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Halloween: Shopping, Crafts, Treats, Spooky Events, Halloween Houses!

Shop, make crafts or treats, go to spooky events, and check out our favorite Halloween houses!

By Sandy Wallace September 26, 2025

Halloween will be here before you know it. Take time now to plan ahead for Halloween with fun crafts, treats, and tips included in the articles below from Macaroni Kid Publishers across the country. Click on each link to read the article and make this your family's best Halloween ever! 

Plan your Halloween family fun:
Lynchburg Area Trunk or Treat Events and Trick or Treat Areas for 2025 - ONLY trunk or treat events! 

Lynchburg Area Trunk or Treat and Halloween Themed Events - ALL Halloween themed events!

Find Everything You Need for Halloween HERE

Spirit Halloween is located at 3405 Candlers Mountain Road in River Ridge Mall in Lynchburg for 2025. Store hours are 10 AM - 8 PM Monday through Saturday and 12 PM - 6 PM on Sundays. There may be extended hours later in the season.

You'll find a large selection of costumes, masks, and Halloween decor locally at Walmart, Target, and other retail stores. Lowe's, Home Depot, and Five Below also stock inflatables and other decor. Lots of people put together costumes from thrift store finds, so why not give it a try! You'll also find a lot of Halloween selection on Amazon and other online retailers.

Spooky Events in the Lynchburg Area

Oct. 9-11 - Scaremare from 7:30 PM - 11 PM - Also Oct. 16-18 and Oct. 23-25 

Oct. 10-11 - Night at the Museum Lantern Tours at Avoca Museum - multiple performances from 6 PM - 8 PM each night

Oct. 11 - Haunted Corn Maze at Dark Leaf Farms from 7 PM - 11 PM

Oct. 12 - Hocus Pocus Immersive Movie Experience at Wolf Den Downtown at 2:30 PM (doors open at 1:45 PM)

Oct. 16-18 - Scaremare from 7:30 PM - 11 PM - Also Oct. 23-25 

Oct. 17-18 - Dark Leaf Farms Kids Spooky Fun Night from 7 PM - 10 PM

Oct. 17-18 - Haunted Trail at DeVault Vineyards from 7 PM - 10 PM - also Oct. 24-25

Oct. 17-18 - Trail of Terror at Second Wind Farm - from dusk - 10 PM (Gates open at 5 PM) - also Oct. 24-25, Oct. 31, and Nov. 1

Oct. 23 - After-School Haunted Houses Crafts with MaKayla at J. Robert Jamerson Memorial Library starting at 4 PM

Oct. 23-25 - Scaremare from 7:30 PM - 11 PM

Oct. 24 - Amherst County Recreation and Parks Halloween Spooktacular from 6 PM - 8 PM

Oct. 24 - Trunk or Treat and Haunted Maze at American Legion Post 16 from 6 PM - 9 PM

Oct. 24 - Haunted Halloween Concert at St. John's Episcopal Church at 7 PM

Oct. 24-25 - Haunted Trail at DeVault Vineyards from 7 PM - 10 PM

Oct. 24-25 - Haunted Corn Maze at Dark Leaf Farms from 7 PM - 11 PM

Oct. 24-25 - Trail of Terror at Second Wind Farm - from dusk - 10 PM (Gates open at 5 PM) - also Oct. 31 - Nov. 1

Oct. 25 - Haunted Maze and Halloween Festival at American Legion Post 16 from 6 PM - 9 PM

Oct. 25 - Haunted Corn Maze at Dark Leaf Farms from 7 PM - 11 PM

Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 - Trail of Terror at Second Wind Farm - from dusk - 10 PM (Gates open at 5 PM)

How to Make Your Halloween Party Perfect!

