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The Center for Science Teaching and Learning offers affordable family fun at Spooky Fest. Photo courtesy of CSTL
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10/16/22 - By Jaime Sumersille

Looking for the best Halloween events on Long Island for toddlers and preschoolers? Read on for our top picks.

Halloween can be uber exciting, but also completely overwhelming for little revelers. With that in mind, we've rounded up several Halloween events across Long Island perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. These events promise plenty of fun with very little in the way of fright.

We've got tons more Halloween picks in our Long Island Halloween Guide. Whether you're looking for free events and activities, trunk-or-treats, inspiring pumpkin carving ideas, or a family-friendly Halloween movie, we've got it all. Of course, before you can carve your pumpkin, you're going to need to pluck it from the vine at one of these top-notch Long Island pumpkin patches. 

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Make a day trip out of your visit to the Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze. Photo by Kim Miller
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Halloween Events on Long Island for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Halloween Boo Bash at Roseland Dance

Mount Sinai
Friday, October 21, 2022
Roseland Mount Sinai is celebrating Halloween with games, crafts, music, dancing and more. READ MORE

Not-So-Scary Hikes at the Garden City Bird Sanctuary

Garden City
Fridays and Saturdays, October 21-22, 28-29, 2022
For a Halloween activity with little fright, the Garden City Bird Sanctuary is hosting a Not So Scary Walk, which is suitable for families and little ones. READ MORE

Enchanted Forest Trail at Quogue Wildlife Refuge

Quogue
Saturdays, October 22 & 29 and Sunday, October 23, 2022
Follow your guide at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge to meet whimsical, fun, and educational characters on the forest trails.  READ MORE

Halloween Fest in Riverhead

Riverhead–FREE
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Halloween Fest in downtown Riverhead transforms Main Street into a spooky and enchanting land in honor of All Hallows Eve. A ghoulish weekend is planned for witches and warlocks of all ages. READ MORE

A Kooky Spooky Halloween at Theatre Three

Port Jefferson
Weekends through Saturday, October 22, 2022
Hilarious hijinks and a message of cooperation highlight A Kooky Spooky Halloween, a delightful musical for the entire family on the Theatre Three stage. READ MORE

Not-So-Spooky Walk at Clark Botanic Garden

Albertson
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Younger children (and those easily spooked) can enjoy the Not-So-Spooky Walk during the daylight at Clark Botanic Garden on October 23. READ MORE

Tales, Trails, and Treats at the Sweetbriar Nature Center

Smithtown
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Sweetbriar Nature Center treats families with children ages 2-7 to an afternoon of Halloween fun.  READ MORE

Children's Spooky Story Hour

Sag Harbor
Friday, October 28, 2022
At The Church for Children’s Spooky Story Hour, kids of all ages can enjoy Halloween themed books, festive treats, and hot apple cider. READ MORE

Bats, Barnacles, and Broomsticks at the Long Island Aquarium

Riverhead
Saturday, October 29, 2022
It's more than just fishy fun at the Long Island Aquarium Bats, Barnacles and Broomsticks event. Safe trick-or-treating, giveaways, animals in costumes, and a party are included.  READ MORE

Wantagh Halloween Harvest

Wantagh
Saturday, October 29, 2022
The Wantagh Museum hosts this Halloween Harvest complete with trick or treating aboard the haunted train. READ MORE

The Great Jack-o'-Lantern Sail

North Babylon–FREE
Saturday, October 29, 2022
The Great Jack-O’-Lantern Spectacular Sail returns to Belmont Lake State Park. The first 100 carved pumpkins are placed on flotation devices with candles inserted inside and sailed around the lake behind kayaks.  READ MORE

Gateway Playhouse Not-So-Scary Halloween Adventure

Bellport
Saturdays and Sundays through October 29, 2022
In daylight on weekends, the Gateway's Haunted Playhouse maze is transformed into a "Not-So-Scary Halloween Adventure" for little kids, featuring mini witches and warlocks, pumpkins and cats, monsters and fairies, superheroes and bats.  READ MORE

Haunted Hatchery at the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery

Cold Spring Harbor
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Calling all ghosts and goblins, spiders, and bones: Families are welcome to join in this not-so-scary haunted hatchery visit.  READ MORE

Halloween Family Fun Day at the Long Island Museum

Stony Brook
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Attend the Halloween Family Fun Fest at the Long Island Museum in costume and join in for some spooky family fun on the museum grounds. READ MORE

Haunted Boo-Seum & Festival at The Whaling Museum

Cold Spring Harbor
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Join The Whaling Museum's spookiest event of the year, with fun activities for all ages. This indoor/outdoor, rain or shine event with crafts, games of skill and chance, costumed "spooky" characters and more. READ MORE

Fall Festival at Hicks Nurseries

Westbury–FREE
Daily through Sunday, October 30, 2022
At Hicks Nurseries Fall Harvest, mom and dad can fill their carts with fall decor favorites while kids enjoy fun festival activities. Otto the Ghost stars in his own walk-through adventure, "Otto's House Party," all month long. READ MORE

The Amazing Maize Maze at Queens County Farm

Floral Park, Queens
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays through Sunday, October 30, 2022
NYC's only corn maze begins with a "Stalk Talk" to prepare you for the 3-acre challenge of finding clues on your way to Victory Bridge where the maize's stunning vista is revealed. READ MORE

Spooky Fest at The Center for Science Teaching and Learning

Rockville Centre
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays through Sunday, October 30, 2022
Spooky Fest celebrates the Halloween season with scary and non-scary attractions for all ages. There are wooded paths, exhibits, and spooky characters that greet visitors, as well as a zombie dinosaur attraction. READ MORE

Halloween Drive Through at Stew Leonard's

Farmingdale & East Meadow–FREE
Daily through Monday, October 31, 2022
Cruise through a farm animal-themed Halloween Drive Through experience in the parking lots of Stew Leonard’s Farmingdale and East Meadow locations.   READ MORE

Halloween House Long Island

Lake Gove
Through Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Halloween House Long Island is an immersive, walk-through attraction that celebrates all things Halloween. Each room is decorated down to the smallest detail. READ MORE

The Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze: Long Island

Old Bethpage
Daily through Sunday, November 6, 2022
The Great Jack-o'-Lantern Blaze: Long Island features illuminated, individually hand-carved jack-o’-lanterns in elaborate displays professionally lit throughout the landscape of Old Bethpage Village Restoration. READ MORE

Rise of the Jack O'Lanterns

Wheatley Heights
Through Sunday, November 6, 2022
View thousands of hand-carved, illuminated jack-o'-lanterns creatively arranged along a scenic walking path within the Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts at the Rise of the Jack O'Lanterns event this fall.  READ MORE

Kids Not-So-Scary Days at Bayville Scream Park

Bayville
Saturdays and Sundays through November 7, 2022
Bayville Scream Park's Halloween-themed attractions are family friendly on select Not-So-Scary Days. Families enjoy a funhouse, mirror maze, Halloween express train ride, pumpkin bounce, mini-golf, rock climbing, bumper boat safari, spooky treetop adventure, and more.  READ MORE

Places featured in this article:

Gateway's Not-So-Scary Halloween Adventure
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
Center For Science Teaching And Learning CSTL
Farmingdale & East Meadow Stew Leonard's
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