Ladera Ranch Family-Friendly Fall Activities 2026

Features adoptable rescue animals, kids' crafts, and wildlife education.

Family-friendly Halloween fun with trick-or-treating and costume contests.

Features 10 trick-or-treat stations, rides, and supports primate habitats.

Features train rides, a hay maze, and a kid-friendly haunted house.

Downtown celebration featuring costume contests, craft activities, and a scavenger hunt.

Laguna Hills harvest festival with rides, petting zoo, and Oktoberfest beer garden.

Features a trunk-or-treat, haunted walkthrough, carnival games, and costume contests.

Family pumpkin patch featuring carnival rides, games, and a petting zoo.

Grassroots youth basketball tournament featuring pool play, playoffs, and certified officials.

Community celebration with a trunk-or-treat display and haunted maze.

Tour decorated historical grounds with a straw maze and scavenger hunt.

Trick-or-treat at local businesses displaying a purple balloon outside.

Halloween festival featuring dance parties, bumper cars, and spooky science activities.

School carnival featuring a haunted house, petting zoo, and foam obstacle course.

Free family celebration with trick-or-treating and characters in the promenade.

Pick pumpkins off the vine, cut flowers, and meet barnyard animals.

Features inflatables, games, and a police-partnered Trunk or Treat.

Costa Mesa festival featuring a scarecrow contest and kids costume parade.

A family-friendly 1.2-mile Halloween trail hike featuring game booths.

Poolside Halloween fun with inflatable obstacle courses and trick-or-treating booths.

Spooky stories, creepy crafts, wacky science, and bizarre animal encounters.

Community trunk-or-treat featuring creatively decorated car trunks, costumes, and candy.

Main Street transforms into a thrilling Halloween extravaganza.

Trick-or-treating among decorated trunks with a DJ, games, and prizes.

Trick-or-treat through historic museum grounds, tour a mansion, and meet villains.

Library Halloween celebration featuring hero and villain costumes, STEM, and treats.

Features a children's costume parade, trick-or-treating, and community booths.

Community trunk-or-treat gathering with decorated vehicles, music, and trick-or-treating.

Early costume release featuring a meet-and-greet with creator Garrett Sander.

Market with over 50 local vendors and a scavenger hunt.

Community fall festival featuring live classic rock music, food, and games.

Parent-and-me fall celebration with seasonal crafts, activities, and snacks.

Paint Día de los Muertos-inspired art pieces at the library.

After-school crafting session for kids ages 6 to 11.

Free community celebration featuring decorated cars, an obstacle maze, and games.

Family Halloween evening featuring games and a Charlie Brown movie screening.

No-carve craft session transforming artificial mini pumpkins for children.

Search for hidden friendly ghosts to earn a prize.

Supervised drop-off kids event with crafts, games, and a costume contest.

Halloween tales and craft activities for children ages 3 to 8.

Costume competition awarding trophies and prizes across all types of pets.

Free pumpkins, donuts, and family activities in Yorba Linda.

Craft a whimsical scarecrow seed starter with all supplies provided.

Southern California’s newest Halloween tradition open to all ages.

Plant a Halloween-themed succulent garden

Library Halloween celebration featuring crafts, storytime, and trick-or-treating.

Craft a not-so-scary ghost peeking through a window.

Trackside carnival with family games, costume contest, and live horse racing.

Features trunk-or-treating with local first responders and costume contests.

Family-friendly alternative featuring trunk-or-treat, classic cars, inflatables, and laser tag.

Halloween market with local vendors and festive activities.

Three weekends of spooky vendors and live music

4th annual Monster Bash with costume parade and treats

Spooktacular fun for all ages with haunted attractions and family entertainment

Month-long Halloween celebration with themed activities and treats.

Festive fall celebration with pumpkins and carnival games.

Marine-themed Halloween event with laser tag and haunted ship tours

Free candy and decorated trunk contest

Community-wide trick-or-treating event

Family pickleball and pumpkin carving combined event

Halloween-themed soap making for teens