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WHAT’S ON WHERE
Cardiff Castle Underground Cinema
Cardiff Castle Cardiff CF10 3RB. 10.30am: The
Nightmare Before Christmas (PG); 12.30pm:
Hocus Pocus (PG). Tickets available online.
Tel: 029 2087 8100. www.cardiffcastle.com
Family Film
Chapter Arts Centre Market Road, Canton,
CF5 1QE. 11am Hotel Transylvania; 2pm War
for the Planet of the Apes. Children under
12-years-old must be accompanied by an
adult. Tickets: £2.50 - £4.50. Book online or
on 029 2030 4400. www.chapter.org
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. 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
Tuesday 31st October -
Wednesday 1st November
Half Term Activities
National Wool Museum, Dre-fach-Felindre,
SA44 5UP. 11am - 4pm. Free. Local artist
Meinir Mathias uses images, stories and
poetry to inspire a celebration of the Welsh
language in art. Tel: 029 2057 3070.
www.museum.wales/swansea
Tuesday 31st October -
Friday 3rd November
Half Term Activities:
Me and My Pet Portrait
National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park,
Cardiff, CF10 3NP. 11.30am, 1.30pm &
3.30pm. From guinea pigs to goldfish,
pooches to parakeets – see the portrait of
Catrina Hooghsaet with her pet parakeet and
draw your own portrait with favourite pet
(real or imaginary). Booking Places limited,
book on arrival. Free. Tel: 0300 111 2 333.
www.museumwales.ac.uk
NOVEMBER
Wednesday 1st November
The Jungle Bunch (U)
Memo Arts Centre, Gladstone Road, Barry CF63
8NA. 2pm. 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. 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
Creepy Crawlies
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, CF10 3RB
Close encounters with some real creepy
crawlies – snakes, lizards and spiders to name
but a few! All tickets £3.50 per person in
addition to normal admission or a valid Castle
Key. Tickets: Timed slots & limited availability –
tel 029 2087 8100. www.cardiffcastle.com
Magical Machines – Half term crafts
Cardiff Story Museum, The Old Library, The
Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1BH
10am - 3pm. Be inspired by the artwork of
local legend Charles Byrd and create your own
magical machine. Suitable for families with
children age 4 - 7. Free drop event.
Tel: 029 2034 6214. www.cardiffstory.com
Discover Arts Awards
Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton,
CF5 1QE. 10am - 1pm. A morning workshop
to introduce 5 - 7 year olds to the different
art forms that are all around us like dance,
drama, craft, architecture, design and more,
(includes lunch and a Discover Arts Award
certificate for each participant). £5 per child.
Book on 029 2030 4400. www.chapter.org
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’.
Plus:
The Big Draw - Drawing on water
1 - 3pm. Free entry, just drop in. Make a
moving picture using special pens and a
magic ingredient…Water!. Celebrate the
Big Draw event to get everyone drawing. Tel:
01443 822 666. www.windinghouse.co.uk
Project: Oggbots
From Blackwood Library, Blackwood
NP12 1AJ. Every 15 minutes from 10am
-12pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm A sci-fi treasure
hunt that weaves together immersive street
theatre, interactive gaming and the basics
of electronic engineering. Prepare for your
children’s imagination to be sent racing down
the streets of Blackwood as they solve clues
and meet mysterious characters on their way
to the mothership where they can build their
own Oggbot to take home. Tickets: £6.50;
family of four £22. Tel: 01495 227206.
www.blackwoodminersinstitute.com
Thursday 2nd November
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.
Plus:
Hedgehog Care and Rescue
11am - 4pm. Inclusive of entry price.
Representatives from a local hedgehog
charity will be taking along some of their
rescues to the gardens at Tredegar House.
Please note this activity is dependent on the
charity having hedgehogs in their care at this
time of year. Tel: 01633 815880.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tredegarhouse
Automata Workshop
Cardiff Story Museum, The Old Library,
The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1BH
10am - 12pm & 1 - 2pm. Create your own
automata inspired by Charles Byrd’s magical
machines. Suitable for families with children
age 7 - 11. Free drop in event.
Tel: 029 2034 6214. www.cardiffstory.com
A Prickly Affair!
Cwmcarn Forest Visitor Centre,
Cwmcarn, NP11 7FA
12 - 3.45pm. (4 sessions available). Meet
the secretive prickly friends in the care of
Hedgehog Helpline, and learn how you can
help these shy creatures through autumn
as they get ready to hibernate! Booking
essential as places fill quickly. Suitable for
ages 3+. Adults £2; children £1. Tel: 01495
272001. www.cwmcarnforest.co.uk
The Museum in Focus –
behind the scenes.
National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff,
CF10 3NP. 10am - 4pm. A special photographythemed
day highlighting the work of the people
behind the scenes. Meet the Museum scientists
and curators as they show you what goes on
day in, day out at the Museum to research and
keep safe the stunning collection of paintings
and artefacts that belong to the people of Wales.
The photography theme has been chosen to
fit in with the new photography exhibition
SWAPS by David Hurn. You’ll be able to see how
imaging and photography are vital skills for
Museum curators, such as the powerful electron
microscope used to examine ancient objects for
traces of paint on objects. Free.
Plus:
After Dark in the Museum
5pm - 9pm. A night of fun activities, mysteries,
experiments and torch-lit tours. Meet scientists
from the Museum and Cardiff University and
have a go at some awesome experiments.
Discover how and why things glow in the dark,
make a balloon scream, use a really, really
powerful microscope and loads more! With
activities galore there will be something for
all the family to get involved in. Free. Tel: 0300
111 2 333. www.museumwales.ac.uk
Thursday 2nd - Friday 3rd November
Scrappy Sheep Club - Pinecone Pals
National Wool Museum, Dre-fach-Felindre,
SA44 5UP. 12 - 3pm. Free. Transform pine
cones into super-cute animal friends. Tel: 029
2057 3070. www.museum.wales/swansea
Friday 3rd November
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
Carry on Screaming Screening:
Phone for film details
Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton,
CF5 1QE. Every Friday at 11am, Carry on
Screaming allows parents or carers to see
a film without having to worry about their
baby causing a disturbance. Tickets: £2.50 -
£4.50. Free entry for babies. Book online or
on 029 2030 4400. www.chapter.org
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
Dark Skies Planetarium - Adventure
Amongst The Stars
The Royal Mint Experience,
Llantrisant CF72 8YT
Show every 30 minutes between 12 - 4pm.
Learn about the planets and constellation
we can view from Wales. Astronomers will
be on hand to answer any of your questions.
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
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