It’s already October, and Halloween is quickly approaching. Shop for all your Halloween needs online, and plan fun Halloween outings, to create special and lasting holiday memories.
Have a crafty Halloween! Sponsored Listing:
Love Halloween but tired of how many sweets the kids collect? Craft Caravan has a crafty solution! Give away Wikki Stix Halloween treats - each package contains 8 Wikki Stix and a fun Halloween design. It’s a great Halloween treat for kids of all ages. Set of 50 Halloween Treats - $21.99.
Get ready to ‘trick or treat’ with a special Halloween party at Nepean Museum. There will be pumpkin painting, candy creations and more! Don’t forget to wear your Halloween costume. For complete program details please visit: www.nepeanmuseum.ca.
Its back!!! - Halloween Carnival at Ireland House
12:00 noon to 4:00 pm Sponsored Listing: Costume parade and contest, prizes, live entertainment, pumpkin carving, children’s activities, haunted woodshed, spooky cabin, special museum tours… it will be a howl for the whole family! Goody bags for all children! Admission: $6.00 for Children, $ 2.00 for Adults
40% off all costumes from The Dress Up Club Sponsored Listing: Just in time for Halloween, The Dress Up Club is offering 40% off all costumes. Choose from 40 costumes including pirates, princesses and witches as well as licensed characters from Batman, Sponge Bob, and Star Wars. Enter coupon code HALLOWEEN upon checkout. Be sure to tell your friends and family.
For all the details and the check out our full line of costumes visit www.thedressupclub.com.
Too Sweet Sisters Sponsored Listing: Too Sweet Sisters - Specializing in custom made cake pops and chocolate covered sweet treats for all occasions! Some of our chocolate covered goodies include: marshmallows sticks & pops, lollipops, pretzel rods, liquorice, popcorn, sour keys and more! Perfect for your Halloween party or special treat that everyone will be talking about!
Steve’s Magic Sponsored Listing: Let “Steve” make your next Coporate event, Trade show, Holiday function or birthday party a magical one. With the use of slight of hand, close up or table to table magic, he provides the real mystery of illusion. Fully interactive shows for people of all ages.
Camp Spooky Sponsored Listing: Join Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang for Camp Spooky - a fun Halloween event for the whole family! With rides, mazes, a costume parade and fun live show, Camp Spooky at Canada’s Wonderland will make your kids scream for more! Campy Spooky is included with park admission.
It’s already October, and Halloween is quickly approaching. Shop for all your Halloween needs online, and plan fun Halloween outings, to create special and lasting holiday memories.
Craft Caravan Sponsored Listing Planning a Halloween party? You’ll need party crafts! Visit Craft Caravan for party crafts or subscribe to our Kids Craft Club. Use code ‘Halloween’ for a bonus Halloween craft package with your party crafts or with a 3 month or monthly craft club subscription.
Lollipop Art Sponsored Listing We turn your photos into works of art. In a Warhol inspired style, plus our own flare, we create modern day masterpieces. Each piece is custom crafted allowing complete control of colour and style. Choose people or pets and make the ordinary fun and funky!
Pumpkin Mania - Rounds Ranch Sponsored Listing It’s Pumpkin Mania season! Fun for the whole family! Enjoy loads of pumpkin fun playing pumpkin games. Have a blast in the western playground, visiting the farm animals, riding a pony, and GETTING LOST in the huge cornfield maze. Pumpkin Mania runs from Sept. 24th to Oct. 30th on Sat & Sun and holiday Monday 11am - 5pm. Only $9.95 + HST per person - includes a FREE pumpkin. (pony rides extra)
Minute Maid® Presents Boo at the Zoo
Tundra Trek 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Sponsored Listing: Follow the Zoo’s “Pumpkin Trail” to discover trick-or-treat activity stations throughout the Tundra Trek. Take part in our “Critters and Costumes Parade” at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm daily. Explore our Hay Maze. Best of all, up to two kids in costume (12 and under) get in free when accompanied by an adult. Events are subject to change without notice.
Minute Maid® Presents Boo at the Zoo
Tundra Trek 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Camp Spooky at Canada’s Wonderland
Saturdays & Sundays in October, 10am-5pm Sponsored Listing: Enjoy a boo-riffic Halloween event just for families this fall! Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the whole Peanuts gang for Camp Spooky - a fun Halloween event for the whole family! With children’s rides, spooky mazes, a treasure hunt, Charlie Brown’s Trick or Treat Show; Camp Spooky at Canada’s Wonderland will make your kids scream for more!
