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Wichita Flea Market a Monthly Sale with Local & Regional Vendors

October Wichita Flea Market

The Wichita Flea Market is doing a “Tour of Wichita” Each show will be at different locations for 2024. This is a monthly Flea Market in and around Wichita with typically over 200 local and regional vendors. Perfect for “one-stop” shopping.  Shop locally through booths that include antiques, crafts, vintage items, collectibles, primitives, reclaimed items, […]

Hay, Hooves and Halloween at Old Cowtown

Hay Hooves Cowtown

Bring the kids to Old Cowtown Museum on October 19 or 20, 2024 for Hay, Hooves and Halloween! They’ll get to enjoy a kid-friendly Halloween in a fun and safe environment, and you’ll get discounted admission of just $5 for all ages! Cowtown members and children 4 and younger will get in FREE. **Free Sunday […]

Wichita Trick or Treat and Fall Fun Events for Halloween 2024

Trunk or Treat Wichita

Here it is! Our big list of Trick-or-Treats and Trunk-or-Treat near Wichita 2024 is in progress. As always, we have the ultimate list of Halloween events for kids in Wichita for your Halloween fun! Leave the tricks at home, you’re in for a treat! Below we have compiled great family-friendly Halloween and fall places to […]

Candy Crawl at the Park in Wichita: Free Trick or Treating

The Candy Crawl at Planeview Park (which used to be at Clapp Park) is a family favorite. This free, family-friendly event encourages everyone to dress up, grab a candy bag or bucket, and visit park and recreation staff, local businesses, and organizations for candy and prizes. This FREE, family-friendly Halloween event is on October 18, 2024, […]

Wichita Halloween Freebies and Deals

Need something quick and easy for supper Halloween night? If you are thinking of going out, you may be happy to know that Wichita has plenty of Halloween restaurant specials – and other bargains – that should help make up for all that cash you spent on candy! There’s no bad luck for bargain hunters […]

Wendy’s Halloween Coupon Book for $1

Wendy's Halloween Boo Books advertisement depicting 5 Frosty Jr. and the offer text showing that for $1, you get a booklet of 5 coupons

According to its website, Wendy’s is bringing back this popular Halloween freebie as of September 2024! Woo hoo! We can treat our trick-or-treaters with free kid-size Frostys again this year because Wendy’s is offering its deal on Halloween coupon books, aka “Wendy’s Boo! Books.” Incredibly, the deal has not shrink-flated. For just $1, you still […]

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, […]

Dinosaurs After Dark at Field Station: Dinosaurs in Derby

Dinosaurs after Dark at Field Station: Dinosaurs in Derby, KS

Field Station: Dinosaurs is back this year with some spooky Halloween fun for the family. Its Dinosaurs After Dark event is scheduled for four nights in October. Visitors are treated to a spooky-not-scary tour of 10 acres of dinosaurs with a spectral glow. Go at your own pace as you move among 40 true-to-size dinosaurs, […]

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 through 12, 2024.  There’s even a way you can get in FREE to this event if you want to volunteer. They have indoor and outdoor volunteer opportunities, along with helping the […]

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 […]

Krispy Skreme doughnut deals

2021 Halloween themed doughnuts Krispy Kreme

Grab your little goblins and ghouls in costume to scare up a free doughnut at Krispy sKreme on Halloween, Oct. 31. And you can get a deal on a dozen every Saturday between now and then! You read that right. Until October 31, the delish doughnut shop is calling itself Krispy Skreme. It even has […]

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 […]

Halloween Family Fun Night at El Dorado Lake 2021

family friendly halloween party el dorado state park lake 2021

  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 […]

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.  [sc name=”subscribe-link” ] Pre-registration is required. The Halloween […]

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 […]

BOOtanica 2021

bootanica activities crafts

Bootanica, Botanica’s fun family-friendly fall festival, will be held Saturday, October 9, 2021! During BOOtanica the entire 20 acres of gardens will be transformed with fall activities for children of all ages. It’s an opportunity for kids to give their costumes a test drive, make some crafts, play, and enjoy Botanica in the fall. (Costumes […]

Bel Aire Fall Festival 2021

Bel Aire is hosting its annual fall festival this year.  The fall fun day begins at 11 a.m., October 16, at the Bel Aire Recreation Center, 5251 East 48th St. North in Bel Aire, Kansas, with fun and activities for all ages. Costumes are welcomed! They’ll have a car show, music, vendor fair, family fun, […]

Sonic Halloween corn dog deal

Move over pizza, there’s another option for a quick Halloween night meal. Sonic corn dogs will only be just 50 cents each all day on October 31. (Add-ons are extra.) There’s no limit, so all of the goblins can enjoy a corn dog or two. The scary good deal is valid at participating locations. For locations, […]

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 […]

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. [sc name=”double-check-reminder” ] 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 […]

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. […]