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What's Happening This Week

Halloween Fun is starting Now

By Marie Vandenberg, Publisher/Editor Macaroni Kid Clintonville, WI October 17, 2021

This week has been busy with filling the calendar with events.  We have almost 200 events on the calendar just for the month of October!  The first 50 Boo Baskets have been filled and are ready to bring joy to their new homes. If you would like to receive one of the Boo Baskets, there is still time to sign up.  All you need to do is fill out this form. I promised in last week's newsletter to give a little more information to help you Boo your neighbors too.  I included two articles this week. If you look at the bottom of this e-mail, you'll see a list of towns.  If you live in any of those towns, I'll deliver a BOO basket to you- if you're on my list and you're one of the first 100 to sign up. I want to thank Cambridge Design & Print, No Boundaries Nutrition, and The Living Room Coffee Shop & Vintage Decor for sponsoring the Boo Baskets. It takes a very special group of people to get in on the ground level of a brand new community activity.  This is the first event of this type in our area, ever.  So, I need your help too.  If you are one of the lucky recipients of a Boo Basket, whether it's one of the first 100 or you get boo'd from a neighbor, share on social media (#MacKidClintonvilleBOO), visit our sponsors, do what you can to participate and spread the word. If this works out well, we may be able to bring back another activity closer to the winter holidays too. So, I want to thank the businesses for taking a chance by sponsoring this. I want to thank the families that have signed up to participate already and I want to thank my family for allowing the buckets to take over our house and for helping me fill the buckets.  It all means so much to me.

So, enough about the Boo Baskets.  There is Halloween Fun to be had!  I’m still collecting addresses for the Halloween Light Guide.  Some of the events require pre-registration so you'll want to take a peek ahead at the calendar to be sure you get your spot! Here are my top picks for the next week or so.  

Drop In Playgroup

🎃 Storytime: Halloween Fun: AM Session

👶 FREE Virtual Community Baby Shower

🎃 Pumpkin Time at the Millers October 20th is the first night.

🛻 Mini Trucks Playgroup - Look in the description to see some changes.  Pre-registration is required.

🎃 Halloween Happenings Meets Hogwarts - Non-scary, kid-friendly Halloween event

🎃 3rd Annual Pumpkin Plunge - Clintonville Rec Center.  

85th Anniversary Party Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary

Brickworld LEGO Fan Experience

🚒 Clintonville Fire Dept Open House

🎃 ☠️  Revenge (Haunted Barn) KID’S Day - non-scary, kid-friendly haunted house event.  One day event only

🎃 Doc's Halloween Extravaganza - Bonduel

🎃 1st Annual Halloween Pumpkin Plunge - Shawano

🎃 GREENVILLE - Fright Night at the Park - there is a special kid-friendly time set aside from 6p-8p.  My son and I used to go to the kids' session when he was younger (and we still lived in the Valley). 

🎃 Trunk or Treat - Shawano Outdoor Theatre - I'll be there.  Come say Hi and collect a treat.


I hope you all have a great week.  Make sure to check the calendar frequently, it will be getting updated really fast as Halloween gets closer.


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The Macaroni Kid Clintonville WI area covers a large portion of central Wisconsin. We work hard to support local businesses and families.   We help you find your local family fun for the following communities: Adam's Beach, Almon, Aniwa, Antigo, Bear Creek, Belle Plaine, Big Falls, Birnamwood, Bonduel, Bowler, Breed, Buckbee, Caroline, Cecil, Clintonville, Eland, Elderon, Elmhurst, Elton, Embarrass, Galloway, Gillett, Gresham, Hayes, Hintz, Hogarty, Hunting, Keshena, Legend Lake, Leopolis, Lunds, Marion, Markton, Mattoon, Middle Village, Mosling, Mountain, Navarino, Neopit, Nichols, Norske, Norrie, Northland, Pella, Phlox, Polar, Pulcifer, Red River, Shawano, Shepley, Split Rock, Suring, Thornton, Tigerton, Tilleda, Underhill, Whitcomb, White Lake, Wittenberg, and Zoar.