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Top Halloween Events in Houston for Kids

Fall Days and Corn Maze photo courtesy of P-6 Farms, Facebook
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9/25/22 - By Rachael Cherry

Who is ready for a hauntingly fun Halloween in Houston this year? Get your trick-or-treat bags ready, because there are lots of awesome Halloween events in Houston for kids. In fact, the Bayou City is jam-packed with spooky fun events for kids of all ages. 

From classic fall events like the Houston Zoo Boo and Hocus Pocus Pops to out-of-this-world fun at NASA Galaxy Frights, you'll find Halloween events in Houston for every ghost and ghoul in your family. Read on for some of the very best Halloween events Houston and nearby.

For more Halloween and fall ideas, don't forget to check out our top area pumpkin patches and our Houston Halloween Fun Guide.

 

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Celebrate Halloween at Space Center Houston every weekend in October. Photo courtesy of spacecenter.org
Celebrate Halloween at Space Center Houston every weekend in October. Photo courtesy of spacecenter.org

Top Halloween Events In Houston and Nearby

Zoo Boo at the Houston Zoo

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This event at the Houston Zoo is one of the most fun family-friendly Halloween events around town. It's packed with spooktacular fun you don't want to miss, like the Pumpkin Lantern Tunnel, Scary-Go-Round, an interactive dance floor, and more. READ MORE

Halloween Monster Mayhem at Children's Museum Houston

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Come partake in spine-tingling experiments, spirit-lifting interactive and slime-filled fun during Halloween Monster Mayhem. Creep your way through the Museum in search of goblins, goodies, and goo! Grab your favorite costume and your best ghoul friends to set out on a trick-or-treat quest every day. READ MORE

Color Factory HAUNTED HUES

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Color Factory is welcoming ghosts and goblins of all ages to experience HAUNTED HUES! HAUNTED HUES is a limited-time BOO-tacular event. Experience the happily haunted transformation of Color Factory’s interactive installations and immersive rooms with ghoulishly delightful new sweets to nibble, Instagram-worthy photo opportunities, pumpkin decorating, and a yummy partnership with Juiceland. HAUNTED HUES will be all treats—no tricks—this Halloween season! READ MORE

Galaxy Frights at Space Center Houston

Weekends in October
Celebrate Halloween at Space Center Houston with some creepy cosmic activities. From costume parades to candy stations, a spooky space film, and more fun activities, you and your family are sure to have a scary good time.  READ MORE

Boo on the Boardwalk

Weekends in October — Free admission
Freaky Fridays, Scary Saturdays, and Spooky Sundays can only mean one thing... Boo on the Boardwalk is back and as hauntingly fun as ever. Every weekend is packed with activities, live music, and trick-or-treating at Boardwalk stores. READ MORE

Annual Fall Festival and Corn Maze at P-6 Farms

Weekends in October
Experience fall fun at P-6 Farms' Fall Festival, which offers exciting activities and attractions for all ages including pumpkin picking, corn maze, flower fields, and rides and attractions.  READ MORE

Dewberry Farms Fall Festival and BOOrific Nights

Weekends in October
Bring the whole family to enjoy a day filled with fun, pumpkins, great food, and over 40 farm attractions. And on weekends in October stay after dark for BOOrific nights. READ MORE

Froberg's Fall Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch & Fall Festival

Weekends in October
Come out to the Tenth Annual Corn Maze and Fall Festival. Test your luck trying to find a way through the strategic Corn Maze, play at Berry Fun Land, pick a pumpkin at the pumpkin patch, and more.  READ MORE

Spooktacular at the Depot at Tomball Depot Plaza

Saturday, October 8 — Free
Grab the family and your Halloween costumes and head to Spooktacular to kick off Halloween fun at Tomball Depot Plaza. There are games, bounce houses, face painters, food, music, a movie, and a pumpkin photo boo-th. READ MORE

Hocus Pocus Pops at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Friday, October 14 — Free
Grab your people, get costumed up, and head to Hocus Pocus Pops on October 14th to enjoy the music of the Houston Symphony as they play Halloween classics and other spooky tunes. The highlight of the event is the Goblin Parade, where costumed children dance across the main stage.  READ MORE

ArBOOretum at the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

Saturday, October 15
Grab your costumes and get the kids together for the Arboretum’s biggest family event of the year! ArBOOretum features fun fall activities for all ages including live animals, pumpkin decorating, and Houston’s only Trick-or-Treat Nature Trail.  READ MORE

2022 KBR Kids Day at Tony Marron Park

Saturday, October 22 — Free
Plan to join in on the fun at one of Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s (BBP) signature events, the 15th annual KBR Kids Day at Tony Marron Park. Activity stations include numerous hands-on activities from over 20 Houston partners, local entertainment, performances on the stage, Dia de los Muertos face painters, balloon artists, a rock climbing wall, and so much more! READ MORE

Sea Center Spooktacular

Sunday, October 23 — Free admission
Creep, crawl, and slither along Sea Center Texas' Wetland Boardwalk and experience a wild and educational Halloween. Live Animals, Trick-or-Treating, Games, and more! READ MORE

