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A Unique No-Touch Halloween That Still Lets You Parade Around the Neighborhood

October 29, 2020 | 12:22 PM
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All decked out for the season. Photo by @cynstahgram.

A group of Upper West Side families found a new way to celebrate Halloween without the stress of social-distanced candy-grabbing.

The Halloween Character Scavenger Hunt involves 57 participating schools, businesses, apartment buildings and public service agencies have volunteered to hide one of the 5 characters (Pat the Pumpkin, Ben the Bat, Cal the Cat, Sally the Spider, Gabby the Ghost) in their windows. The images will be visible from the street.

“To participate, you do not (should not) have to go into the store,” one organizer, Elizabeth F., tells us. “The fun is on Halloween — put on your costumes (and masks) and go hunting for the characters this Saturday on October 31st!”

Here is a list of participating UWS stores and organizations.

And here is a list with the characters that can be printed so the kids can circle who they see.

Lastly, here is a suggestion for how many “points” each character is worth.

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Linda
Linda
4 years ago

where is the beautiful pictured store? name?

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West Sider
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West Sider
4 years ago
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That’s Q Florist.

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Ginger
Ginger
4 years ago
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They are the best. Columbus Ave btwn 81 & 82. Beautiful arrangements, great crew. They do the display on the corner of 82nd.

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CL
CL
4 years ago

And. Wait for it. Scaffolding!

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Albert
Albert
4 years ago

What a lovely idea!

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Nancy Wolfe
Nancy Wolfe
4 years ago

Great idea!

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Melissa
Melissa
4 years ago

What a GREAT idea! Thanks for your creativity, caring, and effort! Happy Halloween!

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Robert Iulo
Robert Iulo
4 years ago

Q Florist always does nice displays and the make good decorative use of the sidewalk shed.

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Grateful parent
Grateful parent
4 years ago

I want to heartily thank the families who put this scavenger hunt together. Our 7-year-old *loved it* and it has made his Halloween. Deep gratitude to all of the volunteers who organized and put the characters out. 🙂

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michele
michele
4 years ago

We just did scavenger hunt with kiddos and between the scavenger hunt candy and a few stores that were giving candy-we had two very happy girls. Thank you so much!

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Erica DePiero
Erica DePiero
4 years ago

My kids and I did this and had so much fun! Thank you so much to the families who organized this and the businesses who participated. It also gave us the playful feeling of doing something WITH the community, even though we’re we not entering the stores. Well done!

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UWS Dad
UWS Dad
4 years ago

Thanks WSR for highlighting this, and to the local businesses who participated. Our kids had a lot of fun!

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Swati
Swati
4 years ago

Thanks so much to Elizabeth and any other organizers – this helped save Halloween for our littles and their friends this year. We are grateful!

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