Miami Halloween Fun
Guest Blogger: Valerie Schimel, MunchkinFun.com
Break out the candy corn – Halloween 2011 is days away. Munchkin Fun, a terrific Miami kids calendar site, has pooled together all you need for a happy, healthy, munchkin-friendly Halloween.
Pre Party
Halloween is a Monday this year, which mean the festivities start days in advance. Get the fun started as early as mid-Oct at these community events.
Miami International Mall’s House of Horror Amusement Park offers the largest haunted house in South Florida, carnival rides, kiddie rides and musical performances through Oct 31.
Ghoulish tram rides, food trucks and special activities for kids, tweens and adults run from Oct 15-31 at Spooktober at Zoo Miami.
Enjoy trick or treating, pumpkin decorating, story telling and a special Halloween train ride at Gold Coast Railroad Museum’s Early Evening of Spooky Adventures on Oct 21.
The Miami Children’s Museum’s Not So Scary Family Halloween bash showers guests with a haunted house, a mad scientist lab, themed crafts and more on Oct 23. Party with games, contests and activities at My Gym Aventura’s Halloween Spooktacular on Oct 28.
Older munchkins will get spooky with flashlights & a nighttime exploration at Deering Estate’s Spookover on Oct 28.
The Miami Seaquarium hosts a Monster Splash Nighttime Bash from Oct 28-31, treating the family to sweet tooth stations, bounce houses, a haunted walk, Halloween themed animal shows and a dance party.
The Cushman School’s Halloween Howl & Bazaar treats the whole family to a trampoline, rock climbing wall, dunk tank, haunted house, snow cones & crafts for the whole family on Oct 29.
Kidgits treats munchkins to a Boo Bash at Dadeland Mall on Oct 28. Expect costumes, trick or treating & giveaways galore.
The Falls hosts a Halloween Spooktacular on Oct 29, wooing families with Halloween-inspired games & activities, pumpkin decorating and giveaways.
Jungle Island’s Halloween Spooktacular woos with trick or treating stations, face painting, cookie decorating & themed animal shows from Oct 29-30.
Miami Children’s Museum hosts MiChiMu’s Halloween Celebration on Sunday, Oct 30, bringing costumes, trick or treating, crafts, games & more.
Halloween Hop
The party runs all day and night on Oct 31 throughout the Magic City. Here’s a snapshot of some of the biggest family-friendly parties in town:
Coral Gables invites kids of all ages to enjoy trick or treating, scary storytelling, live entertainment, photo booths & kid and dog costume contests at Halloween on the Mile from 3-6pm.
Whole Foods locations in Aventura, Pinecrest and South Beach invite munchkins & their families to trick or treat in their aisles.
Pinecrest residents can trick, treat and mingle with neighbors at Evelyn Greer Park.
North Shore Park offers a Safe Night of Fright for the family inviting ghouls and goblins to enjoy live music & trick or treating.
The Scott Rakow Center is hosting a Halloween Happenings stocked with arts & crafts, treats, face painting and carnival games.
The Coral Gables Youth Center scares older kids & their families with its annual Nightmare at 405 Haunted House.
Cocowalk hosts a Halloween Family Party featuring trick or treating, costume contests, live entertainment and more.
Looking for more? Munchkinfun.com posts a TON of Miami children’s activities that will keep everybody busy! Search for more Halloween fun in Munchkinfun’s up to the minute calendar.
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We have been lniivg in Germany for the past 3 years and they don’t really celebrate Halloween. It is gaining in popularity though and I get a few trick-or-treaters at our home but I haven’t taken my girls (3 and 4) out yet. I hope to get them into the army post so they can this year since they totally get the idea of trick-or-treating! We usually host a big party everyother year for our friends but this is an off year since my husband is deployed. All that rambling to say that I miss Halloween, too! Cute sign, too!