Do your kids have a fantastic costume this year? Choose from a variety of Halloween Costume Contests in Omaha for kids and pets!
Please Note: It is always a good idea to verify the information with the business before visiting, as details may change.
Halloween Costume Contests in Omaha
Oct 24-Nov 1st or Oct 27th – Spooky Cleanup Costume Contest
- This Halloween, join Keep Omaha Beautiful and Metropolitan Utilities District for the Spooky Cleanup Costume Contest. Because picking up litter is more fun in costume!
- Prizes will be awarded for Best Individual/Couple Costume, Best Group Costume, Most Creative “Upcycled” Costume, and Most Litter Collected. Winners will be announced on November 2nd.
Oct 27th – Nelson Produce Farm Barnyard Boo – 5:00-9:00pm – Tickets
- 3rd Annual Barnyard Boo! Think costume party and trunk or treat in one! Take in all the clean Halloween fun as you trunk-or-treat around the farm showing off your best costume and compete in our family and individual costume contests. Fill your candy baskets as you stroll around the farm with a hot caramel apple cider warming your hands. Feed pumpkins to the cows or take out some aggression and smash them!
- Location: Nelson Produce Farm – 10505 N 234 St. Valley, NE 68064
Oct 28th – SAL-OWEEN Party & Trunk-or-Treat – 10:00am-12:00pm – FREE
- Kids SAL-OWEEN Party put on by the SAL’s. Everyone is welcome to enjoy the fun morning! Food, Drink, Games, & Costume Contest. See the flyer for details.
- Location: American Legion Post #1 – 7811 Davenport St, Omaha, NE 68114
Oct 28th – Halloween Costume Contest & Party for Kids & Pets – 11:00am-1:00pm – FREE
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Prizes for best costume, prizes for top kids and pets costumes, treats for kids & Pets. Kids Costume Contest will be at 11:30am! Pets Costume Contest will be at Noon! Join them Saturday, Oct 28th for some Halloween fun!
- Location: Jones Bros in Aksarben Village – 2121 S 67th St, Omaha, NE 68106
Oct 28th – JUNK IN THE TRUNK | Family Fun Day – 11:00am-2:00pm – FREE
- Sunday Celebration will include trunk-or-treating, games, prizes, a costume contest, and more!
- Location: Conestoga Elementary School – 2115 Burdette St, Omaha, NE
Oct 28th – Costume Contest at Skinny Bones Pumpkin Patch – 3:15pm check in – Tickets Required
- Calling all ghosts, pumpkins, wereholves and superheroes! Skinny Bones Pumpkin Patch is excited to announce our FIRST ANNUAL COSTUME CONTEST! Join the fun and dress to impress with their first place prize that includes a $200 Skinny Bones gift card and FOUR season passes for our 2024 season! Second place prize includes a $100 gift card and TWO season passes for 2024.
- Location: Skinny Bones Pumpkin Patch – 3935 NE-133, Blair, NE 68008
Oct 28th – A Haunted Halloween at Fort Robinson – 4:00-6:30pm – FREE (w/ park entry permit)
- There will be a free wagon ride through the haunted campground/cemetery. Little goblins can Trick or Treat at our “Camp & Candy” sites. Family/Group costume contest at 4 p.m. Pet Costume contest (time TBD) and S’more’s by the fire pit.
- Location: Fort Robinson State Park – Crawford, NE 69339
Oct 28-29th – Haunted Camping at Enders SRA – Park Entry Permit
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Activities include a haunted trail, camper/campsite decorating contest, games, hayrack ride, pumpkin carving contest, and costume contest.
- Location: Enders Reservoir SRA – 73122 338th Ave, Enders, NE 69027
Oct 29th – Trunk or Treat Fall Festival at FUMC – 3:00-6:00pm – FREE
- The event is located in the North parking lot and with 2022 being such a pumpkin smashing success they have added even more activities for 2023! Activities include: Balloon animals, Bounce houses, Activity Bags, Costume Contest with prizes, Make & Take Cookie Station, Photo Booth, Music, and much much more
- Location: First United Methodist Church Omaha – 7020 Cass Street, Omaha, NE
Oct 30th – Mario Bros Monster Mash – 5:00pm – FREE
- Get ready for a spooktacular Mario Bros Monster Mash event! Join The Learning Express for a meet n greet, a Bubble and Fog Halloween dance party, trick or treating, and a costume contest with a chance to win a $25 gift card! It’s time to level up your Halloween fun! This is a FREE, all ages event.
