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WHAT’S ON WHERE
Saturday 28th - Monday 30th October
Weird History – Smelly Old Bags!
National Waterfront Museum Swansea SA1 3RD
12pm - 3.30pm. Drop in to find out about
pungent pongs and perfumes of the past
and make a Tudor style ‘scent bag’ containing
fragrant herbs and spices to keep the plague
from your door! Tel: 029 2057 3600.
www.museum.wales/swansea
Saturday 28th - Tuesday 31st October
Pumpkin Carving
Dyffryn Gardens Nr St Nicholas, CF5
6SU. 11am - 3pm. £4 per pumpkin,
Normal admission prices apply. Get
creative and create your very own jack-o’-
lantern ready for Hallowe’en this autumn. Tel:
029 2059 0813. www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Freaky Funhouse!
Unit 8 Ely Distribution Centre,
Argyle Way, Cardiff, CF5 5NJ
From rope swings, slides and crazy
ball pit obstacle. We dare you to crawl through
the tyre mangler into our maze, traverse the sea
of rings, somersault into our AWESOME foam
pit, and beat the new junior ninja wall, whilst
racing around the new routes and conquering
the spook hunt! Each spooktacular session
lasts 90 mins and includes : Wicked Ninja
Obstacles - Goulish Games - Monster Mash
Music - Frightening Fancy Dress Fun - Creepy
Spook Hunt. Suitable for ages 7-13 yrs., £12.50
per child. Special mixed/ family only sessions will
be available for children age 4 and up to enjoy
with their parents or guardians. Ghoulish grub ,
devilish drinks and spine tingling treats will be
available to purchase! To book please go on line -
www.amdanifitertainment.com
Ghostly Knights
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, CF10 3RB
Strange happenings as the ghostly
knights appear around the Castle.
Tel: 029 2087 8100. www.cardiffcastle.com
Saturday 28th October -
Friday 3rd November
Scarecrow Making
Dyffryn Gardens, Nr St Nicholas, CF5 6SU
10am - 4.30pm. Inclusive of entry price. Do you
have what it takes to make the best Dyffryn
scarecrow this autumn half-term? Take old
clothes and stuffing to create a masterpiece for
their scarecrow making competition. Tel: 029
2059 0813. www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Saturday 28th October - Saturday 4th
November
Makers’ Market
St Fagans National Museum of History St
Fagans, CF5 6XB. 10am - 5pm. Meet the
makers and find out more about their crafts
as they run workshops and demonstrations
throughout the week. Tel 029 2057 3500.
www.museum.wales/stfagans
Saturday 28th October -
Sunday 5th November
Graham the Ghost
Techniquest Cardiff Bay CF10 5BW
Throughout the day. All ghosts need
to show up in the dark but poor
Graham the Ghost has lost his glow. He needs
to learn to make shadows, steal shadows and
scare people or he won’t be able to pass his test
and join the ghost union. Can you help by using
science in this interactive story-time? Suitable
for under-7s. £1.50 addition to admission price,
see website for details.
Plus:
Star Tours
Throughout the day. Find out more
about some familiar constellations,
the planets, how stars are born and
how they die. The Digital Planetarium can
take you through space for a close up look at
some of nature’s most beautiful sights such as
distant galaxies and exploded stars. Suitable
for ages 7+. £1.50 addition to admission
price, see website for details
Plus:
Spooky Science
Throughout the day. There are eerie
events and ghostly goings-on at
Techniquest. Ever seen a pumpkin
carve itself, or a coin scream? Can you sit on
a bed of nails without screaming, and can
science be used to create potions and ghosts?
Find out at the Spooky Science show. Go in
fancy dress if you like! Tel: 029 2047 5475.
www.techniquest.org
Soup Kitchen
Dyffryn Gardens, Nr St Nicholas, CF5 6SU
12pm – 2pm. Inclusive of entry price. Keep
warm this autumn and try Dyffryn’s homegrown
produce with free tasters of soup in the
Kitchen Garden. Tel: 029 2059 0813.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Hedgehog Trail
Tredegar House, Pencarn Way, Newport, NP10
8YW. 11am - 4pm. Inclusive of entry price.
Walk a mile in a hedgehog’s shoes with a trail
through the Orchard Garden.
Plus:
Critter Crafts
11am - 4pm. Inclusive of entry price. Visit the
Orangery and enjoy some prickly crafts to
take home with you.
Plus:
Toffee Apple Bar
11am - 4pm. £1.85 per apple. Pick your apple
and choose from a range of decorations to
satisfy your sweet tooth. Tel: 01633 815880.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tredegarhouse
Sunday 29th October
Spooktacular Hallowe’en Walk
Bute Park Cardiff, CF10 3DX
11am. Go in fancy dress and trick or
treat with your family. Join Welsh
Hearts for a Spooktacular 4 mile walk, some
Hallowe’en fun and a spooky tea part in one
of Cardiff’s most beautiful parks. £10 entry
plus sponsorship. Book online.
www.welshhearts.org/events
Family Film
Chapter Arts Centre Market Road, Canton,
CF5 1QE. Children under 12-years-old must
be accompanied by an adult. 11am Hotel
Transylvania. Tickets: £2.50 - £4.50. Book
online or on 029 2030 4400. www.chapter.org
Half Term Movie: Frankenweenie
(PG, 2012)
National Waterfront Museum Swansea
SA1 3RD. 2.30pm. Free. Young Victor conducts
a science experiment to bring his beloved dog
Sparky back to life, only to face unintended,
sometimes monstrous, consequences! Tel: 029
2057 3600. www.museum.wales/swansea
Sunday 29th - Tuesday 31st October
Hallowe’en Nights
National Museum of History,
St Fagans, CF5 6XB
6 - 9pm. Put on your most bloodcurdling
costume to walk around the Museum
after dark if you dare! Take a torch, or make
a lantern while you’re there in the creepy
craft workshop. Watch the Wicker Man burn
and make a wish as the sparks fly high, then
join the lantern parade. You’re sure to enjoy
a night of shadow and light and FRIGHT-fully
good family fun! Adults £15; children u16 £8.
