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Whit Johnson ReportingLots of kids will brave the cold for candy tonight. Here are some tips for keeping them safe and a list of Trick-or-Treating locations.
- Turn on your porch light to let children know it's all right to visit your home.
- Keep pets inside your home, garage or other safe place. Pets may be frightened when they see children in Halloween costumes and may not recognize children from their own home.
- Set a specific time limit for your children to be out.
- Children should be escorted by yourself or another trusted adult.
- Children should walk, not run, to avoid tripping.
- Children should stay on well-lighted streets.
- Use non-allergenic face makeup on a child instead of having them wear a mask. If your child does wear a mask be sure it is removed before crossing a street.
- Children should obey all traffic signs and look before crossing the street at corners only. Do not cross from between parked cars.
- Visit only the homes of people you know in your own neighborhood.
- Carry a flashlight when out on the sidewalks in your neighborhood.
- Avoid hard plastic or wood props such as daggers or swords. Consider using foam rubber items instead.
- Teach children home phone number and how to call 9-1-1 if they have an emergency or become lost. Remind them that 9-1-1 can be dialed free from any phone.
- Wait until children are home to sort and check treats. Though tampering is rare, a responsible adult should closely inspect all treats and throw away any spoiled, unwrapped, or suspicious items.
- Make sure items that can cause choking (such as hard candies), are given only to children of appropriate age.
Safe Trick or Treating Locations Near YouCotton Wood Mall
4825 South Highland Drive, Holladay
All Day
Fashion Place Mall
6191 S State St, Murray
4-7
Layton Hills Mall
1076 Layton Hills Mall, Layton
6-8
Provo Towne Centre 1200 Towne Centre Blvd, Provo 5-9
South Towne Center
10450 South State St, Sandy
4-6
University Mall
575 E. University Parkway Suite #260
no masks please 5-7
Cache Valley Mall
1300 North Main Street, Logan
4-7
Gardner Village
1100 W 7800 S, West Jordan--Ride with a Witch
5-8 Call 566-8903 for more information
Trick or Treat Downtown Provo
Center Street and University Ave, Provo
3-6
Halloween Adventure Cruise-boat
3606 West Center Street Provo, $5 a person, $20 per family
6:30-9 Call 373-8897 for more info
Salt Lake Freedom Film and Storytelling Festival
245 South Fort Douglas Blvd. in Salt Lake City, Utah
8:30-10 call (801) 532-2766 for more information
Check your local churches and your local rest homes
Cornbelly's Corn Maze and Pumpkin Fest through Oct. 31, Mondays-Thursdays from 4-10 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays and UEA weekend (Oct. 12 and 13) from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Thanksgiving Point, Lehi. Cost: Day combo pass $10; night combo pass $15/$10 children; group rates available. Call 794-FARM.
Hee Haw Farms through Oct. 31, 4500 W. 700 South, Pleasant Grove. Hours: Mondays-Thursdays 4-10 p.m.; Fridays 4-11 p.m.; Saturdays 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Cost: $5 up. Activities include a corn maze, Leroy the pig, hayrides, pumpkin patch, pedal car racetrack, rubber ducky races, piglet races, haunted hayride. See www.heehawfarms.com.
"In the Dark in Spanish Fark," through Oct. 31 (Fridays, Saturdays, Mondays and Halloween), Spanish Fork City Fairgrounds, 475 S. Main. Activities include Old Spanish Trail (of Blood) Spook Alley, find fairy-tale characters inhabiting the Children's Wonderland and go on a hayride. Cost: $5-$8. See www.spanishfork.org.
Spanish Fork/Salem Chamber of Commerce Annual Scarecrow Festival through Oct. 31, see scarecrows on display on Main Street in Spanish Fork.
Pumpkinland at Vineyard Garden Center through Oct. 31, Mondays-Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 435 S. Geneva Road, Orem. Cost: $3. Includes corn maze, animals, bounce houses, a pumpkin patch trail, two play areas and a light alley.
Halloween Adventure Cruise through Oct. 31, 6:30-9 p.m. weekdays; 6:30-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Board at CLAS Ropes Course, 3606 W. Center, Provo. Cost: $5/$20 family. Call 373-8897.
Annual American Fork Downtown Trick-or-Treat Parade, Oct. 31 from 4-6 p.m. Starts at Robinson Park, 100 E. Main. Costume contest: 4:30 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center, 93 N. 400 East.
