Halloween doesn’t have to end Oct. 31.

6th Annual Savannah Zombie Walk will be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 starting in Emmett Park/River Street,  Savannah 31401 from noon – 8pm. This event will be Day of the Dead themed!

Walk is FREE with a canned food donation. The walk begins promptly at 7pm and travels down River Street.
Makeup artists will be on site until 6:30pm. For FREE makeup you will receive a wristband after you donate your canned food item(s). 1 Free Makeup wristband per person.

ALL AGES!

The canned food that is collected at the Savannah Zombie Walk is donated to America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia.

FOR A SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE PLEASE EMAIL INFO@SAVANNAHZOMBIEWALK.COM or visit savannahzombiewalk.com

The Savannah Zombie Walk is held annually down historic River Street during the second weekend of November. Walks include zombies of all ages and backgrounds, as we encourage participation from anyone who is interested in having a fantastic time by letting their inner zombie come out. Walks have a set of guidelines, intended to keep events not only fun, but for a safe experience for everyone, meant to not only be enjoyable for the zombies, but for the spectators as well.

For more information visit: savannahzombiewalk.com

FOR MORE SAVANNAH HALLOWEEN KIDS’ EVENTS, CLICK HERE.

Help Simply Children’s Dentistry, Inc. fight cavities by partaking in the annual Operation Cash for Candy Halloween tradition.

Simply Children’s Dentistry will give you $1 per pound for your Halloween candy along with a prize and toothbrush.
Come by Simply Children’s Dentistry office during business hours to drop off candy.
Mon. Nov. 4th 8am – 4pm
Tues. Nov. 5th 8am – 4pm
Wed. Nov. 6th 10am – 6pm
Thurs. Nov. 7th 10am – 6pm
Fri. Nov. 8th 8am – 12pm
All candy will be sent overseas to our Troops.

Tell them SouthernMamas.com sent you!

*For children 12 and under* *Max payout $5 per child*

Simply Children’s Dentistry, 613 Stephenson Ave, Suite 201 Savannah, GA. Please call (912) 353-9993 with any questions.

Simply Children’s Dentistry, 613 Stephenson Ave Suite 201, Savannah 31405; www.simplychildrens.com , email: businessassistant@simplychildrens.com , (912) 353-9993. Simply Children’s Dentistry is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Halloween is almost here. Are you ready? Visit our Halloween Events page here to find out which local Halloween events you don’t want to miss.

Details about local kids’ Halloween events here.  More will be added everyday throughout October.

Click here for our picks of Fall Festivals & find our favorite pumpkin patches & hayrides here.

October is such a busy, fun time in Savannah & the Lowcountry.

Don’t miss a single event whether it’s taking a hayride to the pumpkin patch or going on a Haunted Trail at Skidaway Island State Park or trick-or-treating at SCAD’s BooLand.

Check out our Fall Fun Guide 2013 to find out about all the local Fall Festivals, Halloween events, pumpkin patches & corn mazes. Click here.

What: BooLand trick-or-treating & games hosted by students from Savannah College of Art and Design

Where: Abercorn Terrace Residence Hall, 147 E. 62nd St.  located behind Habersham Village, Savannah

When: Thursday Oct. 31 from 6-9 PM

BooLand is an Abercorn Terrace community outreach program that will take place this Halloween, Oct. 31. The program began as an idea to provide local elementary school students a safe place to trick-or-treat.

It has since grown into a Halloween carnival of sorts, with over 1,000 local students invited and nearly 50 student volunteers. BooLand will have a variety of Halloween fun and games including trick or treating, a photo booth, apple and cookie decorating, face painting, a raffle, snacks, as well as other fun activities.

FOR MORE LOCAL KIDS’ HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES, CLICK HERE.

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For the past 2 years in a row, The Savannah Food Day Festival has been the largest in the United States!

Each October, The City of Savannah is treated to a large outdoor festival, that is free and open to the public. Attendees are treated to a live concert, featuring many of Savannah’s top musicians. The public is encouraged to bring their own canopy tents, seating or blankets and spend the day taking in the music, browsing the nearly 100 exhibitors and vendors and shopping at the Farmer’s Market. Attendees are also sure to find interest among the two dozen unique and completely free workshops and cooking classes, suitable for everyone, including the kids!

