As parents get their little goblins ready for Halloween, shopping for costumes and knowing when to trick-or-treat were on their minds Monday.

Amid the flurry of activity and excited voices Monday at Kmart was Candyce Clemens of Muskogee with her daughters Raylie, 7, and Trinity, 6.

Raylie called to her sister about one brilliant red costume.

“Hey, look, Trinity, here’s the devil but with wings,” she said.

Trinity was not impressed, but she and her older sister went on to look at almost every costume on the aisle.

Because Halloween is Saturday, various towns and cities around the Muskogee area have set widely-varying rules or guidelines.

Here are some of that information for little ghosts and goblins, and their parents:

• Braggs — No time frame is specified, but children are instructed to take lighting with them, go in pairs, and have adults check their candy before eating it.

• Checotah — To celebrate Halloween, all the businesses downtown will give out candy from 5 to 8:30 p.m.

• Eufaula — Eufaula will observe Halloween twice this year. Downtown merchants will give out candy from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday. City-wide trick-or-treating will begin at 5:30 and last until 8 or 9 p.m.

• Fort Gibson — Halloween trick-or-treating will be allowed from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday.

• Hulbert — Hulbert has no rules on trick-or-treating, but the Saturday curfew is 11 p.m.

• Muskogee — Trick-or-treating will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday.

• Oktaha — In Oktaha, several churches are holding fall festivals Saturday to keep most children off the streets. Those children who do go trick-or-treating should be home by 8 p.m., or 9 p.m. at the latest.

• Okay — Halloween will be observed from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday in Okay.

• Porter — Trick-or-treating will start Saturday at about dark and last until porch lights start being turned off.

• Porum — On Saturday in Porum, several organizations are holding indoor events. Children who go out to trick-or-treat have been told by the school never to trick-or-treat at strangers’ homes, and to stay in groups.

• Tahlequah — No set rules other than to be safe, and curfew is at midnight.

• Wagoner — Mayor James Jennings said that only children ages 12 and under can be out trick-or-treating on Saturday, and the time frame is from dusk until 9 p.m.

• Warner — A spokeswoman for City Hall said that Saturday’s trick-or-treating will be allowed from 5 to 8 p.m.

• Webbers Falls — Mayor Jewell Horne said Saturday’s rules for trick-or-treating are that they be finished by 10 p.m. and that they only walk at the sides of the streets.

Reach Keith Purtell at 684-2925 or kpurtell @muskogeephoenix.com.