Halloween greetings in Cape Girardeau

Brooke Holford

Sunday, November 1, 2020

Several events were held across Cape Girardeau on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, to celebrate Halloween. Lynwood Baptist Church and the Cape Girardeau VFW Post 3838 hosted Trunk or Treat events, where families in the community could dress up in their Halloween costumes and get free candy. The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri held Boo-tiful Parks: Clean Halloween at Raney Park, which included demonstrations from Discovery Playhouse and The Edge, pumpkin painting and socially distanced Halloween themed games. At all events, participants were encouraged to social distance and wear masks when social distancing was not possible.

Amos Pridemore, dressed as a scarecrow, hands out candy at the VFW Trunk or Treat event on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, at the Cape Girardeau VFW Post 3838. (Brooke Holford)
Sean Davis (RIGHT) holds hands with his daughter, Charlotte, while walking at the VFW’s Trunk or Treat event on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, at the Cape Girardeau VFW Post 3838. (Brooke Holford)
Michael Toeniskoetter from the Discovery Playhouse leads demonstrations of chemical reactions in a pumpkin for children at the Boo-tiful Parks: Clean Halloween event held at Raney Park by the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford)
(FROM LEFT) Londyn Gill, Lyric Gill and Maryana Wells sit in the grass at Raney Park and eat candy at the Boo-tiful Parks: Clean Halloween event held by the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford)

Taylor Klipfel, a senior at Notre Dame high school and 6 year student at The Edge, gives aerial demonstrations at the Boo-tiful Parks: Clean Halloween event held by the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri at Raney Park on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford)
Livingston Thompson, who dressed as Belle from the movie Beauty and the Beast this year for Halloween, blows air kisses to the other Disney princesses at the Trunk or Treat event at Lynwood Baptist Church on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford)
Members of the Lynwood Baptist Church pass out candy with tubes in order to maintain social distancing at the Trunk or Treat event at Lynwood Baptist Church on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford)
Disney princesses from Storybook Entertainment pose for photos with children trick-or-treating at the Trunk or Treat event at Lynwood Baptist Church on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford)
Casey Goebel holds her daughter, Claire, who both dressed as bumblebees for Halloween at the Trunk or Treat event held at Lynwood Baptist Church on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford)

Emerie Deschenes (4), who dressed as Cinderella this year for Halloween, is pulled in her wagon, which her parents decorated to look similar to Cinderella's carriage at the Trunk or Treat event at Lynwood Baptist Church on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford)
(FROM LEFT) Hayley Harris, who dressed as a dalmation, and Hannah Thompson, who dressed as Cruella De'Vil from the movie 101 Dalmations, smile as trick-or-treaters approach at the Trunk or Treat event held at Lynwood Baptist Church on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Brooke Holford)