Woodland Park Zoo’s Pumpkin Bash is a weekend of Halloween fun for kids and animals!  Hippos, otters, bears, penguins, and other animals will gobble, smash, and play with pumpkins and autumn-themed treats while little goblins and ghosts trick-or-treat around the zoo, and enjoy pumpkin displays and other spooktacular activities.

During Pumpkin Bash, one child 12 years and under in costume is admitted to the zoo FREE with a paid adult.

Zoomazium, the zoo’s indoor nature play space, will be transformed into Boomazium featuring costume parades every hour, Instagramable Halloween-themed moments #Boomazium, lots of spooky and fun displays, games and activities. Daily programs such as Creature Feature and Shake, Rattle & Roar! will have a special Halloween twist for all the young costumed visitors to enjoy!

The pumpkins and fall-themed treats are part of the zoo’s excellent animal care program to help enrich the lives of the zoo’s animals. The safe activities help encourage natural animal behavior, keep animals mentally and physically stimulated and provide extraordinary experiences for zoo guests.

WHEN:            

Saturday–Sunday, October 26–27, 9:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Pumpkins and goodies for the animals:

WHERE:          

Enter Woodland Park Zoo through the West Entrance at Phinney Ave. N. between N. 55th & N. 56th Sts. or South Entrance at N. 50th St. & Fremont Ave. N.

COST:             

Pumpkin Bash is free with zoo admission or membership. During Pumpkin Bash, one child 12 years and under in costume is admitted into the zoo FREE with a paid adult. This promotion cannot be combined with any other discount or promotion.

Save 30% off summer admission rates now through March 31. Visit www.zoo.org/graydays for information: Adult (13-64) $15.50; Child (3-12) $10.50; Toddler (0-2) Free. Zoo members receive free zoo admission year round. Active, retired, and veteran U.S. military and their families, seniors and people with physical disabilities receive an admission discount. Parking: $6 plus applicable state and local taxes.

INFO:              

This Halloween, use this treat shopping guide that will delight trick-or-treaters at home, and save forests and wildlife a world away: www.zoo.org/palmoil. The list features companies that are committed to sourcing certified sustainable palm oil that is deforestation free.

Many confections include palm oil, the bulk of which is grown in Indonesia and Malaysia. In order to produce palm oil (the most widely used vegetable oil on the planet), tropical rain forest and peat swamps are being converted to agricultural land, confining the animals that live in these areas to much smaller habitat patches and making them susceptible to poaching and hunting, not to mention competition with other animals for limited resources.

For more information or to become a zoo member, visit www.zoo.org or call 206.548.2500. Follow the zoo on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 

Fall/winter hours October 1–April 30: 9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. daily.