If Ocean Beach or Point Loma is your haunt, there\u2019s no shortage of places to trick-or-treat this Halloween.
\nThere are a multitude of haunted houses and school ghouls, a Howl-o-Ween party for pets, even a haunted hallway.
\nHere are a few choices:
\n\u2022 The Ocean Beach Recreation Center will host its annual Halloween Carnival from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 4726 Santa Monica Ave. “We get probably 400 or 500 kids here and they\u2019re all wearing costumes,” said DJ Napolitan of the Ocean Beach Recreation Center, run by Brian Anthony. “It pretty much takes up our entire gym.” Napolitan said the recreation center Halloween festival features 10 different carnival games, a costume contest for children of all ages, astro jumps and plenty of food and snacks. “Kids come in and pay $2 for a wrist band and play any of the games they want and get goodie bags stuffed with prizes, toys and candy,” Napolitan said. Sodas and hot dogs are $1. The Ocean Beach Kiwanis sponsors the rec center Halloween carnival and helps with volunteers. “It\u2019s a great time and kids always have fun,” said Napolitan.
\n\u2022 Even pets aren\u2019t left out of Halloween at the beachfront as the Ocean Beach Kiwanis Club hosts a Howl-o-Ween Canine Carnival on Sunday, Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dusty Rhodes Park\u00a0between Nimitz and Sunset Cliffs boulevards. Dress up your dogs in the spookiest, funniest and stateliest costumes and bring them down. A pet parade takes place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., with prizes handed out around 3 p.m. for best costumes. For more information, visit www.ocean-beachkiwanis.org.
\n\u2022 Nowhere is Halloween done bigger or better in Point Loma than at the\u00a0Loma Portal Monster Bash held at the elementary school at 3341 Browning St. The bash puts the ghoul in school, featuring a Halloween carnival and haunted house, staged by volunteer dads Friday, Oct. 25 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. “It\u2019s the best haunted house in Point Loma, open to the entire community and the Dad\u2019s Club goes all out,” boasted Loma Portal parent Heather Nelson. This is a PTA fundraiser offering an array of games, crafts, food and a cakewalk. “We\u2019ll have arts and crafts, a spooky boutique where you can get your hair spiked and colored and your nails done and Halloween tattoos,” said Nelson. Outdoor carnival fun and games include a photo booth to take pictures of kids in costume. “Toward the end of the night, probably 7:45 p.m., we\u2019ll have an all-grades costume contest,” she said. This will be the fourth year Loma Portal dad Will Hage has volunteered, along with 20 or 30 of his peers, to do the Monster Bash haunted house, which he said takes eight hours to set up and three to break down. But it\u2019s all worth it, said Hage. So much so that volunteer school dads keep coming back for more. “It\u2019s one of those things that gets progressively bigger and better each and every year,” Hage said. A few dads on the crew continue to help with the haunting event, even though their kids have graduated, because “they feel obligated and it\u2019s such a fun time.” Hage said the haunted house this year for the first time will be in a huge tent outside on the school blacktop. “Kids first go through a maze,” Hage said. “Then, they come out and see a ouiji board with an animated pointer that moves back and forth by itself.” Hage said school dads bring all their expertise to bear to create things like a haunted portrait and an eerie graveyard. “One of the dads is a professional stagehand and we have all professional lighting and video, all first-class,” Hage said.\u00a0He said one dad who is a band member turns into a dead Elvis, playing keyboards in the school haunted house\u2019s graveyard. “Kids are scared to death when they first go through,” said Hage. “But it\u2019s funny. Once they go in, they go back through over and over again.” Other local Halloween happenings
\n\u2022 Silver Gate Elementary School in Point Loma presents its annual Harvest Festival. This will feature a haunted hallway from 5 to 8 p.m. at 1499 Venice St. on Friday, Oct. 18 and is open to the public. Guests are invited to join the games, food, laser tag and other Halloween fun activities. The event features a Halloween costume contest, haunted hallway, cakewalk, games for the children, pumpkin patch, face painting and more. Tickets are available at the event. For more information, visit www.sandi.net\/silvergate, or call (619) 222-1139.
\n\u2022 Have a screamin\u2019 good time at Correia Middle School\u2019s Spooktacular Music Concert at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 4302 Valeta St. Correia\u2019s talented advanced band, intermediate band and orchestra will perform in the Correia courtyard. Enjoy a spaghetti dinner, delicious treats, a cakewalk and cake-decorating contest. Dare to enter the haunted middle school auditorium \u2014 oooh, scary! All proceeds benefit the Correia Instrumental Music program and Correia\u2019s ASB.
\n\u2022 \u00a0Cabrillo Elementary School PTA and Cabrillo Recreation Center will host an annual Halloween Carnival at Cabrillo Elementary School, 3120 Talbot St., from 5 to 8 p.m. The event will include a spooky haunted hallway, game booths, carnival rides, cakewalk, prizes and food. Tickets are available at the carnival. For more information, call (619) 531-1534.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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