Halloween 2026 · For Fort Collins shops

Make your shop a stop in the town game.

Read what the video says

Your shop can be one of the places people discover. A guest scans your sign, and lands on your stop. Confirm your page, check your details,

and put out your shop's QR. Guests stamp your stop in one tap, with two extra points when their location shows them at your shop.

Then your stop points them to the next one. If you like, judge a costume prize or hide a gift. It's optional. See scans and verified participation.

Find the photos guests have given you permission to share. Get your shop ready. Make sure the sign is for your exact shop.

Choose a sign, and print it at actual size. Scan it with another phone. It should open the hunt.

Tell your staff: scan here to start. At each stop, scan its sign and tap Stamp this stop. Your passport shows you the next one.

Then put it where visitors can scan it.

Print your signs: poster, QR cards and your stop's kit →

A free QR sign by your register. Hunters scan your stop’s QR, check in on The Fort List, and can take a photo there; their passport sends them on to the next place.

On now, through Oct 31: costume photos and the treasure hunt.

Get your shop ready

Free. No equipment. About a minute.

How it works

Three steps. You do one of them.

Sign up below. Your shop, your name, email and phone.
We confirm your stop. Then we help you print your shop’s QR sign.
Put it by the register. Hunters scan your stop’s QR, check in on The Fort List, and can take a photo there, through Oct 31.

The hunt's window poster: Halloween scavenger hunt, Haunt the town, 27 local stops, free to play, no app needed, with a QR code to start exploring. — The window poster. Your counter sign carries your stop’s own QR.

For shops · The town game

Your shop can be one of the places people discover.

Here is the whole deal in six answers. If it fits your shop, the next step takes a minute.

What this is: The Fort List passport turns Fort Collins into a game. People follow it around town and collect a stamp at each shop on the map.
Why take part: Your shop becomes one of the places people come to discover, with a reason to walk in. The treasure hunt is on now, through October 31.
What you do: Put your shop’s QR sign where people can scan it, check your hours, and know one sentence. A phone QR is enough: no camera or hardware to buy.
What it costs: Being a stop is free. A gift for the hunt is optional; offer one only if you are really giving it.
What guests do: Scan your sign, tap Stamp this stop, and their passport guides them on to the next stop.
Where you see results: On your shop’s own page: verified visits and the photos guests let you share, each counted on its own. Costume entries from your booth are on your Keepbooth page.

Get your shop ready Watch the film again ↑

Already joined? Open your shop’s checklist

Free · Halloween hunt stop

Count your shop in.

Nothing to pay, nothing to sign. We email you a private link to your business page.

Your shop.

Business nameYour nameEmailPhone

Joining means we may contact you about organizing the event by email, text and calls from Riley, our AI assistant. Opt out anytime.

What would you like to do?

The photo spot is picked for you. Add anything else, or change it.

Host a free QR photo spotA QR sign by your register. Customers use their own phones. No equipment or staff.Give a gift for the Oct 31 huntA gift worth about $25–$50, handed to a winner.Welcome costume entriesYour customers can enter a costume at your stop, and the town votes for the best one.Put up a window signDisplay a hunt sign and share the invitation with your customers.Not sure yet, tell me moreWe’ll help you choose before you commit.

Add a logo, a note or text updates (optional)

Business logoA photo or logo from your phone, up to 25 MB. You can also add it later. By sending your logo, you authorize The Fort List to use it on Halloween event materials if your business is confirmed. A board logo is event sponsorship and never buys editorial coverage.Anything else?Anything you’d like to see? Ideas welcome.Optional. Only our team reads this.

Stay in touchText me about my Halloween participation at this number. Messages may be automated; frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out or HELP for help. Consent is not required to participate.Email me when The Fort List app is available to download.

Both are optional. We need your phone number to coordinate your stop.

Want to do more? All optional.

Extras for the shops that want them.

Be a treasure-hunt stop

Hide one gift worth about $25 to $50 for Oct 31. Confirmed gift stops get a pin on the hunt map.

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