Hey, your little boo wants in on the fun, too! Check out these Missouri events for family-friendly Halloween fun.

Harvest Festival & Pumpkins in the City, Silver Dollar City
Sept. 11-Oct. 31
Celebrate harvest season surrounded by the beauty of fall color in the Ozark hills at Silver Dollar City’s annual Harvest Festival. This theme park in Branson, Missouri, will be filled with more than 20,000 pumpkins, and a cornucopia of pumpkin treats, to “BOO-t.” Beginning Sept. 18, the park will also host its nighttime Pumpkins in the City event, which will include glowing fall decor, dance parties and more. Get the details.

Pirates and Pumpkins at St. Louis Aquarium
Sept. 18-Nov. 2
Take an underseas adventure with pirates this fall at the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station, which will be decked out with carved pumpkins and special pirate-themed photo opps and activities. Get the details.

“Hocus Pocus” on the big screen at Missouri Theatre
Oct. 9
Share a night of spellbinding fun with the Sanderson sisters at the Missouri Theatre at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The historic theater will show the beloved film at 4 and 7 p.m. Oct. 9. Get the details.

Boo at the Zoo, Kansas City
Oct. 24-25
Bring your family in costume to the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium for daytime trick-or-treating. Boo at the Zoo is included with general admission. Get the details.

Halloween Nights, Grant’s Farm
Select dates Oct. 1-30
In the fall, this popular St. Louis destination transforms for Halloween Nights, which features a Haunted Tram Ride, themed snacks, spooky decor, a monster dance party and more family-friendly fun. Tickets are $15 per person when purchased online in advance (free for ages 3 and under). Parking must be purchased separately. Get the details.

Carson’s Outdoor Movie Series: “Beetlejuice”
Oct. 3
See the Ghost with the Most at an outdoor screening of “Beetlejuice” at Carson’s Greenhouse in Springfield, Missouri. Tickets are $30 and include admission to the movie, themed snacks and drinks, photo ops and take-homes. Get the details.

Not-So-Haunted House, The Magic House Children’s Museum
Select dates in October
Bring your little pumpkin in costume to collect autographs from their favorite storybook characters at The Magic House’s Not-So-Haunted House, which returns to this children’s museum in St. Louis. Guests can also trick or treat and participate in a scavenger hunt. The event is included with museum admission. Get the details.

Jack O’ Lantern Trail in Faust Park
Oct. 23-24
Bring your children in costume to explore Faust Historic Village in Chesterfield, Missouri, by the glow of jack o’ lanterns. Families can trick or treat the village’s historic buildings, which will be decked out for spooky season. After trick or treating, guests can take a ride on the St. Louis Carousel and explore the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House. Tickets for the Jack O’ Lantern Trail are $12 and must be purchased in advance. Space is limited. Get the details.

Fright at the Museum, City Museum
Sept. 30-Nov. 1
At a place like the City Museum in St. Louis, Halloween is too much fun to pack into just one night, so you’ll find a month-long celebration lurking in its tunnels and caverns. The family-friendly celebration includes frightful decorations, a spooky variety show, haunted organ music in the Enchanted Caves, Halloween-themed circus acts, a macabre cast of characters, seasonal eats, storytelling, a mad scientist’s lab and more. After a day of exploring, mummy and daddy can recharge at Coven & Cauldron and the Vampire Bar. Fright at the Museum is included with general museum admission. Get the details.

Trick-or-Track, The National Museum of Transportation
Oct. 17
Families can learn more about the history of transportation at this fun trick-or-treating event at The National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis. Get the details.

Kids Monster Ball
Oct. 23
Springfield’s popular Monster Ball 417 is hosting its first ever Kids Monster Ball, a family-friendly event featuring pizza, trick-or-treating, a live DJ and more. Get the details.