What is Food Day?

Think of it as an Earth Day – for food!

Food Day is a nationwide celebration and a movement toward more healthy, affordable, and sustainable food. This is a national grassroots mobilization backed by some of the most prominent voices for energizing the food movement. Each year in October, people gather at events big and small and from coast to coast in homes, schools, colleges, churches, city halls, farmers’ markets, supermarkets, and elsewhere to raise awareness about food issues and advocate for change.

Craving Change?

Spearheaded by the nonprofit, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Food Day is organized around 5 priorities: ◾Promote safer, healthier diets ◾Support sustainable and organic farms ◾Reduce hunger ◾Reform factory farms to protect the environment ◾Support fair working conditions for food and farm workers

For more details, view Well FED Magazine here.

The 2013 Savannah Food Day Festival is brought to you by Well FED & Center for Science in the Public Interest.

You’re invited to Trunk & Treat @ White Bluff UMC
Where: 11911 White Bluff Road
When: Thursday, October 31, 5:45 PM

Hamburgers, Hot Dogs Supper $4.00
Kids Eat Free!

Followed by trunk or treat in the parking lot.

Kids, wear your costume, enjoy supper, then gather treats from the trunks of members’ cars. Also, showing from the far end of the parking lot, “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”

Questions? 925-5924 or children@wbumc.org

Don’t miss it!

White Bluff UMC, 11911 White Bluff Road, Savannah 31419, http://wbumc.org/

FOR MORE LOCAL KIDS’ HALLOWEEN EVENTS, CLICK HERE.

May Street Family Day in Savannah, 1-4 PM Oct. 19, 2013

A FREE Play Streets family carnival with games, music, art activities, and healthy produce from area farms. Wear a costume or come as you are –you can carpool over or come by bike!

Activities
◾Music
◾Forsyth Farmer’s Market vendors
◾Carnival Games and Activities for Kids
◾Kid’s Bicycle Games
◾Haunted Maze
◾Costume Making
◾Surprise Dance Performance
◾Tricycle Time Trials
◾Loop It Up Quilting Exhibition
◾Healthy Cooking Demonstration
◾Kid’s Nutrition Art activities
◾Farmer’s Market Scavenger Hunt
◾Bicycle Valet

May St., from Emerald St. to Anderson St.
Savannah, GA 31415

What is Play Streets?

Play Streets closes specific streets to traffic on a routine basis and open that space to the community, to encourage physical activity. They offer a high-impact approach to encouraging and increasing physical activity, particularly in neighborhoods that lack sufficient open space for activity. Savannah is one of ten cities nationwide selected as participants in the 2013 Play Streets Series. The series, supported by Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Partnership for a Healthier America, brings public events for families to the streets- giving children and families a chance to be active, and have fun!

Savannah Play Streets are brought to you by Well FED, City of Savannah, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, Play Streets Partnership for a Healthier America

GET MORE INFO ABOUT UPCOMING PLAY STREETS EVENTS IN SAVANNAH BY CLICKING HERE.

Savannah Children’s Theatre is cleaning out the costume closet – just in time for Halloween.

SCT will be clearing their inventory of gently-used costumes that, while cute, don’t get used too often.

Among the items available for sale are: toddler princess dresses, Harry Potter robes, scary masks, and other assorted pieces just in time for Halloween! Sale starts this Monday, Oct. 21 2013, and goes until all items are gone!

COSTUME SALE TIMES:

8 AM-12 PM Mon & Tues

5-9 PM Mon-Fri

The Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 East Victory Drive, in the Crossroads Shopping Center.

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SAVANNAH CHILDREN’S THEATRE, CLICK HERE.

Perfect Halloween treat!

This week, win a Gigi’s Cupcakes of Savannah Halloween BOO Box assorted mini box (24 cupcakes).

To enter to win, “like” Gigi’s Cupcakes of Savannah by clicking here. Then answer this question on their wall: Please share your favorite Halloween costume – either one you wore, will wear or one of your kid’s. Don’t forget to say that SouthernMamas.com sent you!

Deadline to enter 9 PM Mon. Oct. 21 2013. We’ll announce the winner here & on our SouthernMamas.com Facebook page.

The winner can redeem the 24 mini box anytime before Halloween.

