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Families can shop more than 100 local vendors offering crafts, gifts and holiday treats. Kids can meet Santa while parents browse sales and enjoy festive shopping. A winter clothing drive will also support local foster care children.
Event cost: Free admission
Event times: 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Dec. 20
Learn where milk comes from, see how milking machines work and meet farm animals up close on this guided farm tour. Families can explore barns, ask questions and see how technology has changed farming. The tour is mostly outdoors and great for all ages.
Event cost: $3 per child, $5...
Take a private 20-minute tractor-drawn hayride through Marshbank Park with your group of up to 30. Enjoy cider, donuts, nature stops and cozy picnic blankets along the way.
Event cost: $135 residents, $150 nonresidents per group of up to 30
Event times: 5-7:30 p.m. Oct. 10, 5-8 p.m. Oct. 16, 5-8...
Horning Farms invites families for a day of fall fun with wagon ride farm tours, games, a petting area, and seasonal shopping. Kids can enjoy free activities, and the farm shop will be open with cheese, butter, ice cream, and beef for purchase.
Event cost: Free admission; wagon rides $4,...
Light up the night at this family-friendly glow maze. Admission includes a free glow stick, hayrides, pedal cars, farm animals, games, and more. Concessions like hot cocoa and snacks are also available.
Event cost: General admission $15, children 4 and under free
Event times: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 3, 17, 24
Families can enjoy a night of fall fun with hayrides, campfires, farm-themed games and guided hikes through Heritage Park. Kids will love peeking inside the Red Barn and roasting s’mores over the fire.
Event cost: $8 with hayride, $5 without hayride, free for children under 2
Event times: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sept....
Blake’s Big Apple is home to some of Michigan’s spookiest fall fun. Families can try Zombie Paintball, ride the haunted hayride, or explore the 3-story haunted barn. Younger kids will enjoy Spookyland and daytime activities like apple picking, donuts, cider, and Funland’s animal farm and play area.
Event cost: Haunted...
Bring the family to Deneweth’s Macomb store for weekends full of fall fun. Kids can enjoy a corn maze, straw mound, pumpkin decorating, games, a spooky (but not scary) train ride, and more. Rain or shine, activities run indoors and outdoors with cider and donuts available for purchase.
Event cost:...
Kids can enjoy a hands-on fall adventure at Spicer Orchards with apple picking, a kid-sized cider cup, and a fun take-home sticker. Families can also enjoy wagon rides, farm animals, and other seasonal activities throughout the orchard.
Event cost: Wristbands required for entry; first one free per group, $5 for...