1890 Midwest Hallowed Event, Shoal Creek Living History Museum
Oct. 24
Discover how Halloween was celebrated in the 1890s at the Shoal Creek Living History Museum in Kansas City. From 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 24, families can make crafts, play period games, listen to spooky stories, gather around a bonfire and more at the new 1890 Midwest Hallowed Event. Admission is $10 for ages 10 and older, $5 for ages 3-9 and free for two and under. Visit the museum website for costume ideas. Get the details.

Wizards & Fantastic Beasts Day, Dickerson Park Zoo
Oct. 10
Visit Springfield’s Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Missouri, for a morning of crafts and keeper chats from 9 a.m.-noon Oct. 10. Guests are encouraged to dress as their favorite wizard or beast. Get the details.

Howl at Powell, Powell Hall
Oct. 11
Introduce your young maestro to the sounds of the symphony at this Halloween-themed concert at Powell Hall in St. Louis. Get the details.

Boo at the Zoo, Saint Louis Zoo
Select Nights in October
Saint Louis Zoo’s popular Boo at the Zoo is expanding this year, with even more decorations and animals to see, including the Primate House. Tickets are $13 for zoo members and $16 for general admission (free for ages 0-23 months). A sensory-friendly night will be offered Oct. 12. Get the details.

Legends & Lanterns, Historic St. Charles
Oct. 10-11, Oct. 17-18, and Oct. 23-25
History lovers of all ages will enjoy this free annual festival on Main Street in St. Charles. Visitors can meet Halloween characters, hear live music performed by the Plague Doctor and take a self-guided haunted history tour of St. Charles. Note that merchants along Main Street will also host a Pumpkin Glow Oct. 23-24. Get the details.

Wolf Fest at the Endangered Wolf Center
Oct. 17
Animal lovers will have a “howl” of a good time at this autumn celebration of wildlife and conservation. Join the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Missouri, for animal tours, face painting, live music, storytelling, a howl competition and more. General admission is $75 per car for up to seven passengers. Get the details.

Frightfully Fun Fest, Onondaga Cave State Park
Oct. 23-24
Book a campsite and spend the weekend at Onondaga Cave State Park in Leasburg, Missouri. The Frightfully Fun Fest will feature an outdoor showing of a family-friendly spooky movie, trick-or-treating, a monster hunt and more. Be sure to bring campsite decorations for the campsite decorating contest. For a full weekend of spooky fun in nature, make reservations for the Onondaga Cave tour. Get the details.

Boo Fest, Mid America Adventure (Formerly Six Flags St. Louis)
Select days, Sept. 12-Nov. 1
While the theme park can be pretty intense after dark during Fright Fest, Mid America Adventure offers family-friendly Halloween fun during the day. This year’s Boo Fest will feature a dance party with Bugs Bunny and his friends, trick-or-treating on Gordy’s candy trail, a ghostly Halloween walk-through on McBoogle’s Pathway, Halloween performances by the Steam Punks, and more, as well as a variety of seasonal food, drinks and treats. The event is included with general park admission. Get the details.

Central Missouri Renfaire Fall Harvest Festival
Oct. 24-25
If your little one’s Halloween vibe is more pirates and princesses than ghosts and ghouls, they’re sure to have a royal ball at the Central Missouri Renfaire Fall Harvest Festival in Kingdom City, Missouri. Tickets are $10 for ages 6-12 and $18 for ages 13 and up. Get the details.

History-Lovin’ Halloween Party, Missouri History Museum
Oct. 29
“Fang out” with your little monster at this candy-free celebration from 4-7 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis. Kids are invited to wear their costumes and trick or treat the museum’s galleries, then venture into the Haunted History Clubhouse. The event is free; no reservations are required. Get the details.

Haunted Harvest Festival in Old Town Cape
Oct. 31
Kick off Halloween with a trip through a haunted farmers market! Come in costume to the Cape Riverfront Market in Cape Girardeau from 8 a.m. to noon and enjoy seasonal treats and spooky decorations. Follow the Haunted Harvest Festival event on Facebook for more information.

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Kathryn Deters McDonald is a Missouri native, writer, author and lover of all things spooky, ooky and eerie. Salem, Shmalem. It’s all right here in The Spook-Me State.