Pumpkins, Corn Mazes and Other Fun Fall Activities

Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch 

October 1-31, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
5100 Cross Timbers Rd, Flower Mound TX
(817) 430-4536 or
Cost: Free Admission; $5 Parking

The original Pumpkin Patch in Flower Mound, Jan Balekian invites you join in the fun each fall!  With hundreds of pumpkins to choose from, cornstalks and hay bales for all your fall decorating desires. You will find many activities designed specifically for children, such as face painting, hayrides, bounce houses, and mazes built from hay bales.  There is a $5 charge for parking, however ALL ACTIVITIES ARE FREE. Purchases are optional. You may bring lunches or purchase drinks and snacks from a number of local vendors. Picnic tables are provided for individual use. However, use of tables by any large groups or parties must be reserved and confirmed.

Please bring a canned good to benefit CCA's food drive this fall.

Weather:  If it is raining or muddy, please check the website for the latest information on whether they’ll be open. Additionally, weather updates can be heard on their incoming phone message.

Hall’s Pumpkin Farm in Grapevine

September 28 – October 31 2012

3420 Hall Johnson Road, Grapevine, TX

Cost: Free admission

Come take a look and see how the pumpkins grow!!! Vines are sometimes 12 feet long and leaves as big as Texas!!!

Pumpkin picking is allowed, but please ask for assistance. They have big pumpkins, little pumpkins, sweet pie pumpkins, fairy-tales, Cinderellas, gourds of all kinds, hay bales and corn stalks too!!!  Be sure to bring a camera.. There are great picture snappin’ opportunities including scarecrows, haystacks, farm animals, and a vintage farm tractor.

CORN MAZE ADMISSION $5

“Get lost” in our mind-bogglin corn maze. Approximately 2 acres of twists, turns and dead-ends. Try it alone or as a group if you please. For those who would like a greater challenge, bring a flashlight and give it a try after dark!!! We do recommend adults stay with young children at all times.

HAY RIDES: $2 (available after 5pm F/S/S)

Come enjoy a fun-filled adventure on a hay-filled trailer pulled by a genuine farm tractor.

HOURS:
Mon-Th: 3pm-8pm
Friday 3pm-10pm
Saturday 10am-10pm
Sunday 1pm-8pm

Dallas Arboretum "Autumn At the Arboretum"

8525 Garland Road, Dallas, TX

Admission: Adults $15, Children (3-15) $12

A great place for a day out, enjoy the cool weather wandering among acres of beautifully tended gardens, princess carriages decorated with pumkins, the Chihuly Exhibition and much more!  This is one of DFW's jewels and Fall is the perfect time to enjoy it!

• Tom Thumb Pumpkin Patch


• Small Houses of Great Artists exhibit


• The Great Pumpkin Search scavenger hunt (click here to print)


• Hay Bale Maze in Pecan Grove


• Pumpkin Village displaying four houses decorated with pumpkins, gourds and squash in the theme of Cinderella’s Ballroom, Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother’s tiny house, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Dr. Pompo’s Nose.

"Fright Fest" at Six Flags Over Texas

If your idea of seasonal fun leans more towards ghouls than gourds then "Fright Fest" is for you!  Thrills by Day and Fright by Night is their promise, and knowing Six Flags they will deliver!  Check out our " Rides & Slides" post for more info on Six Flags.