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Happy Halloween Mansion

Presented by Children's Museum of Houston at Children's Museum of Houston

October 19-October 31, 2010

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The Children's Museum of Houston is taken over by magic and myst-eerie as it morphs into the Happy Halloween Mansion for two spine-tingling weeks, Oct. 19 through 31! Take on a journey of tricks and treats as you wander through the Mansion’s hocus pocus hallways in search of goblin goodies and terrifying trinkets. Or, try your hand at bringing Fraken Critters to life and experimenting with ooey, gooey slime, among other frightful activities. Beware! The exhibits will be converted into their own Halloween theme complete with creepy creations, thrills and chills! Wear your costume daily!

Celebrating two weeks of frightful fun and safe trick-or-treating. Join Children's Museum of Houston for “the largest Halloween gathering” world record attempt on Halloween. Special extended hours until 8 p.m., Oct. 28 – 31. Partially sponsored by Imperial Sugar.

BEWARE OF THESE HOWLIFIC EVENTS:

WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT: Join us on Halloween Day as we shoot for the world’s largest Halloween gathering and attempt to get the most people dressed in costume in one place. The current record is 394 people. Help us beat this on Halloween, Oct. 31!

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR: Howl at the moon while you bask in Houston’s ultimate Halloween party for kids on Halloween, Oct. 31. Come dressed in costume and let the ghoul times roll as you dance to hauntingly hip tunes of a “live” DJ. Be sure to come dressed in your most boo-tiful or frightfully freaky costume!

SAFE AND FRIENDLY TRICK-OR-TREATING: Wander through the mansion’s howlific hallways in search of goodies from 4 to 6 p.m. every day! Open late until 8 p.m. for safe trick-or-treating on Oct. 28, 30 and during Houston’s ultimate Halloween party for kids, the Halloween Spooktacular, on Oct. 31!

HALLOWEEN PARTY WITH LEAH WHITE: Join this wicked musical enchantress for a spooky time full of toil and trouble! Oct. 21, 6:30 – 7 p.m and Oct. 23, 2 – 2:30 p.m.

BEWARE OF THIS FANGTASTIC ACTIVITIES:

• Trick or Treat Bags: Head over to Junktion to design a trick or treat bag to collect goblin goodies and terrifying trinkets.
• Do You Feel the Chill: Come join us at Science Station for spooky experiments that will both thrill and chill.
• Spooky Animation: Design your own spooky Halloween animation stories through the techniques of stop motion, zoetrope and flipbooks at the Inventors’ Workshop.
• Franken Critters: These creepy creations are based on the technology which makes cell phones jitter! Use real electric motors to bring your creature to life. (Take home kit fee = $3)
• Spooky Landscapes: Create a chilling picture of fall at night or a creepy haunted house.
• Halloween Bead Pattern Mania: Create your own Halloween bracelet using beads and maniacal math patterns.
• Halloween Starburst Graph: Learn how to use Halloween candy for fun math activities.

BE ENCHANTINGLY REWARDED:

Social Media Monsters: Calling all pumpkins, superheroes and witches! Come to the museum in costume then post a photo on our Facebook page for a chance to win a membership! No costume, no problem! Swing by the face painting station and follow a Halloween face painting activity. Then, post that photo to Facebook. Every other day we will randomly select a winner.

Sneaky Detectives: Can you solve the mystery? Each day we will have a secret special trick-or-treat station. The only way to find it is through clues announced daily on Facebook and Twitter. Think you have what it takes to win the grand prize? There will be TWO daily clues: one for the trick-or-treat station and the other to solve the grand prize mystery which will be announced during our Halloween Spooktacular on Oct. 31.

Spooktastic Moms and Dads: Families all dressed in costume or parents dressed in costume will receive 10 percent off at Fiddle Sticks Gifts.

ABOUT CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF HOUSTON
Winner of 2010 Click2Houston’s Best “Best Museum,” rated a 5-star nationwide children's museum by Citysearch.com, voted “Ultimate Kid-Friendly Attraction” in a Houston Chronicle reader’s poll, and tied for the nation’s best children’s museums No. 1 spot in Child magazine, the Children's Museum of Houston is dedicated to transforming communities through innovative, child-centered learning. CMH houses 14 new exhibit galleries of innovative bilingual learning programs for kids ages birth to 12 years. The Children’s Museum is located at 1500 Binz in Houston’s Museum District.

Admission is $8 per person and $7 for seniors 65 years and older. Children under one and Museum Members receive free admission. Free Family Nights are offered Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. courtesy of The Wortham Foundation, Inc. and Kathrine McGovern and the late John P. McGovern, M.D.

Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday. Extended Halloween hours until 8 p.m. on Oct. 28—31.