On Thursday afternoon, fairy princesses, fuzzy green turtles and diminutive dinosaurs roamed the U.S. Coast Guard Group/ Air Station Astoria. Witches and pirates filled the gymnasium and even a tiny Tinkerbell made an appearance.

It was the annual Coast Guard Spouses Family Halloween Party, and kids of all ages got to partake in a few hours of games, trick-or-treating and frightful fun.

Amanda Parker, secretary of the Coast Guard Spouses Association, planned the event, and said about 50 families came for the festivities. She and her 11-person committee worked for a month and a half to plan the evening, getting together to make many of the decorations – from bats to murals – by hand.

Even the youngest children enjoyed the games Parker planned, all with spooky themes.

“My favorite was the graveyard cakewalk and the treasure hunt,” Parker said. She dressed as a witch, her costume complete with a black, pointy hat.

Costumed kids marched in a circle to ghoulish music, surrounded by handmade tombstones, and prizes were pumpkin and ghost-shaped cakes to take home. Not far away, others searched through a giant pile of straw for treats.

Parents and kids walked a big loop around the Air Station, trick-or-treating at several spots along the way.

The rescue swimmers’ shop was a favorite stop, and everyone was invited inside for a chilling trip through their haunted house. A dead body on the floor greeted those brave enough to enter the dark and smoky building, and around a few corners, another corpse waited in a steel rescue basket – minus a few limbs.

Candy was given out in abundance, and even Capt. Doug Kaup, commander of the group, waited in his office with a heaping basket of sweets.

Spouse Jodi Potter attended the event with her daughter, 14-month-old Makenzie, and said she looks forward to seeing the children in costumes every year.

“Just seeing all the kids dressed up is pretty cool,” she said.

But after three years attending the event, Potter’s personal favorite are the spook houses scattered across the Air Station for kids to enjoy while trick-or-treating. This year, she said, was no exception.

“It’s turned out very, very good,” Potter said.