As the spooky season approaches, Kansas City transforms into a wonderland of family-friendly frights and fun. Explore our top picks for spook-tacular fun in Kansas City for 2025!
Johnson County
Enchanted Forest
📍 Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park, Lenexa, KS
🗓️ Thursday, October 30, 2025
🕓 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
✨ For one magical night, Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park is transformed into the Enchanted Forest, offering hayrides, pumpkin decorating, puppet shows, music, and a fire show. Costumes are optional. Limited candy available at sponsor booths.
🔗 City of Lenexa – Enchanted Forest
Night of the Living Farm
📍 Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead, Overland Park, KS
🗓️ Fridays & Saturdays: October 17, 18, 24, 25, 2025
🕠 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
👻 Enjoy spooky and non-scary hayrides, a superhero obstacle course, princess dance party, glowing pumpkins, and more! Tickets required; no tickets sold onsite.
🔗 Night of the Living Farm – Arts & Recreation Foundation
Historical Hauntings
📍 Shawnee Town 1929, Shawnee, KS
🗓️ Saturday, October 25, 2025
🕕 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
🎃 Experience trick-or-treating, tractor hayrides, Farmstead house tours, photo ops, and costume contests. $1 suggested donation.
🔗 Shawnee Town Historical Hauntings
JCPRD JamBOOree
📍 Shawnee, KS
🗓️ Saturday, October 25, 2025
👻 Join for a BOO-tastic family night with Halloween-themed activities, thrills, chills & treats. Free event; bring canned goods for donation.
🔗 jcprd.com – JamBOOree
Downtown / South Kansas City
Kids’ Ghost Tours
📍 Alexander Majors House Museum, Kansas City, MO
🗓️ Saturday, October 4, 2025
🕒 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
👻 A family-friendly, not-too-scary 30-minute guided tour with ghostly tales, trick-or-treating, and crafts. Tours depart every 15 minutes.
🔗 Kids’ Ghost Tours – SimpleTix
🐾 Kansas City Zoo – Boo at the Zoo
📍 Kansas City Zoo, Kansas City, MO
🗓️ October 2025 (exact dates TBA)
🎃 Dress up in your best costume and enjoy trick-or-treating throughout the zoo, watch as animals enjoy pumpkin enrichment activities, and participate in Halloween-themed games.
🔗 Kansas City Zoo – Boo at the Zoo
Sensory-Friendly Boo Bash Extravaganza
📍 Keystone Co-Lab, Kansas City, MO
🗓️ Saturday, October 25, 2025
🕚 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
🎉 A Halloween celebration designed with inclusivity and sensory-friendly fun in mind, featuring hands-on art activities, sensory play zones, a bounce house, and more.
🔗 Sensory-Friendly Boo Bash Extravaganza – AllEvents
Northland
🎃 Worlds of Fun – Tricks and Treats
📍 Worlds of Fun, Kansas City, MO
🗓️ Saturdays & Sundays: September 13 – October 26, 2025
🕛 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
👻 Enjoy daytime festivities including trick-or-treating, haybale trails, a costume contest, and the Skelebration Dance Party. Masks and adult costumes are not permitted after 6:00 PM.
🔗 Worlds of Fun – Tricks and Treats
Beats & Broomsticks: Hocus Pocus in the Park
📍 Zona Rosa, Kansas City, MO
🗓️ Saturday, October 25, 2025
🎃 Calling all ghosts, goblins, witches & Sanderson sisters for the Halloween event of the season! Music, fun, and spooky vibes.
🔗 zonarosa.com
🏰 Shoal Creek Living History Museum – Kids Safe Trick-or-Treat
📍 Shoal Creek Living History Museum, Kansas City, MO
🗓️ Saturday, October 25, 2025
🕙 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
🍬 Experience a safe and fun trick-or-treating adventure through historic buildings, enjoy candy from citizens of Shoal Creek, and participate in fun historic games.
🔗 Shoal Creek Living History Museum – Kids Safe Trick-or-Treat
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Wyandotte & Leavenworth Counties
Halloween Story Trail
📍 Lions Park, 300 W Morse Ave, Bonner Springs, KS
🗓️ Saturday, October 25, 2025
🕒 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📚 Enjoy a free, family-friendly Halloween-themed story walk through the park. Story to be announced!
🔗 City of Bonner Springs – Parks & Recreation
