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Historic Texas small-town square at dusk in October with a courthouse clock tower, pumpkin displays and costumed families strolling past lit storefronts

Best Halloween Weekend Getaways From Houston: Denton, Galveston, Granbury & the Texas Renaissance Festival

Best Halloween Weekend Getaways From Houston: Denton, Galveston, Granbury & the Texas Renaissance Festival Halloween 2026 falls on a Saturday (October 31), which makes it the best kind of Halloween there is: a full weekend, no school-night curfew, and two nights to spend somewhere that takes the holiday seriously. Houston has plenty of its own […]

Smiling family in matching pumpkin costumes on a front porch at golden hour, baby in a carrier and dog in an orange bandana in front

Family Halloween Costumes With Baby and Dog: Coordinated Ideas the Whole Crew Can Actually Wear

Family Halloween Costumes With Baby and Dog: Coordinated Ideas the Whole Crew Can Actually Wear Halloween 2026 falls on Saturday, October 31 — a full day to get the whole crew into one coordinated photo before the evening falls apart. Two members of that crew never got a vote: the baby, who will wear whatever […]

A vintage passenger train at a small-town depot at dusk with costumed passengers boarding under warm platform lights and pumpkins by the station door

Halloween Train Rides in Texas 2026: Costume Trains, Night Rides & Colorado’s Ghost Train

Halloween Train Rides in Texas 2026: Costume Trains, Night Rides & Colorado’s Ghost Train A Halloween train ride compresses everything people love about October into one evening: a vintage coach, a costume you finally get to wear twice, and a locomotive doing the driving while the dark countryside slides past the windows. It is also […]

Costumed children with flashlights finding a hidden clue card tucked behind a porch pumpkin at dusk

Halloween Scavenger Hunt: Free Printable Clue Sets for Kids, Teens & Adults

Halloween Scavenger Hunt: Free Printable Clue Sets for Kids, Teens & Adults A Halloween scavenger hunt is the rare party activity that works at almost any age, in almost any space, with almost no budget — because the whole game is paper, hiding spots and anticipation. This guide gives you four complete, ready-to-run hunts you […]

A row of decorated car trunks at golden hour in a school parking lot, with costumed families collecting treats at a trunk-or-treat event

Trunk or Treat Ideas 2026: Easy Themes, Last-Minute Builds & What to Hand Out

Trunk or Treat Ideas 2026: Easy Themes, Last-Minute Builds & What to Hand Out Still decorating a trunk this week? You are exactly on schedule. Trunk-or-treat is the final-week hero of Halloween: schools, churches, scout troops and neighborhood groups all run them in the last days of October, and with Halloween itself falling on Saturday, […]

Family in Halloween costumes trick-or-treating at a zoo Halloween event in daylight

Family Halloween Events 2026: Not-So-Scary Fun for Kids

Not every child wants jump scares — and honestly, not every parent does either. The good news is that some of the best-run Halloween experiences in America are designed specifically for families: early hours, friendly monsters, trick-or-treating in safe, well-lit places, and entertainment that aims for delighted rather than terrified. These are the best family […]