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Plan Ahead Halloween: Local Stores, Crafts, Treats, Halloween Houses!

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

By Sandy Wallace October 6, 2024

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 and Halloween Themed Events 2024 - ALL Halloween themed events!
Lynchburg Area Trunk or Treats 2024 - ONLY trunk or treat events! 

Find Everything You Need for Halloween HERE

Spirit Halloween is located at 3405 Candlers Mountain Road in River Ridge Mall in Lynchburg for 2024. 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.

Party City is located at 3700 Candlers Mountain Road in Lynchburg. Store hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 AM - 9 PM, Friday from 9 AM - 10 PM, Saturday from 8 AM - 10 PM, and Sunday from 10 AM - 7 PM. There may be extended hours later in the season.

Spooky Events in the Lynchburg Area

Oct 10-12, 17-19, and 24-26 - Scaremare from 7:30 PM - 11 PM

Oct. 11-12, 18-19, 25-26, and 31 - Trail of Terror at Second Wind Farm: Kids Zone and gates open at 5 PM; walks begin at dusk

Oct. 11-12, 18-19, 25-26, and 31 - Kids Zone and No Scare Walk at Second Wind Farm: Kids Zone and gates open at 5 PM; walks begin at dusk 

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

Oct. 17-19 - The Ghosts of Historic Lynchburg Tours at Presbyterian Cemetery - Tours at 6 PM, 6:20 PM, 6:40 PM, 7 PM, 7:20 PM, and 7:40 PM

Oct. 17 - Ghost Tours of Sandusky at Historic Sandusky - 7 PM, 7:30 PM, 8 PM, and 8:30 PM tours 

Oct. 18-19 and Oct. 25-26 - Haunted Trail Open to the Public at Lynchburg South Moose Lodge from 7-10 PM

Oct. 18-19 and Oct. 25-26 - Haunted Trail at DeVault Vineyards from 7:30 PM - 11 PM

Oct. 19 - 11th Annual Lynchburg Zombie Walk at 5:30 PM

Oct. 19 - Nightmare on Turnpike Road from 6 PM - 9 PM

Oct. 19 - Field-of-Screams at Something Special Farm from 7 PM - 9 PM (Earlier activities from 9 AM - 7 PM) 

Oct. 19 - Haunted Corn Maze at Dark Leaf Farms from 7 PM - 11 PM

How to Make Your Halloween Party Perfect!

Halloween Snacks and Treats

Want to Get Rid of That Halloween Candy? Make These Cookies

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


2024 Local Halloween Houses to Visit (added as we find them)

We'll be out over the weekend looking at some of last year's houses and will add houses as we find them. 

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:

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

12th and Wise Streets, Lynchburg VA 24504

2200 block of Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24503

2300 block of Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24503

3000 block of Link Road (off Old Forest Road, first house on the left), 24503

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

100 block of Acres Court (off Laxton Road), Lynchburg, VA 24502

First block of Deerfield Drive (off Laxton Road), Lynchburg VA 24502

1800 block of Rainbow Forest Drive, Lynchburg, VA 24502

100 block of Buckingham 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

4400 block of Sussex Street (off Perrymont), Lynchburg VA 24502

4900 block of Windsor Avenue (Fort Avenue to Westview Drive to Windsor), Lynchburg VA 24502

1000 block of Sheffield Drive (off Wards Road), Lynchburg, VA 24502

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


Forest Houses:

200 block of Simsbury Lane (off Route 221), Forest, VA 24551

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

3900 block of Thomas Jefferson Road (Route 811), Forest, VA 24551


Bedford Houses:

1800 block of Patterson Mill Road (off Route 460), 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:

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

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


Evington Houses:

200 block of Crystal Lane (Leesville Estates), Evington, VA 24550
100 block of Davids Way (Leesville Estates), Evington, VA 24550


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!