When I was a teacher, my favorite Halloween activity was bringing Spookley the Square Pumpkin into the classroom! Since Spookley is a square pumpkin, he learns to accept being different, and the other pumpkins learn about acceptance too. Halloween is a wonderful time to teach these lessons because everyone feels like a cube in a world of spheres from time to time!

Halloween is for everyone with a beloved holiday icon like Spookley. Spookley is the star of the Holiday Hill Farm book series and is a perennial fixture in classrooms and at fall harvest festivals around the world. You can also find delightful Spookley content conveniently at home with Disney Junior, Netflix, and YouTube.

If you want to create a Spookley-inspired Halloween, check out their books, animated and live-action puppet shows and shorts, book readings, music videos, crafts, and live stage productions. These unforgettable fun family Halloween events are worth doing. Trust me, my daughters are a bit old for activities like this now, and I miss those years tremendously!

Holiday Hill Farm, the home of Spookley, will have more than 200 Halloween-themed events this fall at farms, theme parks and resorts across the country. This includes a return to Gaylord Resorts in Orlando, Nashville, Dallas, Denver and a new, fifth location in Washington, D.C., plus debut appearances at SeaWorld San Antonio, Texas and Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Check out the full event map!

Families looking to spend more time together have many ways to get in the Halloween spirit with Spookley and his Holiday Hill Farm friends, including:

• Halloween-themed children’s books including “The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin” and “Spookley and the Pumpkin Jamboree,” written by author and Spookley creator Joe Troiano. “The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin” has become a staple in many homes and classrooms, helping readers to understand that a little kindness goes a long way and being different can save the day. Video book readings are available on The Spookley YouTube Channel (in English, Spanish and ASL). 
• Animated and live-action puppet shows, shorts and music videos provide hours of entertainment and family fun, and are available on streaming services including Netflix, DisneyNOW, Kidoodle, Sensical, Kartoon Channel, The Dove Channel, Toon Goggles and the official Spookley YouTube channel.
• A celebration of National Bullying Prevention Month in October with the “Official Spokes-Pumpkin” for PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center.  Activities for the classroom and families are available on PACER’s website and everyone is encouraged to participate in Unity Day on October 19, 2022. 
• Visit spookley.com to meet all the Holiday Hill Farm characters and download free activities including crafts and coloring sheets.

Spookley was born one Halloween night years ago, when Joe Troiano’s young son asked for a non-scary bedtime story about pumpkins. Troiano is the award-winning author, script writer, lyricist, and producer behind all of the Spookley the Square Pumpkin and Holiday Hill Farm books, movies, songs and stage shows.

Spookley lives on Holiday Hill Farm, a world of storytelling magic where Every Day is a Holiday and where Spookley and his friends celebrate what makes every day, and every one, special throughout the entire year.

For more information about Spookley the Square Pumpkin and Holiday Hill Farm, you can follow Spookley on Facebook and Instagram.

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