HALLOWEEN EVENTS What’s on Where this... Halloween Monday 30th <strong>October</strong> Creepy Crawly Roadshow The Royal Mint Experience, Llantrisant, CF72 8YT 11am - 4pm. A great opportunity to get close to the animals, hold them and learn some fascinating and fun facts along the way. Free for those guests who book tickets to The Royal Mint Experience. See website for prices for tours. Tel: 0333 241 2223. www.royalmint.com Monday 30th - Tuesday 31st <strong>October</strong> Hallowe’en Spooktacular Rhondda Heritage Park, Lewis Merthyr Colliery, Coed Cae Road, Trehafod, CF37 2NP 11am - 4.30pm. Lots of Hallowe’en fun for the under 12s. Entry £2.50 per child. Spooktacular attractions include Pumpkin Carving (booking required, £3), Wizard Wand and Witch Broomstick making (£1), Pumpkin Hunt, Hallowe’en Show with Chunkie Russell, Face Painting, Arts and Crafts, the Energy Zone Adventure Park and much more. Tel: 01443 682036. www.rhonddaheritagepark.com Monday 30th <strong>October</strong> - Friday 3rd November Autumn Half Term Parc Play, Unit 5, Curran Embankment, Grangetown, Cardiff, CF10 5DX Hallowe’en inspired activities including treasure hunts, colouring competitions and more. Tel: 029 2034 5696 (out of hours 077 380 77 810). www.parcplay.com Roman Workshops National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon, NP18 1AE Workshops at 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm. Book in advance - £2 per person. Make a Roman tile with a scary face on it, an antefixa, out of clay. You can add warts, fangs or horns, whatever you think will keep the ghosts and goblins away! And while you’re in the Museum, can you catch the ‘Spookémons’ living in the Museum using the special IPad app. Antefixa were put on the edges of roofs to scare away evil spirits and offer protection to the house, very much like gargoyles. You find lots of different things on antefixa, not just faces, such as sun symbols or dolphins. Tel: 029 2057 3550. www.museumwales.ac.uk/roman Tuesday 31st <strong>October</strong> Shrunken Head Garland! Cwmcarn Forest Visitor Centre, Cwmcarn, NP11 7FA £4.50 per child. Release the inner ghoul in you and make these gruesome shrunken heads out of apples to decorate your home! Then once your done, pop them out for the birds!! Carving tools will be used!! Sessions from at 11am - 1.45pm. Suitable for ages 4+. Book early as places are limited. Tel: 01495 272001. www.cwmcarnforest.co.uk Hotel Transylvania 2 (U) Memo Arts Centre, Gladstone Road, Barry, CF62 8NA 11am. Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel. Tickets: £3 in advance, £3.50 on the door. Plus: Hocus Pocus (PG) 2pm. After three centuries, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts on Hallowe’en night, and it is up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an end to their reign of terror once and for all. Tickets: £3 in advance, £3.50 on the door. Tel: 01446 738622. www.memoartscentre.co.uk Natural Sciences Hallowe’en Open Day National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP 10am - 4pm. Hallowe’en – the perfect time for the Museum curators to bring out the icky, pickled and preserved things in jars for you to see. From a stingray to a slug – set your inner ghoul free! Discover some of the creepier objects in the collection and chat to the people behind the jars about the specimens. You can also have a go at some hands-on games and activities. Follow the spooky Hallowe’en quiz trail to discover some weird and wonderful objects from the natural world and win a prize. Free. Tel: 0300 111 2 333. www.museumwales.ac.uk Hallowe’en Spooky Funday National Waterfront Museum Swansea SA1 3RD 12 - 4pm. Free. Enjoy an unmissable day of spooky fun, in our mysterious Museum setting!! Hear ghostly tales, make creepy crafts, meet some unusual characters, and discover whether you are in store for a trick or a treat after completing the weird trail. Tel: 029 2057 3600. www.museum.wales/swansea Hallowe’en Fun Tee-Rex Golf @ Cardiff Golf Centre, Began Road, Old St Mellons, CF3 6JX Tee Rex Golf has been infested by spiders, ghosts and all manner of spookiness! Plus face printing, spooky course and treats! Tel: 029 2036 1122. www.teerexgolfcardiff.com Monster Fun The Red Dragon Centre, Cardiff Bay, CF10 4JY Prepare for a scare this Hallowe’en with FREE fiendish face painting and an invasion from Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley. Fang-tastic fun for all the family, alongside all the usual great food, fun, and films to enjoy! Face painting 12 - 4pm. Tributes Mike and Sulley on the hour 12 - 3pm. Usual parking terms apply (minimum spend applies). www.thereddragoncentre.co.uk Hallowe’en themed face painting and balloon modelling The Royal Mint Experience, Llantrisant CF72 8YT 11am - 4pm. Gary and Raphael from Body Canvas will be showcasing their creativity and imagination creating all manner of balloon sculptures and face painting designs. Free for those guests who book tickets to The Royal Mint Experience. See website for prices for tours. Tel: 0333 241 2223. www.royalmint.com/experience Children’s Hallowe’en Party Three Horseshoes Playbarn Moulton, Nr Barry CF62 3AB 4.30 - 7.30pm. £6. Tel: 01446 710428. www.3horseshoesmoulton.com Wednesday 1st - Thursday 2nd November Potion School Winding House, New Tredegar, NP24 6EG 11am - 12pm. £2.50 per child. Booking essential, Join the spooky witch to make your own wooden wand and create some ‘magic’ potions’. Friday 3rd November Spooky Toddler Crafts Cwmcarn Forest Visitor Centre Cwmcarn, NP11 7FA 10.30am - 12.15pm - 2 sessions. £2 per child. Take your tiny tot and enjoy some spooky messy fun in these crafty workshops! Booking essential. Ages 1+. Tel: 01495 272001. www.cwmcarnforest.co.uk 10
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