Too Sweet Sisters Sponsored Listing Too Sweet Sisters - Specializing in custom made cake pops and chocolate covered sweet treats for all occasions! Some of our chocolate covered goodies include: marshmallows sticks & pops, lollipops, pretzel rods, liquorice, popcorn, sour keys and more! Perfect for your Halloween party or special treat that everyone will be talking about!
My family went to Camp Spooky at Canada’s Wonderland last weekend, and had a wonderful time. The day offered all of the fun of Canada’s Wonderland and so much more.
I am delighted to share some of the reasons why this new seasonal event is such a hit with kids, and their parents.
• The weather was gorgeous and Canada’s Wonderland offered a great way to enjoy the best of the season outdoors.
• The line-ups for the rides were significantly shorter than the summer, and we did not have to wait more than five to ten minutes in Kidzville to enjoy the excitement which makes Canada’s Wonderland a favourite family attraction.
• Canada’s Wonderland was decorated for Fall and Halloween fun with hay bales, pumpkins, straw and more. There were also staff and visitors in costume, adding to the fun.
• All children had the chance to collect pre-Halloween treats as part of a vampire treasure hunt that led them to several stations where they could collect a spider ring, lollipops, vampire teeth and more. Their ‘map’ was collected beside the carousal.
• A costume parade gave dressed-up children the chance to show off their costumes.
• Charlie Brown was on hand to build Halloween excitement early and take photos.
• Charlie Brown’s Trick or Treat live, an all-new live show had audiences clapping and smiling.
• In the playground area, children could walk around life size displays of It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, while the story played over loudspeakers.
… And all the while, parents had the chance to enjoy the nostalgia of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang from our own childhoods, and see the glimmer in their kids’ eyes all over again. In fact, as my younger child left Canada’s Wonderland we heard “Can we come back again tomorrow?”
Camp Spooky is happening on Saturdays and Sundays in October from 10 am to 5 pm. Tickets
It’s already October, and Halloween is quickly approaching. Shop for all your Halloween needs online, and plan fun Halloween outings below in the GTA, Elmvale and Ottawa, to create special and lasting holiday memories.
Halloween Costumes Canada Sponsored Listing We carry a huge selection of Halloween costumes & accessories for the entire family. Order online from the convenience of home. Your order will be shipped right to your door. Save 10% off your order with couponcode 9192 at checkout. Hurry for best selection!! Contact: 306-547-2260, LittleLadybug@sasktel.net or www.greatcostumes.ca
Green your Halloween & Be Spook-Free Sponsored Listing Avoid the real spooks (harmful toxins, etc.) this Halloween and make safe, healthy choices for your kids and the planet too. Choose lead-free non-toxic face paint pencils, PVC-free reusable treat bags, non-toxic window crayons and for alternative treats, what about recycled star crayons or scented newspaper pencils? Take 10% OFF any order with codeKACSPOOKS through October 25th. Contact: 1-877-216-LIME (5463), customerservice@lavishandlime.com or www.lavishandlime.com.
Creative Play Annual Halloween Party Sponsored Listing Creative Play Indoor Playground Halloween Party! Pirate Captain Black Eyes will park his haunted ship. October 31st 11:00 am to 2:000 pm. Adult and child prizes will be awarded for best costume. Pre-registration is required. Register online at www.creativeplay.ca Contact: www.creativeplay.ca or call 905-231-1900.
Pumpkin Mania - Rounds Ranch Sponsored Listing Pumpkin fun for the whole family. Western playground, pedal cart racetrack, barrel train ride, huge cornfield maze, petting zoo, pony rides and more. Pie eating contest, pumpkin bowling and more fun pumpkin games. Wagon rides to the pumpkin patch to pick your own FREE pumpkin! Contact: 705-322-6293, ger@roundsranch.com or www.roundsranch.com
Family Halloween Day at the DX Sponsored Listing: Join us for a fun-filled day of Halloween inspired design activities for the whole family! Activities include Spooky Architecture, Ghoulish Fashion Design, Monster Making Factory, Trick or Treat Cookie Design, Haunted House and Tours of the Historic Trading Floor. Contact: Laura Brewer at 416-216-2114, laura@dx.org or www.dx.org.
Fun for Halloween-ies at TIFF Bell Lightbox Sponsored Listing Get freaked out at TIFF Bell Lightbox on Halloween, as we present screenings, activities, and workshops on the spookiest weekend of the year! Come in costume to enjoy a scary movie or get in the picture by starring in a scary scene yourself.
