Gully Homestead Hosts Ghost Tales at Gully House, 6:30 to 7:20 p.m. for younger children and 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. for older kids Sunday. $5. 200 S. Chambers Road, Aurora. (303) 739-6660.

Hudson Gardens "Ghosts in the Gardens" family event, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursay through Oct. 27. $12 adults, $10 kids. 6115 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton. (303) 797-8565.

Ocean Journey Pumpkin Splash, kids up to age 18 receive free admission when dressed in costume and accompanied by an adult, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Nov. 4. 700 Water St. (303) 561-4450.

Donated costumes needed -- When your kids decide on their Halloween costumes, pack up the ones they don't plan to use and bring them to the Children's Museum's Halloween Costume Drive, through October. New and used costumes for newborns to size 8 will be donated to the Northwest Coalition for Better Schools. For each costume donated, families will receive a free child's pass to the museum's Trick or Treat Street. (303) 433-7444.

Hallowpalooza -- Fat City is converting its skating center for a Hallowpalooza Extravaganza, including three Halloween events, 7 p.m. to midnight Friday for teens, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday for younger children and 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday for adults 21 and over. For details and costs, call (303) 972-4344.

Un-haunted house -- Halloween Non-Scary Un-Haunted House, with lots of fall decorations, kids ghost stories, games, crafts and treats, 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls & Toys, 1880 Gaylord St. Free with admission. (303) 322-1053.

Goblins in the Gardens -- Denver Botanic Gardens' Graveyard will scare guests who visit the original inhabitants of the gardens, and costumed kids of all ages can tear up the dance floor at the Monster Mash, 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 1005 York St. Adults $8; kids 4-15 $6, children ages 3 and under free. (720) 865-3544.

Trick or Treat Street -- Children's Museum of Denver's 17th annual Trick or Treat Street, featuring face painters, balloon artists, costumed characters, theater performances, arts and crafts, mini-train rides, clowns and lots of candy, Saturday through Halloween. For times and costs, call (303) 433-7444.

Halloween fun -- Trick-or-treat at the Old Firehouse in Lafayette and get your palm read and your face painted and make haunted crafts, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31. Sponsored by the Lafayette Police Department and WoW! Children's Museum, 1075 S. Boulder Road, Suite 130, Louisville. Trick-or-treating is free; $3 per child to visit haunted house. (303) 604-2424.

Pumpkin patch -- Pumpkins of all shapes and sizes, with proceeds benefiting children's ministry, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays through October, Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St. (303) 794-6379, Ext. 244.

Pumpkin patch and crafts -- Pumpkin Patch and fall/winter crafts, 9:30 a.m. to dusk weekdays, 10 a.m. to dusk Saturday and noon to dusk Sunday, through October, Englewood United Methodist Church, 3885 S. Broadway, (303) 781-4041.

Free pumpkin patch -- Cottonwood Free Pumpkin Patch, featuring several varieties of pumpkins, a 2-acre cornfield maze, farm animals, vintage farm tractors and an operating 1906 Case Steam Engine, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through October, on 75th Avenue 400 yards south of Arapahoe Road, east Boulder. For directions or information, call (720) 890-4766 or visit www.cottonwoodfarms.com.

Corn maze -- Murray Farms Corn Maze, Brighton, featuring cornfield paths in the shapes of a bear and two wolves, a haunted maze, horse-drawn hayrides, train rides, pumpkins and a straw-bale maze, 4 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays through October. Adults $8, kids 6 to 12 $5; free for kids 5 and under. For directions, call (303) 289-9078 or visit www.murraymaze.com.