Halloween Snacks and Treats

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Cookie Dough Graveyard a Spookalicious Halloween Treat

Orange Pumpkins a Healthy Fall Snack

A Hands On Search for Halloween Treats 

Halloween Marshmallow Pops

110 Non Candy Halloween Treat Ideas

Halloween Treats Frankenstein Monkey Bread

13 Spooktacular Lunchbox Treats

Marshmallow Ghosts 

Halloween Bark

Meringue Ghosts 

Yummy Witches and Spiders and Bats...Oh 

Two Easy Halloween Party Plates

Make Some Spooky Halloween Snacks 

Spooky Halloween 7 Layer Taco Dip

Four Kooky Halloween Recipes Your Kids Will Love

An Easy Halloween Treat For Your Little Goblins: Monster Apple Bites

Lunchbox Treats or Tricks 

A Spooktacular Menu for Trick or Treat Night

Halloween Crafts

How To Make Puffy Candy Corn Slime

3 Fun Ideas to Make a Halloween Face Mask For Your Kids

6 Easy Halloween Crafts & Activities For Your Kids

13 Family Costume Ideas for Halloween

4 No-Carve Pumpkin Ideas Your Kids Can Do

8 Ideas to Decorate Wagons, Wheelchairs, & Strollers This Halloween

DIY Halloween Silhouettes

Halloween Milk Jug Luminaries 

DIY Witch Hat for Halloween

Creepy Stick Forest Craft

Easy Halloween Bat Craft for Kids


2025 Local Halloween Houses to Visit (added as we find them)

We have been out already looking for houses decorated for Halloween. Some of last year's are decorated this year with plenty more to come!

Do you or does someone you know have an awesome Halloween house? Please reach out to us by email to sandyw@macaronikid.com or on our Facebook page and we'll add to the list!

Lynchburg Houses:

3300 block of Memorial Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24501

3500 block of Demott Street (end of street, off Lakeside Drive), Lynchburg VA 24501 - large display

Maple Hills Drive (off Rt. 221 by Subway, multiple houses in the 100 and 200 blocks), Lynchburg VA 24502 

200 block of Wayne Drive (off Rt. 221), Lynchburg VA 24502

100 block of Kenwood Place (across from Sheffield Elementary), Lynchburg VA 24502

100 block of Perrymont Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

Intersection of Biltmore Avenue and Sussex Street, Lynchburg VA 24502

4700 block of Greenwood Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

800 block of Sandusky Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

200 block of Old Graves Mill Road, Lynchburg VA 24502

300 block of Smoketree Lane, Lynchburg VA 24502

100 block of Willow Bend Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

Corner of Leesville Road and Moreview Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

1000 block of Moreview Drive (off Leesville Road), Lynchburg VA 24502

400 block of Cornerstone Street, Lynchburg VA 24502

500 block of Capstone Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

New Park Circle, Lynchburg VA 24502

100 block of Wyndpark Circle (off Wyndhurst Drive), Lynchburg VA 24502

300 block of Wyndhurst Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

400 block of Wyndhurst Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

600 block of Wyndhurst Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

700 block of Wyndhurst Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

Corner of Deerfield Lane and Holly Haven Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

1800 block of Rainbow Forest Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

1500 block of Rainbow Forest Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

1100 block of Rainbow Forest Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

900 block of Rainbow Forest Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

700 block of Rainbow Forest Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

600 block of Collington Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502 - large display

0 block of Wellington Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502 - large display

300 block of Indian Ridge Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

300 block of Mountain Peak Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

100 block of Mountain Peak Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

100 block of Greenwell Court, Lynchburg VA 24502

0 block of New London Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

100 block of New London Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

300 block of Bedford Springs Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

400 block of Bedford Springs Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

500 block of Bedford Springs Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

0 block of Lake Forest Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502

900 block of Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24503

1300 block of Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24503

1500 block of Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24503

1600 block of Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24503

2700 block of Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24503 

3000 block of Link Road, Lynchburg VA 24503

4800 block of Locksview Drive, Lynchburg VA 24503

12th and Wise Streets, Lynchburg VA 24504

1400 block of Taylor Street, Lynchburg VA 24504

1500 block of Polk Street, Lynchburg VA 24504

Forest Houses:

Londonberry Road, Forest 24551 (lights only Sunday-Wednesday; music and lights Thursday-Saturday)

Multiple blocks of Mistletoe Drive, Forest 24551

200 block of Bob Circle, Forest 24551

1300 block Hooper Road, Forest VA 24551

1100 block of Greenbrook Court, Forest VA 24551

1200 block of Greenbrook Court, Forest VA 24551

1000 block of Cossman Court (in Hooper Woods off Cottontown Road), Forest, VA 24551