Scream on the Green at Discovery Green

Friday, October 28 — Free
Scream on the Green returns, with a costume contest, music, and a screening of Hocus Pocus. READ MORE

Halloween Carnival at Jimmy Burke Activity Center

Saturday, October 29 — Free admission
The City of Deer Park's annual Halloween festival is a spooky, fun family-friendly event you don't want to miss. There are carnival rides, Pumpkin Town, and a costume contest with a Down Home Pumpkin theme. READ MORE

Miss Ivy's Spooktacular Halloween Party at Fort Bend Museum

Saturday, October 29
Families and children of all ages are invited to Miss Ivy’s Spooktacular Halloween Party. ​Spooky games, mysterious tricks, and sweet treats will be part of this fun family event! There will also be family-friendly tours of the 1883 Moore Mansion. READ MORE

Halloween Trick-or-Treat at CityCentre

Sunday, October 30 — Free admission
Candy, candy, candy!  Celebrate Halloween by dressing up in your favorite costume and prowl CITYCENTRE for free candy. Join DJ Dave in the plaza for spooky tunes, a witchy Halloween performance, and fun activities from Life Time Athletic. Stores and restaurants throughout CITYCENTRE will have goodies for little trick-or-treaters and be marked with a festive balloon outside their door. The participating businesses are Anthropologie, Bowl & Barrel, Lily Rain, Lovesac, Sal y Pimienta Kitchen, Sur la Table, and The General Public. READ MORE

Monster Mash Trick-or-Treat Stop in The Woodlands

Sunday, October 30 — Free
Come dressed in your Halloween best and get ready to have a hauntingly good time at the Monster Mash Trick-or-Treat Stop. In addition to trick-or-treating, kids can also play games, bounce on inflatables, participate in a costume contest, and more. READ MORE

Día de los Muertos at Discovery Green

Sunday, October 30 — Free
Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday where families and friends gather to celebrate, remember and prepare special foods in honor of those who are no longer living. Discovery Green’s fifth annual festival features the movie Coco at 3 pm, followed by live performances and music. Visitors are invited to place images or recuerdos of their loved ones on the community altar. Families will enjoy hands-on art activities, artist demos, and vendors.  READ MORE

SpookTacular at The Woodlands Children's Museum

Monday, October 31
Wear your costumes and join the museum for its annual SpookTacular Halloween Monster Mash Party. This non-spooky candy-free event will be filled with children’s carnival-type games, magic shows, live music with children’s musician Mr. Will, science monster slime, and face painting.  READ MORE

Pearland Trick-or-Treat Trail

Monday, October 31 — Free admission
The City of Pearland's Annual Trick-or-Treat Trail welcomes little ghouls and goblins to a night of candy gathering, games and events, music, and opportunities to buy tasty drinks and food from local food vendors.  READ MORE
Prepare to be scared at the Houston Scream Fest. Photo courtesy of the fest
Prepare to be scared at the Houston Scream Fest. Photo courtesy of the fest

Haunted Houses in Houston for Scarier Halloween Fun

Haunted Trails

Weekends and select weekdays in October
Haunted Trails features two attractions, its namesake Haunted Trails and Psycho Hollow, which take you through twisted trees where spooky creatures wait to scare the pants off of you. READ MORE

REDRUM Haunt

Weekends and select weekdays in October & November
REDRUM Haunted House features spooky attractions accompanied by live music, which include Cinegore, Twisted Circus 3D, Redrum Lazer Fury, and the Deadwood Asylum. READ MORE

Creepy Hollow Haunted House

Weekends in September, October & November
Creepy Hollow Haunted House has three main attractions—Pitch Black, Dark Woods and the Scare Factory. There are several smaller side attractions as well that are included in the ticket price, such as the Freak Show and Creepy Hollow World of Oddities. READ MORE

Houston Scream Fest

Fridays & Saturdays in October and November, plus Halloween night
Get ready to run for your lives at Houston Scream Fest. This is more than just your average haunted house, it's a festival in the scary sense.  READ MORE

Phobia Haunted Houses

Weekends and select weekdays in September, October & November
Head to Phobia Haunted House for an evening of horrors that will have you screaming for more.  READ MORE

Haunted Mayfield Manor

Weekends, year-round
Named one of USA Today's 10 spookiest haunted houses in the USA, Haunted Mayfield Manor features ghosts, ghouls, and all sorts of haunts that will have you screaming your way out.  READ MORE

Houston Terror Dome

Weekends and select weekdays in September & October
Head to Channelview for a fully air-conditioned complex of horrors at The Houston Terror Dome. Don't let the AC fool you—these terrors will have you sweating long after you leave.  READ MORE

Haunted Drive at Chain-O-Lakes Resort

Fridays & Saturdays in October, as well as select Sundays
Get ready for some spooky fun! This 1.5 mile drive through a haunted house is fun for all ages. There is also a kids haunted house, a trick-or-treat area, a haunted maze and an adult haunted house. READ MORE

Places featured in this article:

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Jimmy Burke Activity Center
The Recreation Center at Rob Fleming Park