Autumn is here…and that means it’s time for apple picking, fun on the farm, fall festivals and Halloween happenings. Every year The Playful Parent publishes a fall guide to help navigate family fun. The guide is grouped into three categories to provide a variety of ideas for different comfort levels including; activities at home, low key in the community and in-person events. Feel free to print the lists as a reminder or refer to the article list to click on links and learn more about each event. Please always check with the host before attending an event for additional information and other important details such as Covid-19 guidelines or possible changes to the event. Happy Fall!
HALLOWEEN AT HOME
- Go all out and decorate the house from the inside out!
- Host a glow in the dark Halloween Hunt
- Have a Halloween Scavenger Hunt
- Play a Halloween Game
- Sit back a relax with a Halloween Movie Marathon
- Host a neighborhood costume Bicycle Parade
- Create a creepy craft
- Experiment with eerie science
- Bake some spooky sweets
- Enter the Southern Maryland Community Resources Virtual Photo Contest (CASH PRIZES!!!)
CELEBRATING IN THE COMMUNITY – LOW KEY
- September-October 31, 2020- Pick the perfect pumpkin at a local farm (See the Fall Festival Guide for a list of local farms)
- October 7-31,2021 (Thur.-Sat & Halloween)- Vampire Manor 7:30PM-10PM in Bel Alton, MD $
- October 10, 2021 – Apple Festival Drive Thru Dinner Event 12PM-5PM at The Belmont Farm in Clements, MD ($)
- October 17, 2021- Great Pumpkin Run 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM at Southern Community Center – Sponsored by Calvert County Parks & Rec ($)
- October 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 2021- Haunted Car Wash 6PM-9PM at Kleen Waves Car Wash in Waldorf, MD ($)
- October 21, 2021- Curbside Tirck or Treat at Lowes Clinton, LaPlata and Waldorf Locations (Pre-Registrer required last year- Event and Registration not listed yet)
- October 23, 2021- Haunted Trail Presented by Liden Farm at 6PM-9PM in La Plata, MD ($)
- October 29, 2021- Boo Drive Thru- 6:30PM-8:30PM at PG County Parks Cosca & Watkins Regional Locations (FREE)
- October 29-30, 2021- Open Friday’s & Saturday’s Dusk until 9PM Walk-Thru Haunted House at Sanguine Creek Estates 4230 Pinewood Ter. Chesapeake Beach, MD (FREE – Food Donations Please)
- October 30, 2021- Trick or Treat Trail – Local Shops in Down Town La Plata, MD (FREE)
- October 30, 2021- Drive Thru Trunk or Treat 6PM-9PM at Charles County Fair Grounds in La Plata, MD (FREE)
- October 30, 2021- Halloween at The Farmers Market 9AM-2PM at Court House Parking Lot in La Plata, MD (FREE)
- October 31, 2021- Drive Thru Trunk or Treat 6PM-8PM at the Village Green in Indian Head, MD
- October 31, 2021- Boo Drive Thru 7PM at Mechanicville VFD (FREE)
- October 28-31, 2021 Magic Tunnel of Terror 5:30PM-9PM- 410 Solomons Island Rd. Prince Frederick, MD. Sponsored by Magic Tunnel Car Wash
CELEBRATING IN THE COMMUNITY – IN PERSON
- October 8, 2021- Halloween Game & Trick-or-Treating 5PM at Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Stadium ($)
- October 8, 2021- Nighttime Corn Maze 6PM-8PM at Legacy Farm Lawnscapes ($)
- October 8-24, 2021- Historic Fall Fun Weekends only 10AM-4PM at Historic Sotterley in Hollywood, MD ($5)
- October 10, 2021- Fall Festival 12PM-3PM at La Plata Town Hall in La Plata, MD (FREE)
