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Fall Harvest Jamboree
October 8, 2011Saturday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Free, parking $5
Smith's Famous Farm
3285 Watkins Road, Columbus Ohio parks.columbus.gov/SmithFarm.aspx
Columbus Recreation and Parks department kicks off October with their annual fall celebration featuring hay rides, pumpkin picking, straw maze, contests, bake sales and more.
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Creepside Festival
October 12, 2011 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.Creekside Park & Plaza
123 Mill Street, Gahanna
www.gahanna.gov
Whole family fun with a trick or treat trail, games, crafts, music, hayrides, a haunted walk, paddle boat rides and more!
All Hallow's Eve
October 15-22, 2011Saturday 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Adults $12. Youth (6-12) $9. Children 5 and under free.
Ohio History Center/Ohio Village
800 E. 17th Ave., Columbus
614-297-2300
www.ohiohistory.org
Ohio Village offers a traditional a family-focused, 19th-century Halloween celebration. Fortune telling, street theatre, the Museum of Oddities, games, crafts and special activities for children and readings of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by the fire. Watch out - the headless horseman makes an appearance! <
Columbus Children's Theatre: Sleepy Hollow
October 20-30, 2011Thursday-Friday 7:30 Saturday 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday 3 p.m.
$10-$21
Park Street Theatre
512 N. Park St., Columbus
614-224-6672
www.colschildrenstheatre.org
From the website: "On Halloween night, when three kids decide to trick-or-treat at the old "Crane House", they are magically transported right into the middle of the classic story of Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones, Katie Van Tassel, and, of course, the Headless Horseman! Both spooky and hilarious moments are woven together in this far-out time travel tale, as the three modern-day kids cope with life and friends in 1790, ghosts and goblins, and how to find their way back home! Sleepy Hollow premiered at the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre on Halloween 2010 to rave reviews and the delight of audiences of all ages."
Kids Cooking: Creepy Creature Cupcakes & Gross-Out Cakes
October 20, 2011Thursday 6-8 p.m.
$20-$25
Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
1777 E. Broad St., Columbus
614-645-8733
www.fpconservatory.org
Kids ages 6+ will bake Halloween treats! Pre-registration required.
Boo at the Zoo
October 21-30, 2011Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
Adults $14. Seniors $10. Children 2-9 $9.
4850 W. Powell Rd., Powell
614-645-3550
www.columbuszoo.org
Boo at the Zoo at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium means candy stations scattered throughout Zoo the haunted train ride! Don't miss the fortune tellers, magicians and of course the animals!
HOWLoween Pets on Parade
October 23, 2011Sunday noon-3 p.m.
Easton Town Center
160 Easton Town Center, Columbus
614-337-2200
www.EastonTownCenter.com
The parade is sponsored by the Capital Area Humane Society where participants dress up their pets in dogalicious Halloween costumes and raises money to help the abused, abandoned, and homeless animals of Central Ohio.
The Haunted Ship
October 27-29, 2011Thursday-Saturday 7-10 p.m.
Free
Santa Maria
25 Marconi Blvd., Columbus
614-645-8760
www.santamaria.org
Take the kiddos on a boo-rrific haunted pirate ship in downtown Columbus. They promise a little boo for everyone.
Haunted Statehouse Tours
October 14, 2011, October 15, 2011, October 21, 2011 and October 22, 2011 from 7:00 PM – 9:30 PMTours will depart every half hour between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tour times are: 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tickets are limited to 40 individuals per tour time each night. This event has sold out during the previous six years.
Ohio Statehouse
Broad, High, and Third Streets, Columbus
$12 per adult and $6 per child under the age of 12.
MAiZE at Little Darby Creek
October 29 & 30, 2011Friday – 5PM to 10PM; Saturday – Noon to 10PM; Sunday – Noon to 6PM; Weekdays by Group Reservations
8657 Axe Handle Road, Milford Center, Ohio
http://www.mazeandberries.com
This is the 10th fall season and the gigantic corn maze commemorates 150th anniversary of the civil war. There are also pumpkin patches, hay rides, cow train, petting zoo and more!
Spooky Science
October 28-29, 2011Friday 5-8 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
COSI
333 W. Broad St., Columbus
614-228-2674
www.cosi.org
Halloween at Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Sunday, October 30, 20111 p.m. – 4 p.m.
$11 adults
$9 seniors and students with valid ID
$6 children 3-17, under age 2 FREE
Franklin Park Conservatory
1777 East Broad Street
www.fpconservatory.org
Kids are invited to dress up have fun at several of the fun family activities including trick or treat stations,arts and crafts, glassblowing demonstrations, guided tours etc.
