Photos left to right: Halloween Hearse Parade; Dead Ringers Look-alike contest; Trick or Treat for Kids; Franklin Haynes Marionettes Hilarious Halloween Haunt puppet show; and Freak Show Deluxe’s Skeleton Crew
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Who says that kids get to have all the fun? Halloween is a training ground in which parents teach their children how to celebrate one of America’s favorite make-believe events. The annual Monster Mash and Hearse Parade sponsored by Orange County Market Place has something for every kid, young & old. Here are just a few highlights to a fun day set to the backdrop of a big outdoor shopping mall and farmers market:
1. I Scream for Ice Cream – kids contest
2. Dead Ringers Costume Contest – for adults dressing and looking like famous personalities
3. Halloween Hearse Parade – includes a Bug & Monster Car Show
4. Trick or Treat – for kids
5. Monster Talent – carvin’ out fun with monster sculptors, Peculiar Pumpkin Portraits and Thai fruit carving artists
6. Creepy Crawlers – Southern California Herpetology Association & Rescue exhibition of snakes, tarantulas and reptiles