Houston celebrates the awesome Fall season bigger than ever before!
There are so many ways to have fun during this festive time – from dressing up for some trick-or-treating or carving pumpkins with your children or just going out and playing with the Autumn leaves.
It doesn’t matter if you’re celebrating locally or visiting here as an outsider; there will always be something entertaining nearby. Read on to find out why each event listed below is worth attending in 2022 with kids in the Houston area!
Like every year, families will enjoy festivities at the Zoo during Zoo Boo.
Costumes are strongly encouraged, and guests will have plenty of favorites to experience, including visiting the Giant Pumpkin and the Carved Pumpkins, enjoying the Pumpkin Lantern Tunnel between the lions and tiger exhibits, the spooktacular Scary-Go-Round, photo ops all over the Zoo, and much more!
Location:
Houston Zoo
DATES:
October 1-31, 9 AM- 5 PM. Last entry at 4 PM
Calling all ghosts and goblins!
Grab your buckets and costumes and get ready for a sweet and tasty good time as you go Trick or Treating at Children’s Museum Houston.
Location:
Children’s Museum Houston
DATES:
October 11 through 29.
During Boo-tacular, kids will play games in costume, eat pizza shaped like a pumpkin and get free Chupa Chups® and Hi-Chew® candy every night. It’s the largest family-friendly Halloween event!
Location:
Chuck E. Cheese – Houston
DATES:
October 1- 31.
The Fall Festival at Dewberry Farms is filled with 8 acres of cornfield maze, heaps of pumpkins and Sunflowers, and more than 40 family fun activities!
Location:
Dewberry Farm
DATES:
The festival will last until November 13.
During Creepy Concoctions, kids will enter the world of “mad” chemistry and craft themselves some spooky-Halloween themed art.
Location:
Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center
DATES:
October 18 – 22
Curious kids will have a blast exploring, asking, discovering, experimenting, and more in this pre-K science program! There’s a different theme each day!
Location:
Nature Discovery Center
DATES:
10 AM- 4 PM. Fall schedule: 10/18 Animal Colors | 10/25 Nocturnal Animals | 11/1 Autumn Nature | 11/8 Slimy Snails | 11/15 Texas Mammals | 11/22 Animals Underground | 11/29 Prehistoric Pals (but NOT dinosaurs!)
Everyone’s favorite she-vampire makes an appearance at the Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center!
Vampires may not appear in mirrors, but this one will undoubtedly show up in photos! Meet with Vampirina and pose for a meet-and-greet with this friendly vampire!
Location:
Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center
DATES:
October 22, 10 AM- 1 PM
This Halloween, kids, and families can have a spooky good time among incredible aircraft.
Kids 12 and under in costume get free admission all day! Kids can trick or treat at each plane and take part in some fun Halloween crafts and activities.
Location:
Lone Star Flight Museum
DATES:
October 22, 10 AM- 1 PM
Kids of all ages will get to strap on their goggles and grab their lab coats!
It’s time to mix up some ooey, gooey, and utterly creepy concoctions as you enter the world of “mad” chemistry!
Location:
Children’s Museum Houston
DATES:
October 18- 22. 10 AM- 6 PM
Kids of all ages will have a blast during this Spook-tacular Saturday!
There will be mystifying magic, mad science workshops, and creepy crafts!
Location:
Children’s Museum Houston
DATES:
October 22, 10 AM- 3:30 PM
During Monster Mash, children will be celebrating Halloween with kid-friendly fingerplays, songs, and creative movement activities.
Location:
The Woodlands Children’s Museum
DATES:
October 25, 11 AM
Families, make sure to come dressed in your Halloween best and hunt for toys, candy & prize-filled pumpkins! There will be music, prizes, games, and more!
Location:
Bellaire Town Square Great Lawn & Pavilion
DATES:
October 27, 4 PM- 5:30 PM
Howl at the moon while you bask in Houston’s ultimate Halloween party for kids.
Be sure to dress your kids in their most boo-tiful or frightfully freaky costume!
Location:
Children’s Museum Houston
DATES:
October 27, 5 PM- 8 PM
Children will help provide sound effects for this child-friendly seasonal tale of the little old lady who encounters some noisy items while strolling through the woods.
Location:
The Woodlands Children’s Museum
DATES:
October 28, 11 AM
Wear your costumes and join the museum for its annual SpookTacular Halloween Monster Mash Party.
This non-spooky event will be filled with child-friendly games and activities like art projects, science monster slime, and face painting.
Location:
The Woodlands Children’s Museum
DATES:
October 29, 10 AM- 5 PM
Get ready for a cuteness overload!
The Texas Six Steppers will show off some talented show dogs ready to prance and pose for you during this Spooky Canines Show!
Location:
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
DATES:
Thursdays, June 9 – Aug 11 : 9:30 – 10:30 AM
& 11 AM – 12 PM
The whole family can visit The Health Museum for the first annual Fall Festival!
You will enjoy music, games, food trucks, art, educational fun, and prizes!
All-day activities include Fall-themed selfie stations, a picture-perfect pumpkin patch, a family-friendly corn maze, games for the whole family, a scavenger Hunt, and more!
Location:
The Health Museum
DATES:
October 30, 10 AM
Families will get to celebrate the popular Mexican holiday, Día de Los Muertos, with worldly activities.
You’ll be crafting all sorts of Latin American projects, and the best part is you can take a little bit of this holiday home with you!
Location:
Children’s Museum Houston
DATES:
November 1-5, 10 AM- 6 PM
During this Shadow Puppet Theatre, children will learn about all the fun changes and activities that autumn has in store for them.
Location:
The Woodlands Children’s Museum
DATES:
November 3, 11 AM
During Día de Los Muertos: November 5 and 6, children’s Museum Houston will be magically transformed into a colorful, beautiful, and bountiful Land of the Dead, bursting with incredible offerings of Mariachi, “sugar skulls” and marigolds in celebration of El Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead).
Location:
Children’s Museum Houston
DATES:
November 5 & 6. 10 AM- 6 PM
Friendsgiving is the blend of the words friends and Thanksgiving.
As Fall is in full swing, the Children’s Museum Houston celebrates Friendsgiving around the Museum with Fall and foodie-themed activities that’ll get your turkey trotting!
Location:
Children’s Museum Houston
DATES:
November 15- 19. 10 AM- 6 PM
During this Fall Break Camp, kids will delve into science and nature-related topics through themed day camps designed with hands-on experiments and investigations, active games, inventive crafts, and more!
Location:
Nature Discovery Center
DATES:
9 AM- 3 PM | 09/05 Incredible Insects | 10/04 Amazing Amphibians | 10/05 Ecosystem Exploration | 11/21 Colors in Nature | 11/22 Fall Nature | 11/23 Feathered Friends
Enjoy these new Thanksgiving activities around the museum that celebrate all things turkey.
Location:
Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center
DATES:
November 22 – 26