Gigi’s has these oh-so tricky-treaty Halloween BOO BOXES available now – 12 for $20 or 24 for $39.

You can order cupcakes online at www.gigiscupcakesusa.com/orderahead

Gigi’s Cupcakes of Savannah is at 5521 Abercorn St., next to Petite Feet and across from the Publix Twelve Oaks Shopping Center.

Gigi’s Cupcakes of Savannah, 5521 Abercorn St, Suite 100,  912.349.2778 or email savannahga@gigiscupcakesusa.com , www.gigiscupcakesusa.com/savannahgeorgia. On Facebook here. Gigi’s Cupcakes of Savannah is a SouthernMamas advertiser. 

Haunted Trail & Falloween @ Skidaway Island State Park, Savannah.

October 24-26, 7:30-9 pm
If you dare, wind through the dark shadows of the haunted woods, where zombies roam free. The Park Ranger will guide you into the graveyard, beneath ancient oak trees cloaked in Spanish moss. Keep close together and perhaps you will be safe from the ghosts and ghouls that drift through the trees, when the moonlight is blacked out by looming clouds and fog.

What is even better than going to a Haunted Trail? Getting to be the person scaring everyone on the Haunted Trail. Dress up as a zombie and scare visitors. Skidaway Is. State Park will provide clothing and make-up if you don’t have any. To volunteer for this special event, email skidawayislandstatepark@yahoo.com  or call the park office at (912)598-2300.

Campground Trick-or-Treating @ Skidaway Island State Park, Savannah Oct. 26
Dress in your best Halloween costume and trick-or-treat throughout the campground on October 26 from 4-5:30 pm. Don’t forget a bag for all your candy! The Campsite Decorating Contest will be judged during the trick-or-treating event. Winners will receive Skidaway Island State Park prizes. Please register before October 25 for trick-or-treating by emailing skidawayislandstatepark@yahoo.com  or calling (912)598-2300.

FOR MORE KIDS’ HALLOWEEN EVENTS IN SAVANNAH & the LOWCOUNTRY, CLICK HERE.

Bring your costumed-goblins to  Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint in Savannah on Hallween for a costume contest & you could just win dinner!

Uncle Maddio’s Halloween Costume Contest will be 6-8 PM Thurs. Oct 31. Stop by on your way to or from trick-or-treating. The first place costume contest winner will receive a large pizza, second place winner will receive a medium pizza and third place winner will receive an individual pizza. All contest participants will receive a free kids’ meal coupon.

Since the contest runs from 6-8 PPM and that would make it a little difficult to judge, the Uncle Maddio’s team will take pictures of all contestants and upload an album to their Facebook page here. People can vote by commenting or liking. Voting will end on Nov. 10 to give everyone a chance to vote.

FOR MORE KIDS’ HALLOWEEN EVENTS, CLICK HERE.

Uncle Maddio’s is the next generation pizza joint.

One step inside this neighborhood pizza joint and guests will be tempted by mouth-watering homemade pizzas, gourmet salads and toasted paninis. Uncle Maddio’s is the next generation pizza joint. With over 47 toppings, 3 crusts, 6 sauces, and 7 cheeses, including vegan and gluten-free pizza options, the possibilities for delicious and healthy pizzas are ENDLESS. You build it, they bake it. Plus, they  have fresh salads made-to-order, toasted paninis, affordable, kid’s sized pizzas.

Fresh facts about Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint in Savannah.

Hormone-Free, Chicken All Natural Angus Steak Made-From-Scratch Secret Recipe Dough and Pizza Sauce Over 20 Gluten Free options including Gluten Free Dough Fresh Local Veggies Handmade Meatballs and Sausages Organic Baby Spinach and Field Greens Homemade Salad Dressings are lower in calories and made with a blend of EVOO

Live Music

Uncle Maddio’s offers Live Music on weekends. Details here.

Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint, 7805 Abercorn Street #2, Savannah, 31406, (912) 777-4479 email abercorn@unclemaddios.com, On Facebook here. Uncle Maddio’s is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

FREE kids’ bike races on Oct 26 & Oct 27 as part of the Savannah Superprestige Cyclocross Weekend at Oglethorpe Speedway Park in Pooler.

Kids are invited to take part in bike races which will be a short lap on the track. Ribbons for all.

