DuPage County area Halloween happenings

Through October

• Cosley Zoo will host its Pumpkins and Scarecrows Fest from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through October at the zoo, 1356 N. Gary Ave., Wheaton. Visitors can shop for pumpkins and see the scarecrows on display. The free fest also offers fall items for sale, as well as a straw bale pyramid and cornstalk tunnel. Scarecrows may be built using the frame provided. For details, call (630) 665-5534.

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• The annual Halloween Night Walk tickets for DuPage County Forest Preserve are available at Fullersburg Woods Nature Education Center, 3609 Spring Road, Oak Brook. A maximum of eight tickets will be sold per person. The hour-long walks will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 26-28 at Fullersburg Woods. The walks feature Halloween tricks and natural history tales. Tickets are $8 per person. For details, call (630) 850-8110.

Oct. 23

• A Vampire slide show and lecture by Martin Riccardo is offered from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Glenside Public Library, 25 E. Fullerton Ave., Glendale heights. The program is free. For details, call (630) 260-1550.

Oct. 24

• Things That Go Bump in the Night: A Halloween Magic Show will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Addison Public Library, 2 Friendship Plaza. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Children younger than 10 must be accompanied by a caregiver 16 or older. For details, call (630) 458-3338.

• Whoo-Tee Halloween for ages 3 to 6 is a 45-minute program at 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Glenside Public Library, 25 E. Fullerton Ave., Glendale Heights. The program includes Halloween stories, a craft and treat. Registration begins Oct. 24. For details, call (630) 260-1550.

Oct. 24-25

• The Roselle Public Library will host a Halloween Fun event featuring stories, songs and verse for children 18 months to 5 years old from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Oct. 24-25 at the library, 40 S. Park St., Roselle. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Siblings are welcome. For details or to register, call (630) 529-1641, ext. 351, or visit www.roselle.lib.il.us.

Oct. 25

• The Addison Park District's Pumpkin Carving Extravaganza will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Oct. 25 at Centennial Recreation Center, in the preschool room, 1776 W. Centennial Place. Children ages 5 to 12 must bring their own pumpkin to carve and decorate, but all supplies will be provided. Prizes will be awarded for scaries, funniest and most original pumpkins. Each child will receive a goody bag. The cost is $15 for residents, $23 for others. Registration is required. For details, visit www.addisonparkdistrict.org or call (630) 889-2150.

Oct. 26

• The Bensenville Park District will host its annual Hallow's Eve Walk from 6 to 10 p.m. Oct. 26 at Veterans Park, Church Road and Main Street, Bensenville. Designed for all ages, the walk will consist of touring the park and visiting the park house. The walk will be especially designed for very young children from 6 to 7 p.m. Refreshments will be for sale. Cost is $3. For details, call (630) 766-7015.

• A Teen Scary Movie Marathon and mini golf is offered by the Glen Ellyn Park District for students in grades seven to nine from 6 p.m. to midnight Oct. 26 at Holes and Knolls, 845 Pershing Ave., Glen Ellyn. The fee is $20 per resident, $30 for others. For details, visit www.gepark.org or call (630) 858-2462.

• Boo Bingo for all ages is offered by the Glendale Heights Parks and Recreation Department from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Sports Hub, 250 Civic Center Plaza, Glendale Heights. The fee is $5 for residents, $10 for others. For details, call (630) 260-6060.

• Grace Church of DuPage will hold its Fall Festival from 6 to 8:15 p.m. Oct. 26 at the church, 27W344 Galusha Ave., Warrenville. The free event will feature fall activities, hayrides, games and a professional yo-yo show. For details, visit www.gracechurchofdupage.org or call (630) 393-7344.

• Oak Brook Community Church will offer Trunk or Treat, a Halloween alternative, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at the church, 3100 Midwest Road, Oak Brook. The free family event offers prizes, vehicles, hay rides and Ned and Joan Way, professional illusionists and jugglers. Prizes will be given for best costumes. For details, call (630) 986-0310.

