31 Halloween Ideas for Southeast Michigan in 2022

Halloween is just around the corner, and I don’t know about ya’ll, but I am ready to break out the costumes and celebrate!!!

In case you’re looking for something to do leading up to Halloween, here are 31 ideas for around the area as well as at home, to get you started.

Always check your local town and churches for trunk-or-treat events as well for something fun to do!

31 Halloween Ideas for Southeast Michigan in 2022

1. Check out a haunted attraction
2. Bleach a black shirt with a wooden Halloween stencil. Learn how here.
3. Go to Green Oak Village Place in Brighton for their FREE annual Boo Fest {Oct. 21}
4. Drive-through scenes from Alice in Wonderland at the Legend of Sleepy Howell {Oct. 21}
5. Walk “FATE” at Glenlore Trails in Commerce Township {Th-Sun in Oct.}
6. Visit the Detroit Zoo for their annual Zoo Boo event {Oct. weekends}
7. Head to the Historic Howell Theater for a FREE showing of Hocus Pocus {Oct. 22}
8. Check out Howl-O-Ween at Howell Nature Center {Oct. 22}
9. Drive around town to check out Halloween decorations {or visit the famed Tilson St. in Romeo!}
10. Carve or paint pumpkins
11. Visit Upland Hills in Oxford for a Harvest Fest {Oct. weekends}
12. Go on a hayride to a pumpkin patch at one of the Huron-Clinton Metroparks {Oct. weekends}
13. Head to a cider mill for pumpkins, and have a taste test while there
14. Check out the Halloween Stroll at Canterbury Village in Lake Orion {Oct. weekends}
15. Boo your neighbors. Learn how here.
16. Make a Halloween-themed treat
17. Visit Greenfield Village in Dearborn for their annual Hallowe’en event {Oct. weekends}
18. Head to downtown Northville to visit the FREE Skeletons Are Alive displays
19. Visit Crossroads Village in Flint for the Halloween Ghosts & Goodies event {Oct. weekends}
20. Have a Halloween-themed family movie night
21. Take a drive out to Hell, Michigan for some spooky and silly fun
22. Head to Potter Park Zoo in Lansing for the Fall Zootacular event {Oct. weekends}
23. Plan some fun at the How-To Halloween event in Lansing {Oct. 22-23}
24. Visit Ford House in Grosse Pointe for the Little Goblins event {Oct. 22}
25. Register with Michael’s for a FREE Makebreak to make glowing, spooky rocks {Oct. 23}
26. Check out the FREE Pumpkin Palooza in downtown Plymouth {Oct. 23}
27. Tell ghost stories as a family around a bonfire.
28. Shop for deals at the Halloween Shopping Spooktacular at Tanger Outlets in Howell {Oct. 27}
29. Dress in costume to see big trucks and get treats at Milford High School {Oct. 27}
30. Check out Halloween at Hogwarts with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra {Oct. 29}
31. Visit downtown Ann Arbor for their annual FREE downtown trick-or-treating event {Oct. 30}

What’s on your radar over the next few weeks? Happy almost Halloween!