Parks offer ‘safety and a super time’ for children on Halloween.

All dressed up and nowhere to go for Halloween?

Concerned parents looking for alternatives to the trick-or-treat street scene for their children can chose from a wide range of activities at South Bay parks.

Starting as early as today, parks are setting up their own twilight zones of ghosts, goblins, witches and other out-of-this-world creatures for kids of various ages. Young-at-heart parents are welcome to join the fun.

Participating parks will also sell sodas, hot dogs, pizzas and other fare. And, of course, sweet treats are part of the goody packages that will be given to the kids.

Fun but safe is the name of the game, park officials said as they set up carnivals, haunted houses, game booths and costume parades.

In Inglewood, said Rhonda McIntosh of Rogers Park, the push is “to keep the kids off the streets.”

“We want them to know there’s more to life than just hanging out,” McIntosh said. “They can come to the park and join in the activities that we have.”

Rogers Park, 400 W. Beach Ave., has scheduled two dances for area students. Today, from 3 to 6 p.m., for 50 cents, fifth- and sixth-graders can groove to the music at a costume dance in the senior citizen auditorium.

From 7 to 10 p.m., students from Inglewood’s La Tijera, Parent, Warren Lane, Crozier and Monroe junior high schools can show off their garb and fancy footsteps at the park’s annual Junior High School Halloween Dance in the main gymnasium. Admission is $1.

In Manhattan Beach, on Saturday, Manhattan Heights Park, at 1600 Manhattan Beach Blvd., promises a day of fun-filled horrors for children ages 6 to 12. Prizes will be awarded for the most original, attractive, scariest and funniest costumes. Admission is free.

Highlighting the festivities will be the haunted house, which is a must-see, said recreation supervisor Idris Al-Oboudi.

The theme of the house is a secret, Al-Oboudi said. “We’re keeping the lid on it, but it’s pretty scary. It does not border on anything that is torturous . . . just kinda funky and freaky.”

The park has also built a “fun house” for children 5 and under, who can be initiated into the world of fright by “putting their hands on Jell-O and spaghetti in the dark,” Al-Oboudi said. “Everything in this house is friendly.”

After the weekend’s activities, there will be more events on Halloween.

In Inglewood, from 6 to 9 p.m., preschoolers to sixth-graders can brave the Rogers Park haunted house before or after they play in the carnival of fun and games or march in the costume parade. Admission is 50 cents.

In Lawndale, the Rotary Club is throwing a Halloween youth party at Alondra Park, 3850 Manhattan Beach Blvd. for children 13 and under. County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn has turned over his field office for the party, which starts at 6 p.m. and features games, a costume contest, hot dogs and soft drinks.

To encourage children to go home afterward rather than trick-or-treat door-to-door, the Rotary Club will try a twist on a traditional lottery.

After the party ends at 8:30 p.m., the Rotary Club will give the children 30 minutes to get home, and then draw names and phone the winners. The children must be at home to win the prizes. A 10-speed bicycle will be given to the first child who answers at his home phone no later than 9 p.m. Other prizes will include a basketball, a football and boxed games.

“We’re trying to prevent the kids from going door-to-door,” said Craig Burris, the club’s director for community services. “With the major prizes, they’ll have an incentive to get home at an early time.”

In San Pedro, Peck Park, 560 N. Western Ave., will host a carnival and costume parade featuring face painting by an artist from a Hollywood makeup studio.

“Fun, that’s what Halloween is,” said Phil Orland, director of Peck Park Community Center.

He said children of all ages should know that city parks are there for them to enjoy, and that on a holiday such as Halloween, “enjoyment, fun, safety, and a super time” can be had by all.

Additional scheduled events at other parks and city facilities include:

SUNDAY:

Frank D. Parent School, 5354 W. 64th St., Inglewood, 419-2545.

WEDNESDAY:

Wilson Park, 2200 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, 618-2930.

Scott Park, 23410 Catskill Ave., Carson, 830-8310.

Del Amo Park, 703 E. Del Amo Blvd., Carson, 329-7717.

Darby Park, 3400 Arbor Vitae St., Inglewood, has scheduled two seniors dances: today from 1 to 3 p.m. and Wednesday beginning at 11 a.m.; $1 admission, 412-5391.

Banning Recreation Center, 1331 Eubank Ave., Wilmington, 548-7776.

Harbor City Recreation Center, 24901 Frampton Ave., 548-7729.

Leland Recreation Center, 863 S. Herbert Ave., San Pedro, 548-7706.

In Hermosa Beach, places of business on Pier Avenue from Valley Drive to The Strand and on Hermosa Avenue between 11th and 14th streets, 318-0280.

In Redondo Beach, Redondo Pier Assn., 318-0630.

Manhattan Village, 3200 Sepulveda Blvd., Manhattan Beach, 546-5556.

Bell Park, 14708 S. Halldale Ave., Gardena, 217-9557.

Freeman Park, 2100 W. 154th Place, Gardena, 217-9558.

Recreation Park, 15800 Brighton Ave., Gardena, 217-9561.

Rowley Park, 13220 S. Van Ness Ave., Gardena, 217-9562.

Thornburg Park, 2320 W. 149th St., Gardena, 217-9560.

South Gardena Park, 1200 W. 170th St., Gardena, 217-9563.