The Scare Faire is yet again full of spooky fun and haunting the Museum of American Heritage – on Sunday, October 19th, 2025, 1-3pm.

Old costumes gathering cobwebs? Float them over to possess a new home in Transition Palo Alto and Museum of American Heritage’s Costume Swap. Bring your adult and child costumes in good condition (as well as Halloween decorations) right at 1pm, get a number, and start choosing any of the costumes at 1:15!

Don’t have any old costumes? Come anyway – there are usually some left, and we’ll also have extra fabric from Fabmo to make your own.

Also come to check out our Scare Faire – a traditional Transition Palo Alto Share Faire with some Halloween twists – now partnering with environmentally-minded students from Palo Alto.  Learn a skill, find something in need of a home, meet your neighbors, have some fun.

We’ll once again haunt the bewitching Museum of American Heritage with our Halloween Scare Faire, a chance to get to know your ghastly neighbors, scare, and share.

Here are the planned activities:

• Greenwaste – Trash sorting game and information
• Fabmo – fabric samples for making your own costumes or crafts
• YCAB students – Learn about clothing waste and fast fashion
• YCAB students – Make and decorate your own trick or treat bag
• YCS students – Face painting
• Live piano
• and more!

Come in costume if you like, or leave in a new one! Either way, come with your BOOtiful spirit for some cool tricks and treats.

And we’ll creep it real with each other while building a stronger community from the bones up.

Please plan to join us.  If you’d like to volunteer as a greeter, for set-up or clean-up, sign up at https://signup.com/go/dJWTiJM

Free, donations appreciated.

Want to learn more about our Sharing Events? More info here. 

Thanks to support for Moah, Zero Waste Palo Alto, Greenwaste, Fabmo and the Palo Alto Council of PTAs.