Spooner Farms Harvest FestivalPuyallup
daily in October, 9 to 6 · check the date
Over 50 kinds of pumpkins and squash, a five acre corn maze, pony rides and pumpkin slingshots.
Fall in Tacoma and the South Sound3 things
The ones people drive in from other counties for. Most of them run the whole season, so you don't have to pick a weekend yet.
Thomasson Family Farm pumpkin patchEnumclaw
9:30 to 5:30, September 26 to October 30
Made for little kids, with a corn maze, bubble tables, duck races, a cow train and hayrides on weekends.
Maris Farms pumpkin patchBuckley
late September through October · check the date
Pumpkins and wheelbarrow rides and a whole day of farm stuff out in Buckley.
The little stuff, by town0 things
The city Halloween parties and the trunk or treats and the free stuff. Cities post their 2026 dates late, so anything marked "check the date" gets fixed the second it's announced.
The cities post these in early November. Check back.
For the rest of your list
These don't need an address, tap them and they go on your list with everything else.
Christmas in Tacoma and the South Sound1 things
Most of these post their 2026 dates in the fall, so these show last year's windows. Zoolights gets busy the weekends before Christmas, so a weeknight is easier.
Zoolights at Point Defiance ZooTacoma
nightly 4:30 to 10, late November into early January (last year Nov 28 to Jan 4) · check the date
Over a million lights all through the zoo, so dress for the weather.
Town Christmas stuff
The town stuff, and I'll add the tree lightings as the cities post them in November.
Christmas in Auburn
Auburn Lighted Santa Parade
an early December evening (last year Dec 6 at 4:30) · check the date
A lit up parade down Main Street with Santa at the end.
Christmas in Kent
Puget Sound Fire Holiday Engines
three Friday and Saturday nights in December · check the date
Lit up fire trucks with Santa roll through Kent, Covington and Maple Valley collecting food for the food bank.
For the rest of your Christmas list
This is the at-home stuff, tap them and they go on your list with the lights and the train.
put it on the wall
Turn your Christmas picks into a real bucket list
Tap the lights and the trains and the town stuff you want and pick the Christmas design you like, and I'll hold onto your picks. The Christmas lists are coming soon, and the second they're up your picks drop straight into the slots.
Good any weekend0 things
The stuff that doesn't need a date, for the Saturday when nothing's going on.
Tacoma and the South Sound fall and Christmas questions
When is Zoolights at Point Defiance Zoo?
It usually runs nightly from late November into early January, 4:30 to 10. Last year it was November 28 to January 4.
When does Thomasson Family Farm open in 2026?
September 26 to October 30, 2026, 9:30 to 5:30, in Enumclaw.
who's writing this
Hi, I'm Amy.
We roadschool six kids out of a van. I'm just a mom with a Ford Transit and a lot of opinions about corn mazes, so if something on here is wrong, or your town's party is missing, email me at hello@bellebucket.com and I'll fix it.
put it on the wall
Turn your picks into a real bucket list
Tap the ones you want and I'll drop them onto whichever fall design you pick, then you add your own stuff (birthdays, carving pumpkins, whatever your family does). It prints big, like 24x36 big, and it hangs on the wall all season.