The last weekend in October means but one thing to children

of all ages...Halloween! Funny costumes and spooky surprises

help usher in the turning of the leaves, bringing a chill to

the air and a shiver to the bones. Time for tykes to summon their

imaginations, grab their pumpkins and celebrate the beginning

of another holiday season right around the corner. Trick or Treat

on Main Street in Fayetteville, the First Annual Kids Halloween

Party in Peachtree City and The Avenue's "Halloween

Experience" are offering safe alternatives to a time of

year that can become spooky for both parents and children. Games

and activities, plus costume contests can be enjoyed by everyone

at this years local festivities.

This is when time flies along with witches and ghosts towards

the new year. Start early and make the best show of the fall,

besides the leaves, a really memorable moment. Get out the camera

because there will be many sights to amuse.

Downtown Fayetteville will be all aglow the weekend of Oct 22-24

with Jack O'Lantern's scary and funny faces. Pumpkins

line the courthouse square, City Hall, as well as Stonewall Village.

On Saturday night, Fayetteville Main Street will brighten up

even more with lots of Halloween and Harvest time fun as Trick

or Treat on Main Street gets underway. The event is being sponsored

Main Street's annual safe Trick or Treat event is planned

for 6 p.m.-9 p.m Saturday night. Children are encouraged to attend

in costume and visit those participating businesses on the square,

as well as those that will be set up around the Gazebo at Stonewall

Village. The participating businesses and groups include: Town

Square Jewelers, By Invitation Only,McRae Communications, Holiday

Inn, Tibbetts Publishing, Once in a Lifetime Events, Fayetteville

Fire Dept., The Chamber of Commerce, Regions Bank, Holiday-Dorsey-Fife

House Museum, City Café and Bakery, Fayette Collectibles,

Wal-Mart, Bethany Circle, Dentistry for Children, Peachtree City

School of Dance, Seasonal Concepts, Toys R Us,

Auto Rage, Aldi and Michaels.

Additional space is available and may be reserved by calling

the Fayetteville Main Street Dept. at 770-461-6029.

Complimentary Trick or Treat bags will be handed out to the

children at the stage area and all the participating vendors

and businesses will have special treats for the children. . An

Oktoberfest Band, Lorenz and die Kast will perform German music

dressed in authentic attire. The stage is set up at Stonewall

at the fountain area. Storytelling will take place in the Gazebo.

Kids ages 1-12 can compete in the costume contest which will

take place at 7:30 p.m. on the stage by the fountain. Prizes

for the contest will be donated by Wal-Mart, Toys R Us and Regions

Bank. First, Second and Third place prizes will be awarded in

age groups 1-6yrs and 7-12yrs. For vendor applications, information

about participating in the Pumpkin Walk, or Trick or Treat on

Main Street call 770-461-6029 or email Nancy Price at [email protected]

Later next week, the Peachtree City Youth Council is offering

a free alternative to Trick or Treating this year. Their first

Kids Halloween Party will be at the Kedron Fieldhouse and Aquatic

Center at 202 Kedron Drive October 30 from noon to 2 p.m. Carnival

type games and rides will be available for children 10 and under.

They will also have costume contests for each age group.

The Halloween Party is for children that reside in Fayette County

only. To register call the Peachtree City Parks and Recreation

Department at 770 631-2542

You must register your child in advance, between October 11-27.

If you would like more information on the Peachtree City Youth

Council, visit peachtree-city.org and click on PTC Youth Council

Elections or contact Art Sivertsen, Coordinator Youth and Teens

at 770 631-2542 or email [email protected]

The Avenue in Peachtree City hosts its kid-friendly "Halloween

Experience" Oct. 30 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Avenue Peachtree City will feature the Pumpkin Patch scene

and an even greater experience for Halloween lovers: the Second-Annual

Pumpkin Walk. Trick or treaters of all ages can enter the Pumpkin

Walk, a contest to see who can create the best carved or decorated

pumpkin, as judged by our blue ribbon Avenue team. The contest

will have two categories - Large and Small - and all pumpkins

must be entered by 2 p.m. at the Great Gazebo on Oct. 30. Winners

will be announced at 3 p.m., with $175 in Avenue gift cards at

stake.

In addition to the scenes, all of The Avenue retailers will

be in the Halloween spirit, offering candy to trick or treaters

and many dressing in full Halloween costume. The Avenue ambassadors

will also be handing out Halloween trinkets to trick or treaters.

For more information about The Avenue Halloween Experience or

directions to the centers, please click on theavenuealist.com.

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