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10/05/2025
Best day ever!!! 🎃 We went to opening day of Keel Farms Harvest Days! Here are some of the highlights of this free event:
🌽 Take a hay ride to explore Corky's Corn Maze and play yard games.
🎃 Pick a perfect pumpkin in the pumpkin patch and paint it if you'd like to!
🐪 Go on a camel ride and feed the goats.
😁 Jump and play in the Kids Zone.
🍺 Adults can sip on Keel Farms' fall flavors, including the Pumpkin Cider, and the entire family can enjoy a select menu from Keel or try local food trucks.
👛 Shop incredible local vendors.
..AND SO MUCH MORE!
Harvest Days will be celebrated every weekend in October. It is free to attend; however, parking is $10.
10/04/2025
It’s fall festival season in Tampa Bay and we have so many favorites! 🍂 We’ve attended most of these over the years and can confirm they are must-dos!!
Explore our picks here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
These adorable Tampa Bay fall festivals will make you want to inhale the pumpkin spice! Fun for the whole family...and the pictures!
10/03/2025
Happy FriYAY, friends!!! 👻It's another busy weekend in Tampa Bay, and our list of WEEKEND TOP PICKS is jam-packed with family-friendly fun!
Looking for a spooky night out with friends or your teens??? 👻 ’s Haunted River Cruises are a MUST!
We got a sneak peek this week at the revamped haunted cruises which are more PG-13 this year since ’s The Lost Pearl is sailing once again with its own kid-friendly Pirate’s Halloween Cruise.
From the lighting and creepy music to the undead crew—you’ll quickly realize this won’t be an ordinary river cruise…
Grab your complimentary test tube cocktail and settle in for an eerie evening as the crew recounts spooky tales of Tampa’s past! There are even some new tales we haven’t heard before, but we won’t spoil it!
This is definitely one of our favorite Halloween events in Tampa Bay this year!
Tickets start at $29.95. 👻
10/01/2025
Who doesn’t love bubbles??? Blaise is wonderful!! 🫧
10/01/2025
It's SPOOKY season, and our list of 50+ Halloween & Fall events in Tampa Bay grows by the day!! 👻 Explore all of the fun in store for your ghouls and goblins -->> link in comments!
10/01/2025
NEW MONTH 🎃 NEW ISSUE
Happy October, friends!! This month’s issue celebrates all things SPOOKY FUN in Tampa Bay including a peek inside this year’s Brick-or-Treat at !
But that’s not all…here’s what else you find in the pages of our print and digital magazine:
👻 Our favorite Halloween and fall events
📚 Your guide to Tampa Bay Area schools
🦖 How you can dig for dinosaurs with the paleontologist who found Big John at Glazer Children’s Museum
🥙 Halloween lunchbox ideas with
🏈 Tailgate snacks with
🏐 A chat with Jolene Shepardson, USF’s head volleyball coach and mom of 5
⭐️ AND SO MUCH MORE!!
6 Family-Friendly Features That Make Epic Universe a Win for Parents
We visited the all-new Epic Universe with our kiddo and sharing everything parents need to know about what makes it so great for kids!
09/27/2025
09/27/2025
Creatures of the Night is BACK at ZooTampa at Lowry Park with NEW experiences and returning favorites!
We went on opening night last night to capture all the fun this year!
Here’s what's NEW:
🎃 Happy Harvest Hallow in Australia: Your favorite cheerful scarecrows are back and ready to dance!
💀Carousel De Los Mu***os: The carousel transforms into a color tribute to Dia de los Mu***os.
🕺 The Dancing Dead: Zombies from the 70s are still grooving to classic disco hits!
⛲The Enchanted Garden: Watch as the Fountain of Life comes to life as a living water fountain!
🦖Mesozoic Mayhem: Dinos Unearthed gets a spooky twist after the sun sets!
Also new this year— Zoo Members and Pay for a Day ticket holders no longer need to make reservations. Just show up! Fridays and Sundays will be less crowded (for pinning purposes.)
Non-members can buy a ticket after 4pm, which starts at 29.25.
ZooTampa’s Creatures of the Night will be created on 13 select nights through October 26.
Check out our INSIDE LOOK to help map out your day in comments.
09/24/2025
It's STAYcation time! ✨ Escape to paradise this fall at JW Marriott Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa!
Book our Autumn Escape Package and enjoy:
🥨 Pre-arrival snack stock ($100 value)
🎨 Hideaway Hangout for up to 2 kids, 2 days ($200 value)
🏖️ Buckets of fun children’s beach amenity
🍳Breakfast for the family (up to 4)
Valid for stays Aug. 26 – Dec. 30, 2025 with promo code MAJ.
🌅 Golden sunsets, rooftop pool vibes, and Gulf breezes are waiting for you. ✨
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At Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine, it is our mission to promote happy and safe families. We want all families in the Tampa Bay area to get out and discover all of the amazing things our community has to offer and DO all of those amazing things together.
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