HalloWheaton

HalloWheaton

Free Admission!
Saturday, October 24, 2026
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

This event is rain or shine, scare-free, & family-friendly!

Find out why this event has become a local family tradition! Trick-or-Treat in your Halloween costume throughout the WheatonArts campus to meet & take photos with traditional costumed characters played by the talented Mystic Realms actors. Stop by our community partner booths for various activities & games, including Cumberland County Library, Ocean City Free Public Library, and more.
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Image of a large orange pumpkin with triangular eyes and a large mouth carved into it. Hot glass is being blown into the top of the pumpkin so that a large glass bubble is coming out of the mouth. A pair on tongs is assisting the glass at the top of the pumpkin.
Image of a child dressed in a pirate costume holding a patterned Halloween Trick-Or-Treating basket with a light green handle toward a HalloWheaton performer outside in front of the blue WheatonArts Paper Studio. The performer has long red hair and is wearing a light pink gown with puffy sleeves, a large silver crown, and long light pink gloves. The performer is placing a HalloWheaton Trick-Or-Treating prize into the child's bucket.

Glassmaking Demonstrations

Join us in the Glass Studio throughout the day for mesmerizing displays of various hot glass processes. Watch as the Glass Studio Team manipulates hot molten glass with unconventional tools, such as pumpkins and seasonal gourds, to produce visually stunning sculptural objects!

Pottery Demonstrations

 Learn about the different types of clay and ceramic processes, from wheel-throwing to glazing and firing. Watch as Resident Potter Phyllis Seidner creates face jugs.

Flameworking Demonstrations

Discover how glass beads, pendants, marbles, and more are created by melting glass rods over a hot torch.

Free Family Art Activities

Celebrate the colorful fall season with the following complimentary hands-on crafting activities that all ages can enjoy. All materials are supplied and projects can be taken home the same day!

Hanging Paper Bats
Let your creativity take flight! Cut out a paper bat and give its wings some sparkle with glitter and colorful plastic gems. Add a string for hanging, then take home your dazzling bat to bring a little Halloween magic to your space.

Pony Bead Pumpkins
Create a little pumpkin packed with autumn charm! String orange pony beads onto pipe cleaners, shape them into a plump pumpkin, and finish with a stem and curly green vines. Take home a festive decoration to brighten your fall display.

A young girl creating a magnet with glue and glass frit to be fused together later in the kiln.

Make-Your-Own Fused Glass 

Design your own fall-inspired fused glass magnet, pendant, or suncatcher in the Education Studio! These fun fused glass projects are available for ages 5 & up (with parental assistance). Using pre-fused glass blanks, small pre-cut pieces of glass, and an assortment of accessory glass, create a design to be tack fused. We will fire your design and attach a bail, magnet, or leather cord, depending on your project choice. In 7-10 business days, completed glass projects will be ready to pick up or ship (for a fee). This glass fusing activity has a discounted fee of $10 per magnet/pendant and $20 per suncatcher.

Food Vendors

Tacos Al Carbon
Matty G Dogz

Image of the L.J. Zucca inc. logo. The background is white and features large slanted black letters that read "L.J. Zucca inc." The bottom part of the "Z" of "Zucca" extends to the end of "inc." underneath the rest of the letters that follow it and has white text inside that reads "Distributors". Two long black horizontal lines start at the top of the "Z" and extend to the end of "inc.". A smaller black horizontal line is overtop of "inc." and runs from the start of "inc." to the end of it.

Special Thanks to LJ Zucca, Inc. for their generous candy donation for HalloWheaton. 

This event is scare-free and family-friendly. Admission to HalloWheaton is FREE, part of the “WheatonArts Family Days! Presented by PNC Arts Alive!“ program. This event includes access to the Museum of American Glass, Down Jersey Folklife Center, Artist Studios, and Museum Stores.

The Multiverse of African Cultural Heritage is supported by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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