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DIY Corgi Costume for Kids: No-Sew, 8 Steps, One Afternoon
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DIY Corgi Costume for Kids: No-Sew, 8 Steps, One Afternoon

A no-sew corgi costume for kids made from a hoodie, felt and glue in one afternoon, with a by-age guide and a storybook family version.

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Halloween Train Rides Near Wyoming (2026)

Wyoming has no Halloween train this year, but Cheyenne and Laramie are an easy morning's drive from Colorado's costume trains in Golden and Georgetown. Here is what each one offers and when.

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Halloween Train Rides in West Virginia (2026)

West Virginia has one Halloween train this year: a steam train out of the preserved logging town of Cass that climbs into the Allegheny Mountains at dusk on Oct 30 and 31 and comes home in the dark.

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Halloween Train Rides in Washington (2026)

Washington's Halloween train season is down to one ride with seats on the calendar, the Northwest Railway Museum's costume-friendly Halloween Train in Snoqualmie, after Elbe sold out and Chehalis wrapped.

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Halloween Train Rides in Virginia (2026)

Virginia's one Halloween train this year is a park miniature railway: Burke Lake Park turns into a not-so-spooky Ghost Town on Oct 24 and 25, with a train loop around the lake, a carousel and costumes welcome.

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Halloween Train Rides in Utah (2026)

Every Halloween train in Utah this fall leaves the same Heber City depot, so the choice is simple: a short Saturday Pumpkin Train for little kids or the spooky Halloween Express to Grim Hollow after dark.

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Halloween Train Rides in Tennessee (2026)

Tennessee's Halloween rails all run out of Chattanooga this year: a family wizard train on October weekends and one night of Appalachian ghost stories meant for teenagers.

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Halloween Train Rides Near South Dakota (2026)

The 1880 Train lists no Halloween departure this year, and no other South Dakota ride turned up. Sioux Falls families can still reach a pumpkin train in Boone, Iowa, or a streetcar pumpkin patch in Minneapolis.

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Halloween Train Rides in South Carolina (2026)

South Carolina has one family Halloween train this fall: a short pumpkin patch run at the South Carolina Railroad Museum in Winnsboro, about 40 minutes from Columbia.

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Halloween Train Rides in Rhode Island (2026)

Rhode Island has one Halloween train this year, a haunted ride through a live play in the Chepachet woods for teens, so families with little ones will want the pumpkin trolleys next door in Connecticut.

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Halloween Train Rides in Oregon (2026)

Oregon's one confirmed Halloween train this fall is a short, friendly ride in the Blue Mountains: the Sumpter Valley Railroad's Halloween Express, pulled by a diesel wearing a jack-o'-lantern grin.

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Halloween Train Rides in Oklahoma (2026)

Oklahoma has two Halloween trains this October: a candy-bag ride at the Oklahoma Railway Museum in OKC on Halloween weekend and a haunted night train in the pines at Beavers Bend.

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Halloween Train Rides Near North Dakota (2026)

North Dakota has no Halloween train this year. Fargo and Grand Forks families can reach Minnesota's streetcar pumpkin rides in Minneapolis or the Great Pumpkin Train in Duluth in about four hours.

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Halloween Train Rides Near New Mexico (2026)

Santa Fe's Fright Train is for adults only, so New Mexico kids have no Halloween train at home this year. Here are the closest family rides in Colorado, from Pueblo's walk-up Cemetery Express to the Royal Gorge.

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Halloween Train Rides in New Jersey (2026)

New Jersey has seven Halloween rides still rolling, from a pumpkin stop beside pre-Revolutionary lime kilns on the Delaware to a $7.50 night loop through the Allaire Woods.

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Halloween Train Rides in New Hampshire (2026)

New Hampshire packs its Halloween trains into one late October weekend: a pumpkin-at-the-end ride in North Conway and a short Lakes Region train that boards in the middle of the Laconia Pumpkin Festival.

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Halloween Train Rides in Nevada (2026)

Nevada's Halloween trains are spread across the whole state: a one-day costume ride in Boulder City, a pumpkin patch run out of Virginia City, and a scary night train in Ely that watches for UFOs.

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Halloween Train Rides Near Nebraska (2026)

Nebraska has no Halloween railroad ride this October. Omaha families can reach Iowa's Pumpkin Express in about 2.5 hours, and Lincoln is about 2 hours 45 minutes from a Great Pumpkin hunt by train in Abilene, Kansas.

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Halloween Train Rides in Montana (2026)

No Halloween train runs in Montana this October. Here is the honest drive from Bozeman to Utah's Heber Valley Pumpkin Train, plus a Washington option for Missoula families willing to make a weekend of it.

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Halloween Train Rides in Missouri (2026)

Missouri's two big pumpkin trains wrapped early in October, but Kansas City kids still have a costume ride on a miniature railroad through tunnels in Line Creek Park on Halloween day.

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Rally Takes the Train

A real corgi, a real train, and the grand-paw-rents waiting at the end of the line. Hand-painted, rhyming, and read again every night.

Written by Kelsey Lizee Cecil · Illustrated by Leslie Dunn · Ages 0 to 8 · 4.9 stars on Amazon

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