- Location: The Learning Express of Omaha – 120 Regency Pkwy, Omaha, NE
Halloween Dog Friendly Costume Contests in Omaha
Oct 28th – Halloween Costume Contest & Party for Kids & Pets – 11:00am-1:00pm – FREE
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Prizes for best costume, prizes for top kids and pets costumes, treats for kids & Pets. Kids Costume Contest will be at 11:30am! Pets Costume Contest will be at Noon! Join them Saturday, Oct 28th for some Halloween fun!
- Location: Jones Bros in Aksarben Village – 2121 S 67th St, Omaha, NE 68106
Oct 28th – A Haunted Halloween at Fort Robinson – 4:00-6:30pm – FREE (w/ park entry permit)
- There will be a free wagon ride through the haunted campground/cemetery. Little goblins can Trick or Treat at our “Camp & Candy” sites. Family/Group costume contest at 4 p.m. Pet Costume contest (time TBD) and S’more’s by the fire pit.
- Location: Fort Robinson State Park – Crawford, NE 69339
Oct 29th – Growl-O-Ween 2023 – 12:00-2:00pm – $10/per dog [Register]
- Growl-O-Ween is Woof & Whiskers largest fundraiser for dogs! A $10.00 Cash Donation PER dog is required upon entry! (If you don’t bring your dog, we do still require a donation to come) Please bring cash so that we can avoid credit card fees and donate 100% to the rescues/shelter. All donors will be given a trick or treat bag that you can trick or treat at our multiple vendors! You will go home with over $10.00 in treats/prizes! Donate more and enter our raffles and prizes!
- Location: West Parking Lot Behind Woof & Whiskers – 3506 N 147th, Omaha, NE 68116
Oct 29th – Dog Days of Fall: Costume Contest – 12:00-4:00pm – $10/Dog
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Dogs Must be Friendly and on a leash at all times. Net proceeds from the Parade go to The Nebraska Humane society.
- Location: Ditmars Orchard- 19475 225th St, Council Bluffs, IA 51503
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Halloween Costume Contests in Omaha – PAST
Oct 12th – Trunk-or-Treat and Costume Contest – Starts at 5:00pm – FREE
- Trunk or Treat, Starts at 5p.m. Costume Contest for kids,10 prizes will be handed out this year, judging will be held at 7p.m. Crafts and face painting and other activities. Will do the following week if weather does not corporate. Best Trunk will also get a prize again this year.
- Location: Quaker Steak and Lube – 3320 Mid America Dr., Council Bluffs, IA.
Oct 13th – Cars, Culture, and Coffee: Trunk-or-Treat Fundraiser – 6:00-8:30pm – FREE
- Hosted by Nebraska Folklife, it’s the second edition of Cars, Culture, & Coffee, and this time, it’s the Trunk-or-Treat Fundraiser Edition! Car Competition, Best Trunk Contest, Costume Contest, Prizes.
- Location: Mahoney Park – Fremont St, Lincoln, NE 68507
Oct 14th – SALoween – 11:00am–12:30pm – FREE
- Come in costume and be ready to have some fun! They will have trunk or treat in the parking lot, games, and a costume contest. Contests will be judged at 11:30 and 12:00 and prizes will be awarded.
- Location: Benson American Legion – 8904 Military Rd., Omaha, NE.
Oct 14th – Cars & Candy at B Douglas Construction Solutions – 3:00-8:00pm – FREE
- All Cars Welcome. Free to the public, car show and costume contest
- Location: B Douglas Construction Solutions – 20816 W Gruenther Rd, Ste 101, Gretna, NE
Oct 19th – Monsters Ball: The Haunted Highway Tour Council Bluffs – 7:00pm – Tickets Req
- Monsters Ball Halloween party originated in Sioux Falls, SD in 2012 and has been active annually for 12 years and running. Now for the first time ever we’re bringing the spooky season celebration to you! Join for a night of eclectic yet electric local and regional music, Halloween themed spectacles, and a costume party fun enough to wake the dead! This isn’t just a show. ITS A PARTY AND COSTUME CONTEST!