All tickets for this event must be purchased
in advance via www ticketlineuk.com or 029
2023 0130. Suitable for Age 4+. Tel 029 2057
3500. www.museum.wales/stfagans
Monday 30th October
The Jungle Bunch (U)
Memo Arts Centre, Gladstone Road, Barry CF63
8NA. 11am. Maurice may look like a penguin -
but he’s a real tiger inside! Raised by a tigress,
he’s the clumsiest Kung-Fu master ever. Along
with his friends, The Jungle Bunch, he intends
to maintain order and justice in the jungle, as
his mother did before him. But Igor, an evil
koala, wants to destroy the jungle once and
for all, helped by his army of silly baboons...
The Jungle Bunch - to the rescue in this new
animated family movie. Running Time: 97mins.
Tickets: £3 in advance, £3.50 on the door. Tel:
01446 738622. www.memoartscentre.co.uk
Tales and limericks with
Blandaff the Baard
Big Pit National Coal Museum, NP4 9XP
12pm - 4pm. Free. Meet Blandaff the Bard,
the teller of tales, who lives in the valleys of
lovely South Wales. Hear about Dai Morris the
miner and other Blaenafon tales wrapped up
in legends. Try your hand at writing ridiculous
rhymes and silly sonnets! Tel: 029 2057 3650.
www.museumwales.ac.uk/bigpit
Cardiff Castle Underground Cinema
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, CF10 3RB
1.30pm: Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (PG);
3.15pm: Coraline (PG). Tickets available online.
Tel: 029 2087 8100. www.cardiffcastle.com
Family Film
Chapter Arts Centre Market Road, Canton,
CF5 1QE. Children under 12-years-old must
be accompanied by an adult. 11am Coraline;
3pm Kedi (relaxed screening). Tickets: £2.50
- £4.50. Book online or on 029 2030 4400.
www.chapter.org
Make it Monday
Dyffryn Gardens Nr St Nicholas, CF5 6SU
12pm – 2:30pm. Inclusive of entry price.
Whatever the weather, get crafty and creative
for an autumnal themed Make it Monday
in the Morning Room. Tel: 029 2059 0813.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
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 October
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 October -
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
Hedgehog Hotels
Tredegar House, Pencarn Way, Newport,
NP10 8YW. 2.30pm. Inclusive of entry price.
Help the team set up and camouflage five
hedgehog hotels over the course of the week.
Tel: 01633 815880.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tredegarhouse
Monday 30th October -
Saturday 4th November
Pop Up Museum: Growing Up in Tiger
Bay; Your Childhood Playground
Wales Millennium Centre Bute Place, Cardiff
Bay CF10 5AL. 11am - 4pm. Suitable for all
ages. Free. Help create a temporary exhibit,
inspired by the theme of Growing up in Tiger
Bay. Whether you are from the docks or beyond,
bring an object or image to share about your
very own childhood playground and learn about
the adventures of growing up in the wondrous
and infamous Tiger Bay. Make a copy of your
object or image for the museum display; write a
label and share your stories; watch our collective
histories grow! This event is for all ages, from
the young to the young at heart - come and get
involved! Keep an eye on our website for exciting
updates about venue and times!
Tel: 029 2063 6464. www.wmc.org.uk
Tuesday 31st October
Cardiff City vs. Ipswich Town
Cardiff City Football Club
Cardiff City Stadium, Leckwith Road,
Cardiff, CF11 8AZ. Join us from 6.15pm
(Kick-off 7.45pm) for our Halloween Party
as the Bluebirds play Ipswich Town! Prizes
on offer for the best fancy dress and various
Halloween-themed activities in our Family
Stand. Kids for a quid in the Family Stand
with a full-paying Adult. Family Tickets
available for £30 (2 Adults and 2 Juniors)!
Ticket Office: 0845 345 1400
www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/tickets
50 Things
Tredegar House, Pencarn Way,
Newport, NP10 8YW. Tick off some of the things
to do before your 11¾. No 13 make a mud pie
and No 18 Create some wild art. 11am - 4pm.
Inclusive of entry price. Tel: 01633 815880.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tredegarhouse
Spooky Valleys
Aberdulais, National Trust SA10 8EU
5.30 - 8pm. Adults £7.50; children £3.75;
family £18.75. Happy Hallowe’en, from all the
ghouls and spooks at Aberdulais. Celebrate the
spookiest Valley in Wales. You are invited to dress
up, and play your tricks with the staff. Ghouls will
be playing Hallowe’en games, and little imps will
be bubbling up some family fun activities. Watch
your Goosebumps quiver whilst resident haunts
tell ghost stories and treat yourself to a Spooky
Valley’s Hallowe’en. Wear weather appropriate
clothing and take a torch. Tel: 01639 636674.
www.nationatrust.org.uk
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