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Indoor Trick-or-Treating and Halloween Events on Long Island

Long Island has plenty of indoor trick or treating options if the rainy weather deters you from your usual trick or treating route. Photo by Mommy Poppins
Long Island has plenty of indoor trick or treating options if the rainy weather deters you from your usual trick or treating route. Photo by Mommy Poppins
10/29/19 - By Kimberly Rae Miller

It's raining, it's pouring, but we promise Halloween won't be boring. Inclement weather may mean a diversion from your well-plotted trick-or-treating route. Luckily Long Island doesn't lack in options for indoor trick-or-treating and other stay-dry alternatives to keep your little ones happy and their plastic pumpkins filled with candy.

Check with your local high school as many schools around Long Island host safe trick-or-treating events for the children of their community.

Be sure to check out our list of The Best Halloween Events for Kids on Long Island, and if the weather clears up, put on your galoshes and take advantage of our guide to the Best Neighborhoods to Trick-or-Treat for Long Island Kids. 

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About the Author

Kimberly Rae Miller
Kimberly Rae Miller is the best-selling author of the memoirs Coming Clean and Beautiful Bodies. Before making little humans, she made her mark as an award-winning health and fitness writer, with credits in AARP, SELF, Women’s Health, Dr. Oz the Good Life, and Eat This! Not That!, among others. With her two tots in tow, she’s ventured into more mom related musings, with a regular column in Cal Grocer Magazine as the Mommy Blogger, Scary Mommy, and of course Mommy Poppins. She can be reached at kim@mommypoppins.com.
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