• The B.R. Ryall YMCA will hold its Halloween Extravaganza from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 26 at 49 Deicke Drive, Glen Ellyn. The event includes games, a haunted pool and trails, weather permitting, as well as prizes. The event is open to all residents, including those not members of the Y. The fee is $5 per child, plus a nonperishable food item for the needy. Adults are admitted free. Registration is recommended. For details, call Monica Flores at (630) 858-0100.

Oct. 26, 27

• Visit a 13-acre haunted village at "All Hallows Eve: A 19th Century Halloween" from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Oct. 26 and 27 at Naper Settlement, 523 S. Webster St., Naperville. Not recommended for children younger than 8. Tickets are $9. One dollar off advance tickets are available at Naper Settlement and the following Naperville businesses: Anderson's Bookshop, Canterbury Shoppe, Country Curtains, Oswald's Pharmacy and Just Ducky. For details, call (630) 305-5555.

• Scarecrow Fun will be offered from 2 to 3 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Addison Public Library, 2 Friendship Plaza. Children will make a craft, play games, hear stories and have a snack. Registration is required. Children 9 and younger must be accompanied by a caregiver 16 or older. For details, call (630) 458-3338.

Oct. 27

• Glen Ellyn's Halloween Fun Festival with downtown trick-or-treating will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in downtown Glen Ellyn. A costume parade for children will be at 10 a.m. at Prairie Path Park, between Park Boulevard and Forest Avenue. A family pumpkin decorating contest will be at the Civic Center from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Spooktacular Saturday will be from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 27 in downtown Lombard. The event will include trick-or-treating at downtown businesses, a petting zoo, musical entertainment, a costume parade and contests, a pumpkin give-away and more. For details, call Lombard Town Centre at (630) 620-8063 or visit www.lombardtowncentre.org.

• The Downers Grove Park District's Trick-or-Trot 5K will be Oct. 27 at McCollum Park, 6801 S. Main St. Race day registration will be from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. and the race begins at 8 a.m. Advance registration will be accepted at two park district facilities: Lincoln Center, 935 Maple Ave., and the Recreation Center, 4500 Belmont Road. The first 200 registrants will receive a T-shirt. The cost is $18 for residents and CARA members, $21 for others. Runners 17 and younger must have a waiver signed by a parent. For details, call (630) 963-1300 or visit www.dgparks.org.

• The 3 v 3 Halloween Scream indoor soccer tournament for divisions U9-U16 is Oct. 27 at the Glendale Heights Parks and Recreation Sports Hub, 250 Civic Center Plaza, Glendale Heights. The fee is $100 per team. For details, call (630) 260-6060.

• Our Saviour's Evangelical Lutheran Church will hold a "Great Pumpkin" Halloween Party for children ages 3-11 from 2 to 5 p.m. Oct. 27 at the church's Celebration! Community Center, 919 S. Washington St., two blocks south of Edward Hospital, in Naperville. Children are invited to come in costume to enjoy games, pumpkin art, a pumpkin patch, bounce and slides, and a spooky search for the Great Pumpkin. A donation of $5 per person benefits Our Saviour's junior and senior high ministries. For details, call (630) 355-2522.

• Cornerstone Christian Church will hold a Halloween Bash from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at the church, 312 Geneva Road, Glen Ellyn. The costume contest begins at 6 p.m., with the best creative costume winning a new iPod. Categories will be by age groups and include adults and families. The event includes games, dinner items and popcorn. For details, visit www.cccge.com or call (630) 469-3536.

• "Pirates of the Scaribbean," a family Halloween party and magic show, will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Robert W. Vaughan Activity Center, 2121 W. Indian Trail, Aurora. Includes a costume contest and treats. Admission is free. For details, visit www.magicdentist.com.

• Scarecrow Fun will be offered from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Addison Public Library, 2 Friendship Plaza. Children will make a craft, play games, hear stories and have a snack. Registration is required. Children 9 and younger must be accompanied by a caregiver 16 or older. For details, call (630) 458-3338.

