What to do this weekend in Philly: Eagles merch workshop, Maze Days
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🦅 Eagles and merch go together like fall and football. Every Thursday from 11:30am to 6:30pm this month, fans can create their own unique gear at Boxbar's DIY workshops. Customize hats, totes, sweaters, and more.
🌽 Maze Days kicked off this week at Dilworth Park. Take the kids to enjoy the hay maze outside of City Hall, plus fall celebrations, storytime sessions and pumpkin carvings that run through Oct. 31.
🏒 The Flyers are readying to take the ice for the first of two home games, including tonight's tilt against the Winnipeg Jets. Tickets: $30+
- They'll face off against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. Tickets: $50+
🎃 Chadds Ford Historical Society is holding a three-day pumpkin carving extravaganza.
- Artists begin carving more than 70 giant pumpkins today. Not one for pumpkin guns? Just show up for the lighting and fun stuff on Friday and Saturday.
🍂 Check out the fall craft market pop-up outside Independence Visitors Center. 10 vendors offering everything from baked goods to jewelry, plus there's a $1 art vending machine with Philly-centric prints. Saturday, 11am-4pm.
🩰 The Philly Ballet is getting into the spooky season with an "Evening of Horror" doubleheader that kicks off tonight and runs through Saturday.
- "Fall River Legend" is a psychological thriller inspired by Lizzie Borden's murder trial. That's followed by the premiere of resident choreographer Juliano Nunes' "Valley of Death." Ticket prices vary by availability.
👻 The Betsy Ross House is offering new bloodletting and burial tours. The ghost tours through Old City include theatrical storytelling laced with dark facts about Philly's gruesome medical history.
- They run every Saturday this month. Tickets: $25
🧙 Suburban Square in Ardmore is hosting a fall festival on Saturday from 11am-2pm. Pumpkin decorating, photo-ops, music, treats and face painting.