Autumn Leaves Hike and Craft

Sat · Oct 24·10 AM – 11 AM·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 31·Great Falls Library

Immersive reading experience at Great Falls Library offers Bright Red Fruit copies, themed gifts, and recipe read-alikes for ages 13–18.

Sat · Oct 31·7 PM – 8:30 PM·Riverbend Park Location, 8700 Potomac Hills St., Great Falls, VA 22066

Guided hike on Follow the Hollows trail spotlights bats, toads, salamanders, spiders and owls, ending with a fire and s’mores at Riverbend Park.

Sat · Oct 31·11 AM – 4 PM·Colvin Run Mill Location, 10017 Colvin Run Road, Great Falls, VA 22066

Make cider with a press at Colvin Run Mill, bringing up to eight people, 100 apples and containers for two gallons, pressing and carrying fruit, for all ages.

Sat · Oct 31·Oakton Library — Oakton Conference Room, Oakton Meeting Room 1, Oakton Meeting Room 2

Halloween bingo sessions, games, crafts and other activities fill Oakton Library’s conference and meeting rooms, with costumes encouraged, ages 10 and under and 13 and up.

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.