October is one of my favorite months of the year because of all the fun October events for kids in and around Cincinnati! Get ready for all things spooky!

If you aren’t yet familiar with CincinnatiPLAYces, here is what it’s all about:

CincinnatiPLAYces is a group ran by ME (Briana Baker, the owner of Struggle Shuttle)! As a mom of two young girls that can’t stand to be a “STAY AT HOME” mom, I am always on the go! I am passionate about finding FREE or super affordable engaging entertainment and educational experiences for my kids in and around our hometown, Cincinnati. I started tracking all of these places and events on an IG account: @cincinnatiPLAYces. It started growing organically and from there turned into creating a Facebook page and group for more parents to join/follow to find fun for their kiddos!

Calender of October Events for Cincinnati Kids:

(Click on event for more details!)

Date:	Event:	Location:	Time:
1	Cin City Reptile Show ($7)	5800 Muhlhauser Rd.	10am-4pm
2	Spooky Jack-O-Lanterns & Storytime	Vandalia Art Park	5:30pm
3	Salt Paint a Pumpkin	Heather’s Gourmet Caramel Apples	10am
4	Krohn Craft Corner	Krohn’s Conservatory	10am
6	Nature Play Days	Sycamore Park	1pm
7	Sunflower Festival	Gorman Heritage Farm	10am
7	40th Annual Fall Festival	400 Wyoming Ave.	10am
7	2023 Motor Classic	Prasco Park	10am
7	CAM Kids Day	Cincinnati Art Museum	11am
7	Touch-a-Truck	Freedom Park	12pm
7	Family Fall Fest	Freedom Church Cincinnati	12pm
7	Family Fall Festival	Bethlehem Baptist	1pm
7	Fall Festival	Valley View Nature Preserve	2pm
7	2023 Kids Fest	East Loveland Nature Preserve	2pm
8	Family Fun Fest	Stratford Heights Church	11am
10	Pumpkin Painting with Miss Bec	Vandalia Recreation Center	6pm
13	Jurassic Park Movie Night at Krohn	Krohn’s Conservatory	7pm
13	Spooky Summit Cinemas: Hocus Pocus	Summit Park	8pm
14	Green Sprouts	Cincinnati Nature Center	9:15am
14	Weise Guy’s Reptiles	120 Fairground Rd. Xenia, OH	10am
14	Station 76 Open House	Hamilton Township Fire House	11am
14	Puppies and Pumpkins	North Park	11am
14	Fall Leaf Hunt	Summit Park	1pm
14	Pumpkin Fall Fest	Austin Landing	1pm
14	Wizards in the Wilderness	Lake Isabella	2pm
14	CFLM Fall Festival (Everything is FREE!)	Christ Fellowship Little Miami	2-6pm
14	Great Pumpkin Fest	Keehner Park	2pm
14	Fall Fest 2023	Newspring of Springboro	4pm
15	Spooky Sunday	President’s Park	4pm
15	Schappacher Farms Trunk of Treat	Schappacher Farms	4pm
17	Trunk or Treat	Sharon Woods	5pm
20	Paint Your Own Spooky Tree	Lebanon Library	11am
20-22	Fall Campout	Cowan Lake State Park
21	Halloween Walk in the Woods	Blue Ash Nature Park	12pm
21	Trunk or Treat and Pet Masquerade	Testerman Park	1pm
21	Fall Fest	First Baptist Church of Springboro	4pm
21	Jack-o-Lantern Hike	Caldwell Nature Reserve	7pm
22	Trunk of Treat with Westside	3472 Hamilton Mason Rd.	1pm
25	A Loud Winter’s Nap	Russ Nature Reserve	10am
25	Trick or Treat at the Library	Kenton County Library	5:30pm
26	LMECC Trunk or Treat	Little Miami Early Childhood Center	5:30pm
26	Halloween on the Green	Village Green of Fairfield	6pm
26	Pumpkin Glow	Ceasars Ford Park	6pm
27	Treat Street	Deerfield Towne Center	6pm
28	Sensory Saturday	Cincinnati Art Museum	9:30am
28	Paint Your Own Spooky Tree	Lebanon Library	11am
28	Vandalia Rock the Rec Halloween Party	Vandalia Rec Center	12pm
28	Merchant Trick or Treat	Downtown Lebanon	1pm
28	Treat Street	Bridgewater Falls	2pm
28	Doggy Halloween Fun Show	Hamilton County Fairgrounds	2pm
28	Pioneer Village Trick or Treat	Ceasar’s Creek Pioneer Village	3pm
28	Nature’s Candyland Adventure	Cincinnati Nature Center	6:30pm
29	Ringling Bros. Greatest Show on Earth	Heritage Bank Center	11am
29	Special Needs Trunk or Treat	2701 Harris Ave.	2pm
29	Trunk or Treat	Mason Lodge #678	3pm
29	Trunk or Treat	Butlerville Elementary School	5pm
29	Trunk or Treat FREE to public	Land of Illusion Adventure	5pm
30	Happy Halloween with Miss Bec	Vandalia Recreation Center	6pm

Products we LOVE for Cincinnati kids in October (click image to order now!):

ORE SITES TO CHECK FOR DAILY EVENTS/ACTIVITIES:

• Hamilton County Library Story Times
• Greene County Parks and Trails
• Great Parks Hamilton County
• The Children’s Theatre (homeschool tickets!)

RAINY/COLD DAY?!

Here are CincinnatiPLAYces’ favorite FREE indoor play:

• The Dungeon at King Arthur’s Court Toy Store
• Discovery Center at Liberty Center
• Parky’s Farm Indoor Playground (call first to make sure it’s open!)
• Lil’ Pints Playroom Kenwood/Beechmont Graeter’s
• McDonald’s Play Land (Loveland/Lebanon)
• Chic-fil-a Indoor Playground
• REC center at the Cincinnati Art Museum
• Library play spaces (Kenton County/Franklin-Springboro are our favs!)

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MEET PEOPLE, MAKE NEW FRIENDS!

My hope for CincinnatiPLAYces is that it creates a community of parents and kids that like to do the same things! It’s hard to make new friends as an adult and even more so as a busy parent! CincinnatiPLAYces is here to help you connect with more parents like you!

Connect in the group OR connect while you are out and about enjoying some good ol’ family fun!

An EASY way to do that is to sport some CincinnatiPLAYces apparel! Instant conversation starter! IYKYK!

SHOP NOW!

Can’t wait to meet you out and about in October 2023!!