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Your go-to guide for Halloween
and Fall Family Fun!
Crafts, recipes, decor, books, movies, events, and more!
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Fall Events & Spooky Fun | Boo Bags | Pumpkin Patches | Where to Take Pumpkins After Halloween | Extra Candy? Donate It Here | Crafts | Recipes | Costumes & Decor | Movies & Books | Haunted Houses | Event Calendar
This guide will continue to be updated throughout the season, so be sure to check back often.
Fall Events & Spooky Fun
in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Stafford & Surrounding areas
Please click on the event to check the website before heading out to find out what special information you need to know and if you need to purchase tickets prior to arrival.
*Check back often as we continue to add events throughout the season*
September
October
3 Fredericksburg Fall Home Show
7 Mutt-Flix & Chill: Kids' Movie Night & Costumes
31 Trick or Treat with Seniors
Boo Bags
 Get a Free Boo Bag for your family! Details Coming Soon! |
Pumpkin Patches
Here is a list of local pumpkin patches (in ABC order) that you may be interested in visiting. Please check with each patch before visiting to check hours and availability.
- Belvedere Plantation - Spotsylvania, VA
- Braehead Farm - Fredericksburg, VA
- Snead's Farm - Fredericksburg, VA
Day Trips / Long Weekends:
- Cox Farms - Centerville, VA
- Hanover Vegetable Farm - Ashland, VA
- Liberty Mills Farm - Somerset, VA
- Messick Farm - Bealton, VA
- Millers Farm Market - Locust Grove, VA
- Round Hill Farm - Culpeper, VA
- Seven Oaks Lavender Farm - Catlett, VA
- Sarah's Pumpkin Patch - Orange, VA
- Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, VA
- Apple Festival held on the first 3 weekends in October.
- Market-Miller Orchard
- Apple Harvest Festival October 10 & 11, 2026
Where to Take Pumpkins After Halloween
- Downtown Greens (Fredericksburg) Drop off your pumpkin (no paint, wax, or metal). Earth's Echo Farm will happily feed them to their pigs!
- Wing & A Prayer Farm (Fredericksburg)
- Happy Meadows Farm (Unionville)
- Haven Hills Farm (Warrenton)
Extra Candy? Donate It Here
- Soldier's Angels: Families with an excess of candy after Halloween can donate it to support a good cause. Kids may even earn buyback prizes for their generosity, and families will receive a tax-deductible receipt for their donation. Local Collection locations:
- Sedona Taphouse, 591 William St, Fredericksburg
Crafts
¨ 6 Easy Halloween Crafts: Creature Bowling, Bats, Spooky Cauldron, Ghost Suckers, Monster Playdough
¨ 3 Fun Ideas to Make a Halloween Face Mask
¨ Easy Halloween Bat Craft for Kids
¨ 3 Autumn Crafts: Tree, Leaf painting, Leaf rubbing
Recipes
Savory
¨ Four Kooky Halloween Recipes Your Kids Will Love
¨ Spooky Halloween 7 layer dip
¨ Fall in love with Pumpkin Muffins
¨ Orange “pumpkins” - A Fun and Healthy Fall Snack
Treats
¨ Candy Corn Recipes you don’t want to miss!
¨ Chocolate and White Chocolate Cupcakes
Costumes & Decor
Costumes:
- 8 Ideas to Decorate Wagons, Wheelchairs & Strollers This Halloween
- 13 Family Costume Ideas for Halloween
- Why Teal Pumpkins Mean Halloween Fun for All Kids
Decor
Movies & Books
- 31 Best Halloween Family Movies for Kids and Teens
- The Ultimate Halloween Movie Night
- The perfect spooky and not-so-spooky books for Halloween!
📺 Halloween Movies on TV: Find a schedule here.
Haunted Houses
Disclaimer: All haunted attractions require tickets to be purchased in advance. Please visit each attraction’s website for the most up-to-date details, including dates, times, waivers, and ticket purchases. Event schedules may change without notice. Be sure to check age restrictions and scare levels before attending..
- Haunted Hollow VA, 8275 Maple Tree Lane, Warrenton, VA 20188
- Madhunter's Madhouse: 37658 Legard Farm Rd in Purchellville
- Buckland Haunted Farm: 4484 Lee Hwy, Warrenton, VA
- Hall of Hysteria Haunted Attraction, Fredericksburg, VA
- Total Terror Haunted Attraction, 4042 Anderson Hwy, Powhatan, VA 23139
- Factory of Fear: The Horror Hotel (Recommended for Ages 14+); 9419 Battle St in Manassas.
- Dead Whispers Haunted Attraction: at the Fredericksburg Fairgrounds. Family day is Oct 26 from 12-4pm.
- Year Round: Fredericksburg Forbidden Frights Ghost Tours
As always, we do our best to ensure that all event information is accurate; however, sometimes dates and times get changed or an event may be canceled and we are not made aware. It is always best to check with the business, event website, or Facebook page listing to be sure before going.
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