Michigan Fall Colors Warren Dunes State Park
Southwestern Michigan is just 1.5 to 2 hours from Chicago, and offers many options for families to enjoy the great outdoors and beautiful fall colors. One that is not to be missed is Warren Dunes State Park. This park sits on 1,950 acres with three miles of beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline and 6 miles of trails. The rugged dune formation rises 240 feet above the lake and offers spectacular views. On a clear day you can see the Chicago skyline across from the top of Tower Hill sand dune.
Boo At The Zoo
From a crazy costume parade to pumpkin-carving demonstrations, Brookfield Zoo's annual Boo! at the Zoo festival is the perfect way to celebrate Halloween, and everyone is invited to attend! The not-so-scary event will include frightfully fun activities for the entire family! Some of the fun includes zoo chats on Halloween type animals like bats, spiders, owls and snakes, pumpkins for the bears and hippos, and Halloween crafts for the kids. Area high school marching bands will lead a costume parade on each of the
Pumpkin Patch at Park Ridge Community Church
If you are searching for the perfect pumpkin, and want your pumpkin dollars to benefit a good cause, then you need look no further! Visit the Youth Pumpkin Patch at Park Ridge Community Church in the heart of Park Ridge. More than 2,000 pumpkins of all shapes and sizes, plus other seasonal items such as Indian corn and gourds, will be on display and available for sale.
Proceeds from the patch sale will be shared between the New Mexico Navajo Tribe that grows the pumpkins and the PRCC Youth Ministry Fund, which supports community outreach projects, an annual youth mission trip, and other youth ministry activities.
Weekends bring special entertainment and free Saturday evening showings of the classic movie It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. All are welcome to visit the Patch for pictures of the kids with pumpkins or the weekend activities, whether or not you choose to purchase anything.
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Church's field at Prospect and Crescent Avenues in Park Ridge
Patch open daily October 16 to 31 movie in the patch shown Saturdays at dusk. Free to visit the patch and view the movie, pumpkins are priced by size.
Danada Fall Festival of the Horse
There are many fall festivals occurring around the Chicago area, but one of the more unique ones is the Danada Fall Festival of the Horse at the Danada Equestrian Center, which is part of the DuPage Forest Preserves. Kids generally LOVE horses, and this is a unique and free opportunity for them to see horse performances and learn a bit about them.
Main arena events will feature the Danada Equestrian Center's resident Percherons, American quarter horses and mustangs as well as the Danada volunteer musical horseback drill team. Families can enjoy hayrides through the autumn woods, watch a farrier make horseshoes, tour the Kentucky style barn, and learn about horse care.
Children can decorate paper hobbyhorses for a romp in the main arena, play in the straw pen, paint pumpkins, climb up a tall oak tree, or stop by the face painting booth.
Kidwinks lists many more fall festivals.
Morton Arboretum
The Morton Arboretum is an internationally recognized 1,700 acre outdoor museum with collections of 4,117 kinds of trees, shrubs, and other plants from around the world. It's an excellent place to celebrate autumn by taking in the gorgeous fall colors and enjoying the many fall-related activities offered for families and children. These include a Scarecrow Trail, fall theatre hike and taffy apple bar as well as games, pumpkin painting and spider crafts in the Children's Garden.
Apple Pie in a Bag The Elegant Farmer
The apple pies Jean brought with her are from the Elegant Farmer, home of the award-winning Apple Pie Baked in a Paper Bag. The Elegant Farmer is noted by Gourmet and the Wall Street Journal as having the best pie in America. The award-winning Apple Pie Baked in a Paper Bag has been the farmer's signature item for decades, and over a quarter of a million of these pies are baked each year.
During the Autumn Harvest Festival, everyone is welcome to The Elegant Farmer's orchard to pick from its 12 varieties of apples right from the tree or pumpkins from the patch. Enjoy beautiful fall colors aboard a tractor pulled hayride or vintage trolley ride. The East Troy Electric Railroad's turn of the century trolley departs Saturdays and Sundays from and returning to The Elegant Farmer.
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