By Bob Strohm
bstrohm@wbcowqel.com
Families from all over Crawford County converged to the Lowe-Volk Park Nature Center Saturday night for the Crawford Park District’s Annual Halloween Family Fun Night.
In its ninth year at the Park District, the Halloween Family Fun Night drew in an estimated 500 to 600 people participating in numerous nature and Halloween themed activities.
“We got crafts, pumpkin for them to color, bon fire with hot dogs, a scary hike a non-scary hike. We have animals out for them. So you can imagine the fun they are having. That’s what we want. We want them to be out in nature, and see the nature center and have a good time,” Crawford Park District Director Bill Fisher said.
“The non-scary hike is just a flat nature hike in the dark, and the scary hike has skeletons, witches, spiders, and even a taxidermy armadillo,” Fisher explained.
Isabel Brenneman, who dressed as Princess Elsa from the movie Frozen, attended the event with her grandmother Lora Brenneman, who dressed as a pirate. Isabel explained what she enjoyed about the Halloween Family Fun Night.
“Being with people and being with my grandma, and doing things,” Isabel said. “My absolute favorite was holding some of the things.”
Dressed as a robot, Darrell Morrison was coloring a leaf inside the nature center.
“My favorite part has been making pumpkins and coloring the wooden leaves,” Morrison said.
In costume as a fairy, Lizzie Ely attended the event with her brother Jett Ely, who was dressed as a pumpkin, and mother Marleen Ely, who came dressed as a witch.
“We just got here, but so far my favorite part has been getting the candy,” Lizzie said.
Attending the event as their favorite video game characters, Urban Kanney dressed as Mario and Owen Kanney dressed as Luigi.
“My favorite thing was seeing the turtles,” Owen said.
The Halloween Family Fun Night lasted from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. and also featured face painting and a hay ride.