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Costume Contest and Mini-Halloween Parade at Old Stone House
Sun Oct 26, 2025
11:00am to 12:30pm ET
Age: All
Price: Free
Location:
Old Stone House and JJ Bryne Playground
Dust off your hot glue guns and sewing skills—OSH's Halloween costume contest and mini-parade gets Halloween off to an early start. Halloween crafts and a costume contest are held in the J.J. Byrne Playground. After the contest, all participants parade around Washington Park.
Awards are given in the categories of:
- Strollers/Wagons/Bikes
- Babies in arms
- Group Costumes
- Animals and Nature
- Scary Creatures
- Pop Culture Characters
- Costumes made from Recycled Materials
- Classic Halloween /li>
Thrifty, DIY, and recycled-materials costumes have an edge when it comes to winning.
Schedule:
11apm-12pm: Halloween Kids' Crafts
12pm: Costume contest and mini-parade
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