Pick a Pumpkin out in the field then come decorate it with the help of our crafters and acrylic paint pens! Let your creativity flow and go home with a pumpkin you decorated yourself! No registration required, $5 activity fee payable at the...
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At Temple Hall Farm, participants pick a pumpkin in the field, decorate it with crafters using acrylic paint pens, and leave with their finished pumpkin; $5 fee.
Themed games, crafts, trivia, and a scavenger hunt accompany Pokémon card battles, trades, and displays at Rust Library — ages 5–10.
Legacy Through My Lens exhibit by Heather Lynn Overheu showcases photos from her Legacy Farms apprenticeship, dedicated to Martha Schonberger, in the meeting room at Thomas Balch Library.
Award‑winning historian David O. Stewart presents and discusses his new book, The Democracy We Must Keep, examining nine founding documents and their modern relevance, at Thomas Balch Library.
Self‑guided StoryWalk® at Brambleton Library features Michelle Robinson’s A Beginner’s Guide to Bear Spotting, for ages 10 and under.
Build, test, and play with airplane models while learning flight science at Rust Library, Leesburg, for ages 5–10.
Create a pumpkin‑patch embroidery design at Rust Library by watching a tutorial and using the embroidery machine; supplies limited, ages 11 and up.
NOVA Parks' Roving Naturalist explains leaf color changes and leads a leaf craft at Temple Hall Farm Pumpkin Patch, free with admission.
A Halloween scavenger hunt at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens begins with a book trail featuring Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden.
Mini Golf course and Climb UPton transformed into haunted Halloween attractions at Upton Hill Regional Park — all ages.
Haunted mini golf and a terrifying trail wind through Pohick Bay Regional Park, offering spooky family‑friendly attractions and festive surprises.
Relaxed needlework gathering at Thomas Balch Library where crocheters, knitters, sewers and other crafters bring projects to discuss and stitch together.
1920s Party: American Girl Celebration (Carlyle House Historic Park) — Evening features 1920s music, period games, mocktails, celebrating the doll’s 40th anniversary and Samantha book.
