Are you ready for a spooktacular Halloween season?
Here’s our list of 2019 Kansas City Halloween parades, parties and other events for kids. This roundup of family-friendly Halloween activities focusses on fun, candy and cute costumes.
Don’t worry, though. If you’re looking for terror-filled haunted houses, thrilling costume parties and pulse-quickening corn mazes, we’ve got you covered. We’ve divided these into separate lists so you can more easily find what interests you most.
We’ll be adding more events as we find them, so make sure you check back often. And if you know of any we’ve missed, please leave a comment below; we’ll add them as time allows.
Be sure to check out our other posts so you don’t miss any fun this season:
Free and Cheap Kansas City Halloween Parties and Events for Adults
Free and Cheap Trick-or-Treating in Kansas City – COMING SOON!
Kansas City Haunted Houses and Discounts – COMING SOON!
Kansas City Pumpkin Patches, Corn Mazes & Hayrides
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Kansas City Halloween Parades
Boos, Barks & Badges Halloween Parade
Oct. 26, 2019
Location: Downtown Lee’s Summit
Hours: 10 a.m. to noon
Admission: FREE
A free parade and trick-or-treating at participating downtown merchants.
Independence Halloween Parade
Oct. 26, 2019
Location: Independence Square
Hours: 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Admission: FREE
Kansas City Halloween Parties and Activities for Kids
Great Pumpkin Fest
Sept. 14-Oct. 27, 2019 (Saturdays and Sundays)
Location: Worlds of Fun
Hours: All day
Admission: FREE with paid park admission
Family-friendly (not scary) Halloween-themed activities in Camp Snoopy. Kids can enjoy rides, a costume contest, trick-or-treating, a petting zoo, crafts and a pumpkin patch.
Enchanted Forest
Oct. 18-19, Oct. 25-26 2019
Location: George Owens Nature Park (Independence, MO)
Hours: 7 to 9 p.m.
Admission: $3
The woods of the park are transformed into a magical forest for a non-scary alternative for younger kids complete with a hayride at the end. Anyone in line by 9 p.m. will get to go through the trails.
Night of the Living Farm
Oct. 18-19 and 25-26, 2019
Location: Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead
Hours: 6 to 9 p.m.
Admission: $10; $9 for Friends of the Farmstead; kids 2 and under get in FREE
Kansas City’s favorite farmstead goes dark with a variety of scary and non-scary activities for families.
Fairy Tale Forest
Oct. 18-20, 2019
Location: Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary
Hours: 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Admission: $8; $5 for members; FREE for kids 2 and under
Enjoy a jack-o-lantern walk, treats from fairy tale folks and make spooky crafts.
Truck or Treat
Oct. 19, 2019
Location: Independence Center parking lot
Hours: Noon to 3 p.m.
Admission: FREE; registration requested for planning
Don your favorite Halloween costume and trick-or-treat at a 65 Ton Rotator, Howitzer, Dump Truck, and many more heavy-duty vehicles. Prizes and goodies.
Boo ‘n Brew
Oct. 19, 2019
Location: Town Center Plaza
Hours: 3 to 6 p.m.
Admission: FREE
A Halloween-themed gathering with aerialists and contortionists, live music, a beer garden, trick-or-treating, tarot card and palm readings, pickleball and more.
Trunk or Treat
Oct. 19, 2019
Location: Olathe Keller Williams Diamond Partner
Hours: 5 to 7 p.m.
Admission: FREE; registration requested for planning purposes
An all-ages event with trick-or-treating, face painting, games, bounce houses, balloon artists, FREE cotton candy, fire trucks and police cars and food trucks (cash or credit accepted).
Enchanted Forest
Oct. 24, 2019
Location: Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park
Hours: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Admission: FREE
Enjoy puppets, musicians and singers along the trail around Rose’s Pond and fun photos in the photo booth.
Halloween Boo Bash
Oct. 25, 2019
Location: Plaza Library
Hours: 6:30 p.m.
Admission: FREE
Enjoy an all-ages get together of games, a haunted house, face painting and trick-or-treating.
Halloween Happenings
Oct. 26, 2019
Location: Merriam, KS Marketplace
Hours: 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Admission: FREE
Halloween fun geared for kids ages 10 and under. Celebrate with inflatables, games, costumes, a photo booth and more. Costumes encouraged.
Spookfest
Oct. 26, 2019
Location: Union Station
Hours: 5 to 8 p.m.
Admission: $8.25 ($6.25 for Union Station members)
Food, spooky science demos, stage show and costume contest make up a fun night for kids at Union Station.
Historical Hauntings
Oct. 26, 2019
Shawnee Town 1929
Hours: 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Admission: FREE ($1 donation suggested)
Prep your costumes and join for contests, hayrides and trick-or-treating.
Healthy Halloween Spooktacular!
Oct. 26, 2019
Location: Roeland Park Community Center
Hours: 9 a.m. to noon
Admission: FREE
Stop in with your costume on to visit the photo booth, play games, make crafts and dance to some spooky tunes.
Spooky Skate
Oct. 26, 2019
Location: Line Creek Community Center (5940 NW Waukomis Dr., Kansas City, MO)
Hours: 2 to 4 p.m. for skate; 3 to 5 p.m. for other activities
Admission: FREE if you’re wearing a costume; $5 for additional activities
Monster Dash 5K/Kids Fun Run
Oct. 26, 2019
Location: 1901 NW Blue Parkway, Unity Village, MO
Hours: 5:30 p.m.
Admission: $10-$40
Family friendly 5k and kids fun run where you get to wear your costume.
Boo-Tastic Fun
Oct. 26-27, 2019
Location: Crown Center
Hours: Noon to 4 p.m.
Admission: FREE
Free admission lets kids enjoy performances by the StoneLion Puppet Theatre and get pictures with the wicked queen.
Boo at the Zoo
Oct. 26-27, 2019
Location: Kansas City Zoo
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: FREE with paid zoo admission
Halloween-themed activities and trick-or-treating at the Kansas City Zoo. Costumes encouraged.
Monster Dash 5K/Kids Fun Run
Oct. 27, 2019
Location: South Creek Office Park, (7200 W. 132nd Street, Overland Park, KS)
Hours: 7:30 a.m.
Admission: $10-$40
Pound the pavement in your costume during this family-friendly 5K and kids fun run.
Halloween Egg Hunt
Oct. 27, 2019
Location: Faulkner’s Pumpkin Ranch
Hours: 4 p.m.; Lineup starts at 3:30 p.m.
Admission: FREE with paid admission to the ranch.
Kids 12 and under can take part in a Halloween-themed egg hunt.
Boo Bash
Oct. 29, 2019
Location: Celebration Park in Gardner, KS
Hours: 6 to 8 p.m.
Admission: $4 for kids (2-12), $2 if purchased in advance at City Hall; FREE for parents and kids under 2.
Games, candy, prizes, a pumpkin decorating contest and more make up one the biggest Halloween parties in the area. Concessions are available for purchase along with FREE soda and popcorn while supplies last.
Scare-It Halloween
Oct. 31, 2019
Location: 3600 block of Gladstone Boulevard
Hours: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Admission: FREE
Eight blocks of car-free trick-or-treating and a haunted house put on by the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association.
Trick-or-Treat Scavenger Hunt
Oct. 31, 2019
Locations: Scheels, Overland Park, KS
Hours: 3 to 6 p.m.
Admission: FREE
Treats and goodies for the first 1,000 children under age 12.
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