Celebrate Halloween 2026 with the best Trunk or Treat events in Lancaster. Discover family-friendly Halloween celebrations featuring decorated cars, candy giveaways, costume contests, games, community gatherings, and safe trick-or-treat experiences for children. Whether you're planning a fun family outing or looking for Halloween events near you, explore the top Trunk or Treat events happening across Lancaster.
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★ Top pickSat, Oct 312:00 PM
Kirksville Motor Company, North Baltimore Street, Kirksville, MO, USA
★ Top pickThu, Oct 295:30 PM
1001 East Pennsylvania Ave
Tue, Oct 27611 N Hancock St, Ottumwa
🎃🍂 Fall Festival Trunk or Treat! 🍂🎃 Get ready for a night of fall fun, costumes, and plenty of treats! Join us at the Ottumwa Family YMCA for our Fall Festival Trunk or Treat! Bring the whole family and enjoy a fun, safe, and completely FREE community
Sat, Oct 31102 N Hazel St, Agency
Join us Halloween Night, October 31st at the Agency Community Center for a evening of Halloween Fun! Don't forget to vote for your favorite display! Trunk or Treat will be open to all from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Costumes encouraged!
Everything to decorate your trunk, fill the candy bowl and dress the kids — from monster-mouth kits and string lights to bulk Halloween candy and costumes. Check delivery dates before you order.
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Trunk decoration kitMonster mouth, teeth and googly eyesShop on Amazon 
Orange string lightsBattery-powered, no outlet neededShop on Amazon 
Stretchy cobwebsSpiders included, for every cornerShop on Amazon 
Light-up jack-o'-lanternsLED, safe around kidsShop on Amazon 
Bulk candy variety packIndividually wrapped, enough for a lineShop on Amazon 
Glow-stick braceletsA candy-free treat that lights them upShop on Amazon 
Teal pumpkin bucketNon-food treats for kids with allergiesShop on Amazon 
Jack-o'-lantern bucketThe classic, for collectingShop on Amazon 
Dinosaur costumePlush and hooded, warm for an evening outShop on Amazon 
Cauldron candy bowlFor the front edge of the trunkShop on Amazon 
Witch hatSoft and floppy, for little headsShop on Amazon 
Wed, Oct 28173 E. Rochester, Ottumwa
Fri, Oct 30607 North 6th St, West Point
Fri, Oct 30815 2nd Ave E, Oskaloosa
Sat, Oct 3121875 State Highway 6, Ewing
Sat, Oct 31Fremont Community Church
What kids are wearing this year, and how to dress for an evening in a car park.
SuperheroSpider-Man topped the list for kids: 2.3 million of them.
PrincessA classic that never leaves the top five.
WitchThe hat does most of the work. Add a broom for the photos.
GhostOne sheet, two eye holes, done in ten minutes.
Pop-star demon hunterThis year's breakout, thanks to KPop Demon Hunters.DinosaurPlush and hooded: the warmest costume in the car park.Costume rankings: National Retail Federation, 2025 Halloween survey.
Since the 1990s
Churches started it. Parents wanted a Halloween with less gore, fewer strangers and no crossing busy roads in the dark, so congregations parked in a circle, opened their boots and handed out candy from the back. In car-dependent suburbs it simply worked better than a street of houses far apart — and a flat car park suits children with allergies, wheelchairs and strollers too.
Trunk or treat events in Lancaster run from Oct 27 to Oct 31, 2026: 5 events.
Yes: 3 events are on for Oct 30 – Nov 1, including KMC Trunk or Treat at Kirksville Motor Company, North Baltimore Street, Kirksville, MO, USA, Trunk or Treat and Agency Trunk or Treat. Another 4 events are on nearby.
Yes: 5 more events are listed within reach of Lancaster, in Ottumwa, West Point, Oskaloosa and Ewing and more. The soonest is Trunk or Treat at River Valley Place of Ottumwa! in Ottumwa, on Wed, Oct 28.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are KMC Trunk or Treat at Kirksville Motor Company, North Baltimore Street, Kirksville, MO, USA (Sat, Oct 31), Trunk or Treat (Sat, Oct 31) and 🎃 Trunk or Treat Night at Ottumwa Regional Health Center! 🎃 (Thu, Oct 29).
Start times run from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Most begin around dusk, so the decorated trunks are lit when the children arrive, and last two or three hours.
A Halloween event where children go from car to car instead of door to door. Families park in one place — usually a church, school or community car park — open their boots, decorate them, and hand out candy from the back. It began at American churches in the 1990s as a safer, more contained alternative to trick-or-treating, and most now add a costume parade, games or a best-decorated-trunk contest.
Their costume, a treat bucket or bag, and something that glows — a glow stick or a small torch — because most events run after dark. Comfortable shoes help: a big car park is a lot of walking.
Pick a theme and fill the open boot with it. Monster mouths, pumpkin patches, haunted houses, outer space and under the sea are the favourites. Battery string lights matter most, since a car park has no sockets; then a backdrop, cobwebs or props, and a bowl of candy at the front edge.
Many are. Look for a teal pumpkin: it is the sign of a trunk handing out non-food treats such as glow sticks, stickers and small toys, part of the Teal Pumpkin Project for children with food allergies.
