Slightly less scary than the adult counterparts are the kids Halloween events with costume contests, trick or treating and special characters and activities for pint size celebrations. Legoland California, home to the Lego brick entertainment venue, offers Brick or Treat event on weekends.

With giant pumpkins made out of big plastic Legos, kids can climb, cavort and be entertained in Carlsbad.

In Buena Park the children can dress in costume for the Monster Dance Party and Costume Parade. Camp Spooky Theatre includes the Peanuts Halloween "Spooktacular" with singing and dancing, plus "Linus's Foam-tastic Pumpkin Patch." Bootiful bubbles just beyond the haystacks, and  a walk through the "Haunted Harvest"  take kids through a cornfield of mischievous scarecrows.

Kids' Boo at the Zoo events, Legoland Brick or Treat, and Disneyland's Scary Halloween are all geared to children. There are train rides in parks, pumpkin patches, carousels, and tons of candy treats for children to enjoy during October.