For more information visit tiff.net.
Camp Spooky at Canada’s Wonderland Sponsored Listing: Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the whole Peanuts gang for Camp Spooky. Located in Kidzville, there will be rides, spooky kid-sized mazes, a vampire treasure hunt, Charlie Brown’s Trick or Treat live show, and so much more! Free with Park admission! Contact: 905-832-7000 or campspooky.canadaswonderland.com.
Halloween Howl & Boo at the Zoo Sponsored Listing: Two spooktacular Halloween events at one exciting place - The Toronto Zoo. Halloween Howl, happening outdoors from 6:30 pm to 8 pm on October 23 and 30, will have you truly howling with excitement (pre-registration is required). Boo at the Zoo takes place on October 23, 24, 30 and 31 from 10 am to 4 pm and features a great array of entertainment, Critters and Costumes Parade and Boo Brew. Visittorontozoo.com for more information and to register.
Halloween at the Canadian Museum of Nature Sponsored Listing Something for everyone at the “castle” in October. Thursday evenings: Haunted Tours (tickets at www.hauntedwalk.com), a scary movie, and wine bar. October 30 and 31: live animal presentations, creature myths and facts, face-painting, crafts, tattoos, and a costume contest (31st). Visit nature.ca for more information. Contact: 613-566-4700/1-800-263-4433, questions@mus-nature.ca or www.nature.ca.
Glow In The Dark Mini Putt puts on Scary Tournament for CHEO Sponsored Listing: Putting Edge takes the fear out of Halloween for children at CHEO. Tournaments start October 12th. Entry is under $20 to the Champs for Children Mini Putt Championship, supporting CHEO. Entrants get a prize package worth $50, including golf, t-shirt and a coupon to Spirit Halloween Superstore. Contact: 613-224-4887, nepean@puttingedge.com, www.puttingedge.com, or the Putting Edge Nepean Facebook page.
WRITTEN BY
Nathalie Prezeau, author of Toronto Fun Places
Not as psyched about back to school time as the parent in Staples’ hilarious ad? It may be because you’re realizing summer swooshed by once again and you never got to take your kids to one of the big-ticket attractions they begged you to. Well, there’s still some fun to be had after Labour Day. It’s not over till it’s over!
Here’s a list of major attractions normally associated with the summer, which are open beyond Labour Day. You probably won’t save on the regular admission cost but you can expect fewer visitors and cooler weather, all contributing to a more pleasant outing.
Marineland We prefer to attend Marineland during the fall. There’s lots of walking involved to enjoy the spread of activities, animals and shows throughout the site. The park is virtually shadowless. On days when the sun is blaring, it’s enough to melt most kids’ enthousiasm. On the other hand, when the temperature gets below 20 degrees, young visitors will climb up to the Sky Screamer like young mountain goats. Note that all the regular activities are offered in the fall. Hours: Open from September 6 to October 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (doors close at 5 p.m. but attractions operate until nightfall). Admission: $40/10 years and over, $33/5-9 years old, FREE for kids 4 years and under (tax not included). Try to grab a promotional brochure of the area available in most attractions in Niagara. They normally include discount coupons.
Canada’s Wonderland Wonderland’s water park is now closed, which solves the usual dilemma of finding the time to do it all in one day. The other “dry” attractions remain open until the end of the season, weather permitting. Note that the regular admission does not include access to the Halloween Haunt event (held in October and recommended for kids 13 and over). Hours: Closed on September 12, then, open Saturdays and Sundays until end of October (from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in September, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in October). Note that the park has different opening hours for its Halloween Haunt event. Admission: During the fall weekends, the admission is down to $29.95 (tax not included). This does not include admission to their Halloween Haunt.
Ontario Place If the weather gets really warm in September, note that the waterpark within Ontario Place will remain open until the end of their season. Hours: Still open on September 12-13 and 19-20 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (the waterpark opens at 11 a.m.). Admission: You’ll save up to $3.50 per person by ordering online, which means admission cost is $30/6-64 years old, $16/4-5 years old and 65 and over, FREE for kids 3 years and under, $104/family of four ages 6-64 (tax not included).
Centreville Amusement Park The strike cheated us of a whole month of fun at the Centreville Amusement Park but we can still enjoy it on the weekends until the end of September. Hours: Open on September 12-13 and 19-20, from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on September 26-27, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (weather permitting). Admission: $29.50/over 48 inches, $21/4 years and under, $90/family of four (tax not included). The ferry is $6.50/adult, $3/kids, FREE for 2 years and under.
