Colorado Springs sure knows how to celebrate the Fall season big time!
If you’re a family with kids, you know the costumes, trick-or-treat, and pumpkin days are coming, and what better way to celebrate this fun holiday than with unique events and activities created especially with the little ones in mind?
Get your favorite Halloween costume ready and prepare to have a blast! Here’s a list of the best 2022 Halloween and Fall events in Colorado Springs, make sure to read until the very end as every option is AWESOME!
Where: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Dates: Available to book any day of October, during normal business hours (9 AM – 5 PM).
Where: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Hours: October 15, 21, 26. 9 AM- 10 AM
During this Stroller Safari, parents and children will participate in a Fall – themed sensory activity and meet some Orange colored friends that call the zoo home!
Stroller Safaris are informal exploratory experiences in which participants use all five of their senses to connect with nature and animals.
Where: Royal Gorge Bridge
Hours: October 22, 4 PM- 7:30 PM
Where: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Hours: October 21-23, 28-31. 4 PM- 8:30 PM
Where: Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center
Hours: October 23, 12- 3 PM
Where: Pueblo Zoo
Hours: October 29, 10 AM- 3 PM
Where: Space Foundation Discovery Center
Hours: October 29, 10 AM- 4 PM
Where: Play Street Museum
Hours: October 22, 2 PM- 3:30 PM
Where: Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
Hours: October 29, 2 PM- 5 PM
Where: The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
Hours: October 29, 30, 31.
Where: Space Foundation Discovery Center
Hours: October 29, 10 AM- 4 PM
Where: Play Street Museum
Hours: October 30, 9 AM- 10: 30 AM
Where: Buell Children’s Museum
Hours: October 29, 10 AM & 4 PM
Where: Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience
Hours: October 30, 12 PM- 3 PM
Kids in costume will trick-or-treat their way through fun experiences, where staff will be passing out loads of candy.
They will be playing fun games, including Pumpkin Checkers, and trying and stump Dino Dan in the museum!
Dig for prizes in the dig pit and pick a pumpkin and get a decorating kit on the spooky Wild Walk.
Where: Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center
Hours: October 30, 6 PM- 8 PM
Where: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Hours: October 31, 9:30 AM- 11 AM
This special Holiday edition Stroller Safari includes a special demo with the Zoo’s wolves, a meet & greet with a few of the “creepy crawly” but still adorable animals from My Big Backyard, and painting your own mini pumpkin to take home with you!
Costumes are both welcome and encouraged for participants of all ages!
Where: Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center
Hours: November 24, 9 AM- 11 AM
Where: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Hours: November 21, 22 & 23 | PreK-K Half Day: 9 AM – 1 PM | 1st – 6th Grades: 9 AM – 4 PM