howling good evening of Halloween fun and FREE activities! Howl-loween is Friday, October 23, 2020 from 6:45 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at the Great Plains Nature Center which is located at 6232 E. 29th St. N., Wichita, KS 67220. This year they’re taking the event OUTSIDE! […]

Reminder: Free movie in Naftzger Park

free movies in the park downtown Wichita 2020

Enjoy a fun, FREE, and socially distanced activity in downtown Wichita at the newly-renovated Naftzger Park with Park and Recreation’s Movies in the Park events this fall. So far, two Movies in Naftzger Park are planned (see dates below). They’ll have social-distancing squares set up for families, and they ask that masks are worn when moving […]

Annual Pumpkin Drop at Stearman Field

Flyer for the 2020 Stearman Field Pumpkin Drop

Bring your family and some lawn chairs to enjoy the annual Pumpkin Drop at Stearman Field in Benton, KS on October 24, 2020.  It’s a fun, family-friendly Halloween event! The fun begins at 2 p.m. You get to watch airplanes as they fly in and drop pumpkins on the target below. Kids can wear their […]

Drive-Boo Trick-or-Treat at OJ Watson Park

If you are looking for the annual family-friendly Halloween event at Watson park, you’ve found it! Thanks to events like Drive-Boo at OJ Watson Park Halloween 2020 is not canceled. It’s one of many 2020 Wichita trick-or-treat events that are happening because organizations have found a way to keep the tradition alive. At the Watson […]

Krispy Kreme’s ‘Sweet-or-Treat’ Saturdays offers dozen doughnuts for $1

Can you make Halloween any sweeter? Well, Krispy Kreme is doing just that with its latest holiday offers. First, Krispy Kreme is introducing a new batch of monster doughnuts — available starting Oct. 5. The chain’s Scary Sweet Monster Doughnuts are a sweet take on three classic Halloween monsters, including: Frank Monster Doughnut — A doughnut filled […]

Pumpkin Fest Trunk or Treat

On October 10 and 11, 2020 Eastside Marketplace will put on a Pumpkin Fest Trunk-or-Treat! This Trunk or Treat in Wichita looks like it is going to be quite fun. The festival activity will last from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Trunk-or-Treat car show will last from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. On Sunday, […]

Cedar Creek Farm Pumpkin Patch

Cedar Creek Farm Pumpkin Patch vintage camper photo op

Pumpkin season is here! Cedar Creek Farm is located in Maize, so it’s particularly convenient for anyone who wants to visit a pumpkin patch on the west side of town. And it’s worth a drive from other parts of town too. This is a super cute property with lots of “unplugged” activities for the whole […]

Night of the Living Dead $5 carload at Starlite Drive In!

starlite carload nold 2019

This just in! We have a new carload night at the Starlite Drive In to announce! On Friday, November 1, get in for only $5 (what?!) per carload to see some classic Halloween movies. This is a one-night only event.  They’re showing Night of the Living Dead and The Last Man on Earth. Gates open […]

Free kids’ meal at Carrabbas Halloween & discount on to-go orders

carrabbas spaghetti

Carrabbas Italian Grill is offering a treat to parents and kids this Halloween, in the form of a FREE kids’ meal. (Get a little real food in their tummies to counteract all that candy.) From open to close on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 Carrabba’s is offering a FREE kid’s meal with the purchase of an adult […]

FREE Family-Friendly Torchlight Tour at Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

The lights will be off in the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum on the night of Friday October 25, but that doesn’t mean it’s closed! Enjoy a fun Halloween torchlight tour of the dark museum – including taking a trip up to the rarely-seen inside of the Clock Tower! Flashlights provided by the Coleman Company will […]

Kids in costume eat free at McAlister’s Deli in Wichita

McAlister Deli kids eat free in costume halloween week

Bring the family to McAlister’s Deli in Wichita October 26 – 31, 2019. Kids 12 and under in costume will get a FREE kids meal with adult meal purchase! Of course, this kids eat free deal is good at participating McAlister’s locations for dine-in and carryout orders only. The hours it’s available will vary by […]

Halloween in the Park – FREE Trick or Treating Event for Kids

Wichita Halloween in the Park

Wesley Children’s Foundation is sponsoring a free trick-or-treat event at Edgemoor Park that will teach kids how to have a fun and safe Halloween. Halloween in the Park will be held Friday, October 25 at Edgemoor Park. Parents can bring their costumed kiddos from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a variety of kid-friendly Halloween activities. […]

Camp Cedar Creek Fall Fling for Adults 21+

Why should kids get to have all the Halloween fun? Wichita’s newest pumpkin patch, Cedar Creek, is hosting an adults only event. (21 and older) Cedar Creek says, “It’s time for the Adults to have some campfire fun! Grab your Flannel, Uggs and head over to our Family Farm & enjoy the FALL weather!!! There […]

Spooky Science at Exploration Place

exploration place

Included with admission on Saturday October 19, Exploration Place will hold a new family-friendly “Spooky Science” event. Kids can wear their costumes and enjoy Halloween-themed science experiments, along with all the regular exhibits. Spooky Science will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day. You can visit their website for more details about […]