1200 block of Hupps Hill Lane, Forest, VA 24551

1300 block of Hupps Hill Lane, Forest, VA 24551

1200 block of Bellevue Road, Forest, VA 24551

1000 block of Forest Edge Drive, Forest, VA 24551 (multiple houses)

1200 block of Forest Edge Drive, Forest, VA 24551

AP Hill Place, Forest, VA 24551 (multiple houses)

Brigade Place, Forest, VA 24551

Multiple homes in Farmington at Forest subdivision, including:

1400 block of LeJack Circle, Forest, VA 24551

1600 block of LeJack Circle, Forest, VA 24551

1000 block of Dayna Court, Forest, VA 24551

1000 block of Brewington Drive, Forest, VA 24551

Multiple homes in Somerset Meadows subdivision, including:

1200 block of Shasta Lane, Forest, VA 24551

100 block of Rio Lane, Forest, VA 24551

1900 block of Colby Drive, Forest, VA 24551

1700 block of Colby Drive, Forest, VA 24551

1400 block of Colby Drive, Forest, VA 24551

Bedford Houses:

1700 block of Whitfield Drive, Bedford, VA 24523

1300 block of Longwood Avenue (Route 221), Bedford, VA 24523

400 block of Bedford Avenue (off N. Bridge Street near Liberty Station), Bedford VA 24523

Madison Heights Houses:

300 block of Hilltop Drive, Madison Heights 24572

300 block of Woodys Lake Road, Madison Heights 24572

200 block of Odins Bow Road, Madison Heights 24572

300 block of Odins Bow Road, Madison Heights 24572

100 block of Stratford Place, Madison Heights 24572

200 block of Stratford Place, Madison Heights 24572

400 block of Amelon Road, Madison Heights 24572

100 block of N. Hillcrest Drive (off Old Wright Shop Road), Madison Heights, VA 24572

200 block of Dixie Airport Road, Madison Heights, VA 24572

400 block of Dixie Airport Road, Madison Heights, VA 24572

400 block of Possom Island Road, Madison Heights, VA 24572

100 block of Winesap Road, Madison Heights, VA 24572 (at intersection with Route 29)

400 block of Winesap Road, Madison Heights, VA 24572

200 block of Fox Briar Lane, Madison Heights, VA 24572

100 block of Brandywine Drive, Madison Heights, VA 24572


Amherst Houses:

200 block of North Main, Amherst, VA 24521

300 block of North Main, Amherst, VA 24521

Evington Houses:

500 block of Alum Springs Road, Evington, VA 24550

Leesville Estates (numerous houses off Leesville Road), Evington, VA 24550

Crystal Lane (Leesville Estates), Evington, VA 24550 

Traverse Drive

Turning Point Drive

Benchmark Drive


Rustburg Houses:

0 block of Gold Dust Trail, Rustburg VA 24588 (street across from post office)


Altavista:

Oct. 1-31 - Altavista Scarecrow Stroll daily in downtown Altavista


More Halloween and Fall Fun

Halloween Books, Movies, Jokes, and Learning

Best Halloween Movies for Kids, Tweens & Teens

Boo! Here are 9 Halloween Books Your Kids Will Love

Countdown to Halloween with 31 Spooky Jokes

Halloween Signs in American Sign Language (ASL)

Strengthen Vocabulary with a Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt


Carving Pumpkins

No Carve Pumpkin Decorating

10 Pumpkin Carving Tips and Tricks


Halloween Safety Tips

Keep Safe This Halloween Season With These Safety Tips

6 Halloween Costume Safety Tips 

7 Safety Tips to Ensure Only Good Surprises This Halloween


Fall Crafts

Colorful Autumn Tree Craft

Fall Clothespin Fairies 

3 Autumn Leaf Crafts To Do With Kids


Whether you're working on details for a Halloween party or just fun at home with the kids, these fun ideas will help jump start your Halloween planning. 

You'll find details about Halloween events, Trunk or Treat events, and many other events in the Lynchburg Macaroni Kid calendar of events

To add your organization’s trunk or treat, fall festival, or Halloween event to the list, message us at our Lynchburg Macaroni Kid Facebook page or click the “submit an event” link on our website. 

Let Lynchburg Macaroni Kid help you Find Your Family Fun® for Halloween in Central Virginia!