Bode Snitselaar, 4, enjoys a snack on Saturday during the 10th Annual Three Springs Fall Festival.
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Ava Jones, 2, dressed as a dragon, pets one of Holly Hott’s miniature horses on Saturday during the 10th annual Three Springs Fall Festival.
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All kinds of costumes showed up on Saturday during the 10th annual Three Springs Fall Festival. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Scary clowns showed up on Saturday during the 10th annual Three Springs Fall Festival. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Bode Snitselaar, 4, enjoys a snack on Saturday during the 10th annual Three Springs Fall Festival. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Even canines dressed up on Saturday during the 10th annual Three Springs Fall Festival. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
All kinds of costumes showed up on Saturday during the 10th annual Three Springs Fall Festival. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
All kinds of costumes showed up on Saturday during the 10th annual Three Springs Fall Festival. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Julia Parker takes a picture as Dylan Parker holds their daughter, Elodie, 2, on Saturday during the 10th annual Three Springs Fall Festival. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Scary clowns showed up on Saturday during the 10th annual Three Springs Fall Festival. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Losita Alires, 15 months, dressed up as a vampire bat on Saturday during the 10th annual Three Springs Fall Festival. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Ava Jones, 2, dressed as a dragon, pets one of Holly Hott’s miniature horses on Saturday during the 10th annual Three Springs Fall Festival. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Jack Ramsey, 9 months, celebrates his first Halloween as a true Jack in the Box at the Three Springs 10th annual Fall Festival on Saturday. Mary Shinn/Durango Herald
Lily Colbert, 7, plays Operation at the Three Springs 10th annual Fall Festival. She was dressed as a cellphone with popular emojis on it. Mary Shinn/Durango Herald
Zach Blann came as an aged unicorn to the Three Springs 10th annual Fall Festival. He is followed by his sister-in-law, Liz Owen, who is dressed as Flo, the Progressive Insurance saleswoman. Christian Owen, who is married to Liz, lurks behind Bland as Darth Vader. Mary Shinn/Durango Herald
Kids compete in the Monster Mash fun run during the Three Springs 10th annual Fall Festival Saturday afternoon. The older kids had to do push-ups as part of the event. The festival was expected to draw about 2,500 people. Mary Shinn/Durango Herald
Princesses, superheroes, dinosaurs and many other monsters gathered to play games and collect candy during the
For the first time, Three Springs partnered with La Plata Family Centers Coalition to put on the Halloween festivities that were expected to attract between 2,000 and 2,500 people, event coordinator Sherry O’Toole said.
“The event was getting so big, I needed help,” O’Toole said.
La Plata Family Centers Coalition hoped to raise $5,000 selling $1 tickets to some of the activities, including a bounce house, face-painting tents and a life-size game of Operation that the staff built.
The money will support the coalition’s various family-centered services such as help finding insurance, after-school programs in Bayfield and Pine River Shares, for those facing food scarcity, Executive Director Roseann McDermott said.
“We try, in lots of different ways, to help,” she said.
There were also plenty free attractions including a petting zoo and huge blue building blocks, called Kaboom, to enjoy.
Many other kids and families roamed the neighborhood for candy. The midday event gives families a safe environment to enjoy the holiday, and next year O’Toole plans to add a parade at the end for attendees.
“I love the daytime. People can see each other’s costumes,” she said.
One young attendee celebrated his first Halloween at the festival in a stroller, doubling as part of his costume. “He’s a true jack-in-the-box,” Carole Ramsey said of her grandson.
Jack Owen, 9 months, was a wide-eyed, full-size jack-in-the-box, complete with jester hat and a homemade box that fit over his stroller. Anna Loyd also made her daughters’ cat and chipmunk costumes because it’s a family tradition.
At first, she struggled with a costume that would fit the animal theme until she settled on animal control.
“I figured I’ve got to control these animals,” she said of her daughters, Sophie, 7, and Alice, 3.
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