Do you live OTP? Specifically north OTP? Here’s a list of fun family activities to bring on Fall this October!
Woodstock
Downtown Woodstock Scarecrow Walk (All of October)
One of our kids favorite things to do is to go to downtown Woodstock and walk around to look at all of the scarecrows. Local businesses decorate scarecrows, and they have fun doing it. They are usually decorated in some theme that goes along with the type of business. We always take pictures of the boys sitting by our favorites!
Berry Patch Farms (All of October)
786 Arnold Mill Road Woodstock, GA
A fun place to go for pumpkins, hayrides, apple cider, homemade fried pies, boiled peanuts, popcorn, a playground, and baby farm animals! Get out and enjoy the fall weather with the whole family!
Halloween KidsFest (October 31)
3:00 – 7:00 pm The Amphitheater at City Center 103 Arnold Mill Road
Trick-or-Treating, Food, Music, Magician, Juggler, games, face painting, vendors, inflatables, and lots of other free fun activities at this Halloween festival!
Marietta
Mt. Bethel Christian Preschool Fall Festival (Oct. 15)
10:00am – 2:00pm Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church 4385 Lower Roswell Rd. Marietta, GA 30068
One of our kids favorites! It’s put on by a local preschool, so it’s organized specifically with preschoolers in mind! There will be pony rides, a petting zoo, inflatables, games, food, a silent auction, and much more!
Craft Beer Festival and Chalktoberfest (Oct. 8 & 9)
More than 80 professional chalk artists decorating the streets of Downtown Marietta, as well as a non-professional chalk contest for individuals and school teams, and a 5+ kids chalk art competition! The Craft Beer Festival going on at the same sells tickets that will let you taste more than 100 different kinds of craft beers. All this while enjoying live music, food trucks on location, bounce houses, kids activities and crafts.
Kennesaw
Fall-O-Ween Fest and Outdoor Movie – Star Wars: the Force Awakens (Oct. 15)
5:00-9:00pm Swift-Cantrell Park 3140 Old 41 Hwy NW Kennesaw, GA 30144
Free carnival games, trick-or-treating, children’s activities, and don’t forget to wear your costume for a family dance party! The movie will start at sundown.
Owl-O-Ween Hot Air Balloon Festival (Oct. 21 & 22)
Kennesaw State University Sports & Entertainment Park
3200 George Busbee Pkwy NW Kennesaw, GA 30144
This fun, halloween themed festival has become a tradition for our family! Its a special festival that we let our kids stay up late for, to see the hot air balloons rise up and light up after the sun goes down. There is live music, a kids playfield with activites and bounce houses / slides, food trucks, vendors, and the highlight of the weekend – hot air balloons!
Roswell
Family Halloween Hikes (Oct. 21-22 & 28-29)
7:00-10:00pm Chattahoochee Nature Center
A well-lit hike for the whole family, to learn about animals and their environment! Kids can meet costumed characters, listen to world music, participate in crafts and face painting and gather around a campfire! A fun, educational fall activity
Spooktacular Night at Archibald Smith Plantation (Oct. 13)
6:00pm–9:00pm Smith Plantation 935 Alpharetta St. Roswell, GA 30075
On this special night, you can go on a candle light tour of the house and grounds! You will hear ghost stories, and the kids can come dressed in their costume for trick-or-treating and a costume contest!
I discovered a sweet little farm in the Woodstock/Canton area – it’s called Big Springs Farm and it was a great alternative to the sometimes crowded Berry Patch Farms. (it’s about 15 minutes away from Berry Patch)
It has a hay ride, a corn maze, cute picture spot places, and lots of varieties of pumpkins. Since it’s smaller, it was less crowded and there’s no fee for parking. We loved it!