Sterling Heights Family-Friendly Fall Activities 2026

Annual festival with hay rides, a straw maze, and trick or treating.

Daytime outdoor trick-or-treat trail with 13 stations for young children.

Family-friendly, ocean-themed trick-or-treating with teal pumpkin options across historic buildings.

Trick-or-treating through woodland paths and the historic mansion.

Features Halloween activities and a Heroes vs. Villains kids fun run.

Trick-or-treat along Auburn Road and meet Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

Shop hand-blown glass pumpkins or craft your own in the studio.

Carve a pumpkin and display it on stone walls for lighting.

Wagon rides, farm animals, a corn quest, and a beer garden.

Family-friendly autumn fun featuring indoor and outdoor activities for kids.

Costumes, candy trunks, hayrides, cider, and donuts for the whole family.

Free community Halloween celebration featuring costume parades, train rides, and pumpkin decorating.

Trunk-or-treat alternative featuring festive displays along the beach plaza and hayrides.

Features glow-in-the-dark brick builds and a 4D monster movie.

Fall festival featuring a straw maze, farm animals, and historic tours.

Fall celebration featuring wagon rides, farm animals, and live music.

Free fall fun with hay rides, trick-or-treating, and bounce houses.

Trick-or-treat around the lake with kid-friendly haunted gardens and crafts.

Costumed trick-or-treating along Main Street businesses starting at Central Square.

Features live music, tasty food, and games for kids.

Costumed trick-or-treating along a wood chip trail with cider and donuts.

Roll old pumpkins down the sledding hill at targets for prizes.

Features hayrides every 15 minutes, pumpkin carving, and nature activities.

Build a scarecrow displayed at the festival and in downtown Rochester.

Outdoor community gathering with decorated vehicle trunks, candy, and games.

Historic Detroit cemetery illuminated with art installations, light displays, and music.

U-pick pumpkins, cider, doughnuts, pumpkin games, and face painting in Detroit.

Trunk-or-treating with hayrides, pumpkin decorating, and a decorated trunk contest.

Youth costume contest and fall games supporting Detroit sports programs.

Family-oriented Halloween gathering at The War Memorial.

Features a petting zoo, pony carousel, bounce house, and trunk-or-treating.

Pre-trick-or-treating party featuring games, crafts, pizza, and pop.

Complete Halloween challenges in costume to earn a prize.

Children can wear costumes and collect Halloween goodies.

Costume drop-in party featuring video games, crafts, and prizes.

Family Halloween celebration with train rides, costume contests, and trunk-or-treat.

Hunt for hidden letters across the venue to unlock sweet treats.

Craft a mosaic pumpkin during a hands-on studio session.

Hands-on STEAM learning paired with Halloween-themed activities for Detroit families.

Paint a wooden sign, take pilates, and enjoy seasonal treats.

Halloween cookie decorating workshop led by Joy to-go Bakery.

Hands-on library craft session making ghosts out of egg cartons.

Day-to-dusk Halloween fun with trick-or-treating, animal habitats, and strolling performers.

Downtown trick-or-treating, life-sized dinosaurs, costumed characters, and a costume parade.

Hands-on science experiments, creatures, and a bat maze for young kids.

A residential street transformed into a Halloween spectacle

Family-friendly costume carnival with a trick-or-treat trail.

Family Fall Fest with pumpkin decorating and games

Friendly character nature trail with pumpkin picking.

Dog costume contest with three weight categories

Glowing forest adventure with aerial courses.

Halloween fun with marine life and spooky creatures

Family-friendly Halloween party with optional activity tickets.

Pumpkin hurled from a massive trebuchet

Free Trunk-or-Treat, hayride, and haunted house.

Michigan's oldest working water-powered mill since 1863