Pumpkin painting is a popular activity during Walker Tavern's Victorian Halloween. In this photo, a young visitor decorates a pumpkin to take home. (Photo by Jeff Westover)
Come to Sylvester Walker's inn for a 19th-century Halloween experience.
Admission: $3/person, all ages Wear a costume and save $1 off the price of admission! Activities are indoors and out, so please dress for the weather.)(
Halloween became popular in the U.S. in the late 19th century as a way for young people to socialize. Victorian families dressed up as masked demons, ghosts and witches and decorated their homes with pumpkins and snakes. They gathered together with friends to play parlor games, tell stories, and to predict the
future.
Today, you'll tour 15 activity stations, and receive a take-away surprise at each one. Games of skill include snap-apple (a dry version of bobbing for apples), pumpkin bowling and a bat throw. Hands-on crafts include mask-making, pumpkin painting and making scarecrows from corn husks.
For more information, please send us an e-mail or telephone (517) 467-4401.
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