As Washingtonians charge head first into October, we all are noticing the nights have grown colder and longer and with the leaves changing into Fall’s oranges, yellows, and browns. The changes are hard not to notice and it is sad to see summer. However, with Halloween just around the corner its time to get our fright on!
Halloween is one of those holidays that brings out more events than the typical one night a week. Activities and events around Halloween range from the change your underwear scary to the school sponsored dress up days for little ones. Everyone gets to choose their level of scary and the amounts of events and activities in Snohomish County makes it easy to decide where to take your family and friends.
Snohomish County has the benefit of being surrounded by farms who in turn host corn mazes (hugely popular), evening Halloween parties, Zombie shootings (I’m not joking) as well as pumpkin patches for kids of all ages. Even now it seems, there is something about Halloween that brings the out the kid in me and I have so much fun trick-or-treating with the nephews and seeing them enjoy this time of year as I once did.
With all the pumpkin carving, parties, handing out candy and the ghoulish events here a list of 35 Halloween activities. If you know of others let me know and I’ll update the list.
15 Activities hosted by City
City of Arlington
- PIRATE SHIP 10am-2pm at Legion Park
- Pumpkin Decorating Contest 11am judging– at Arl. Hardware
- HARVEST PARTY at Arlington United Church 11am-3pm
- Trick or Treating & Trunk or Treat on Olympic Ave noon-1pm
- Pumpkin Pie Contest 11-noon at Legion Park
- COSTUME CONTEST 1pm at Legion Park
- The Great Pumpkin Roll 1:30pm registration First Street Hill
- ZOMBIE WALK 3pm on Olympic Ave
http://www.arlingtonwa.gov/index.aspx?page=24&recordid=1844
City of Everett
- Goblin Splash, http://www.ci.everett.wa.us/default.aspx?ID=1182
- Haunted Farm in Everett, http://www.ci.everett.wa.us/default.aspx?ID=2082
City of Granite Falls
- Railroad Days October 6th, http://www.granitefallswa.com/rrdays/.
City of Lake Stevens
- Downtown Family Safe Halloween – October 31, 2012 (*always on Halloween), http://www.lakestevenschamber.com/lsevents.htm.
City of Marysville
- Learn to Face Paint, October 17th, http://marysvillewa.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=73.
City of Mill Creek
- Trunk or Treat Halloween Haunt (no info published on date/time).
City of Snohomish
- Haunted Nightmare in 3D, http://www.hauntednightmare.com/.
6 Corn Mazes and Farms
Craven Farm Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze
13817 Short School Road
Snohomish, WA 98290
360.568.2601 – Directions
http://www.cravenfarm.com/patchmaze.php
The Farm at Swans Trail “Washington’s Largest Corn Maze”
7301 Rivershore Rd
Snohomish, WA 98290
425.334.4121 – Directions
http://www.thefarm1.com/farm-at-swans-trail-corn-maze.htm
Stocker Farms featuring Woodland Park Zoo Corn Maze
8705 Marsh Rd
Snohomish, WA 98296
360.568.7391 – Directions
http://www.stockerfarms.com/corn-maze.asp
Carleton Farm Pumpkin Patch – 2 Mazes
830 Sunnyside Blvd SE
Everett, WA 98205
425.334.2297 – Directions
http://www.carletonfarm.com/corn-maze
Foster’s Produce & Corn Maze
5818 SR 530 NE
Arlington, WA 98223
360.435.5095 – Directions
http://fosterscornmaze.com/pumpkin-patch-corn-maze.html
Bob’s Corn Maze & Pumpkin Farm
10917 Elliot Rd
Snohomish, WA 98296
360.668.2506 – Directions
http://www.bobscorn.com/bobs-corn-corn-maze.htm
6 Haunted House Attractions
- KUBE 93.3 FM Haunted House, http://www.kube93.com/pages/haunted_house.html.
- KISS 106.1 FM House of Terror, http://www.kissfmseattle.com/pages/house_of_terror.html.
- The Nile Country Club Haunted House, http://nilehauntedhouse.com/.
- Haunted Hallow Attraction, http://hauntedhollowonline.com/The_Haunted_Attraction.html.
- Nightmare on 9, http://www.thomasfamilyfarm.com/nighttime-activities/nighttime-on-highway-9-haunted-house.
- Haunted Swamp, http://www.frightmaze.com/.
6 Movies & Retro Horror Screenings
Everett’s Historical Theatre
- WHITE ZOMBIE (1932) October 4th at 7:30 PM
- HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) October 25th at 7:30 PM
http://www.everetttheatre.org/
Marysville’s Regal Cinema
- House at the End of the Street
- Resident Evil: Retribution
- Resident Evil: Retribution 3D
- The Possession
Check local showtimes at http://www.regmovies.com/theatres/theatre-folder/Regal-Marysville-14-1553
1 Halloween Party
Tulalip’s Thriller Party
10200 Quil Ceda Boulevard,
Tulalip, WA 98270
360.716.7162 – Directions
http://www.tulalipresort.com/Monster-Bash
1 Zombie Shooting
- Stalker Farms, http://www.stalkerfarms.com/zombie-stalker.asp.
3 friends and I did the Zombie shooting on 10/11/12. DEAD ZOMBIES!!
Other Haunted Destinations & Stories
- Monte Cristo Ghost Town
- Other Local Haunts
- Local Ghost Stories & Urban Legends
- Kell’s Irish Pub
Good to see some people still treating Halloween as a harmless bit of fun. In the UK, sadly, the Christian PC brigade are starting to get their talons into it. Every year, some bishop tries to make name for himself in the newspapers by condemning it.
I’m a believer myself but this attitude just makes me embarrassed to be one. So good for you guys in the land of the free: go for it.
I have heard of that in the UK, I don’t get either. It happens a little bit here but mostly it is used as marketing item to attract business during October. I enjoy Halloween because it is an excuse together with friends and dress up like some crazy Ninja
Hi Toby!
I recently did a post regarding Halloween..don’t let the title throw you 
Fantastic post with lot’s of fun stuff for families
http://www.faithfilledfoodformoms.com/halloween-the-dreaded-christian-holiday-food-for-thought/
Hope you and your readers enjoy it
Blessings!
Being a non Christian, I think there is a lot of misconceptions between the Halloween holiday as well as a bad rap because people over think the holiday. For me, as I hope the post reflects, Halloween is a fun time to spend with family/friends just having fun. Some friends I did the Zombie shooting at Stalker Farms because it would just be fun and we’ve never see that activity provider before. Whether people engage in the holiday is all by choice and how they feel best to raise their kin
Definately Toby AND I heard the Zombie shooting at Stalker Farms is LOTS of fun!
Blessings!