WHAT’S ON WHERE Saturday 28th - Monday 30th <strong>October</strong> 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 <strong>October</strong> 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 <strong>October</strong> - 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 <strong>October</strong> - 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 <strong>October</strong> - 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 <strong>Digital</strong> 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 <strong>October</strong> 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 <strong>October</strong> 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 <strong>October</strong> 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 <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 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 <strong>October</strong> - 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 <strong>October</strong> 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 12 Primary Times OCTOBER HALF TERM <strong>2017</strong> | www.primarytimes.net/cardiff Continued on page 16
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