Fall Things to do in Champlin, MN 55316
The Fall is a great time to get out and enjoy all the fun October Festivities that happen around Champlin, MN. The cool air and bright colors of changing leave's are some of my favorite seasonal sights! The bright reds and oranges are always my favorite leaf color's. While the leaves are changing many people are also looking forward to Football games, Football parties, and, of course, Football Food!! If you would like to get out and about before Winter hits, I have gathered a few fun places to check out for October Festivities around Champlin.
Halloween Events, Food, Festivals & Fun:
One of my favorite October Festivities is visiting the local Apple Orchard's, pick Apples, Pumpkin's and shopping for fun Holiday crafts. We’re lucky in Champlin to have the Twin Cities Corn Maze and Harvest Festival right outside our doors! If you haven’t ever been there, you should check it out this year. The Twin Cities Corn Maze and Harvest Festival is located at the SE corner of 109th Ave and Highway 169 in Brooklyn Park (just bordering Champlin). This year they have the Wild Logo in the corn! Bert Bouwman the master behind this year's Minnesota Wild corn maze, logo talks about the Twin Cities Corn Maze and Harvest Festival. The corn maze has printable instructions and fun facts about the Minnesota Wild players. Check out the interview with Bert Bouwman!
Admission can be purchased at the door or in advance for a couple dollars less, buy tickets. The admission at the gate is $12 and kids 36” or under get in free. Twin Cities Harvest Festival and Maze is open weekends from September 19th to October 25th, 10 am – 6 pm and during MEA: October 15th & 16th from 10 am – 6 pm.
Several items are included in the ticket price, but many others are an additional expense for extra activities, or they have lots of food stands for snacks as well. Here’s a list:
Included in the ticket price:
- Corn Maze
- Corn Pit
- Straw Bale Maze
- Kids play area
- Live Music
- Petting Zoo
- Hayride
- FUN!
For a little extra:
- Climbing Wall*
- Pumpkin Slinger*
- Food Vendors*
- Pony Rides*
- Gunny Sack Slide*
- Pumpkins* (3 for $10)
- And more!
*Not included in the ticket price. Additional cost applies.
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Dehn’s Pumpkins
My family also has had the opportunity to visit Dehn’s Pumpkins which is located right off of E French Lake Rd on a sharp curve and 125th Ave N in Dayton. Dehn’s Pumpkins is open starting September 26th – October 31st, from 9 am till dark. They have many similar things to see as Twin Cities Fall Festival and Corn Maze, but they are a little less expense, include a gift shop, hayrides, and wine tastings on Saturdays from 1-4pm. Dehn’s Pumpkins charges .35 a lbs for pumpkins and a day wristband for Saturday’s and 
Sunday’s is $7.00, Children under 2 years old are free. The Saturday-Sunday wristband includes the Corn Maze, Corn Pit, Pumpkin Jumper and hay rides (weather permitting). Like the Twin Cities Harvest and Corn Maze Dehn’s also has optional activities for an additional expense. Dehn’s Pumpkins offers during the week visits which you pay per activity versus the wristband. BRING Cash as last time I was there they only accepted cash.
Berry Hill Farms
Berry Hill Farm is just outside of Champlin, 9 miles North of Anoka. Get directions. 763-753-5891 At Berry Hill Farm, you can take part in the pumpkin harvest at Berry Hill Farm. The 100-acre farm, tucked away in rural Anoka (Nowthen), turns glorious shades of gold, orange and red during October - and provides a family-friendly outing. Pick out your own farm-grown pumpkin directly from the field - not a supermarket bin - and haul it to your car in a little red Radio Flyer. Take a tractor tour through the back acres of the farm, which winds through the woods filled with charming pumpkin people. Get lost (but not too lost) in the tall grass maze, and be the first to find the enormous golden nugget. The best fall photos happen here because smiles come naturally at Berry Hill Farm. Experience the colors of fall.
Berry Hill Farm is open weekends of October (Saturday’s noon – and Sunday’s Noon – 6). They are also open during MEA October 16th & 17th from 10 am – 6 pm. The admission for Berry Hill Farm is $2 and then you pay separately for your additional activities or you can purchase a ticket for $6 which includes the wagon ride and maze ticket and then your admission is Free. Again parking is free, but the only payment method is cash or check so please plan accordingly.
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Anoka County Farms
Anoka County Farms is another semi-local Family owned Farm to visit. They’re located at 125 Bunker Lake Blvd in Ham Lake. Their season runs from September 19th – October 31st and offers lots of produce for sale, pumpkins, cornstalks, gourds and potatoes, onions, and squash. Again, they only accept CASH. Anoka County Farms offers lots of great activities for younger kids as well as older kids, a bounce slide, pony rides, pumpkin bowling and lots of other fun activities like coloring contests and petting farm babies. Lots of great photo opportunities here and good eats and snacks at the concession stand for the adults! Anoka County Farms has paid activities, along with free activities. There is a $5.00 admission per car at the gate on Saturdays, Sundays & MEA. *Activities are available weather permitting and schedules can change without notice. We look forward to having you visit our farm! See pony ride schedule:
Pony & Hay Rides
The whole family can enjoy a hay ride around the farm. Kids love to ride our ponies on the weekends!
