Celebrate Halloween 2026 with the best Trunk or Treat events in Wausau. 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 Wausau.
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Sat, Oct 242613 N 20th Ave
Join us October 24th, from 11:00am to 1:00pm, at Kocourek Subaru, 2613 N 20th Ave, Wausau, WI 54401, for candy, fun games, and a costume contest for your fuzzy family 🎃 👉 Help us fill the donation trunk for the Marathon County Humane Society. If you’re a
Costume contestGames & bounce houses
Sat, Oct 241104 E. 3rd Street, Merrill
Everyone is welcome to bring their children, grandchildren and friends to our St. John Trunk or Treat to be held on Saturday, October 24th, from noon – 2:00 P.M. in the St. John parking lot. Families will PARK ON THE STREET and WALK THROUGH the parking lo
Sat, Oct 242100 Stewart Ave
Free candy! Decorated vehicles! Giveaways and more! Saturday, October 24, 2026 1-3pm in the parking lot at 2100 Stewart Avenue, Wausau This event is open to the public and hosted by CWBR Cares--Central Wisconsin Board of REALTORS® and affiliates.
Sat, Oct 241610 PINE ROAD, Rothschild
Join us for an afternoon of costumes, candy, decorated trunks, and Halloween fun at Evergreen Elementary! 📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026 ⏰ 4:00–6:00 PM 📍 Evergreen Elementary Parking Lot 1610 Pine Street, Rothschild, WI 54474 Bring the kids in costume and
Trunk contest
Sat, Oct 24701 11th st., Mosinee
🎃🏒 GET READY FOR A SPOOKTACULAR NIGHT AT THE RINK! 🏒🎃 Mosinee Hockey is excited to host our 4th Annual Halloween Trunk or Treat Party! 👻🕷️ Bring the whole family for an evening filled with trunk-or-treating, Halloween fun, costumes, music, food 🍔🌭 and p
2 dates · from Oct 24Marshfield Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Trunk or Treat and Chili Cook-Off Come join us for a Haloween/Harvest Social! Trunk or treat for the kids! Chili dinner Lawn games. There will be awards given for the costumes
FreeGames & bounce houses
Sun, Oct 251200 West Wausau Ave
When: Sunday, October 25th from 1-3pm Where: Wausau West Parking Lot Who: ALL Wausau surrounding area community members are invited!
Sun, Oct 252822 N 6th St
Mark your calendars! Our annual Trunk or Treat will be a fantastic time for the whole family - treats, games, a petting zoo, and light refreshments. If you would like to host a trunk, donate candy, or volunteer for this fun event, reach out to our Churc
Games & bounce houses
Sun, Oct 25300 Lincoln St, Antigo
A safe family event for the Antigo Community. Come and trick or treat our trunks and tables. No scary costumes or weapons please. The Optimist Cheese Curd Wagon will be here too! Join us!
Sun, Oct 25137801 County Road FF, Merrill
Join us on October 25 from 3 to 5 pm for our trunk or treat! Our members will have their cars decorated and be handing out candy and trinkets. Kids can come in costume to go trick or treating. We will also have a bounce house, snacks, and crafts. We a
Games & bounce houses
Tue, Oct 27501 Stewart Ave
Trunk or Treat at Trinity Lutheran Church & School on Tuesday, October 27th from 4-6pm. Wear your Halloween best and join us as our families deck out their cars and hand out sweet treats in the Trinity parking lot.
Wed, Oct 28106 S Peach Ave, Marshfield
🎃🐾 HOWL-O- WEEN TRUNK-R-TREAT IS COMING! 🐾🎃 Get ready for a night of spooky fun, sweet treats & wagging tails! 👻🐶 Join us at the Country Store on Wednesday, October 28th from 4:30–6:00 PM for our Howl-O-Ween Trunk-R-Treat! 🎃🚗 🐾 Bring the whole fami
Thu, Oct 291800 Bluebell Ln, Stevens Point
🎃👻 TRICK OR TREAT AT WILLOW! 👻🎃 Calling all witches, ghosts, superheroes, villains, princesses, monsters, and little (or big!) trick-or-treaters! 🧙♀️🦸♂️👻 Join us October 29th from 3:30–5:00 PM for a spooktacular Truck or Treat right here at Willow Bro
Thu, Oct 295733 Windy Dr, Stevens Point
🎃 Open to the community! Please join Keller Williams and many local Stevens Point Businesses at our annual "Trunk or Treat" in the Parking lot of 5733 Windy Drive, in front of Keller Williams Stevens Point. Wisco Eatery Food Truck will be on site! 📢 Tru
Food trucks
Thu, Oct 291400 Hoover Ave, Plover
All Plover-Whiting Families Welcome! Join us for our annual Trunk or Treat event sponsored by the Plover-Whiting PTO! Dress up in your favorite costumes and come enjoy a fun evening of trick-or-treating, games, and community connection with other Plove
Games & bounce houses
Fri, Oct 30761 County Road A, Dorchester
Join us at Fox Hollow for an awesome community trunk or treat event! Local businesses will compete in a trunk decorating contest voted on by YOU! Come dressed up and get candy, treats, hot chocolate and more!
