Fall comes in a close second to summer as my favorite time of year ... crisp weather, festivals, apple and pumpkin picking, Halloween! What's not to love?!
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My top picks are The Great Forest Park Balloon Race that was on Art Hill at the Art Museum this year and St. Charles Oktoberfest! Easy parking with just a bit of a walk, relaxing outside with your snacks or dinner, great drinks, lots to see and great music! Sadly, both events have come and gone, but they are about the same weekends each year, so mark your calendar for 2018.
Not only are the festivals bringing out the crowds, there are the high school homecoming activities for the little kids too. Check your local listings for high schools in your area!
Each year we find a great place to pick apples or pumpkins, and this year there happens to be a new player in the game, Chesterfield Valley Pumpkin Patch. After the closing of Rombachs, I kept hearing about another Chesterfield area spot opening, and then drove by it as they were getting ready for opening weekend. It looks great, it's right by the St. Louis Premium Outlets, easy to get to, and lots of parking! A few other favorites are,
Stuckmeyers Farms
Eckert's Farm
Centennial Farm
Eagle Fork Farms
Another top pick for fall fun are the Halloween light displays. Some houses go all out for Christmas, but now there are homes that have great displays for Halloween, and this site has some mapped out! We go to a little house in Dardenne Praire, he has an update on his facebook page and you can check out his site for playlist and other fun stuff!
I try to find trick or treating opportunities all over town for my little monsters, since they don't need to be out late into the night! I also find that the early evenings have less super scary costume clad people that could really put a damper on this fun holiday for them. The malls have never been our scene, and I used to work at the mall and I hated to be there on Halloween because of the rowdy kids that parents would bring INTO the store after grabbing some candy! So, need less to say why they are not what we do! The best place to be on Halloween for trick or treating, if your neighborhood isn't great, is St. Charles Main Street. The cobblestone street is blocked off, each store has someone out in front handing out treats, it starts at 3PM, and the open park by the river has activities! It's just great!! They also have a fun pumpkin glow the weekend of or before, glowing pumpkins up and down the cobblestone block with a pumpkin spice latte, a nice night indeed!
Our friends live over in Edwardsville IL, and I've been told they have a pretty big Halloween event every year, we might have venture out that way and check it out for ourselves!
Look at all the other fun event this year,
Costume ice skating at Creve Coeur and Brentwood
Boo at the Zoo
Grants Farm Halloween Nights
Westport Plaza Halloween Parade
Town & Country event
Chesterfield Eat and Treat
Kirkwood Farmer's Market
Valley Park event
St. Charles Community College
St. Louis Community College-Wildwood
Whole Foods event
St. Peter's Halloween Carnival
Eureka Halloween Parade
Eureka Halloween
Fenton Trunk or Treat
Traubman Prestige Outlets
St. Louis Science Center
Missouri History Museum
Webster Groves event
World Bird Sanctuary
Don't forget to look up St. Louis County Library activities at all the branches, and your local churches or schools for more trick or treating! Want more fall ideas? Check out my Pinterest page!
Did you know there are candy "buy back" events around town? Check these out HERE, HERE, and HERE!
An all hallows eve movie, for after a days worth of tricks, is my favorite way to spend time with the hubby this season. The lists out there are awesome and full of good movies! Here are some of our {not so horrifying} favorites!
LET'S GET SPOOKY!
xo
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