Alief Family-Friendly Fall Activities 2026

Free pumpkins, petting zoo, pizza, and costume contest.

Houston book festival with local authors, book swaps, and costume contest

Spooky family fun, costume contests, and a ballpark movie screening.

Halloween-themed run and after-party where participants race in full costume.

Fall festivities at the zoo with glowing pumpkins and themed trails.

Features Houston's only Trick-or-Treat Nature Trail and live animals.

An evening, 21-and-up Halloween event at the Houston Zoo.

World's Largest Bouncy Pumpkin attraction

Brazoria County’s largest fall festival featuring an annual strategic corn maze.

Features a community ofrenda honoring departed animals, crafts, and festive treats.

Spooky family activities, interactive exhibits, and hair-raising science experiments for kids.

Discovery Green's annual Halloween celebration with a costume contest and games.

Hayrides, face painting, live music, and artisan shopping for all ages.

Halloween celebration featuring monster crafts, trick-or-treating, and Frankenstein on stilts.

Free trick-or-treat party with candy stations, DJs, and live theater.

Trick-or-treating with market vendors and a Día de los Muertos finale.

Costume-friendly pumpkin hunt featuring music, face painting, and prizes for kids.

Spooky science, hologram crafting, and ghost scavenger hunts for families.

Free pet adoptions, trunk-or-treat, and Halloween treats for people and pups.

Community festival featuring activities, food, entertainment, and local vendor booths.

Carnival games, free face painting, and costume contest for kids.

Community altars honoring ancestors who helped develop Sugar Land.

Family-friendly race offering distances from a kids dash to a half marathon.

Free community celebration featuring games, candy, and a pumpkin patch.

Zoo-wide scavenger hunt searching for stripes to win prizes.

Themed nature and science day camps for kids ages 5 to 10.

Parking lot trick-or-treating with decorated car trunks and costumes.

Features pony rides, hay rides, a petting zoo, and costume contest.

Non-scary Halloween LEGO building challenges and gallery walkthrough for kids.

Community trunk-or-treat gathering hosted by the local swim school.

Classroom science and hands-on messy outdoor activities for young kids.

Decorate and take home a Beetlejuice-themed cake with guided instruction.

Community festival with pumpkin decorating, games, beer tasting, and vendor shopping.

Trunk-or-treat with bounce houses, hay rides, and food trucks.

Drop-off clay sculpting workshop where kids build custom haunted houses.

Decorated trunks, games, music, and treats with Constable Precinct 7.

Features a trunk-or-treat and a chili cook-off.

Free community celebration hosted in Tomball.

Games, snacks, and swim tips for the whole family.

Parent-and-child art class creating a keepsake pumpkin handprint canvas.

Caregiver-and-child sensory class with not-so-spooky stations for young children.

Features a chili cook-off and trunk-or-treat.

A community gathering for seniors featuring games, treats, and socializing.

Outdoor messy sensory play and art for young children.

Hands-on nature specimens, live ambassador animals, and family scavenger hunts.

Autumn STEAM activities, jumbo games, mini-dramas, and live entertainment.

Vietnamese Mid-Autumn celebration featuring lion dances, storytelling, and crafts.

Hands-on pumpkin carving, special-effects makeup, and live Thriller dance performances.

Community Trunk or Treat event

Explore a strategic corn maze featuring a brand-new design each year.

Trunk-or-treat featuring an Around the World theme, bounce house, and concert.

Features trick-or-treating, a kids' costume contest, and an outdoor movie screening.

Over 35 farm activities and 20+ fall photo ops

Costume cartwheels with The Little Gym

Annual two-day fall festival with pumpkins and activities

Immersive art experience celebrating color with 14 unique installations.

Expansive 75-acre farm with a variety of pumpkins and attractions.