Fri, Oct 30Athens WI Farmers Market
Grab your costumes and goodie bags… Trunk or Treat is returning to Athens! This event is organized by the Athens Girl Scouts. They will be providing hot cocoa and cider. Hot dogs are provided by Athens 4H. Cub Scouts and other local organizations are part
Food trucks
Sat, Oct 31125 N 4th Avenue, Edgar
Join us for a day of Halloween celebrations at St. John's (103 N. 4th Street, Edgar, WI 54426) on Saturday, October 31st: Event Schedule -12:00 PM – "Gettin' Wiggy With It!" 5K Fundraiser:** Kick off the afternoon with a 5K run! Entry is $30 per runner,
Sat, Oct 31Grace United Church Of Christ
Join us at Grace United Church of Christ for our annual Trunk or Treat event from noon to 2 pm on October 31, 2026! Free popcorn, books and treats! All are welcome!
Sat, Oct 311711 Schofield Ave. Suite A
🎃 Legacy Martial Arts Halloween Bash & Trunk-or-Treat 👻 Join us at Legacy Martial Arts on Halloween, October 31, from 1:00 PM–3:00 PM for a fun, family-friendly Halloween celebration! This event is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, so bring your friends, neighbor
Sat, Oct 314900 Stewart Ave
The Sweetest Night of the Year! 🎃 North Star Restoration's 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat 🎃 Big Fun for Everyone! Candy • Costumes • Community Join us on Friday, October 31st (Halloween) for a fun-filled evening the whole family will enjoy! This event is FR
Sat, Oct 31Birnamwood Elementary
Join us for our 2nd year of Tricks & Treats as we Trunk or Treat in the school parking lot. Join the Polka Days crew as well as other local clubs and organizations. We look forward to seeing all you perfect pumpkins then 🎃
Sat, Oct 31903 E 2nd St, Merrill
Join us on Halloween for our annual Trunk or Treat event at Saint Stephens UCC from 4 PM to 7 PM. Our Trunk or Treat will be inside; please enter through door #3 off 2nd Street.
Sat, Oct 312401 Cedar Dr, Plover
Get ready for a spooktacular night of Halloween fun! 🎃👻 The Boys & Girls Club of Portage County is thrilled to bring back our FREE Annual Trunk-or-Treat event! We’re transforming our Schierl Center parking lot into a festive, family-friendly trail of
Sat, Oct 31173141 State Highway 153, Hatley
Come and participate in our annual truck or treat event. Decorate your trunk and hand out treats over to 200 children dressed up in their special costumes. Pizza served at 6pm for those who set up a vehicle & gave out treats.
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 
Oct 24–25USAIR Motorsports Raceway, Shawano2 days
Sat, Oct 241517 24th St S, Wisconsin Rapids
Fri, Oct 30Hatten Park, New London
Sat, Oct 31811 East Grand Avenue, Wisconsin Rapids
Sat, Oct 31200 E Quincy St, New London
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 Wausau run from Oct 24 to Oct 31, 2026: 28 events. The busiest weekend is Oct 30 – Nov 1, with 16 events.
Yes: 12 events are on for Oct 23 – Oct 25, including Howloween Trunk or Treat, Trunk or Treat with Cars of Wausau at Asian Pacific Market and Trunk or Treat at Stevens Point Auto Center. Another 2 events are on nearby.
Yes: 1 of the 28 listed is free, including Trunk or Treat and Chili Cook-Off at Marshfield Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Most trunk or treats are free to walk into.
Yes: 5 more events are listed within reach of Wausau, in Shawano, Wisconsin Rapids and New London. The soonest is Drift Day 114 - Season Closer - Trunk or Treat in Shawano, on Oct 24–25.
At 28 venues, including Marshfield Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2 dates), Asian Pacific Market, Athens WI Farmers Market and Grace United Church Of Christ. Most take place in the car park of a church, school, library or community centre.
The most popular on AllEvents right now are 4th Annual CFR Trunk R Treat Extravaganza (Wed, Oct 28), Trunk or Treat with Cars of Wausau at Asian Pacific Market (Sat, Oct 24) and Trunk or Treat at Stevens Point Auto Center (Sat, Oct 24).
Start times run from 11:00 AM to 7:00 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.
