Many of us may think that 2020 has been scary enough as it is but in a year when a lot of celebrations have been cancelled it’s good to highlight the events that are still managing to go ahead offering to put a bit of fun back into our mini ones’ calendars.
Families are being urged to help transform Trick or Treating into a Pumpkin Trail by putting one – real, decorative or crafted – in their window so children can dress up and walk around their neighbourhoods seeing how many different pumpkins they can find (just like the rainbow spotting during lockdown) and parents can always bring their own sweets or treats to hand out along the way.
If you’re going to head to one of the events below as well then obviously it’s even more important than ever to check the details and/or to book your fiendish family’s tickets in advance before leaving your own haunted house for your disastrous destinations…
Art and Craft
Day of the Dead Decorations – October 24th to 31st – 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, DN15 6TB.
Kids Halloween Pottery Painting Session – October 31st – The Little Pottery Studio, St Marks Shopping Centre, Lincoln.
Baking
Cupcake Decorating – October 29th and October 30th – Hosted by The Back Garden Bakery at Waddington Village Hall
Events
Fear Island at Fantasy Island – selected dates between October 10th and November 1st – Ingoldmells, Skegness, PE25 1RH.
Halloween at Active Arena – October 31st – Active Arena, Lincoln, LN6 7JW.
Halloween at Woodcocks – October 31st – Woodcocks, Burton Waters, Lincoln, LN1 2BE.
Halloween Weekend – October 31st and November 1st – Heckington Windmill, NG34 9JW.
Witchy Spooktacular – October 30th and 31st – Wolds Wildlife, Horncastle, LN9 5LJ.
Films
Hocus Pocus (PG) – October 27th and October 29th to November 1st – Kinema in the Woods, Woodhall Spa, LN10 6QD.
Pumpkin Festivals
Pink Pig Farm – October 24th to November 1st – Scunthorpe, DN16 3RE
Rand Farm Park– October 23rd to November 1st – Rand, near Market Rasen, LN8 5NJ
Sundown Adventureland – TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS – Rampton, DN22 0HX
Pumpkin Patches
Coleby Lodge Farm – Coleby, near Lincoln, LN5 0AR
Doddington Hall– Doddington, near Lincoln, LN6 4RU
Maxey’s Farm Shop – Kirklington, near Newark, NG22 8PB
Red House Farm – SOLD OUT. Maize Maze still open. Waddingworth, near Woodhall Spa, LN10 5EE
Tattershall Farm Park – Tattershall, LN4 4JR
Uncle Henry’s – Grayingham, near Gainsborough, DN21 4JD
Trails
Fairy and Dragon Trail – various dates from September 1st to NOW FINISHING NOVEMBER 4th – Bransby Horses (LN1 2PH). Adventure around the Visitor Centre yard on this magical fairy and dragon trail and meet some of our equine residents along the way!
Halloween Family Potion Trail – October 30th – Sherwood Forest.
Halloween Hunt: Find the Hidden Pumpkins – from Monday, October 26th – Hanworth Country Park, LN4 2DX.
Halloween Monster Hunt– October 17th to NOW FINISHING NOVEMBER 4th – Rufford Abbey Country Park (NG22 9DF). Help hunt down the creatures, ghouls and ghosts as you follow the map into haunted hideaways and creepy woods.
Halloween Trail – October 17th to November 1st – Burghley House, Stamford, PE9 3JY.
Nocton Pumpkin Trail – October 31st – Nocton.
Outdoor Halloween Trail – November 1st – Wyndham Park, Grantham.
Pumpkin Hunt – October 17th to November 1st – For under 5s. Thoresby Park (NG22 9EP).
Pumpkin Trail – Otcober 31st and November 1st – Bassingham and and Carlton Le Moorland. Hosted by Friends of Bassingham School.
Scarecrow or Autumn scene Trail – October 25th to October 31st – Skellingthorpe, organised by St Lawrence School PTA.
Spooky Trail – October 31st and November 1st – Lincolnshire Wildlife Park, Friskney, PE22 8PP.
Uphill Lincoln Pumpkin Trail – October 17th to November 1st – Follow a trail of hidden ceramic pumpkins through Lincoln’s Cathedral Quarter and answer the clues to win prizes for all the family.
Where’s Wally? Spooky Museum Search! – October 24th to November 1st – Lincoln Castle and The Collection Museum in Lincoln.
Who Dunnit Trail – October 26th to November 1st – Age 4+. Thoresby Park (NG22 9EP).
With mini number two following her brother through the school doors for the first time and mini number three starting a couple of sessions at nursery a week, I’m finding the start of the new academic year even more difficult this year – so I’m fast forwarding in my mind to half term and Halloween fun.
All good things come in threes though don’t they? We have chocolate and Halloween, why not throw some wine in the mix too? Amanda of The Ana Mum Diary designed these 
Sarah at Kippers and Curtains details a 
The second half of this year’s October may have gone in a slightly surreal blur but, thanks to the angels watching over Faith, both here and above, they gave her the strength to recover much quicker than expected and she was even home in time for Halloween and to see her brother, sister and daddy dress up for trick or treating.
I might not be appreciating the start of the autumn season as much as I normally do due to the start of school but it does signify that Halloween is just around the corner and that still remains my favourite time of year.
Fortunately there’s lots to choose from in and around Lincolnshire – you can take a walk around around a pumpkin patch or some haunted city streets or, if your toes tremble too much at the thought, then take the ghost train or bus. Whatever your deadly destination be sure to dress up to join in the frightening fun!