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Here's what is happening this Halloween

| October 12, 2019 1:00 AM

Halloween is fast approaching.

A safe yet fun time is every parent’s wish for their little ghouls and goblins. Here’s a list of upcoming Trunk-or-Treat and Fall festival events.

Send information for your upcoming event to Hollyp@cdapress.com. Please include the time, date, place, cost (if applicable) and any other details.

Oct. 12

- Harvest Fair

1 - 3 p.m. | Post Falls Library, 821 N. Spokane St. Bring the whole family for a chili feed, pumpkin decorating, live music, giant yard games and more. Free.

Oct 19

- Pumpkin Painting Party

1 - 4 p.m. | Coeur d’Alene Library, 702 N. Front St. A family-friendly event with pumpkins provided by the city of Coeur d’Alene and painting supplies provided by the library. Participants can take their pumpkins home or have them displayed at the library and take them home later for Halloween! Free pumpkins will be provided to the first 200 participants.

Oct. 24

- Old Time Harvest Festival

6 p.m. | Wired2Learn Academy, 1800 N. Highway 41, Post Falls. Students are hosting an “Old Time Harvest Festival” with apple bobbing, cake walk, ring toss, pie eating contest, caramel apple dipping, homemade ice cream, a photo booth and pumpkin catapulting! Come enjoy the fun. All proceeds go towards future projects, including upcoming service projects in November and December.

Oct. 25

- Triple Play Trunk-or-Treat

5 p.m. | Triple Play Family Fun Park, 175 W. Orchard Ave., Hayden. Admission is one non-perishable food item to be donated to Community Action Partnership.

- Professional Pumpkin Carving Workshop

5:30 p.m. | Pilgrim’s Market, 1316 N. Fourth St. Our carving master-instructor will demonstrate cutting edge techniques that will unlock your creativity and make your creations illuminate on Halloween night. The $30 registration fee includes a take-home fruit carving kit, carving guide, snacks and two glasses of wine. RSVP by emailing Jessica at demo@pilgrimsmarket.com.

- Spooky Kooky Monster Concert

6:30 p.m. | Community United Methodist Church, 1470 W. Hanley Ave. Join us for a spectacularly crazy event! Family friendly dress-up, painted faces (but no masks please), music, door-prizes and FUN! Come dressed in costume or come as you are! Bring a bag for trick-or-treating throughout the church. Invite your friends and neighbors! Free.

Oct. 26

- Pumpkins and Pancakes

7 a.m. | Stoneridge Golf Community, 364 Stone Ridge Road, Blanchard. Bring your children to decorate a free pumpkin! $1 pancake breakfast for kids, $4 pancake breakfast for adults.

- Fall Fest and Apple Palooza

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. | Downtown Coeur d’Alene, Fourth St. and Sherman Ave. The Downtown Association invites you to come shop the Harvest Farmers Market at Fifth Street and Sherman Avenue. There will be free hayrides, harvest produce, music, food and everyone’s favorite, the Apple Palooza apple tasting event throughout the downtown. Pick up your maps and People’s Choice ballots at Fifth and Sherman.

- Trick-or-Treat for a Book

Noon - 1:30 p.m. | The Well- Read Moose Bookstore, 2048 N. Main St. Join us for story time and our annual Trick-or-Treat for a book! For children up to age 12. Free.

- Rathdrum Trunk-or-Treat

5 - 7 p.m. | Main Street. An opportunity for families to safely trick-or-treat out of the decorated trunks of parked cars. Trunk or Treat starts at 5 p.m.; vehicles will be set up between 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The best-decorated car judging will take place between 5:15 and 6:30 p.m. Winners will be announced at 6:45. Only registered cars will be displayed on Main Street.

- Halloween Festival

5 - 9 p.m. | The Roosevelt Inn, 105 E. Wallace Ave. Enter your carved masterpiece into our jack-o-lantern contest! Come and play games, walk through our haunted forest, get your face painted and more! $5 admission. 12 and younger are free!

