BPL Halloween Activity Schedule 2023

 




Hey Birmingham area parents: Looking for fun, family activities to celebrate Halloween with your kids? The Birmingham Public Library has plenty of fun-filled Halloween activities under way now through next Tuesday, October 31. 

Check out these Halloween activities at 12 of our libraries, listed alphabetically by location: 




Boo-K Bingo, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Friday, October 27 and Saturday, October 28 

Scare up some fun during the spooky season with "Boo-K Bingo." Drop by Avondale to pick up a bingo card with a variety of spooky reading and related challenges. Everyone who "bingos" by Oct. 28 will be entered in a prize drawing to win one of 10 special commemorative editions of Kathryn Tucker Windham's book "13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey!"


Wizard School Escape Room, Saturday, October 28, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. 

 You have been accepted to the highly distinguished wizard school. Participants in the Wizard School Escape Room will follow clues and solve puzzles to pass a sorcery screening test. 
Note: Registration has been closed.



 BOO to You!, Tuesday, October 31, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. 

 Boo to you, BOOks that is. Come dressed in your favorite non-scary costume and receive a special library BOOk treat, no tricking. 




Trick or Treat, 9:00 a.m.  - 6:00 p.m. 

 Stop by the Central Library for a Halloween treat while supplies last. 







Happy Halloween Word Search, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Friday, October 27 through Tuesday, October 31




Halloween Book Mark, Friday, October 27,  3:30 - 6:00 p.m.




Trick or Treat at Five Points West, Tuesday, October 31, 3:30 – 7:45 p.m.

Trick or treat at the library and get a special treat!



Movie Night, Friday, October 27, 4:00-5:30 p.m.

Stop by to celebrate Halloween with a showing of a spooky family movie set in a monster hotel! Popcorn provided.


Trick or Treat, Tuesday, October 31, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. 

Join us for Halloween fun at the Inglenook Branch Library! We will have spooky crafts, games, and candy for all ages.


Autumn Word Search Seasonal Word Search

 



Halloween Scavenger Hunt, daily during library hours through Tuesday, October 31 

 A Halloween Scavenger Hunt is being held during library hours every day through Tuesday, October 31, starting at 3:00 pm. Children will be able to look for Halloween-themed items and receive a treat afterward.

Halloween Party, Tuesday, October 31, 3:00 p.m. 

Join us for our annual Halloween Party. Children will be able to watch a fun movie and have snacks and candy. 


Grab n' Go: Fall Mystery craft kit with a Goodie to Go!, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Friday, October 27 

Celebrate the Halloween season by picking up a mystery kit with a goodie inside. 


Trick or Treat Games & Goodies!, Tuesday, October 31, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. 

 This is a spooktacular event for kids to play games, hear fun stories, and get goodies!





Spooked in the Stacks Scavenger Hunt, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Friday, October 27 through Tuesday, October 31 

Help! Save us from scary villains by completing our scavenger hunt. We have a prize if you can finish the hunt and save us all! 

Family Movie Afternoon, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Friday, October 27


 Movies with the "Master of Suspense", Tuesday, October 31, 1:00-3:00 p.m. 

 Join us to watch films from the iconic and award-winning British director known as the "Master of Suspense", who crafted a methodical style of filmmaking with twist ending and violence that's still admired even today. 




Monster Mash Costume Party, Tuesday, October 31, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. 

 Join us for a Halloween party. 






Foam Pumpkins to Go, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Friday, October 2

This fun Grab N' Go is great way for kids, and parents too, to create one-of-a-kind pumpkins to decorate for Halloween. https://www.cobpl.org/calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D170256223 


Titusville Branch Senior Halloween Party, Tuesday, October 31, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 

 
Titusville Branch Monster Pegs, Tuesday, October 31, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

October is when the monsters come out to play, so come to Titusville Library to make your own monster this October! 



Halloween Movie Matinee, Tuesday, October 31, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. 





Trick or Treat, Tuesday, October 31, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.  

Come celebrate Halloween at West End Branch. We will be handing out candy and socks.  


 Halloween Seek and Find, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Friday, October 27 through Tuesday, October 31 


Paint a Pumpkin, Tuesday, October 31, 3:00 -4:00 p.m. 

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