In her personal yet practical 480-page guidebook, author Nathalie Prezeau describes hundreds of outings in and around the GTA she tested with her family and friends over the past twelve years. The 4th edition is out! It includes a new chapter on things to do with the kids around the 69 subway stations in Toronto, as well as exciting city walks to play the tourist in Toronto. Available in the Travel Section of GTA bookstores as well as Mastermind Educational Toys stores and currently at Costco. Visit www.torontofunplaces.com to learn more.
I had the enjoyable opportunity to take a sneak peek at Canada’s Wonderland for the 2009 season this past weekend in beautiful weather.
The hit of the day for my kids was the all new Marty’s Party production at Playhouse Theatre (included in Park admission). The description given to the show by Canada’s Wonderland is the following:
Join us at Putz Headquarters where the wacky inventions of boy genius Marty and the outrageous outfit sof Fiona the fashion queen take over the Kidzville Playhouse. Be prepared for the unexpected in this fast fun and hilarious show. This is one Party your shouldn’t miss! Fun for all ages!
The entire audience, young and old were laughing. And even as we left the park, my kids were asking questions about how ‘those inventions worked’.
Marty’s Party will run Spring and Fall Weekends, with daily performances from June 20 to Labour Day (showtimes: 12:30, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30, 6:00).
Find details about Canada’s Wonderland and their special pricing on Season’s Passes at www.canadaswonderland.com. The season officially opens on Sunday, May 3.
Love Halloween but tired of how many sweets the kids collect? Craft Caravan has a crafty solution! Give away Wikki Stix Halloween treats - each package contains 8 Wikki Stix and a fun Halloween design. It’s a great Halloween treat for kids of all ages. Set of 50 Halloween Treats - $21.99.
Get ready to ‘trick or treat’ with a special Halloween party at Nepean Museum. There will be pumpkin painting, candy creations and more! Don’t forget to wear your Halloween costume. For complete program details please visit: www.nepeanmuseum.ca.
Costume parade and contest, prizes, live entertainment, pumpkin carving, children’s activities, haunted woodshed, spooky cabin, special museum tours… it will be a howl for the whole family! Goody bags for all children! Admission: $6.00 for Children, $ 2.00 for Adults
Just in time for Halloween, The Dress Up Club is offering 40% off all costumes. Choose from 40 costumes including pirates, princesses and witches as well as licensed characters from Batman, Sponge Bob, and Star Wars. Enter coupon code HALLOWEEN upon checkout. Be sure to tell your friends and family.
Specializing in custom made cake pops and chocolate covered sweet treats for all occasions! Some of our chocolate covered goodies include: marshmallows sticks & pops, lollipops, pretzel rods, liquorice, popcorn, sour keys and more! Perfect for your Halloween party or special treat that everyone will be talking about!
Let “Steve” make your next Coporate event, Trade show, Holiday function or birthday party a magical one. With the use of slight of hand, close up or table to table magic, he provides the real mystery of illusion. Fully interactive shows for people of all ages.
Join Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang for Camp Spooky - a fun Halloween event for the whole family! With rides, mazes, a costume parade and fun live show, Camp Spooky at Canada’s Wonderland will make your kids scream for more! Campy Spooky is included with park admission.
Planning a Halloween party? You’ll need party crafts! Visit 
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Follow the Zoo’s “Pumpkin Trail” to discover trick-or-treat activity stations throughout the Tundra Trek. Take part in our “Critters and Costumes Parade” at 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm daily. Explore our Hay Maze. Best of all, up to two kids in costume (12 and under) get in free when accompanied by an adult. Events are subject to change without notice.
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We prefer to attend Marineland during the fall. There’s lots of walking involved to enjoy the spread of activities, animals and shows throughout the site. The park is virtually shadowless. On days when the sun is blaring, it’s enough to melt most kids’ enthousiasm. On the other hand, when the temperature gets below 20 degrees, young visitors will climb up to the Sky Screamer like young mountain goats. Note that all the regular activities are offered in the fall.
Wonderland’s water park is now closed, which solves the usual dilemma of finding the time to do it all in one day. The other “dry” attractions remain open until the end of the season, weather permitting. Note that the regular admission does not include access to the Halloween Haunt event (held in October and recommended for kids 13 and over).
If the weather gets really warm in September, note that the waterpark within Ontario Place will remain open until the end of their season.
The strike cheated us of a whole month of fun at the Centreville Amusement Park but we can still enjoy it on the weekends until the end of September.