- Location: Maloney’s Live – 1208 9th Ave, Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Oct 21st – Halloween in the Hollow – 2:00-6:00pm – $1/pp with Park Entry Permit
- Enjoy kid’s games, concessions, pumpkin picking & decorating, nerf wars, a s’more pit, scavenger hunt, shooting range, hay rack rides and a costume contest! The costume contest starts at 4:30 p.m.
- Location: Ash Hollow State Historical Park – 4055 US-26, Lewellen, NE 69147
Oct 21st – Trunk or Treat at Homespun Trading Post – 5:00-8:00pm – FREE
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Homespun Trading Post is super excited to announce their first, hopefully annual, Trunk and Treat. It will be held right outside their store. There will have a contest for the best trunk in addition to a costume contest. There will be crafts, games, and a scavenger hunt for the kiddos to do.
- Location: Homespun Trading Post – 2012 N 117th Ave, Omaha, NE 68164
Halloween Dog Friendly Costume Contests in Omaha – PAST
Oct 14th – Haven at Defiance Harley-Davidson DOGTOBER – 10:00am-3:00pm – FREE
- Bring your fur babies along and celebrate Dogtober at Defiance!
- 1pm- Dog Costume Contest… 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes of $200, $100 and $50.
- Location: Defiance Harley-Davidson – 4940 S 72nd St, Omaha, NE
Oct 14th – 3rd Annual Wag-O-Ween Boo Bash – 12:30-6:00pm
- 3rd Annual Wag-O-Ween Boo Bash. The Band, Happy Endings, will be playing from 12:30 to 5pm. Dog costume contest starts at 3:15pm with a variety of great prizes. Bounce house, face painting, and games for kids too.
- Location: Therapy Bar and Grill – 5059 S 108th St, Omaha, NE
Oct 17th – Fall Festival by Advanced Chiropractic Solutions – 4:30-7:00pm – FREE
- 1st Annual Fall Fest hosted by Advanced Chiropractic Solutions-Hickman, Anytime Fitness, &Peak PT with vendors, bbq & a dog costume contest!
- Location: Advanced Chiropractic Solutions – 6710 Woodland Boulevard #Suite 3, Hickman, NE 68372
Oct 21st – Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Contest – 2:00pm – FREE
- Boolieve it or not, Halloween is just around the corner and it’s time to get creative! Enter your four-legged friend in Goodwill’s Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Contest Saturday, October 21st at Gateway Mall. They are looking for the most creative costumes for pets.
- Location: Gateway Mall – 6100 O St, Lincoln, NE 68505
Oct 21st – Boston Boo – 4:00-6:00pm – $10/pp
- All Breeds Welcome. This Halloween event by MidAmerica Boston Terrier Rescue includes games, costume contests, food, and fun.
- Location: 5109 S 51st, Omaha, NE 68117
Oct 22nd – Bark at the Moon 7th Annual Doggie Trick-or-Treating Event – 12:00-4:00pm – FREE if Pre-registered
- Dress up your dogs in their best costume for the seventh annual Halloween “Bark at the Moon”! There will be dog trick-or-treating at each vendor table, a costume contest with professional photos as well as other great door prizes, coupons, games and food vendors! Trick-or-treating will run from 12 PM until 4 PM. Doggie goodie bags will be needed to receive treats, and will be offered free with early bird registration tickets by 10/19 at 4pm on eventbrite, or available day of event at check in for $5.00.
- Location: Paws 4 Fun – 222 North 44th St, Lincoln, NE 68503
Oct 22nd – Omaha Corgi Crew Meetup & Costume Contest – 2:00-3:45
- October Meetup and a costume contest to celebrate spooky season! There will be prizes for the best costumes. This event is for all corgis, honrary corgis and friends!
- Location: Hefflinger Dog Park – Heflinger Park Rd, Omaha, NE 68164
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