Halloween Is Near!

As Octobor gets closer only one word comes to my mind HALLOWEEN! I remember when I was just a kid and every year around Halloween time I would get overly excited when my parents would say “let’s go pick out your custom!” I always wanted to be the witch with the big hair and long ugly nose! Everyone would always say you’re a little girl you don’t want to be a princess? And I would say “nope” because that wasn’t me. I enjoyed dressing up scary and running around saying “hehehe I’m the wicked witch from the south” Just like the which in the Wizard of Oz. I was always the first to run up to the spooky houses with the spiders, bats, and cob webs everywhere. Other kids wouldn’t move an inch without cringing onto their parent’s hand when they saw those scary houses. But to me those homes were always the most fun, after all the spirit of Halloween is all about a good scare!



So, you can trust me when I say I know that everyone has their own way of wanting to dress up and celebrate Halloween! I know I did. For some, like me it’s all about the scare and for others it’s all about picking out the pumpkin and not getting too scared. That’s why I have found multiple things to do this Halloween in VA and Washington, DC so that you can pick what’s right for you and your family! And I even found a few things for just the adults to do! So go ahead and look below and see what you can find!


Boo at the Zoo:
October 22-24, 2010, 5:30-8:30 p.m. National Zoo, Washington, DC. Visit bats, spiders, owls, and other animals at the zoo while trick-or-treating. Enjoy animal encounters, keeper talks, festive decorations, and haunted trails at the annual National Zoo’s Halloween celebration. Costumed volunteers will hand out candy at more than 40 treat stations.


The Maize at Temple Hill Farm Regional Park
15789 Temple Hall Lane, Leesburg, Virginia (703) 779-9372. Corn maze, barnyard fun, hayrides, hay jump and more. Open September 24-October 31, 2010, Fridays 4-10 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., and Sundays 11 a.m. - 6 p.m


Fright Fest at Six Flags America
October 2-31, 2010. Mitchellville, Maryland. Enjoy the spooky attractions and shows at one of the Washington, DC Area’s largest Halloween celebrations. Enjoy a family friendly event with street entertainment, your favorite rides in the dark and a special trick-or-treat trail just for kids.


Halloween Haunt at Kings Dominion
September 25-October 31, 2010. Doswell, Virginia. The amusement park features nine mazes, five scare zones and more monsters and creepers than ever before. While the attractions of Haunt bring out the scares at night, families and children may still enjoy Halloween fun of Howl-O-Fest, the ultimate kids Halloween party. During daylight hours, age-appropriate Halloween Fun awaits little ghouls and goblins in KidZville and Nickelodeon Central.


Air & Scare at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
October 23, 2010, 2-8 p.m. National Air and Space Museum, Chantilly, Virginia. Join creepy space aliens, mysterious astronauts and ghostly pilots for safe, indoor trick-or-treating. Visitors will enjoy story times, face-painting stations, hands-on activities, free screenings of an episode of “The Jetsons” in the Imax Theater, karaoke, simulation games and robotics demonstrations.


Vienna Halloween Parade
October 27, 2010, 7 p.m. Maple Avenue (Route 123) from Branch Road to Center Street. Vienna, Virginia. This year’s theme is “Vienna Celebrating Community Service”. The parade brings the community together to show off their Halloween costumes.


Kennedy Center - Spooky Sounds and Scary Tales
October 31, 2010, 1 & 3 p.m. Celebrate Halloween with the National Symphony Orchestra and come dressed in your spookiest get-up for the “spirited” concert, including a chance to trick-or-treat. Age 5+. Come early for the Musical Instrument “Petting Zoo,” a project of the Women’s Committee for the NSO. Immediately following the 3 p.m. performance, meet concert artists for a free Kids’ Chat.






ADULTS ONLY:


Night of the living Zoo:
October 29, 2010, 8 p.m. to midnight. National Zoo, Washington, DC. Enjoy an adults-only Halloween party with bone-chilling performances, live music and a costume contest.


Clarendon Ballroom Halloween Monster Bash
October 31, 2010, 8 p.m. 3185 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, Virginia. (703) 469-2244. Costume contest, $200 for 1st place, $100 for 2nd, $50 for 3rd, & most original.


Palace of Wonders
October 31, 2010, 9:00 p.m. 1210 H Street NE Washington, DC. (202) 398-SHOW(7469). Best Halloween Show Ever! Three hour star-studded show, costume contest, prizes and more. Admission: $20.00


International Club of DC Halloween Dance Party
October 31, 2010, 8 p.m. Live music and dancing, Salsa lessons.


These places all sound like fun! With all these things to do I’m sure you have found something that meets what you and your family are looking for. I would love to hear which Halloween celebration you think you may attend! So please leave your comments below and let me know!


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