Home Decorating Contest Begins Oct. 1 In Lemont

LEMONT, IL — If you love decorating your home for Halloween, you can join Lemont Park District's "Lemontster Manor" home decorating contest, which begins on Oct. 1.

It is free to register your home, but you must register by Oct. 26.

Decorations must be up by Oct. 26, and winners will be announced on Oct. 29 on the park district's social media and on Lemont Patch.

Prizes will be awarded to winners.

The home decorating contest is part of Lemontster Days. Here's a look at what else the Halloween event series offers:

• Sept. 24-Oct. 18, Trail of Scarecrows Competition by the Lemont Junior Woman's Club and Lemont Township, held at the Heritage Trail at the Lemont Township Community Center, 16300 Alba St.
• Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, "Spirits of the Limestone," at 6:30 p.m., Lemont Historical Society, 306 Lemont St.
• Oct. 1, Halloween Blood Drive, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lemont Park District, 16028 127th St.
• Oct. 1, Fire District Open House, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fire Station No. 1, 15900 New Ave.
• Oct. 1, The Witch's Brew: Reading and Brew Making, 1 to 3 p.m., at Lemont Public Library, 50 E. Wend St.
• Oct. 7, Drive-in movie: "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," gates open at 6 p.m., at Lemont Park District, 16028 127th St., in the south quad parking lot
• Oct. 8, Witches Walk, 5:30 to 11:30 p.m., downtown Lemont
• Oct. 15, Trick or Treat Trail (ages 2-12), 10 a.m. to noon, at Lemont Park District, 16028 127th St.
• Oct. 21, "Hocus Pocus" movie night, 7 p.m., at Lemont Historical Society museum, 306 Lemont St.
• Oct. 22, Halloween Hoedown, 1 to 3 p.m., in downtown Lemont
• Oct. 24, Craft Night of the Living Dead, 4 p.m., at Lemont Library, 50 E. Wend St.
• Oct. 30, Trick-or-Treat, all day, at the Lemont Library, 50 E. Wend St.