Trick or Treat on Main Street
Trick-or-treat through historic museum grounds, tour a mansion, and meet villains.
69 family-friendly fall activities in Fountain Valley and nearby.
Fountain Valley families can find Halloween celebrations spread across neighboring cities this year. From Anaheim's popular theme park events to local pumpkin patches and community festivals in Huntington Beach and Westminster, there's a lot to choose from.
If you're looking for free, family-focused activities or a drive to a larger celebration, this guide will help you find the perfect Halloween outing.
Community potluck picnic, live band music, and harvest games in Long Beach.
Poolside Halloween fun with inflatable obstacle courses and trick-or-treating booths.
All-access admission to over ten bars with welcome shots and specials.
Tour the haunted 1898 Victorian mansion at Heritage Museum of Orange County.
Burlesque and variety showcase inside a historic, reportedly haunted theater.
Includes a ghoulish cocktail mixer and visits haunted downtown locations.
See all trunk-or-treats, pumpkin patches, and kid-friendly events nearby.
Work around the nap, not the event schedule: 9-11 am at pumpkin patches means empty photo spots, fresh animals, and cool air, while the 3-5 pm slot catches post-nap energy before dinner meltdowns. Skip evening events entirely for under-3s unless they're short and close to home. Weekday mornings beat weekends by a mile if your schedule allows it.
One rainy day earlier in the week means real mud in the picking field even under sunshine. Rain boots for kids, waterproof or sacrificial shoes for adults, and a full change of clothes per kid in the car solve 90 percent of it. Trash bag for the footwell, wipes in your pocket. Muddy weeks are also the least crowded, so prepared families win twice.
Grab a wagon at the entrance before hitting the field, and set a size rule before kids start hunting, since the giant one costs the most and rolls off the wagon. Check the bottom for soft spots, keep stems as handles kids will snap, and pay by weight farms reward medium picks. Load pumpkins last so they don't crush the snacks.