Fun Things to Do This Week
By Emily Webb . October 26, 2020
Pumpkin Festival at Stone Mountain Park
Enjoy an exciting week of activities with these virtual and in-person events.
October 26
Virtual Events
- 8 a.m.: Trapped Under the Waves: A Virtual Escape Room with Cobb County Public Library
- 10:30 a.m.: Baby Time: Building Brains, Building Bonds with DeKalb County Public Library
- 3 p.m.: Brimstone Bread with Fulton County Library
- 5 p.m.: Legends Around the Campfire with Gwinnett County Public Library
- 6:30 p.m.: Virtual Yoga at The Battery ATL
After School Special: Fun Activities
- Celebrate Halloween all-week long with these events and at-home activities.
- Listen to stories from around the world with Circle Round.
- Take a hike and see fall leaves at these sites around Atlanta.
October 27
Virtual Events
- 9 a.m.: Story ‘n Craft with Cobb County Public Library System
- 10:30 a.m.: Baby Storytime with DeKalb County Public Library
- 11 a.m.: Streaming Storytime with Fulton County Library
- 1 p.m.: Get Crafty with Lynn Lilly & Crayola on Facebook
- 2 p.m.: Haunted House Virtual Escape Room with Gwinnett County Public Library
After School Special: Fun Activities
- Help your preschooler or kindergartener with their math skills with this fall-themed activity from Fun Learning for Kids.
- For a delicious snack, make these Granola Bars from Cookie + Kate.
- Use old cardboard boxes to make a haunted house with instructions from Project Kid.
October 28
Virtual Events
- 10 a.m.: West Cobb Regional Library’s Storytime to Go
- 1 p.m.: Storytime Science for Kids: The Halloween Episode with Exploratorium
- 4 p.m.: Tales Around the World with Gwinnett County Public Library
- 6 p.m.: Martial Art Fitness for All Ages with DeKalb County Public Library
- 7:30 p.m.: Cyber Stage with Aurora Theatre
After School Special: Fun Activities
- Join the Hawks Basketball Academy for fun activities, workouts, skills and drills.
- Demonstrate science in action with this Jack O’Lantern Lava Lamp from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.
- Get your kids subscription boxes for a great way to keep them entertained.
October 29
Virtual Events
- 3:30 p.m.: MODA’s LEGO Challenges: Haunted Houses
- 6 p.m.: The Princess Party Co.’s Princess Storytime
- 6 p.m.: Kids Halloween Virtual Cooking Class with Chef April from Martin’s Super Market
- 7 p.m.: Goodnight Gwinnett: Bedtime Stories for Kids with Gwinnett County Public Library
- 7 p.m.: Good Taste Gwinnett
After School Special: Fun Activities
- Check out these Halloween drive-through events.
- Enjoy spooky movies on The Lawn, with a different showing each night.
- Make cute window décor with this Frankenstein Halloween Sun Catcher with From ABCs to ACTs.
October 30
Virtual Events
- 10:30 a.m.: Preschool Storytime with DeKalb County Public Library
- 1 p.m.: iD Tech’s iD Halloween Block Party
- 4 p.m.: Halloween Slime with Gwinnett County Public Library
- 4 p.m.: Fun Friday – Ghost Ships with The Whaling Museum & Education Center
- 4:30 p.m.: Halloween Virtual Trivia by Rock Paper Scissors Custom Events
After School Special: Fun Activities
- Visit Fernbank Museum of Natural History to see dozens of ghostly visitors.
- Download these Halloween Coloring Pages from Happiness is Homemade.
- Make these no-bake Halloween Witch Hat Cookies from Princess Pinky Girl.
For the Weekend
- Check out this weekend’s Halloween happenings.
- Go to Six Flags for family-friendly activities during the day and haunting horrors at night.
- Get your tickets to Zoo Atlanta’s Boo at the Zoo.
- Enjoy fall farm fun, hayrides, petting zoos, games and more at these apple orchards, corn mazes and pumpkin patches.
- This weekend is your last chance to see Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Alice’s Wonderland Reimagined and Stone Mountain’s Dinosaur Explore and Pumpkin Festival.
