Trunk or Treat - Roads to Everywhere

Have you ever participated in or attended a “Trunk or Treat” in lieu of trick-or-treat on Halloween?
Our church sponsored one last year and it was a ton of fun! Participants line their cars up in the church parking lot, open their trunks, and give out candy to trick-or-treaters. The fun part comes in decorating your car with a theme and dressing in costume to go along with your theme.
I loved seeing all the creativity. Last year we had:

The Highway of Holiness. (That was Lyle’s car in the lower right of the top picture.)
Noah’s Ark.
Jonah in the Whale. Accompanied by “Jonah’s” grandson “Pooh Bear” who had escaped from Noah’s Ark. Good thing Jonah was there to fish him out of the water when he fell off the ark! Ha.
Daniel in the Lion’s Den. I thought the “lion” was a particularly creative touch. Daniel even provided a basket of doggy treats for trick-or-treaters to feed the lion.
The Woman at the Well. The well was full of treats, so trick-or-treaters got to dip a bucket in to get their treat.
The Fruit of the Spirit.
Princess Castle.

The Bible and the Old West. Featuring my horse-crazy girl.

The Beatitudes. For which Laura dressed up her yellow Volkswagen Bug as a bee!

We’ll be doing it again tomorrow night at Wesleyan Bible Church of Lakewood. I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up this year. Rebecca is going to do the Old West theme again, but Laura (who no longer has the Bug) has decided to dress up as a cupcake fairy and use the theme “‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus.” Lyle is going to do “Road Signs of the Bible.”

Rebecca will be using “my” car, so I’ll just help out wherever needed. I’ve never been a huge fan of Halloween, but I do like this idea. I think it’s a great way to reach out to the neighbors with Bible truths in a fun, non-threatening way.

If you’ve done this before, what cute ideas for themes have you seen?

{Photo Credit: Jerry Esparza}

9 Comments

Chris Carter (@themomcafe)

October 30, 2015 at 10:12 am Reply

I absolutely LOVE this idea!! Our local church does this very thing, and I am SO bummed we missed it this year! Your church is just so creative with it! Love that. 🙂

KarlaCook

October 30, 2015 at 10:49 am Reply

We definitely have a lot of fun with it!

Tabitha Wells

October 30, 2015 at 1:47 pm Reply

That is such a cool idea! Our church does a ‘family spectacular’ every year, with an indoor carnival for all the kids to come in costume, play games, and get candy. It’s been a huge hit; over 200 kids last year.

I think it’s always fantastic when churches open their doors and do something fun for trick-or-treaters on Halloween instead of hiding in the dark and pretending it doesn’t exist. It’s a great way to show love to the community!

KarlaCook

October 30, 2015 at 1:51 pm Reply

I agree! We’ve done the family party thing before, too, but the neat thing about this idea is that it draws in trick-or-treaters passing by, who might not otherwise opt to come to a church event. In any case, it’s great to “love the community” like you said.

NiftyBetty

October 30, 2015 at 2:46 pm Reply

Our church does one too! They are so fun!

Jackie S

October 30, 2015 at 8:47 pm Reply

What great ideas. We have one at our church but I have never participated. I am interested to see tomorrow when I take my grandbabies if my cohort is as creative. Maybe next year I will try.