Boo Bash!
Schedule
Fri Oct 31 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Hands On Children's Museum | Olympia, WA
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Celebrate fall with a bounty of family-friendly thrills and spooky treats at Boo Bash, Oct. 25–31. Enjoy Halloween-inspired delights without the fright! Spine-tingling activities come to life 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Activities vary depending on the day of the week. Online reservations recommended. Save $1 per ticket when you buy them online!
• Explore fluorescent fun in our Glow Zone.
• Wander the straw bale maze and take farm-stand photos.
• Meet the Raptor Ambassadors with The Falconer (Oct. 25 Only)
• Press apples into cider with Farmer Flower. (Weekend Only)
• Watch exciting science demos with our favorite mad scientist – Dr. Science. (Weekend Only)
• Show off your spook-tacular style and strut your stuff in the costume parade. (Weekend Only)
• Grind autumn harvest grains. (Weekend Only)
• Hunt for fossils and gems at the haunted sluice.
• Practice pounding by decorating pumpkins with golf tees.
• Make a boo-tiful portraiture of you or your family to get into the spooky spirit! (Weekend Only)
• Make paper marigolds to celebrate Dia de los Muertos!
• Create crafty critters and pumpkin pals to help us decorate the Art Studio!
• Send a ghostly ghoul friend through the airways maze and learn about Dia de los Muertos.
• Make a paper bat to fly in our wind tunnels and learn about these cool creatures of the twilight.
• Silkscreen a glow-in-the-dark boo bag! Print a spooky picture on a tote bag for only $10 plus tax. (T-shirts, onesies, aprons, and more for $15 each plus tax.)
• Haunt the chalk wall with ghoulish graffiti in the ODC.
• Go on a scavenger hunt and enter to win a Play Day Café coupon (daily drawing with one winner per day).
• Capture all the fun of your visit with a Boo Bash 2025 photo keepsake!
Sensory Friendly Boo Bash:
Sensory Tool House will be here on October 25th (11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.). Special Boo Bash activities for families of children with sensory sensitivities will also be available October 26 during our normal Sensory Friendly Hour (9 – 10 a.m.). Sensory Friendly activities are supported by the Agostinho Rodrigues Trust.
A sensory friendly room is also available Saturday (1 – 4 p.m.) and Sunday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. during Boo Bash.
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Where is it happening?
Hands On Children's Museum, 414 Jefferson St NE, Olympia, WA 98501-1124, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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