Things to Do (Fall 2008 Edition)

To be updated over the next few days…

Looking for something fun and cheap to do this fall? Grab a coat and your bike, because here’s a list of cool stuff to do.

Haunted Houses

Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags
Gurnee, IL

The Haunting at Navy Pier
Navy Pier
600 E. Grand Ave.
Chicago, IL

Fright-Mare
Haunted Trails
7759 S. Harlem Ave.
Burbank, Illinois 60459

Haunted Sanitarium
Theater on the Lake (10/31/08)
2401 N. Lake Shore Drive (Map it)
Chicago, IL 60614

Pumpkin Patches & Halloween Fun

Pumpkin Patch Kenwood Community Park (10/25/08) 1330 E. 50th St Chicago, IL 60615

Pumpkin Patch Rainey Park (10/25/08) 4350 W. 79th St Chicago, IL 60652

Corn Mazes

Crazy Corn Maizey
Bengston’s Pumpkin Farm
13341 W. 151st St.
Homer Glen, IL 60491

Konow’s Corn Maze
Konow’s Corn Maze
16849 S. Cedar Rd.
Homer Glen, IL 60491

Credit to Chicago Fun and Chicago Park District.

Battery Recycling

Have some batteries you want to get rid of? As opposed to putting them in a plastic bag and throwing them into the alley, bring them to Eisenhower Library. Rechargeable or Non-Rechargeable Dry Cell batteries are accepted, as well as dead cell phones, dead mp3 players, dead PDAs, Ink-Jet Cartridges, dead handheld devices, and cordless batteries.

Want more information? Check out their site. Do the environment a service; recycle.

Block Posters

Have a big empty space on your wall? Well, you’re in luck, Block Posters is here to save the day. Select any high resolution image from the Internet, throw it into Block Posters, and print yourself up a nice new poster. Perfect if they don’t make a poster of something or if you just want to save a bit of money and make your own.

This one is my favorite:

CubeeCraft

CubeeCraft is a fun online site that offers many different projects drawn in their own style called “Cubees.” Cubees can be built by printing them out on a printer, and then cutting them out. No glue or tape is required. The site contains the schematics for all sorts of Cubees from Space Ghost to the Companion Cube. It even has Cubees from one of my favorite new anime series, Gurren Lagann.

All in all, if you’re looking for a fun craft, print out a few Cubees.