- October 10, 2021- Classic Car Show 10AM-2PM at Bowles Farm in Clements, MD ($)
- October 15, 2021 – Movie Night (Monster House) at Prince Georges Stadium 7:30PM Sponsored by PG Parks & Rec ($)
- October 16, 2021- Apple Dumpling Craft Fair & Fall Festival 9AM-2PM at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Waldorf, MD FREE
- October 16, 2021- Pumpkin Carving & Scarecrow Marking 10:30 AM Sponsored by CCPR at Gilbert Run Park, La Plata, MD ($)
- October 16, 2021- Fall Festival 12PM-4PM at Fellowship Baptist Church in Upper Marlboro, MD (FREE)
- October 17, 2021- Pumpkin Day 11AM-5PM at Spider Hall Farm ($)
- October 17, 2021- Trunk or Treat 2PM-4PM at Waldorf Market Place Capital Club House Parking Lot (FREE)
- October 20, 2021- Spooktacular Treats 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM at Southern Community Center Sponsored by Calvert County Parks & Rec ($5)
- October 22, 2021- Kids Night Out Costume Party 6PM at Imaginarium Indoor Playspace in Solomons, MD ($)
- October 22, 2021- Trunk or Treat 5PM-8PM at Matula Elementary School in La Plata. MD ($1)
- October 22, 2021- Trunk or Treat 6PM-8PM at Higdon Elementary School in Newburg ($2)
- October 22, 2021- Trunk or Treat 6PM at La Plata United Methodist Church (FREE)
- October 23, 2021- MHS First Annual Fall Festival 8AM-1PM McDonough High School, La Plata, MD
- October 23, 2021- Halloween in the Garden 10AM -4PM at Annmarie Sculpture Garden Solomons, MD
- October 23, 2021- Harvest Festival 2PM-4PM by Full Gospel Assemble of God in Prince Frederick, MD
- October 23, 2021- Fall Harvest Festival 9AM-5PM at George Washington’s Mount Vernon
- October 23, 2021- Hocus Pocus Day 11AM-5PM movie at dusk at Spider Hall Farm in Prince Frederick
- October 23, 2021- Trick or Treat with Horses 3PM-7PM at Hearts on Fire Equine in Hollywood, MD
- October 23, 2021- Halloween on the Square Revised 3PM in Downtown Leonardtown
- October 23, 2021- Kids Night Out Spooktacular Halloween Party 6PM-9PM at MY GYM in Waldorf, MD ($)
- October 23-24, 2021- Antique Tractor Pull 10AM-4PM at Bowles Farm in Clements, MD ($)
- October 24, 2021- Trick or Treat with Horses 3PM-7PM at Hearts on Fire Equine in Hollywood, MD
- October 26, 2021- Homeschool Pumpkin Party 2PM at Imaginarium Indoor Playspace in Solomons, MD ($)
- October 26, 2021- Trunk or Treat 6PM-8PM at Bert’s Diner in Mechanicsville, MD
- October 26, 2021- Trunk or Treat 6PM-8PM at La Plata High School in La Plata, MD
- October 27, 2021- Trunk or Treat Time 5PM,-7PM at North Point High School, Waldorf, MD (FREE)
- October 27, 2021- Halloween Bash 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM at Southern Community Center. Sponsored by Calvert County Parks & Rec ($)
- October 27, 2021- Pumpkin Painting & Decorating 6PM-7PM Southern Community Center. Sponsored by Calvert County Parks & Rec ($)
- October 27, 2021- Trunk or Treat 6PM-7:30PM CCFD in Waldorf, MD
- October 28, 2021- Trunk or Treat 6PM-8PM Charles County Sheriff’s Office in La Plata, MD
- October 28 & 29, 2021- Pumpkin Palooza at ARTful PlayHOUSE in Leonardtown, MD ($)
- October 29, 2021- Trunk or Treat 4PM-6PM at MWR PAX (Base Access Only)
- October 29, 2021- Spooktacular Halloween Party at MY GYM in Waldorf, MD 4PM-8PM ($)
- October 29, 2021- Halloween Screen Hotel Transilvania 2 5PM at NRC Solomons (Base Access Only)- CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
