Inclusive Halloween Fun for Kids with Food Allergies
Gateway FEAST Food-Free Halloween Party
Join us on Saturday, October 26th 2024
1 pm – 4:30 pm
at the Institute for Health Education at St. Luke’s Hospital
Families living with food allergies, you are invited to the Gateway FEAST Food-Free Halloween Party! This inclusive, all-ages event welcomes kids with food allergies and their families to participate in 100% food-free, kid-friendly Halloween fun.
Our annual Halloween party is FREE to attend, but we do ask that families who participate consider bringing a donation of kid-friendly, FOOD-FREE trinkets or toys to share.
Kids are welcome to come in costume (or as themselves if they prefer). And yes, adults can dress up if they like, too! Please choose costumes and accessories that are safe and appropriate to have around children of all ages. Kids who would like to dress up for the party but do not have a costume to wear to the event are welcome to make their own mask at one of our craft tables.
IMPORTANT NOTE: For the safety of our guests with food allergies, please help us keep this event completely FOOD-FREE. Outside food or drinks are not allowed inside the party area. Water bottles and drinking fountains are available in the building. Guests who need to eat during the event may do so outside the party area.
Venue and parking information:
St. Luke’s Hospital has partnered with us again this year and generously provided the space for our party!
The event will take place at:
St. Luke’s Institute for Health Education
222 South Woods Mill Road
Chesterfield, MO 63017
On arrival at the hospital campus, please park on the top level of the North-South garage, and go to the Institute for Health Education conference area, which is located between the North medical building and the South medical building.
Halloween Party Events:
Food-Free Trick-or-Trinket
Treats without tricks! At the Gateway FEAST Trick-or-Trinket, trick-or-treat for food-free trinkets and toys.
Bring your own bucket or bag to collect fun food-free treats from stations around the party venue.
While you’re at it, pick up a few free Teal Pumpkin signs and coloring pages, and learn more about the Teal Pumpkin Project from FARE.
Food Allergy Friendly Halloween Crafts
Feeling crafty? Make a mask, paint a (paper) pumpkin, or craft a spooky spider. Our Halloween craft tables offer a variety of kid-friendly projects for kids of all ages to make and take home.
All of our craft projects are designed with the safety of kids with food allergies in mind. No egg-based paints, nut-based ink, or wheat-based play dough allowed!
We offer a variety of fun Halloween craft options for kids of all ages and skill levels. (And yes, it’s okay for our grown-up guests to make a mask or pumpkin to take home, too.)
Halloween Party Games
Can you toss a ring on the witch’s hat, or get a strike bowling for bones? Play fun, kid-friendly Halloween carnival games and win food-free prizes!
Or sit down at our quiet board game table to work on a puzzle, or challenge a friend to a game of pumpkin tic-tac-toe.
Spooky Storytime
We invite our littlest guests to take a break from trick-or-treating, games, and crafts, and sit down for a not-so-spooky Halloween story or two, read by Gateway FEAST volunteers.