SCARECROW WORKSHOP & CONTEST
Contest registration by October 8, 2012
Workshop is Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Bring your ideas
and props to the Park Distric's scarecrow building
workshop; they will provide the stuffing. When it’s done you can either take it
home or enter it in the SCARECROW CONTEST.
Scarecrows will be on display at the Wood County Historical Center and judged at the Folklore & Funfest. Participation in the workshop not necessary to enter the contest.
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP:
Workshop is on Tuesday, October 9, 2012, at 6 PM on the grounds of the Wood County Historical Center, 13660 County Home Road, Bowling Green (Rain location: Adam Phillips Shelter at the Historical Center).
FREE to participate. Registration Information is in the Fall edition of the Wood Co. Park District's Oak Leaf newsletter or online from their website.
REGISTER FOR THE SCARECROW CONTEST:
Register by October 8, 2012. Registration Information in the Fall edition of the Wood Co. Park District's Oak Leaf newsletter or online from their website or download a PDF here.
FREE to participate!
Scarecrows on display October 9 - 20 at the Historical Center.
Sponsored by the Wood County Park District, Robert K. Miller Insurance, Kathrens Insurance, InTech IT Solutions, and Main Street Photo.
PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST
Adam Phillips Shelter at the Wood County Historical Center
13660 County Home Road, Bowling Green
Thursday, October 18, 2012, 6 PM.
FREE
Drink cider, eat snacks and
practice your pumpkin carving skills -- and help
us prepare for Folklore & Funfest. At the
end of the night we will select a winning pumpkin. Registration is limited,
so hurry.
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP: Registration Information in the Fall edition of the Wood Co. Park District's Oak Leaf newsletter or online from their website.
FOLKLORE TEA
Wood County Historical Center & Museum
13660 County Home Road, Bowling Green
Thursday, October 11, 2012, 7:00 PM
$12 per adult | $10 Historical Society members | $3 children age 10 & under
Reservations required, seating is limited.
Be chilled to the bone by some eerie folklore stories from Becky White-Schooner. Light refreshments before the program. [make a reservation] by calling 419-352-0967. Advanced payment needed to secure reservation and can be mailed to Wood County Historical Museum, attn. October Tea, 13660 County Home Road, Bowling Green, OH 43402. Cash and checks accepted (sorry, no credit cards).
More about our monthly tea series
22nd
annual HALLOWEEN FOLKLORE & FUNFEST
Wood County Historical Center & Museum
13660 County Home Road, Bowling Green
Saturday, October 20, 2012. 4:00 - 9:00 PM
with Guided Folklore Tours of the Museum from 5:00 - 9:45 PM
EVENT CONTACT: Debbie Nofzinger, Wood County
Park District, 419-661-1697
or Kelli Kling, Wood County Historical Museum, 419-352-0967
FREE PARKING * FREE ADMISSION
Download a flyer to hang up or forward to friends!
Frightfully Free Family Fun
at the Old County Infirmary at the Halloween Folklore & Funfest!
Thisfamily-orientated event is full of fun! Horse-drawn wagon rides,
kids' games and activities in Boo-ville,and guided folklore tours of the Museum. Try your hand at pressing apple cider or listen to haunted
storytelling. Costumes are welcome, but not necessary, and there
will plenty of treats (and maybe a few tricks too) for all visitors.
Parking and admission is free.
The Historical Center is located at 13660 County Home Road –
just 1/2 mile east of I-75, exit 179, east on Rt. 6, right on
County Home Road.
There
is a lot to do and see at the Funfest:
all events subject to change
- Boo-ville (for the little ghost in everyone): Witch's Cauldron, Spider Toss, Witch Golf, Eyeball Toss, Sack Races, Bowling, Pumpkin Patch Hunt, Pumpkin Roll, Tattoos.
- Horse-drawn Wagon Rides: Take a leisurely trip around the grounds as the Museum guide shares a few folklore tales.
- Cider Press: Make some freshly pressed apple cider. Try pairing it with a homemade donut made from the Infirmary Recipe Cook Book.
- Disco Dungeon: Dance the Monster Mash and enjoy some freshly popped pop corn. Learn a little about Halloween's mascot, the bat, from a Park District naturalist.
- Monster Theatre (inside Museum): How will Scooby-Doo and those meddling kids get out of this spooky scenerio? Enjoy pop corn while you watch.
- Warming Fire and Boo Bingo (west lawn)
- Folklore Tours (inside Museum): Take a guided folklore tour of the old County Infirmary.
- Coffin Cafe: Tame the tummy growl with hamburgs, hot dogs, and drinks. Also try a homemade donut from the Infirmary Cook Book.
Wood County Historical Center & Museum
13660 County Home Road, Bowling Green
Friday, October 21 & 28, 2011
Tours start at 7 PM, 8 PM, and 9 PM
$10 per person. $7 for Historical Society members or with a college student ID.
Friday, October 19 & Friday, October 26, 2012:
90-minute guided folklore tour includes the Infirmary (now the Wood County Museum) and outdoor Story Stops at the Log Cabin (Civil War medicine), the Pestilence House, the Lunatic Asylum and the Pauper’s Cemetery. Tours start at 7 PM, 8 PM, and 9 PM and reservations are required.
Reservations are necessary by calling 419-352-0967. Advanced payment preferred and can be mailed to Wood County Historical Museum, attn. Folklore Tours, 13660 County Home Road, Bowling Green, OH 43402. Cash and checks accepted (sorry, no credit cards). With your payment, please include tour date, time, and number in your party.
Sign up to be a Tour Guide
Cla-Zel Theatre, Wood County Historical Center & Museum, Oak Grove Cemetery, and other historic Bowling Green locations
2012 Date TBA
$30/ticket.
Tickets can be purchased at the Sentinel-Tribune office on E. Poe Road or at Grounds for Thought coffee shop on S. Main Street in BG.
EVENT CONTACT: Jan Knape, Bowling Green Rotary, janknape99@gmail.com
or Kelli Kling, Wood County Historical Museum, 419-352-0967 or museum@woodcountyhistory.org
Start a spooky tour at the historic Cla-Zel Theatre in downtown Bowling Green with guest speaker Jim Willis, author of Weird Ohio and founder of Ghosts of Ohio. Bus tour to Wood County Historical Museum where we will share folklore tales. Next stop is the Oak Grove Cemetery on the campus of BGSU. Haunted house tours in the Boomtown District. Return to the Cla-Zel for a spooky movie and other Halloween treats (and tricks). Cash bar.
HAUNTED OHIO