Haunted Sandy Springs Offers Cemetery Tours, Halloween Parties

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Heritage Sandy Springs will soon offer three options for residents who’d like to celebrate Halloween a little closer to home.

The organization will host its first-ever Haunted Sandy Springs, which will be held Oct. 30-31. Residents are invited to come out to the Heritage Sandy Springs Museum for these three unique events.

Those events are:

Cemetery walking tour

• 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30; and 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31

American Girl Club® Halloween with Molly

• 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31

Kids’ Halloween Party

• 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31

In partnership with Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, Heritage Sandy Springs’ Cemetery Walking tour will start at the Williams-Payne House -- Heritage Sandy Springs Museum -- where residents can enjoy hot apple cider, light snacks, and haunted tales.

Then, a tour guide will take residents around the original spring site and into the historic Sandy Springs Cemetery. The walk is under half a mile of haunted history and local folk lore.

Tickets are $15 per person and tours are limited to 20 people per group. The tour may have mature content, so it may be appropriate for adults and teens ages 16 and older.

Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Click here to register for the tour that will start at 6 p.m. Oct. 30. The registration link for the 8 p.m. Oct. 30 session can be accessed here while the link for the Saturday tour is available here.

The American Girl Club® presents Halloween with Molly, a monthly program lets participants travel through history through the perspectives of the brave and spunky historic characters of the beloved series, while learning history in an interactive and fun way.

This month, you can celebrate Halloween with Molly by decorating mini pumpkins, growing a victory garden, creating Tootsie Roll Pop ghosts, enjoying a cake walk and much more. Come in costume and don’t forget to bring your favorite doll! This event is best suited for children ages 5-12. RSVPs required, and can be done so by clicking here.

The cost to attend is $10 for non-members and $8 for members.

Last, but not least, is the Kids’ Halloween Party. This free event allows children to celebrate Halloween traditions from both the past and present in conjunction with our new exhibit Sandy Springs: Then & Now.

Kids will play Halloween games from the turn of the century- bobbing for apples, catching donuts, and making masks, while also enjoying modern Halloween traditions by having a mummy rolling contest, and spooky snacks. Be sure to come in costume!

The American Girl Club Halloween with Molly and Kids Halloween events will be held at the Heritage Sandy Springs Museum, which is located at 6075 Sandy Springs Circle.

For more information, contact Heritage Sandy Springs at 404-851-9111.

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