Trunk-or-treats and fall fun for kids, Oct. 24 to Halloween

Neighbors in the Gainesville, TX Chatter group shared their trunk-or-treats and fall events for kids this week. We read every flyer and put them in one place, by date. Most are free. Times and places are as the hosts printed them.

Saturday, Oct. 24

OneChurch Trunk-or-Treat, 4 to 6 PM. Candy, bounce houses, face painting and hot dogs. Free. The flyer gives no address; OneChurch meets at 400 US-377 in Whitesboro.

Buckets of Spooky Fun at McCoy's Building Supply, 10 AM to 2 PM. Kids decorate a glow-in-the-dark Halloween bucket. Supplies, drinks and snacks are provided, and no registration is needed. Gainesville's store is at 2507 US-82.

Fall Roundup at Thirty-Five & Liberty, from 10 AM until late. Kids' activities, costumes, Liberty Market Days vendors, food and drinks. 4321 I-35, Gainesville. Jojo's Snack Shack holds a sip and paint there from 6 PM: $20 for adults with the first drink, $10 for kids.

Barthold Bovines pumpkin patch: First Responders Day, 9 AM to 7 PM. First responders with ID get a discount, and fire trucks and a police car visit. Admission is $20 for adults, $12 for ages 12 and under and free for 2 and under. Closed-toe shoes are recommended and outside pets are not allowed. 1776 W. FM 922, Valley View.

Sunday, Oct. 25

First Baptist Gainesville Trunk or Treat, 4 to 6 PM. Games, candy, bounce houses and food. 308 E. Broadway, Gainesville.

Restoration Community Church Trunk or Treat, 5 to 6:30 PM. Games, food and fun. Free. 621 N. Culberson St., Gainesville.

Crossroads Baptist Church Trunk or Treat, 6 to 8 PM. 2201 W. California St., Gainesville.

Real Life Church Fall Fest, 12:30 to 2 PM. Hot dogs, candy, games and a bounce house. Real Life Church is at 2205 US-82, Gainesville.

Monday, Oct. 26

VFW Post 1922 Trunk or Treat, from 6 PM. Free. The same night, the post runs a Haunted Horror Adventure for $8; it uses horror-movie characters, so it suits older kids. 3332 N. Grand Ave., Gainesville.

Wednesday, Oct. 28

Callisburg FFA Trucks or Treat, 6 to 8 PM. The 15th year: food trucks, candy, games, a haunted house and costumes. AG Department parking lot, 148 Dozier St., Callisburg.

Walmart Trunk or Treat, 5 to 7 PM. In the parking lot by the Garden Center, with drive-up candy pickup. Costumes are encouraged. Gainesville's Walmart Supercenter is at 1800 Lawrence St.

Thursday, Oct. 29

Trunk or Trade-In at Glenn Polk Auto Group, 5 to 7 PM. Decorated trunks and custom hot rods from Red River Customs. Glenn Polk RAM Chrysler Dodge Jeep, 4330 N. I-35, Gainesville.

Trick or Treat at Wesley House Assisted Living, 6:30 PM. Residents line the halls with candy for kids in costume. 3291 E. Broadway, Gainesville.

Saturday, Oct. 31: Halloween

Hillcrest Church of Christ, 5 PM. 1712 O'Neal St., Gainesville.

Wheeler Terrace passes out candy from 6 PM. 2310 E. Broadway, Gainesville.

Halloween Party at Thirty-Five & Liberty, 4 PM to midnight. Cornhole from 4 PM and a DJ from 7 PM. 4321 I-35, Gainesville.

Trick-or-treating in neighborhoods that night? The GvilleTX Halloween map shows the houses that hand out candy.

Nearby

Collinsville City Wide Trunk or Treat, Saturday, Oct. 24, 6 to 8 PM, downtown Collinsville. The Collinsville Park Association has a map of candy stops around town, plus a trunk-or-treat fall festival at the Church of Christ youth building.

Sanger Church of Christ Fall Festival, Sunday, Oct. 25, 5 to 7 PM. Games, food, cake walks and candy. Free. 400 S. Locust St., Sanger.

Lone Star Cowboy Church Fall Fest, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2 to 4 PM. Food, games and activities. 21116 US-377, Whitesboro.

Know one we missed? Send it to us, and we will add it.