San Clemente Family-Friendly Fall Activities 2026

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

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

Village-wide trick-or-treating, costume contest, carnival games, and bounce house.

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

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

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

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

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

Dog-friendly fall festival featuring craft beer tastings and live DJ beats.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Plant a Halloween-themed succulent garden

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

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

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

Not-too-scary Halloween party featuring interactive LEGO monster homes and trick-or-treating.

Scarecrow contest, live music, and family crafts in the gardens.

Features blow-up slides, obstacle courses, bounce houses, and a train.

Downtown trick-or-treating, costume contests, and a community haunted house.

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

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

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

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

Main Street transforms into a thrilling Halloween extravaganza.

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

Craft a whimsical scarecrow seed starter with all supplies provided.

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

Free candy and decorated trunk contest

Mystical corner with tarot readings and crystals

Halloween market with local vendors and festive activities.

4th annual Monster Bash with costume parade and treats

Spooktacular fun for all ages with haunted attractions and family entertainment

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

Family pickleball and pumpkin carving combined event

Village-wide trick-or-treating with goodie bag decorating.

Sprawling pumpkin patch with giant pumpkins and a challenging corn maze.

Non-scary, nature-themed Halloween fun for preschoolers

Halloween-themed soap making for teens