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HALLOWEEN COSTUME SWAP - From now until October 13, bring in gently used costumes to the River Vale Boro Hall and get a ticket to use to "swap" it for another costume on October 16 and 23 at the River Vale Farmer's Market.
OCTOBER 11
JACK-O-LANTERN JIVE DANCE PARTY - 10:30AM AND 11:30AM, Paramus Park Mall. Deadly dance captains are going to cast a spell on you and make you Jack-O-Lantern Jive all night long!
OCTOBER 17
SOLD OUT - PJWC MONSTER MASH HALLOWEEN PARTY - 6:30PM-9PM at River Vale Community Center. Have pizza, drinks, dessert, play fun activities and participate in a costume contest. Advance ticket purchase required.
OCTOBER 18
FALL FUN AT LUPARDI'S NURSERY - 10AM-5PM, Closter. Enter a haunted greenhouse, go on a wagon hayride, feed live animals, and ride a 30-foot slide.
GODDARD SCHOOL FALL FESTIVAL OPEN HOUSE- 11AM-1PM at Goddard School of Norwood. Enjoy spooky games, creepy crafts, pumpkin painting, and a costume contest! Mention Macaroni Kid and get 50% off your first month's tuition when you enroll!
"HAUNTED" FOREST - Every 15 minutes from 5PM-7:30PM, Tenafly Nature Center. Learn about live creatures of the night and their special adaptations in this entertaining and education, but NOT SCARY, tour of TNC's trails.
FRIGHT NIGHT AT BEECHWOOD PARK - 6PM-9PM at Beechwood Park, Hillsdale. Scary (and not scary for littles) and fun for the whole family!
OCTOBER 19
FALL FUN AT LUPARDI'S NURSERY - 10AM-5PM, Closter. Enter a haunted greenhouse, go on a wagon hayride, feed live animals, and ride a 30-foot slide.
"HAUNTED" FOREST - Every 15 minutes from 5PM-7:30PM, Tenafly Nature Center. Learn about live creatures of the night and their special adaptations in this entertaining and education, but NOT SCARY, tour of TNC's trails.
OCTOBER 24
OCTOBER 24
HALLOWEEN CARD CRAFT - 5PM-7PM at American Girl Place, NYC. Inspire your girl to make something frightfully nice: a handmade card and matching envelope.
ZOOBOO - 6PM-9PM at Van Saun, Paramus. Enjoy trick-or-treating throughout the zoo, ghostly storytelling, magic shows and the Eerie Express Train which takes you on a spine-tingling train ride around the zoo (not recommended for younger guests). Advance ticket purchase required.
DECORATE A HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE - 7:30PM at American Girl Place, NYC. Learn how to turn chocolate gingerbread into a "boo-tiful" haunted house, complete with colorful candies and other tasty treats. Advance registration required.
OCTOBER 25
RIVER VALE RAGAMUFFIN PARADE - 9:15AM, River Vale Road and Westwood Avenue. Parade, magic show and refreshments.
FALL FUN AT LUPARDI'S NURSERY - 10AM-5PM, Closter. Enter a haunted greenhouse, go on a wagon hayride, feed live animals, and ride a 30-foot slide.
TICE'S CORNER FALL HARVEST FEST - 10AM-1PM, Tice's Corner, Woodcliff Lake. Enjoy a day of trick-or-treating, balloon artists, face painting, magicians and shopping.
WESTWOOD HALLOWEEN RAGAMUFFIN PARADE- 10AM, Westwood Railroad Station and Community Center, Westwood. Parade, entertainer and refreshments.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP RAGAMUFFIN PARADE AND FALL FESTIVAL - 10AM-3:30PM, Finnerty Place and Pascack Road, Township Library and Memorial Field. Have a fun-filled day starting with a parade, followed by a virtual Haunted House featuring eerie décor, special effects, and scary actors, and a Fall Festival featuring bouncy rides, fun slides, a trackless train, hot dogs, hamburgers, cold beverages, games, balloon art, face painting, and more!
HALLOWEEN CARD CRAFT - 10AM-12PM at American Girl Place, NYC. Inspire your girl to make something frightfully nice: a handmade card and matching envelope.
ZOOBOO - 11AM-2PM and 6PM-9PM at Van Saun, Paramus. Enjoy trick-or-treating throughout the zoo, ghostly storytelling, magic shows and the Eerie Express Train which takes you on a spine-tingling train ride around the zoo (not recommended for younger guests). Advance ticket purchase required.
OLD TAPPAN HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL AND RAGAMUFFIN PARADE - 1PM, Oakes Park, Old Tappan. Dress in costume to win prizes, then join the festivities including family/group scarecrow making, hayrides, a photo booth, arts and crafts station, and refreshments for all.
PARK RIDGE RAGAMUFFIN PARADE - 3PM, Park Ridge. Come dressed in costume for prizes, games, refreshments and fun.
GHOST STORIES AT HAWORTH POND - 7PM, Haworth Pond, Haworth. Come enjoy ghost stories, poems, and music for zombies of all ages! There will be free cider and apples for the living, and glow sticks for the first 100 ghouls dressed in costume.
HALLOWEEN CARD CRAFT - 10AM-12PM at American Girl Place, NYC. Inspire your girl to make something frightfully nice: a handmade card and matching envelope.
ZOOBOO - 11AM-2PM and 6PM-9PM at Van Saun, Paramus. Enjoy trick-or-treating throughout the zoo, ghostly storytelling, magic shows and the Eerie Express Train which takes you on a spine-tingling train ride around the zoo (not recommended for younger guests). Advance ticket purchase required.
