The University of La Verne’s week of Halloween festivities included the Campus Activities Board’s Fright Night Tuesday.

To get students in the Halloween Spirit the Campus Activates Board hosted an event Tuesday at the Quad, where students can build their own haunted house out of Graham crackers and frosting.

With Halloween just around the corner, University of La Verne students are not discouraged by their age and have shared their plans and costume ideas for this holiday.

Brianne Ray and Janet Romero, members of Psi Chi, met their fellow members Tuesday to put together Halloween goodie bags as part of their philanthropy event for the month of October.

As the 23rd annual Heritage Park Pumpkin Patch opens, parents and children gather in anticipation. With free admission into the park and pumpkins of any shape and size, it is no wonder why it is such a big attraction for La Verne residents.

Last Friday Universal Studios Hollywood celebrated the opening of Halloween Horror Nights, when Universal Studios transforms the park offering terrifying mazes, shows and rides.

Darth Vader and Boba Fett held hands as they walked down the sidewalk on D Street and collected candy from store owners.

The Inland Pacific Ballet hosted the Halloween spectacular “Vampires, Ghosts and Black Swans” Ballet Saturday and Sunday at the Bridges Auditorium in Claremont.

For the second consecutive year the Campus Activities Board was getting spooky at Sneaky Park on Thursday with plenty of Halloween festivities, such as Pumpkin Carving and frosting Halloween cookies.

Halloween costumes are traditionally modeled after supernatural figures such as monsters, ghosts, skeletons, witches and devils. Over time, the costume selection extended to include popular characters from fiction, celebrities and universal archetypes such as samurais and princesses.