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With Halloween on Sunday this year many Katy area businesses and churches will be hosting Halloween events all weekend.

Grab your pumpkin, bag, or suitcase because you are likely to end up with more candy than your dentist would want but it sure will be fun!

In fact, you can make Halloween three days this year; something I'm sure your child(ren) won't mind.

• Happy Halloween Mansion- Oct 19-31st The Children's Museum
• Halloween Spooktacular- Oct 31st 4-8pm The Children's Museum
• ZooBoo-Oct 30-31st, 9-4pm The Houston Zoo
• Mall-O-Ween- Oct. 31st, 4-6pm, Katy Mills Mall
• FallFest and Maze- Oct. 29th, 6-9pm Crosspoint Lutheran Church
• Meng’s Martial Arts Annual Halloween Party- Oct. 29th, 6-8pm Men's Martial Arts of Katy
• It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown- Oct 29-31st, Bass Pro Shop Katy Mills
• Halloween Comedy Sportz Match- Oct. 29th, 7pm Katy High School Auditorium
• Fall Fest- Oct 29th, 5-8pm McMeans Jr. High
• Harvest Festival- Oct. 30th, 8am-5pm Katy Fresh Produce Market
• Halloween Monster Jump- Oct. 30th, 7-10pm Katy Kips Gymnastics
• Halloween Carnival- Oct 30th, 1-3pm St Paul's Episcopal
• Halloween Town- Oct 30th, 4-8pm Sugarland Town Square
• Halloween Extravaganza- Oct 30th, 7pm-12midnight Westwood Gymnastics
• Trunk or Treat and Festival- Oct 30th, 3-5pm, Trinity Baptist Church
• Monsters vs Aliens- Oct. 30th, 6:30-8:30 Miller Outdoor Theatre
• Family Night Hike- Oct 29th, 6:30 Edith Moore Nature Sanctuary
• Trunk-or-Treat Fall Festival- Oct. 30, 3-5pm Seven Lakes Ninth Grade Center
• Family Night Carnival- Oct. 31st, 6-9pm Live Oaks Christian Fellowship
• Haunted Barn and Open House- Oct. 30th Richmond
• Harvest Celebration Oct. 31st, 4-6pm FBC Katy
• Fall Festival- Oct. 30th, 6-8pm Current Church
• Dracula- Oct. 31st, 7-9pm Miller Outdoor Theater
• Trunk-or-Treat and Carnvial- Oct. 31st, 6-8pm, Memorial Lutheran Church
• Slime Time at The Pumpkin Patch- Oct. 31st, 4-6pm First United Methodist Church
• The Knack Halloween Treat Bag- Oct 29th, 6-8pm Michael's Craft Store
• BOO on the Boardwalk- Oct 29-30th Kemah Boardwalk
• Halloween Treats- Oct 31st, 1-5pm Crayons Children's Resal
• Trick or Treating at The Farm- Oct 31st, 5pm Dewberry Farm
• Super Hero Night- Oct 29th, 6:30-8:30pm Second Baptist Woodway Campus
• Kingsland Fall Festival- Oct 31st, 4-6:30pm Kingsland Baptist Church

Do you know of a Halloween event we have not listed? Comment and let The Town know.

Happy Halloween from FreckleTown!

Last year Americans spent about $66 a person on Halloween costumes. Crazy? Well, you don't have to spend near that much (or any at all) and still have costumes for your whole family.

Check out this site for ideas on how to save on Halloween costumes. One great way is to swap costumes with other Moms. Organizing a swap may be too late this year but keep it in mind for next year and your costume budget will greatly decrease.

Looking for a place for your costumed children to have Halloween fun in Katy? Halloween happenings are going on all through October. Whether you spend a small fortune or none at all on your child's costume, he/she will definitely have many opportunities to show it off.

Check out some of these:

• ZooBoo- Oct 16, 17 , 23, 24, 30 and 31st 9-4pm The Houston Zoo
• McDonald's Halloween Mansion- Oct 19-31st The Children's Museum
• Hocus Pocus Pops- Oct 21st, 7:30-8:30pm The Woodlands Center
• Great Pumpkin Fest- Oct 24th, 6-7:30pm St. Peter's UMC on Kingsland
• Day of the Dead Celebration- Oct. 23rd 1pm KVPAC
• 12th Annual Boo Bash- Oct 23rd Trader's Village
• ArBOOretum- Oct. 30th 11am-5pm Houston Arborteum
• It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown- Oct 22-31st Outdoor World Katy Mills Mall
• Pumpkin Patch Fest- Oct 23rd, 10-3pm Seven Lakes High School
• Halloween Storytime- Oct 23rd, 11am Barnes and Noble Copperfield
• The Knack: Halloween T-shirt- Oct 23rd, 10-2pmpm Michael's Craft Store
• Ghostly Gardens- Oct 31st, 2-4pm Moody Gardens, Galveston
• HOWLaWeen- Oct. 28th, 5-7pm, Katy Dog Park
• Haunted Barn and Open House- Oct. 30th Richmond
• Harvest Festival- Oct. 30th, 8am-5pm Katy Fresh Produce Market
• Howl o Ween Dog Walk and Expo- Oct. 30th, 8am-12noon LaCenterra

Watch for FreckleTown's newsletter next week for the list of Halloween Day/Night Events for Trick or Treating Fun!