Trick or Treat times used to be easy. Parents ran out and got some candy the week before and kids cut some holes in a sheet and said “Boo!”
Of course, that time is decades past. Now every city seems to celebrate on a different night, with varying traditions, and only one constant. Trick or Treating.
Today, Halloween has become one of the largest retail holidays of the year. With that expansion has come both an expansion of trick or treating opportunities and varied times for the what many consider the main event: CANDY!
Calvin: Trick or treat!
Adult: Where’s your costume? What are you supposed to be?
Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you’re old and weak… Am I scary, or what?
Local Halloween Activities Provide Fun
There are as many Halloween activities as there are types of candy. Certainly for our older trick or treaters you can check out the amazing haunts and haunted attractions peppered throughout the area. Likewise, pumpkin patches and fall activities provide amazing fall fun.
However, for most of us, candy is key. Each local community has set its own times for wandering ghosts, goblins, and super heroes. For many this is to control traffic and other activities. Regardless, it is good to know when all of the locals are running their trick or treat times. Listed below is a roundup of local community times.
Halloween Rules of the Road
Monsters and fair maidens may like mayhem, but they need rules. There is no question that Halloween presents some safety challenges. However, the night is fun for all if we follow some simple guidelines, including:
- Lots of light: It gets dark early. Don’t forget to provide lots of flashlights, glow sticks, and outdoor lighting for our little visitors.
- Outside is best: Given the continued concerns about public health, meeting scary visitors fully outside is best for everyone. It might be a little chilly but it keeps everyone safer.
- Clear the walks: Our little ones are wearing unfamiliar gear. Make sure there is a clear path to the door to prevent falls.
- Wrapped treats only: It should go without saying, but only wrapped commercial treats should be given.
- Drivers watch out: In every neighborhood, drivers take extra care. Kids get excited and may dash unexpectedly. Go slow, and be aware.
- Wash up: Yep, we still need to wash our hands…lots. Soap and water are our best friends. Before and after our trick or treating make sure to wash up the kids and yourself.
For additional safety considerations consider these guidelines from the National Safety Council.
Local Trick or Treat Times 2022
October 27TH
- Bluffton – Oct. 27, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Bryan– Trunk or Treat, Oct. 27, starts at 5:30 p.m.
- Leipsic– Oct. 27, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
October 29TH
- Adrian – Oct. 29, starts at 4:30 p.m.
- Bellevue– Oct. 29, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Halloween parade: 5:30 p.m. line-up, 6 p.m. start
- Clyde– Oct. 29, 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- Halloween parade: Oct. 29, starts at 4 p.m.
- Defiance – Halloween parade Oct. 29, starts at 7 p.m.
- Deshler – 5pm – 6:30pm
- Edgerton– Trunk or Treat, Oct. 29, 5 p.m.
- Findlay– Oct. 29, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Trick or Treat Train: Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
- Fostoria – Oct. 29, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Indian Trails Camp: Oct. 29, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- Hicksville – Oct. 29, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
- Liberty Center – Oct. 29 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Downtown Monroe: Oct. 29, starts at noon.
- Downtown Port Clinton: Oct. 29, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- Ridgeville Corners – Oct. 29 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- Downtown Sandusky: Oct 29, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Upper Sandusky – Oct. 29, 5 p.m. – 7p.m.
- Van Wert – Oct. 29 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
October 30TH
- Fremont– Oct. 30, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
- Gibsonburg – Oct. 30, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Green Springs – Oct. 30, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Holgate – Oct. 30, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Lindsey – Oct. 30, 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
- McClure – Oct. 30, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Republic – Oct. 30, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Tiffin– Oct. 30, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
- Walbridge – Oct.30 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
October 31ST
- Archbold – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Bedford – Oct. 31, 6 p.m.- 8 p.m.
- Delta – Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Elmore – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Fayette – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Genoa – Oct. 31 6p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Grand Rapids– Oct. 31, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Hamler – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Holland– Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Huron – Oct. 31, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Lyons – Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Marblehead – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Maumee– Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Monclova Township – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Napoleon – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- North Baltimore – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Northwood– Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Oak Harbor– Downtown: Oct. 31; 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
- Neighborhood: Oct. 31; 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Oregon– Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Ottawa Hills – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Pemberville – Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Perrysburg – Oct. 31 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Port Clinton – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Rossford – Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Sandusky– City-wide: Oct. 31, 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Stony Ridge – Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Sylvania/Sylvania Township – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Toledo– Oct. 31, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Waterville – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Wauseon – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- Whitehouse – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Woodville – Oct. 31, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
