BLOOMINGTON - There was more than just trick-or-treating Saturday as a variety of Twin City events celebrated everything scary, tasty and fun about Halloween.

Dressed in a leopard costume that her grandmother made, 8-year-old Maccey Munshi summed up the experiences that many had about the holiday while collecting candy from vendors at the downtown Bloomington farmers' market.

"Isn't this awesome?" she said.

Halloween morning marked the last day of the seasonal farmers market, and both vendors and customers celebrated the occasion by donning costumes.

"Everything so far has been really cute," said Maccey's mother, Linda Munshi of Bloomington, who also brought along her 5-year-old son, Anthony, dressed as a dinosaur. "This is just a special thing we decided to do this morning for Halloween."

"The kids are really excited, and this gives them another opportunity to get all dressed up," said Normal resident Amy Pope, who brought along her 6-year-old son, Thomas Dyrek, dressed as a Jedi, and his 3-year-old brother, Daniel Dyrek, disguised as Donald Duck.

Vendor Carla Milton of Heyworth, owner of Milton Farms, was selling fresh produce dressed as Little Red Riding Hood. Her 12-year-old son, Daniel, was the Big Bad Wolf and could be heard howling in the distance.

"This is our ninth year . . . and it's been pretty good," she said. "We are just here for our last outside market, handing out candy for the kids and just enjoying it."

Not far away, at the Bloom-ington Public Library, Michael Lockett, president of the Twin City Tale Spinners, was getting ready to tell a scary story to a handful of kids in attendance.

"We have been doing this on Halloween for about 10 to 12 years now," he said. "We try not to scare the living daylights out of them."

For those looking to escape the cooler temperatures, East-land Mall hosted its annual Halloween trick-or-treat event, allowing kids to visit different stores instead of houses. Bridget and Bob Noll of Bloomington, took their 2-year-old son, Elijah, dressed as the character Max from the movie "Where the Wild Things Are" to the mall so that he could experience something different.

"We went through uptown Normal last year, but this time we thought it would be fun for him to see the different stores," Bridget Noll said.

Meanwhile, Caroline Halperin of Bloomington brought her 10-year-old daughter, Kaytlin, who was dressed as angel.

"We would take them to the mall when it was raining or when they were younger, but we heard about activities like face-painting going on this year," she said.

When asked what her favor-ite part of Halloween was, Kaytlin echoed what many kids said throughout the day: "It's the candy."