Halloween During a Pandemic

If you plan on participating in trick-or-treating this year, here are some ideas to keep the festivities safe and fun:

• Table Trick-or-Treat: Set up a table in your driveway or yard and decorate it with Halloween décor. Set out pre-packaged candy or other items for children to take. Weather-permitting, set up chairs at least 6 feet apart from the table to greet kids and see their costumes.
• Fun face masks: Try to include a face mask into your child’s costume, but feel free to get crafty to make it a part of the costume. Or purchase a Halloween-themed mask for the occasion!
• Candy Sticks: Attach candy to skewers and place them in your front yard for children to each take one.
• Candy chute: Create a six-foot-long cardboard tube to slide candy to trick-or-treaters
• Bag ‘o Candy: Line the sidewalk or driveway with individual bags of candy for children to grab.
  

If you want to forego the traditional trick-or-treating and try something different, you could plan a virtual Halloween contest, a scary movie night, an indoor scavenger hunt, or carve pumpkins as a family!

Here’s a list of area trick-or-treating times. (If you have any to add, feel free to send them to us!)

Asbury: Canceled parade and trick-or-treating

Bellevue: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 25. And a Halloween parade starting at 3:30 p.m. at Cole Park

Belmont: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31

Bettendorf: 5-7:30 p.m. Oct. 31

Davenport: 4:30-7 p.m. Oct. 31

Delhi: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31

Dubuque: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31

Dyersville: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31

East Dubuque: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31

East Moline: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 31

Edgewood: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31

Epworth: 6-7 p.m. Oct. 25

Guttenberg: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31

Luxemburg: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 30

Maquoketa: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31

Manchester: 5-7 p.m. Oct. 31

Moline: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 31

Muscatine: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31

Peosta: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31

Platteville: 3-7 p.m. Oct. 31

Rock Island: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 31