OLD TAPPAN HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL AND RAGAMUFFIN PARADE - 1PM, Oakes Park, Old Tappan. Dress in costume to win prizes, then join the festivities including family/group scarecrow making, hayrides, a photo booth, arts and crafts station, and refreshments for all.
PARK RIDGE RAGAMUFFIN PARADE - 3PM, Park Ridge. Come dressed in costume for prizes, games, refreshments and fun.
GHOST STORIES AT HAWORTH POND - 7PM, Haworth Pond, Haworth. Come enjoy ghost stories, poems, and music for zombies of all ages! There will be free cider and apples for the living, and glow sticks for the first 100 ghouls dressed in costume.
OCTOBER 26
FALL FUN AT LUPARDI'S NURSERY - 10AM-5PM, Closter. Enter a haunted greenhouse, go on a wagon hayride, feed live animals, and ride a 30-foot slide.
HALLOWEEN CARD CRAFT - 10AM-12PM at American Girl Place, NYC. Inspire your girl to make something frightfully nice: a handmade card and matching envelope.
DEMAREST HALLOWEEN PARADE AND FALL FESTIVAL - 11AM at Railroad Depot, Demarest. Participate in a costume parade for prizes, then continue the fun with games, arts and crafts, music, goodie bags, treats and more!
NORWOOD PARADE - 1:30PM at Norwood Library. After the parade, there will be festivities at the Norwood Firehouse.
OCTOBER 27
GHOST-HUNTING IN NJ AND NYC - 7PM at Old Tappan Library. Come to a spooky audio-visual presentation by NJ Ghosthunters Society to learn the history and haunts of NJ and NYC.
OCTOBER 29
STORYTELLING OF THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW - 4PM at Washington Township Library. Acclaimed storyteller Jonathan Kruk will have a special reading of the famous story.
SPOOKFEST - 6PM-8PM at Palisades Center. Live music, costume contest, free prizes and candy.
OCTOBER 30
TRUNK OR TREAT AT NORTHERN VALLEY DEMAREST HIGH SCHOOL - 5:30PM-7:15PM. Bring a flashlight, judge the trunks and get candy from participating high school students at this free community-wide event for all ages.
NOVEMBER 1
TRUNK OR TREAT AT NORTHERN VALLEY OLD TAPPAN HIGH SCHOOL - 12PM-2PM. Judge the trunks and get candy from participating high school students at this free community-wide event for all ages.
FALL FUN AT LUPARDI'S NURSERY - 10AM-5PM, Closter. Enter a haunted greenhouse, go on a wagon hayride, feed live animals, and ride a 30-foot slide.
NOVEMBER 2
FALL FUN AT LUPARDI'S NURSERY - 10AM-5PM, Closter. Enter a haunted greenhouse, go on a wagon hayride, feed live animals, and ride a 30-foot slide.
NOVEMBER 8
HALLOWEEN CANDY BUYBACK - 10AM-4PM at Twinkle Little Star Pediatric Dentistry, Westwood. Donate your candy to Operation Gratitude and for every pound donated, Twinkle Little Star Pediatric Dentistry will give you $1.
Got a Halloween event? Submit the event info to us to be included in our Wicked Halloween Events Guide!
FALL FUN AT LUPARDI'S NURSERY - 10AM-5PM, Closter. Enter a haunted greenhouse, go on a wagon hayride, feed live animals, and ride a 30-foot slide.
HALLOWEEN CARD CRAFT - 10AM-12PM at American Girl Place, NYC. Inspire your girl to make something frightfully nice: a handmade card and matching envelope.
DEMAREST HALLOWEEN PARADE AND FALL FESTIVAL - 11AM at Railroad Depot, Demarest. Participate in a costume parade for prizes, then continue the fun with games, arts and crafts, music, goodie bags, treats and more!
NORWOOD PARADE - 1:30PM at Norwood Library. After the parade, there will be festivities at the Norwood Firehouse.
OCTOBER 27
GHOST-HUNTING IN NJ AND NYC - 7PM at Old Tappan Library. Come to a spooky audio-visual presentation by NJ Ghosthunters Society to learn the history and haunts of NJ and NYC.
OCTOBER 29
STORYTELLING OF THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW - 4PM at Washington Township Library. Acclaimed storyteller Jonathan Kruk will have a special reading of the famous story.
SPOOKFEST - 6PM-8PM at Palisades Center. Live music, costume contest, free prizes and candy.
OCTOBER 30
TRUNK OR TREAT AT NORTHERN VALLEY DEMAREST HIGH SCHOOL - 5:30PM-7:15PM. Bring a flashlight, judge the trunks and get candy from participating high school students at this free community-wide event for all ages.
NOVEMBER 1
TRUNK OR TREAT AT NORTHERN VALLEY OLD TAPPAN HIGH SCHOOL - 12PM-2PM. Judge the trunks and get candy from participating high school students at this free community-wide event for all ages.
FALL FUN AT LUPARDI'S NURSERY - 10AM-5PM, Closter. Enter a haunted greenhouse, go on a wagon hayride, feed live animals, and ride a 30-foot slide.
NOVEMBER 2
FALL FUN AT LUPARDI'S NURSERY - 10AM-5PM, Closter. Enter a haunted greenhouse, go on a wagon hayride, feed live animals, and ride a 30-foot slide.
NOVEMBER 8
HALLOWEEN CANDY BUYBACK - 10AM-4PM at Twinkle Little Star Pediatric Dentistry, Westwood. Donate your candy to Operation Gratitude and for every pound donated, Twinkle Little Star Pediatric Dentistry will give you $1.
Got a Halloween event? Submit the event info to us to be included in our Wicked Halloween Events Guide!