Kids’ bike race will be 3:45 PM on Sat. Oct. 26 & 11:45 AM on Sun. Oct. 27 in between adult bike races at the track. Age range group for the kids’ bike races is up to age 9 at no charge. At age 10, children are required to race in juniors category.

For more info, email bshoeffler1@comcast.net or call 912.507.6936.

Oglethorpe Speedway Park, 200 Jesup Road, Pooler, 31322, http://www.ospracing.net/

The Haunted Forest 2013 at the Savannah Moose Lodge in Sandfly
2202 Norwood Ave.
8 PM-Midnight on the following dates (ticket sales stop at 10 PM on Halloween):
October 18^th & 19th
October 25^th & 26th
October 3oth & 31st
$10 adults; $7 kids 12 & younger. Benefits Children’s Hospital at Memorial University Medical Center
Information: 912-355-8985 or LODGE1550@MOOSEUNITS.ORG.

FOR MORE LOCAL HALLOWEEN EVENTS, CLICK HERE.

FOR MORE LOCAL HALLOWEEN EVENTS, CLICK HERE.

Wilmington Island Presbyterian Church Fall Festival
11 AM-2 PM Sat. Oct. 19
450 North Cromwell Road
Open to the public!

FREE FUN & FOOD

Wilmington Island Presbyterian Church, 450 North Cromwell Road,  Savannah,  31410 .  912-897-1840 , www.wipcsav.org

FOR MORE FALL FESTIVALS, PUMPKIN PATCHES & FALL EVENTS, VISIT OUR FALL FUN 2013 GUIDE BY CLICKING HERE.

The Savannah Mall will celebrate the circus October 11-13 in the Center Court with an impressive display of miniature circus models created by artisans from Circus Model Builders International. The event is free and open to the public. For more information about the Savannah Mall, please visit www.savannahmall.com  or call 912-927-7467.

Organized in 1936, Circus Model Builders International has more than 750 members in the United States, Canada and several other countries. The organization’s mission is to preserve the history and the memories of the circus by building and displaying circus models.

The Savannah Mall display will feature more than a dozen tables with works by members from around the East, including South Carolina and Coastal Georgia. The intricate models are all made by hand, with each piece taking several weeks to complete. Among the handmade miniature circus models on display will be a 1950 Ringling Brothers menagerie with replicas of wagons, circus animals and more.

The Savannah Mall, 14045 Abercorn Street, www.savannahmall.com , 912-927-7467.

May Street Family Day in Savannah, 1-4 PM Oct. 19, 2013

A FREE Play Streets family carnival with games, music, art activities, and healthy produce from area farms. Wear a costume or come as you are –you can carpool over or come by bike!

Activities
◾Music
◾Forsyth Farmer’s Market vendors
◾Carnival Games and Activities for Kids
◾Kid’s Bicycle Games
◾Haunted Maze
◾Costume Making
◾Surprise Dance Performance
◾Tricycle Time Trials
◾Loop It Up Quilting Exhibition
◾Healthy Cooking Demonstration
◾Kid’s Nutrition Art activities
◾Farmer’s Market Scavenger Hunt
◾Bicycle Valet

May St., from Emerald St. to Anderson St.
Savannah, GA 31415

What is Play Streets?

Play Streets closes specific streets to traffic on a routine basis and open that space to the community, to encourage physical activity. They offer a high-impact approach to encouraging and increasing physical activity, particularly in neighborhoods that lack sufficient open space for activity. Savannah is one of ten cities nationwide selected as participants in the 2013 Play Streets Series. The series, supported by Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Partnership for a Healthier America, brings public events for families to the streets- giving children and families a chance to be active, and have fun!

Savannah Play Streets are brought to you by Well FED, City of Savannah, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, Play Streets Partnership for a Healthier America

GET MORE INFO ABOUT UPCOMING PLAY STREETS EVENTS IN SAVANNAH BY CLICKING HERE.

Take to the kids to hear live music outdoors at the Savannah Jazz Festival’s Jazzy Picnic in the Park, September 28 (Saturday), in Forsyth Park.

