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๐Ÿ Fall Family Fun! * In Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Stafford

Fall and Halloween Events, Movies, Books, Crafts, Recipes and more!

By Jenny Sites August 28, 2024




Your go-to guide for your Halloween 

and Fall Family Fun!

Crafts, recipes, decor, books, movies, 

events and more!

  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 21, 2024: Fall Family Festival

September 22, 2024: Wilderness Fall Festival

September 29, 2024:Hello Fall Festival

October 5, 2024:Stafford Fall Festival

October 5, 2024: Littlest Lab Coats: Spooky Science

October 11, 2024: Fabulous Friday: Zombies

October 12, 2024:Fall Arts & Craft Show

October 12, 2024: Creepy Crawly Carnival

October 17, 2024: ๐ŸฟDowntown Movies: Hocus Pocus (original)

October 18, 2024: Fabulous Friday: Zombies (Salem Church)

October 25, 2024: Tech-or-Treat

October 25, 2024 Halloween Celebration

October 25, 2024: Park After Dark

October 26, 2024:Halloween at the Market

October 26, 2024: Wilderness Halloween Festival

October 26, 2024: Trunk or Treat at the Barn

October 26, 2024:HarvestFestival Fly-In

October 28, 2024: Spooky Stories

October 29, 2024:Halloween Howl

October 30, 2024: Spooky Stories

Scarecrow Fest

Costume Stroll

Treats on The Streets


Fredericksburg Hauntings Ghost Tours

Happy Halloween!



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.


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. 



Where you can take pumpkins 

after Halloween?

Wing & A Prayer Farm (Fredericksburg)

Happy Meadows Farm (Unionville)

Haven Hills Farm (Warrenton)



โœ‹๐ŸผLearn some Halloween ASL!



Crafts:

¨ 6 Easy Halloween Crafts

¨ 3 Fun Ideas to Make a Halloween Face Mask

¨ Easy Halloween Bat Craft for Kids

¨ Fall Craft: Painted Acorns

¨ Fall Clothespin Fairies

¨ Yarn Pumpkins

¨ Fall Tree Finger Painting

¨ Leaf Man & Fall Fox

¨ 3 Autumn Crafts


 Recipes:

¨ Four Kooky Halloween Recipes Your Kids Will Love

¨ Spooky Halloween 7 layer dip

¨ Halloween Marshmallow Pops

¨ 2 Easy Pumpkin Party Plates

¨ Fall in love with Pumpkin Muffins

¨ Orange “pumpkins” - A Fun and Healthy Fall Snack

¨ Apple Goodness

¨ Candy Corn Recipes you don’t want to miss!

¨ Butternut Squash Bake

¨ Chocolate and White Chocolate Cupcakes

¨ Paper Bag Apple Pie

¨ Pumpkin Seeds

¨ Monster Apple Bites


Decorating & Costumes

¨ 8 Ideas to Decorate Wagons, Wheelchairs & Strollers This Halloween

¨ 13 Family Costume Ideas for Halloween

¨ Teal Pumpkins—More than just cute décor.

¨ Fall Bunting: An Easy Way to Add Seasonal Color to Your Home.




๐Ÿ“บ Halloween Movies on TV: Find a schedule here.


Games

¨ Strengthen Vocabulary with a Trick-or-Treat Scavenger Hunt



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