"Harvest Howl" is a Halloween-style school carnival poster with a playful, festive look. Dripping rounded letters in orange, green and purple sit above a glowing jack-o'-lantern, a game booth, costumed kids and a witch-hatted child painting pumpkins, all stacked on a night scene. Swap in your own event name, school, date, time, place and activity list to make a version for your own gathering.

Create a finished 2:3 portrait Halloween event poster for Oakwood Elementary, legible from across a noticeboard and at phone-thumbnail size. Use a playful-spooky family register, never horror: no blood, gore, threatening faces, or frightening imagery. Keep every letter and essential detail inside a generous 6% print-safe margin. Render the exact copy below, with accurate spelling and punctuation, and no other readable text. Hierarchy: the event name is largest; the school/carnival identifier is second; date and time next; location and activity list grouped clearly below; admission is a small but distinct badge. Headline: “Harvest Howl” Subhead: “Oakwood Elementary Fall Carnival” Date and time: “Saturday, October 17 · 4–7 PM” Location: “On the school field” Activities: “Games · Pumpkin painting · Costume parade” Admission badge: “Free for families.” Set “Harvest Howl” in chunky, plump, slightly wobbly rounded display capitals with open counters and generous spacing. Give the letters a thick dark outline, candy-bright pumpkin-orange, slime-green and spooky-purple fills, restrained cartoon highlights and a few small rounded slime drips beneath the word; preserve clear letter silhouettes and thumbnail readability. Supporting text uses a clean, bold, highly legible sans serif in warm ivory, with the date and time prominent and the details grouped in one quiet block. Composition: subhead at the top; oversized headline across the upper-middle; a compact, clearly separated date/time and location block beneath it; a central illustration of a friendly glowing jack-o’-lantern beside a small pumpkin-painting table and a simple carnival game booth, with tiny costumed child silhouettes in a parade; activities and the free-admission badge near the bottom. Keep illustration secondary to the headline and event details. Decorate sparingly with a few bats, a curved strand of spiderweb and small pennant flags; leave clear space around all text. Use a deep midnight-purple ground with pumpkin-orange lantern light, slime-green accents and warm-ivory supporting copy. Render as crisp, high-resolution print artwork with clean edges, controlled soft glow around the pumpkin, subtle paper grain and strong contrast. No QR codes, logos, extra copy, or fake signage.