Here’s the lineup:
4:30-5:30PM Charleston Latin Jazz Collective
6:45-7:45PM The Savannah/CJA Hall Of Fame
7-8PM Doug & Jean Carn Quartet
8:15-9:15PM The Joey DeFrancisco Trio (Sponsored by Magic Marc/The Magic Puppet)
9:30-10:45 Tom Scott with The Savannah Jazz Orchestra (Sponsored by Miner Family Winery & JodyJazz Saxophone & Clarinet Mouthpieces)

The Jazz Festival will also have concerts in Forsyth Park Sept. 26 & 27. More info here.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

FOR INFO ON THE OFFICIAL SAVANNAH PICNIC IN THE PARK HAPPENING 10/6, CLICK HERE.

Check out the BOYS YOGA offered at Ganesha’s Place in Savannah. The six-week Saturday class is for boys ages 7-11 and will be Oct. 5-Nov. 9 2013, 10:15-11:15 Saturdays . Register online at www.ganeshasplace.com or by contacting Kate at 912.665.4199. Enrollment will be limited, so please register early.

Ganesha’s Place offers a variety of yoga classes as well as therapeutic classes including yoga for special needs kids, children with autism & restorative yoga for caretakers.

What we love about Ganesha’s Place is that it’s a spot to explore, heal and have fun. Ganesha’s can be a place for the whole family: you’re not required to be athletic or wear special outfits. Yoga therapy at Ganesha’s regulates and improves the balance between health and wellness without the intimidating images of body contortions and “pretzels”.

Keep up with Ganesha’s Place on Facebook here.

Ganesha’s Place, at the corner of Barnard & 40th St. @ 2323 Barnard St., 912-665-4199, http://ganeshasplace.com/ Ganesha’s Place is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser

Help Simply Children’s Dentistry, Inc. fight cavities by partaking in the annual Operation Cash for Candy Halloween tradition.

Simply Children’s Dentistry will give you $1 per pound for your Halloween candy along with a prize and toothbrush.
Come by Simply Children’s Dentistry office during business hours to drop off candy.
Mon. Nov. 4th 8am – 4pm
Tues. Nov. 5th 8am – 4pm
Wed. Nov. 6th 10am – 6pm
Thurs. Nov. 7th 10am – 6pm
Fri. Nov. 8th 8am – 12pm
All candy will be sent overseas to our Troops.

*For children 12 and under* *Max payout $5 per child*

Simply Children’s Dentistry, 613 Stephenson Ave, Suite 201 Savannah, GA. Please call (912) 353-9993 with any questions.

Simply Children’s Dentistry, 613 Stephenson Ave Suite 201, Savannah 31405; www.simplychildrens.com , email: businessassistant@simplychildrens.com , (912) 353-9993. Simply Children’s Dentistry is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Poppell family farm – the 10-acre labyrinth & activity-packed farm in Odum about six miles from Jesup – is the farm to visit for pumpkin patch fun. The grand opening for the 2013 Fall season is Oct. 5.

Take a hayride to Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Linus in the pumpkin patch , ride the cow train, feed animals in the petting farm, try steer roping, Spyder Slyder and the all-time kids’ favorite, the popular crop hopper, which is giant jumping air pillow that has kids giggling upon their first bounce.

Special events each weekend including:
* Safety Day on Oct. 12 with emergency, fire and police vehicles on display. Details here.
* A-Maze-ing Race 5K and Pumpkin Patch Trot on Oct. 19. Details here.
* Halloween Party on Oct. 26. Costume Contest begin at 2 PM. Details here.

For admission costs, click here. The farm is @ 1765 Hyma Poppell Loop, Odum, 31555.
For info or to make reservations, call 912.586.2215 or click here.

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Corn Maze
Poppell’s corn maze is intricate network of twists and turns carved into 10 acres of corn. It opens Oct. 5 2013.
Though the correct pathway can be walked in only 15 minutes, most wandering maze-goers will require about one hour to travel through more than three miles of twists, turns and decision points..

For admission costs, directions or more information please visit the farm’s website www.poppellfarms.com , e-mail popfarms1@windstream.net or call (912) 586-2215. **Follow Poppell Farms on Facebook by clicking here**

HOURS
2013 Schedule
Saturday, October 5 – Sunday, November 3, 2012

Poppell Farms, email popfarms1@windstream.net , (912) 586-2215, 1765 Hyma Poppell Loop, Odum, 31555 Poppell Farms is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser