Saranac Lake normally has hundreds of youth visiting area businesses to gather treats, and Lake Placid has had a parade for children each year as well as a gathering at the police station.

Although events such as these not taking place in our area to celebrate this Halloween, youngsters haven’t been left out in the dark, and their schools made sure there were still fun activities to help their costumed kids celebrate the holiday on Friday.

At St. Bernard’s School in Saranac Lake, a Trunk or Treat event took place in the school’s parking lot. Parents drove to the school and decked out their vehicles in Halloween themed looks from colorful to ghostly, and in procession, the 63 students at St. Bernard’s visited each vehicle to pick out treats.

“The parents had a blast, the kids had a blast,” said principal Andrea Kilbourne-Hill, who fluttered around the parking lot during the Trunk or Treat dressed as a butterfly.

From left, Colin Barden-Galusha, Jocelyn Rice, Nora Daley, Delilah Nason and Colton Moore get into the spirit as they visit parents’ Halloween-decorated vehicles to pick out treats during Friday’s “Trunk or Treat” at St. Bernard’s Catholic elementary school in Saranac Lake. Downtown trick-or-treating was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so schools tried new ways for kids to dress up in costumes and have fun. (Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

In Lake Placid, at the public elementary school and St. Agnes school, students paraded in costume outside, and the same held true at the Bloomingdale Elementary School.

Although it was a chilly day, the sun was shining, giving all the youngsters an extra Halloween treat this year.

Left, parents of St. Bernard's students didn’t hold back a bit as they decorated their vehicles for Friday’s Trunk or Treat event at St. Bernard’s school. This spooky set up even had a cemetery head stone that spewed out fog. (Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

These excited costumed students wait to move on to the next parents’ vehicle to gather goodies during Friday’s Trunk or Treat event at the St. Bernard’s School. (Enterprise photo — Lou Reuter)

Kindergarteners Ivey Lester, as a werewolf, and Emma Temple as Minnie Mouse walk in a Halloween parade at Bloomingdale Elementary School Friday. (Enterprise photo — Lindsay Munn)

Lake Placid Elementary School students march on the sidewalk outside the school’s entrance Friday afternoon as part of an annual Halloween parade. Usually, this parade is held on Main Street, but because of the pandemic students stayed on school property. (Enterprise photo — Elizabeth Izzo)

A Lake Placid student dressed as a Hogwarts student, from the Harry Potter series, marches in the Lake Placid Elementary School Halloween parade Friday. (Enterprise photo — Elizabeth Izzo)

Lake Placid Elementary School students march in the school’s Halloween parade Friday. (Enterprise photo — Elizabeth Izzo)