Beggar’s Night and trick or treating tend to wrap up a lot of the Halloween festivities in Des Moines. So, what’s a true Halloween lover to do? Celebrate the spooky holiday with one of these 31 kooky and creative family friendly events or activities!
Find even more Halloween events and activities on our Events Calendar and Halloween Fun Guide.
Here’s 31 Family Friendly Things to Do on Halloween in Des Moines:
1. Visit a pumpkin patch. Most are open until the end of October.
2. Trick or treat in Grimes. A community that embraces Halloween!
3. Host a game night. Break out the Ouija Board for some extra spooky fun.
4. Get your fright on at a local Haunted House, like Sleepy Hollow Scream Park.
5. Grab some ghoulishly good goodies from a local business.
6. Create Halloween themed crafts together.
7. Make s’mores and tell ghost stories around a fire.
8. Roast pumpkin seeds leftover from carving Jack-O-Lanterns.
9. Attend Halloween on the Hill in the Sherman Hills Neighborhood.
10. Eat a caramel apple from Chocolate Storybook.
11. Stroll through the Howl-O-Ween Costume Walk at Reiman Gardens with your fur babies.
12. Host a Halloween family movie night.
13. Throw a family friendly Halloween Party.
14. Make a few Halloween treats with the kids’ trick-or-treat candy stash.
15. Visit a real-life haunted location in Iowa.
16. Get lost in a corn maze.
17. Bob for apples.
18. Grab a flashlight and go on a spooky night hike with friends and family.
19. Curl up with a scary book.
20. Drink some hot apple cider from a local apple orchard.
21. Decorate a haunted gingerbread house.
22. Visit a cemetery. Do a gravestone rubbing. Visit family graves.
23. Conduct some pumpkin science experiments.
24. Decorate Halloween themed cookies or cupcakes.
25. Go to the movies. Flix Brewhouse will be showing both the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Halloween on Halloween night.
26. Set up a Halloween scavenger hunt.
27. Go reverse trick or treating. Have the kids drop off goody bags at friends and neighbor’s homes.
28. Exchange creepy gifts. Think rubber snakes, insect lollipops, just a little something fun.
29. Check out the best Halloween displays in your neighborhood.
30. Make some scary slime.
31. Go to bed early! After, staying up late to trick-or-treat on Beggar’s Night, crash in bed early on Halloween, and catch up on some much-needed shut-eye.
How do you celebrate Halloween on October 31st in Des Moines? We want to hear!
