Family Fun Fall/Halloween Events

Weekend Highlights for Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2 for the Fairfield County area:

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Happy Halloween!! Friday, October 31st

Little Adventurers Storytime at Brookfield Library. Ages 6-23 months. Promotes social skills and early language development and lays the foundation for reading through letter, color and number recognition. It will include stories, songs, rhymes, finger plays , puppets, and movement activities.

Open Play at Whippersnapper’s Play Gym in Cheshire Whippersnapper’s Open play is available to members and non-members. Open play is not monitored by staff. You may use the gym and the equipment that is in the gym as you wish (within gym rules) and you must stay with your children.

Trick-or-Treat at Mystic Seaport Calling all kids: get dressed up in your favorite costume and come trick or treating at Mystic Seaport before darkness falls! This is a perfect and safe Halloween activity for children under the age of 10.

Trick or Trunk in Woodbury! Bring your car and your kids to Hollow Park on Halloween night. Park your car, open your DECORATED trunk, sit out on your lawn chairs and watch your child trick or treat from car to car while you hand out candy to all of the trick or treaters!

Story & Animal Program at Earthplace Join us for a story and animal encounter with one of our Animal Hall residents. Children age 5 and under.

Saturday, November 1st

Fright Farm at 4 H Education Center at Auerfarm. Experience the Scary side of Auerfarm!

Celebrate the Music of Billy Joel with Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot at Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts. Featuring Members of Billy Joels Band |Presented by the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts |Saturday, November 1st at 2PM

Kids Fun Night | Movie Night in the Pool! at Stamford JCC. Saturday, November 1 7 9 pm Grades K 5.

*Open House at Apple Blossom Preschool* Come and spend a lovely morning with your children baking bread and attending the Hobgoblin Puppet Show at Apple Blossom Pre-School.

Birds of Prey Feeding at Earthplace Earthplace staff will answer all your questions while our Birds of Prey get their daily meal.

Art Start for Preschoolers at the New Britain Museum of American Art Art Start For Preschoolers at the New Britain Museum of American Art helps caregivers and kids discover art together in the Museum galleries. Listen to a story and then explore line, shape, color, and other elements of art with Museum educators.

Sunday, November 2nd

Family Studio Workshop at Bruce Museum. Drop in and create your own work of art in our workshop inspired by the Museums collection and exhibitions.

Peter Pan Jr. at Downtown Cabaret Theatre. Wendy Darling loves to tell stories to her brothers, Michael and John. But when her father announces she must move out of the nursery, Peter Pan comes to visit the children and whisks them away to Never Land.

THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST: KANSAS OR BUST! A new musical! Pantochino Productions Inc. presents the new musical comedy for the entire family. The must-see event of the Halloween season! Fresh, funny and 100% original entertainment live on stage in Milford.

Wheels in the Woods Fall Activity Trail at Stamford Museum & Nature Center. Sundays, November 2 - 30, Noon - 4 pmOur popular self-guided activity trail returns.

1st Sunday Bird Walks with Greenwich Audubon at Greenwich Point Park Morning bird walks on the first Sunday of every month at Greenwich Point Park are becoming a local birding tradition. Get out & enjoy the mornings with your family. Bring binoculars & your cameras. Questions? Call Merideth Sampson at 203-637-9822.

Touch-A-Truck & Chili Cook-Off at Stamford Museum & Nature Center. Get up close to some cool larger-than-life vehicles during Touch-A-Truck. Find out how these trucks work, what purposes they serve, and climb inside a few.

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