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If you’re looking for safe and entertaining options this Halloween, Lake Highlands has plenty of Trunk or Treat activities to keep your kids busy and their plastic pumpkins full. An alternative to traditional trick-or-treating, Trunk or Treat events began about 30 years ago in church parking lots with Sunday school classes distributing candy out of the trunks of cars. The concept has expanded over time, with organizations of all kinds now offering a safe substitute for ringing the doorbells of strangers.
Each event listed is free and open to the public.
- NorthPark Presbyterian Church will host their Trunk or Treat from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. They’re calling for volunteers to decorate cars, hand out candy, help run games for children of all ages and assist with craft activities for little ghouls and goblins. You may sign up online here. Their church parking lot is at 9555 N. Central Expy. near Walnut Hill.
- Lake Highlands United Methodist Church will host a Trunk or Treat and Chili Cook Off from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27. To donate candy, host a trunk or enter the chili cookoff, sign up here. Their church parking lot is at 9015 Plano Road.
- Lakeridge Village will host their annual Spooktacular from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29. You’ll hear tunes from a live DJ, meet and snap photos with friendly Halloween characters and go car-to-car collecting treats. Lakeridge Village is in the southeast corner of Walnut Hill and Audelia.
- The Lake Highlands Public Improvement District is teaming up with the Dallas Police Department and Council member Kathy Stewart to host Trunk or Treat at Lake Highlands Village, 9090 Skillman next to Tom Thumb, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Halloween night. Volunteers are encouraged to dress in costume and bring enough candy for the many children and young families who traditionally participate. Contact Vicky.Taylor@LHPID.org for sponsorship information.