• Visitors can create Creepy Crafts to celebrate Halloween from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the DuPage County Illinois Historical Museum, 102 E. Wesley St., Wheaton. Admission costs $3, $2 for seniors older than 65, children ages 4 to 17 and students, free for kids 3 and younger. For details, call (630) 682-7343 or visit www.co.dupage.il.us/museum/.

Oct. 27-28

• The Cat Guardians Halloween bake sale will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 27-28 in the shelter's parking lot, 932 E. St. Charles Road, Lombard. Proceeds benefit Cat Guardians, Inc., a not-for-profit, cageless humane society for homeless cats. For details, call (630) 543-3395.

Oct. 28

• A Halloween Funfest is planned from 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Sports Hub, 250 Civic Center Plaza, Glendale Heights. Those attending should wear costumes. Tickets are 25 cents or five for $1 for games and food. Admission is free. For details, call (630) 260-6060.

• Naperville Park District's Halloween Happening takes center stage from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 25 near the Riverwalk's Grand Pavilion, 912 Sindr Court, Naperville. The free event is for ages 1 to 10. For details, call (630) 848-5000 or napervilleparks.org.

• Word of Life Lutheran Church will hold a Spook-ghetti dinner at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at the church, 879 Tudor Drive, Naperville. The event includes a costume contest and games for all ages. Donations of unwrapped new gifts for newborns to teens from $5 to $20 will be welcome to support the San Pablo Lutheran Church's Christmas market in Aurora. The gifts will be distributed to needy families of the San Pablo English as a Second Language program. This is a service project of Word of Life's junior youth group. Dinner tickets are $8 for adults, $4 for children 3-11 years. For details, call (630) 355-9655.

Oct. 29

• Children are invited to drop into the Roselle Public Library, 40 S. Park St., anytime between 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 29 to create Halloween decorations. An adult must accompany all children younger than 8. Registration is not required. For details, call (630) 529-1641, ext. 351, or visit www.roselle.lib.il.us.

• Children ages 3 to 5 will wear their favorite costume for a Halloween party from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 29 or 30 at the Aldrin Community Center, 391 Illini Drive, Carol Stream. The fee is $19. For details, call (630) 784-6100.

Oct. 30

• The Addison Park District Candy Carnival will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at Community Recreation Center, 120 E. Oak St. Children 10 and younger will play a variety of games to win candy. Kids who wear their Halloween costumes will receive a special prize. Admission costs $1. Visit www.addisonparkdistrict.org or call (630) 889-2150.

Oct. 30

• Naperville Public Library invites kids to come in costume for Halloween stories, songs and a puppet show from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Riverwalk Grand Pavilion, 912 Sindt Court, Naperville. In case of severe weather, the program will be held in the Community Room of Nichols Library, 200 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. No registration is required. For details, call (630) 961-4100.

Oct. 31

• The Glendale Heights Police Department will offer safe trick-or-treat from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31 at Safety Town, 300 E. Fullerton Ave., Glendale Heights. The event features friendly ghosts, goblins, fairies and witches and a spooky treat at the Safety Town school house. Children younger than 16 should bring a container or bag to collect candy. The police department is accepting candy or monetary donations for the event. Admission is free but participants are asked to bring a nonperishable food item. For details, call (630) 909-5459 or (630) 909-5466.

• Village Green Baptist Church will hold a Fun Fair for children and their families from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at the church, 200 S. Lambert Road, Glen Ellyn. The theme for the 14th annual event is Under the Sea and offers carnival games, crafts, cakewalk, puppets and a hot dog supper for $1. For details, call (630) 469-4400.

• Bloomingdale Church will hold a Trunk or Treat from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at the church, 264 Glen Ellyn Road, Bloomingdale. Children are invited to come in costume and trick-or-treat for candy from adults from their decorated cars in the church parking lot. There also will be games and entertainment in the church. For details, visit www.bloomingdalechurch.org or call (630) 894-0090.