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9 BEST PLACES TO SHOW OFF YOUR FAMILY'S HALLOWEEN COSTUMES IN MANHATTAN

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by NYMetroParents Staff October 1, 2012

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Your kid has thought about what he wants to be for Halloween since last year--and he's changed his mind a handful of times. This year, take your child to show off her best Halloween costume at Manhattan's most fun Halloween parties for kids that will also award prizes to the most creative of costumes.

Thinking of the most perfect Halloween costume can take months. Show off your family's most creative Halloween costume at the best kid-friendly parties in Manhattan. Who knows? You might just win first place for best Halloween costume!

 

Kids in Halloween CostumesAmerican Museum of Natural History, Upper West Side
1. Night at the Museum Halloween Sleepover
Explore a live-animal exhibition, go on a nighttime Museum Quest, and participate in other fun, Halloween-themed activities. Prizes will be given out for the most orignal costume. When: Oct. 20, 27

Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Times Square
2. Ripley's Boo-lieve It Or Not! Slumber Fest
Bring your detective hats for a Halloween-themed scavenger hunt, a late-night haunted house adventure, and scop out Ripley's Impossible laser race. There will be live entertainment, including a danger stunt show and a fire-breather, plus a costume contest with sweet prizes. When: Oct 27

Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, New York Harbor
3. Circle Line Halloween Party Cruise
Live music by the Astrograss, a kid-friendly interactive tour around New York Harbor, plus story-time and Halloween crafts hosted by The Scholastic Store. Wear your best costume to impress. When: Oct 27.

Symphony Space, Upper West Side
4. PhilharmonSTER!
Join the kids of the InterSchool Orchestras of New York's Carnegie Hill Orchestra as they perform in costume at PhilharmonSTER!. When: Oct 28

City Treehouse, Chelsea
5. Not-So-Spooky Halloween Concert with Erin Lee and The Up Past Bedtime Band
Sing and dance with other small goblins, ghouls, ghosts, and creatures to funky songs about "Things That Go Bump in the Night."  Costumes are welcome. When: Oct 28

Top of the Rock, Midtown
6. Spooktacular Halloween Celebration
Head to the Top of the Rock Observation Deck in your costume for the Halloween Spectacular. Kids enjoy face-painting, magic shows, sweet treats, and more fun and games with the backdrop of New York City's skyline. When: Oct 28

Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, Upper East Side
7. Halloween Parade and Pumpkin Sail
Keep your costume on for spooky music, live entertainment, crafts, a parade of costumed kids, and NYC's largest pumpkin flotilla. When: Oct. 28

Bronx Zoo, Bronx
8. Boo at the Zoo
Head uptown for the zoo's annual Boo at the Zoo, a monthlong celebration of creepy hayrides, a maze, carved pumpkin demos, magic shows, and costume parades. When: Through Oct. 31

The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx
9. The Haunted Pumpkin Garden
Play inside the Pumpkin House, use your imagination to put on a scary show at the Pumpkin Puppet Theater, learn about the nocturnal owls, and go on a Halloween parade while dressed in your costume. When: Through Oct. 31


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