Autumn Leaves Hike and Craft

Sat · Oct 31·10 AM – 10 PM·Riverbend Park Location, 8700 Potomac Hills St., Great Falls, VA 22066

Hike through fall foliage, identify trees, then craft a keepsake from a perfect leaf at Riverbend Park for ages 5 and up.

Sat · Oct 24·11 AM – 2 PM·Colvin Run Mill Location, 10017 Colvin Run Road, Great Falls, VA 22066

Cider Making (Class) (Colvin Run Mill) — Use a cider press to press eight people's apples into two gallons of cider; bring 100 apples and sealable containers, all ages.

Sat · Oct 24·7 PM – 8:30 PM·Colvin Run Mill Location, 10017 Colvin Run Road, Great Falls, VA 22066

Nighttime lantern-lit tour of the historic house and 19th‑century gristmill shares local ghost stories, legends, and supernatural tales, ages 12 and up.

Sat · Oct 24·Cascades Library · Sterling

Kids submit favorite snack, dinner, or dessert recipes to a community cookbook at Cascades Library, using template cards from the children's book display, for ages 10 and under.

Sat · Oct 24·1 PM – 2 PM·Oakton Library — Oakton Meeting Room 1, Oakton Meeting Room 2

Teens from Yanshun Art Studio guide kids in creating art journals during a crafts session at Oakton Library’s Meeting Rooms 1 and 2, registration required, for ages 5–10.

Fri · Oct 30·12 PM – 5 PM·Riverbend Park Location, 8700 Potomac Hills St., Great Falls, VA 22066

Family Fun Fridays at Riverbend Park’s Nature Center offers books, crafts, games, microscope exploration, puzzles, sandbox digging, and hourly naturalist read‑alouds, all ages.

Mon · Nov 2·10 AM – 9 PM·Great Falls Library

Make a floating Moana raft with colorful craft supplies at Great Falls Library, for ages 5–10.

Fri · Oct 23·4 PM – 9 PM·Oakmont Rec Center Location, 3200 Jermantown Rd, Oakton, VA 22124

Haunted Mini Golf at Oakmont Rec Center offers trick‑or‑treat prizes at every hole, food trucks, popcorn and games; $15 online, $18 door, all ages.

Fri · Oct 23·5 PM – 8 PM·Frying Pan Farm Park Location, 2709 West Ox Road, Herndon, VA 20171

Trick-or-treat on the farm with farm animals, crafts, games, and a decorated farmhouse tour, in one‑hour slots at Frying Pan Farm Park, for ages 2 and up.

Fri · Oct 23·6:30 PM – 8 PM·Hidden Pond Nature Center Location, 8511 Greeley Blvd., Springfield, VA 22152

Evening campfire at Hidden Pond Nature Center features nature walks, interactive activities, animal presentations and s’mores, all ages.