The Bowie Police Department reminds trick or treaters to stay alert for cars, carry a flashlight or glow stick, and to watch for extension cords and yard decorations. As a reminder, houses without their exterior lights on are typically not participating in trick-or-treating.
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Kenhill Center hosts a Green Team tour of a pollinator garden, teaching native plants and monarch maintenance.
Stories, songs, and fingerplays fill a half‑hour at New Carrollton, nurturing reading love and creativity, for ages 5 and under.
Monster Mash playday at Upper Marlboro Library offers silly, spooky games and socializing for kids ages 5 and under.
Trunk or Treat at Kentland Community Center offers car decorating contests, costume displays, and prizes in a safe Halloween celebration.
Video games, crafts, and other fun activities after school at Bowie Auditorium, for ages 13–18.
Stories, songs, and fingerplays delight babies at South Bowie, sparking early literacy and bonding moments, for ages 5 and under.
Wiggle & Giggle Fitness Program (Event Location, 4100 Northview Drive, Bowie) — Running, jumping, throwing drills and superhero‑style flying, balancing, and strength exercises in a playful, non‑competitive setting, for ages 1–10.
Supervised skating paired with hands‑on STEM lessons at Bowie Ice Arena, featuring a new STEM activity each date, for ages 6–12.
Spooky outdoor screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Belair Mansion lawn with food truck, beverage stations, and encouraged costumes, free for adults 18+, 21+ for alcohol.
Police Department hosts annual Trunk‑or‑Treat at Bowie City Hall, with costume and car‑design contests awarding prizes, local businesses displaying treats, all ages.
Animal movement mimicking sessions at Event Location, 4100 Northview Drive, Bowie, offering new ways to move and play each class, for ages 1–10.
Paper shredding and Styrofoam recycling at Public Works event, residents bring up to five tall kitchen bags or five archive boxes for shredding, first‑come, first‑served.