Hours - Hay Ride & Pony Schedule – No Ponies September 19th & 20th
Monday – Thursday 3:00 pm – Sunset (Hay Rides 5 pm / No Pony Rides*)
Fridays 12 pm – Sunset (Hay Rides 5 pm / No Pony Rides*)
Saturdays 10 am – Sunset (Hay Rides All Day / Pony Rides 11 am - 5 pm*)
Sundays 10 am – Sunset (Hay Rides All Day / Pony Rides 11 am – 3 pm*)
MEA Hours – October 15 & 16
Thursday & Friday 10 am – Sunset (Hay Rides All Day*)
Halloween Capital of the World, Anoka MN
As always Anoka will be hosting great events for kids and adults alike. Events are starting October 9th with the Pumpkin bowl at 7 pm and then the Family Movie Night & Dinner, October 14th starting at 6:30 at the Anoka American Legion, this event is free and open to the public. A Halloween movie kids appropriate will be featured. The last Halloween event takes place on October 31st, 7-Midnight – Dan Gould Jewelers & Courts Tent Party & Costume Contest. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door for $15, this is 21 plus ONLY and will be featuring music by Boogie Wonderland.
Anoka offers so many fun things for Halloween, don’t be left out of the fun, check out the Anoka Halloween Gift shop now open Fridays and Saturday’s 10am-5pm through Halloween to get geared up with a great costume. While there spend some time visiting other locally owned shops, pick up some crafts and, of course, great coffee and desserts! This year’s Big parade of Little People is free, and will be held October 30th at 1:15 pm and will feature hometown kids all dressed up in their costumes walking in the parade. Light up the Night Parade starts at 7 pm on Saturday, October 24th.and also the 5k to attend. You can download a full schedule of events here, as the website gave a disclaimer: Our goal is to keep everything up-to-date as soon as possible with every year. However, to ensure correct date & time, please make sure to check back during the month of October before attending an event to ensure accuracy. Event dates, times, pricing and sponsors are subject to change.
Easy Halloween Treats For Kids:
Visiting Fall festival’s and Orchard’s can really add up with kids, here're a few fun things to do at home on the cheap and still have fun with the kids!
Mini Caramel Apple’s:
- Apples (Green or an assortment)
- A package of baking pop sticks or wooden skewer’s cut in half (Found at JoAnn’s, Michael’s or craft
supply store) - Halloween sprinkle’s crushed nuts, or your favorite crushed candy
- Store bought Caramel dipping sauce
Purchase a handful of green apples or a variety of your favorite apples. Use a melon scoop to scoop out round apple pieces, when you have the desired amount of apple scoops set them aside. To make it easier for the apples to stand and dry, you may want to cut a piece off to create a flat bottom.
Warm a purchased container of caramel dipping sauce (found at Cub, Aldi’s or your favorite local Champlin store, or you can make your own caramel sauce if you prefer homemade). Heat per directions on the container to safely melt your caramel. Once the caramel is warm place sticks in the apple pieces for easy dipping.
Use parchment paper and lay it out flat. Once your apple pieces have sticks in carefully dip your apple piece in the caramel and place on the parchment paper, flat side down. Before your caramel apples become dry, shake sprinkle’s on or dip in a small container of sprinkle’s or nuts, however, you prefer.
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Mini Donut Spider’s:
- Deli/bakery package of chocolate mini donuts
- M&M’s
- Bag of pretzel’s
- Chocolate frosting store bought
Adults carefully use a sharp knife to cut “leg” pieces from the pretzel’s. Depending on how many spiders you would like to make, each one should have 8 legs, 4 on each side.
If you have a frosting tool you may use that to add a dab of chocolate frosting or you can use a Ziploc bag, fill a corner with chocolate frosting, cut off the tip and use as a piping tool. Place two small dabs of chocolate frosting on the donut and add two matching M&M’s to secure the eyes.
Carefully press each leg into the mini donut, be careful not to press too hard or the pretzel will break.
Easy, cheap and ready to serve.
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Witches Hands:
- Box of medium size “clear” plastic serving gloves
- Package of Candy Corn
- Box of microwave popcorn
- String to tie
Pop your microwave popcorn, let cool a little before opening the package. Poor several bags of popcorn into a large bowl and let the popcorn cool before the kids touch it.
Take your clear serving gloves and place one piece of candy corn pointy-side out to create the witches fingernail, hold glove fingers down and start scooping the popcorn into the finger’s. Once the serving glove is full of popcorn, use the string to tie off the end and secure the hand shut.
October Festivities outside Champlin, MN
Trail of Terror Shakopee, MN– Follow 169 South towards Mankato. The Trail of Terror entrance is on the right, look for signs. The address is 3525 145th St West, Shakopee. Trail of Terror offers a Howling Pines, wood walk! Yep, you walk through the dark woods and be scared to death. They also offer Hotel 666 –themed rooms you walk through. You can celebrate Octoberfest at Trail of Terror starting October 9-11 which includes Free Octoberfest beer tasting, beard competitions, stein holding competitions and more. If you’re unsure of making the drive check out, the Zombie Paintball held every night during Trail of Terror. Pre-buy online combo discount (per person and includes Trail of Terror Admission) or $40 each at the box office which also includes the general admission to Trail of Terror. Requires a waiver, save time, complete now.
Halloween Haunt at ValleyScare (ValleyFair) – Shakopee, MN – Halloween Haunt offers mazes, scare zones, rides, and shows. Admission varies depend on when you will be visiting and how large your party is. See online tickets here. Buying online can be a tad cheaper than buying at the gate. If you forget, I have purchased cheaper tickets on my phone standing at the gate. Just remember to buy online and get a scan-able barcode for the staff to scan upon entry.
For the little ones, They offer The Great Pumpkin Fest, September 19th – November 1st. (previously Planet Spooky) They offer trick or treat tales where the kids can trick or treat and ride non-scary rides in Planet Snoopy, they also offer Cock a Doodle Zoo, where they offer lots of cool animals for the kids to see. A storytelling witch and a Scarecrow Hollow through a corn maze completes a great day for the little ones.
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