- Fifth Annual I-90 Autoplex Trunk-n-Treat

5:30 - 8 p.m. | I-90 Autoplex, 1800 E. Polston Ave. Post Falls. 20 acres of fun! This is the Inland Northwest’s largest trunk-n-treat. There will be lots of trunks full of candy and games, plus prizes, pumpkin decorating, costume contests, free hot cocoa, free hayrides and more. This event will encompass most of the 1-90 Autoplex. Pre-register online at Ticketleap.com to save time checking in. Admission is only 1 can of food per person for the Post Falls Food Bank. Please do not forget!

- Triple Play Halloween Party

6 - 10 p.m. | Triple Play Family Fun Center, 175 W. Orchard Ave., Hayden. Admission is only $19 (+ tax) per person for access to the Triple Play attractions, ropes climbing course, and Raptor Reef Indoor Water Park! Sybil of 93.7 The Mountain will be here hosting the costume contest at 7 p.m. for ages 10 and younger and 8 p.m. for ages 11 and older with a $150 cash prize for first place in each age group!

- Halloween Party

7:30 p.m. | Ponderosa Springs Golf Course at 1291 N Galena Drive. Join the Coeur d’Alene Rotary on the Rocks Club as we throw one of the biggest Halloween parties. Join us for games, prizes, food and drinks! Appetizers are included in the price of each ticket as well as a dessert bar. Enjoy an open bar and a live DJ for the haunted dance floor. Events include: limbo contest, free photo booth, putting green, 50/50 raffle, appetizers, dessert bar, costume contest and games. Must be 21 or older. Tickets are $30 a person or $50 a couple and must be purchased in advance at Eventbrite.com

- Monster’s Ball Halloween Party

9 - 1:30 p.m. | The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second St. This year the costumes are wilder, the drinks are tastier and the prizes are up for grabs at our annual spooky celebration at The Resort Plaza Shops! Featuring a cash-prize costume contest, a live DJ, no-host bars, beer pong, FunnyBooth Photo Booth, happy hour specials from the Taphouse Unchained and more!

Tickets are only $25 per person ($30 at the door) and can be purchased by calling 855-379-5478 or online at http://bit.ly/2ksm0YN. Must be 21 or older.

Oct 30

- Halloween Story Time at the Carousel

10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Coeur d’Alene Carousel, 439 W. Fort Ground Drive. Join us for a special Halloween story time at the Carousel. Games, activities, and a free book for every child. Be sure to dress up and take a picture with your favorite animal.

Oct. 30, 31, Nov. 1

- Neon Jungle

6 p.m. | Wired2Learn Academy, 1800 N. Highway 41, Post Falls. Ditch the fright this October. Come savor an immersive and engaging fall funhouse experience for the whole family! Under the aura of black lights explore a glowing jungle. Be transported to an underwater world and walk through space to touch the stars. At the end of the maze, there will be warm and comfy fall treats, like hot cocoa and caramel apples, Plus live music and face painting. All proceeds benefit Wired2Learn Foundation helping kids with learning disabilities. Early bird tickets available NOW! Only $5 per person.

Oct. 31

- Trick-or-Treat the Museum

10 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center, 2678 W. Cessna Ave. Are you looking to Trick or Treat during the daytime with your child? Stop by the Bird Aviation Museum where our fantastic volunteers will be handing out Crayola Crayons, Playdoh, Rice Crispy Treats, Goldfish, Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins, organic fruit gummies and more!

- Trick-or-Treat Downtown Coeur d’Alene

4 - 6 p.m. | Downtown Coeur d’Alene businesses (Sherman Avenue) Trick-or-Treating has never been so much fun! Safe, family fun from 4 to 6 p.m. downtown Coeur d’Alene, throughout participating businesses. Plus, stop by Sixth and Sherman for “Trunk-or-Treat” put on by First Presbyterian Church!