- October 29, 2021- Trunk or Treat 6PM New Life Church in La Plata, MD -FREE (Moved indoors due to weather)
- October 29, 2021- Spooky Skate Night 6:30PM-8PM at Capital Club House in Waldorf, MD ($)
- October 29, 2021- Hocus Pocus Girls Night (Moms Night Out) at Legacy Farm Lawnscapes ($)- Canceled
- October 30, 2021- October Fest 11AM at Spider Hall Farm in Prince Frederick ($)
- October 30, 2021- Annual Halloween Party 1PM at Imaginarium Indoor Playspace in Solomons, MD ($)
- October 30, 2021- Spooktacular Trail of Treats 1PM-3PM MWR Solomons (Base Access only)
- October 30, 2020- Fall Kids BINGO 12PM-2PM at Bay District VFD California & Lexington Park Location ($)
- October 30, 2021- Flight Line Trunk or Treat 2PM-5PM at Patuxent River Naval Air Museum ($)
- October 30, 2021- Trunk or Treat 2PM-4PM at The Used Car Factory in Mechanicville, MD (FREE)
- October 30, 2021- Trunk or Treat 2PM-5PM at Galilee’s Furniture Home in Upper Marlboro, MD
- October 30, 2021- Trunk or Treat 2:30PM-4:30PM at Victorious Kids Child Care Center in Indian Head, MD (FREE)
- October 30, 2021- Jeep Trunk or Treat 3PM-5PM at Bowles Farm in Clements, MD ($)
- October 30, 2021- Trunk or Treat 4PM-6PM Sponsored by CBVFD at Colonial Beach High School (FREE)
- October 30, 2021- Trunk o0r Treat 5PM-8PM at MD Prime Realty in Clinton, MD (FREE)
- October 30, 2021- Trunk or Treat 5PM Movie Night Nightmare Before Christmas 6:30PM at Newburg VRSFD
- October 30, 2021- Trunk or Treat 5PM-8PM at Real Life Church in Mechanicville, MD (FREE)
- October 30, 2021- Trunk or Treat 5:30PM at Leonardtown Baptist Church (FREE)
- October 30, 2021- Trunk or Treat 5:30PM-8PM Country Lakes HOA in Mechanicsville, MD
- October 30, 2021- Trunk or Treat 6PM-8PM at Calvert LightHouse Chruch in Prince Frederick, MD
- October 30, 2021- Trunk or Treat 7PM-8PM & Haunted House 8PM-10PM Forrest Heights PD
- October 31, 2021- Halloween Comic-Fest 11AM-8PM at Third Eye Comic Annaplois, Waldorf, St. Mary’s Locations
- October 31, 2021- Kids Eat Free- 11AM-7PM at Green Turtle in La Plata, MD
- October 31, 2021- Boo Bash 12PM-3PM at Majesticland at the St. Charles Towne Center in Waldorf, MD
- October 31, 2021- Not So Scary Jump 1PM-3PM at Pump It Up in Waldorf, MD
- October 31, 2021- Trunk or Treat 1PM-3PM at Calvert County Fair Grounds in Prince Frederick, MD (FREE)
- October 31, 202- Halloween Skate Party 1PM-4PM at Waldorf Skating Center $
- October 31, 2021- Trick or Treat- 4:30PM-7:30PM at Scary Strokes in Waldorf, MD
- October 31, 2021- Fall Festival 5PM-8PM at Emmanuel Church 3800 Old Town Rd. Huntington, MD (FREE)
- October 31, 2021- Trunk or Treat 5PM-7:30PM at Ridge Hardware (FREE)
- October 31, 2021- Trunk or Treat 5:30PM-7:30PM at Southern Calvert Baptist Church in Lusby, MD
- October 31, 2021- Doggie Costume Party & Competition 5:30 PM at Free Rein Equine
- October 31, 2021- Trunk or Treat 5:30PM at First Baptist of Waldorf (FREE)
- October 31, 2021- Trunk or Treat 6PM at Frist Baptist of LaPlata (FREE)
- October 31, 2021- Trunk or Treat 6PM-8PM at Fort Washington Division (FREE)
- October 31, 2021- Drive-In Movie Night 7PM at Victory Ministries Church (FREE)
- October 31, 2021- Creeps at the Creek 9PM-1AM at Hennessy Creek in Brandywine, MD ($)
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