Looking for Fall Events

Morton Arboretum: www.mortonarb.org has an awesome children's garden and fall fest.

Johansen Farms in Bolingbrook has a petting zoo, pumpkins and pony rides and bouncys: http://www.johansenfarms.com/fall.html

Bengstons is tons of fun it has activities and a pumpkin patch: http://www.pumpkinfarm.com/

There is the Dupage Children's Museum in Naperville

Brookfield Zoo has two weekends in Oct. that are "boo at the zoo" kid activities and kids can wear their costumes and there is a costume parade (I like more opportunities to wear those costumes I pay for!)

If you are up for a little trip there is an awesome apple orchard in IN: http://www.countylineorchard.com/

The Chicago Botanic Garden has a great outdoor model train exhibit through Oct and has a weekend where they are decked out for halloween...then they have an indoor holiday train display thats awesome.....

The arboretum has an indoor holiday train display too come Thanksgiving....

Hope something catches your interest have fun!!!

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We absolutely love Bengston's Pumpkin Farm in Homer Glen. It's an awesome place. It's become an annual tradition for us, and the kids look forward to it every year.

Not sure what your religion is, but in the winter we like to visit Tammen Treeberry Farm in Wilmington. You can cut your own tree down, while sipping on some delicious hot chocolate. Fun for the entire family, including the dogs! And, the x-mas trees are perfection. Their websites are:

http://www.pumpkinfarm.com/
http://members.aol.com/treeturkey/index.htm

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Dollinger Farm in Channahon has a really nice Fall Festival for the kids around Halloween .

Long Grove's apple fest. I think it's in September, maybe October. We try to go every year. There are some fun things for the kids and all kinds of apple goodies... apple pies, caramel apples and apple martinis!

Look into Cantgny in Wheaton. That was the old McCormick property that is now funded by the McCormick Foundation.

I highly recommend the Morton Arboretum. It has really changed in the past 5 years. Beautiful Childrens garden, a maze, and activities for children. I'd checkout both of their websites. You'll see the special events for each location.

We went out to a pumpkin patch/apple farm that is near Dekalb- it was so awesome! They had a corn maze too! Truly it was a great family day out. Enough activity that even though it was packed the place didn't feel packed!

There is a great family owned and run apple orchard in Lockport/unincorporated Joliet called Apples on Oak. It is not at all commercialized, they have heirloom and unusual varieties. It is only open Wednesday and Saturday and Sunday. No entrance fee, kinda rugged, 2 friendly dogs that eat apples will walk along with you.

We love Sonny Acres in Wheaton. My husband and I have both been going there since we were kids. They don't really have much going on until October though

Try Kline Creek Farm in Wheaton.

http://www.dupageforest.com/EDUCATION/klinecreek.html

I haven't been there yet, but plan to. Apparently it is pretty hands-on very cool farm type stuff!