Primary Times Derbyshire Oct 17

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25 – 26 Oct
Laser Combat In The Woods
Rosliston Forestry Centre DE12 8JX
www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk
2:00pm-4:00pm Go wild in the woods!!
Purchase a token from the Shop and
make your way to the Woods for a 10
minute game for £2.50 per person. No
pre booking required. T: 01283 563483
25 – 28 Oct
Holiday Club For Ages 8+
Mount Cook Adventure Centre DE4 4LS
www.mountcook.uk
9:00am-4:00pm Archery, Team
Challenges and building Land Karts!
(25th), Fossil Hunting & Gem Panning,
followed by Bush Craft & Den Building!
(26th), High Ropes & Orienteering!
(27th) £30 per person per day, which
includes a hot lunch and all the
necessary equipment for activities. All
three days £85 per person. Booking
essential T: 01629 823702
26 Oct
Pumpkin Party
Calke Abbey DE73 7LE
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
11:00am-3:30pm Buy a home-grown
pumpkin from Calke’s gardens, or bring
one with you. Decorate it in your own
spooky style, then add it to the fabulous
display before taking your carved
pumpkin home with you. Free event,
normal admission charges apply.
T: 01332 863822
Strange and Spooky
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
SK17 6DA
www.derbyshire.gov.uk
11:00am-4:00pm Bones, stones,
mummies, skulls and skeletons. Get
inspired by the weird and wonderful
things in the museum and create
your own Halloween decorations and
delights. T: 01629 533540
Hibernaculum’s and Helping
Wildlife Over Winter
Crich Railway Museum DE4 5DP
www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
10:00am-3:00pm Join the Wildlife Youth
Rangers, learning new skills to manage
land for wildlife. Help create and build
hibernacculums to help wildlife over
the winter. Suitable for ages 4+. £1 per
person. Booking essential
T: 01773 881 188
Derby Arena Tour
Derby Arena DE24 8JB
www.derbylive.co.uk
6:30pm Discover this stunning Olympic
inspired building’s multi-purpose appeal
from state of the art cycling, sports
and fitness, to concert and stage-show
entertainment. Tour includes behind
the scenes exploration of the track
bike locker facility where you can get
up close to these light-weight speed
machines which have no brakes or
gears! Tickets £5. Booking essential
T: 01332 641234
Little Monsters - Phantom
Lanterns
Findern Wyevale Garden Centre
DE65 6BE
www.wyevalegardencentres.co.uk
10:00am-12:00noon Make a lantern
for Halloween. Child £2.50. Booking
essential T: 0844 288 5029
Museums at Night: Make a
Mechanical Bubble Machine! FREE
EVENT
Museum and Art Gallery DE1 1BS
www.derbymuseums.org
5:00pm-8:00pm Create a fantastic
Mechanical Bubble Machine with Artist,
Martin Smith! Taking illusions and clever
tricks-of-the-eye as the theme, each
participant will use wire and aluminium
to model, form and articulate a hand
held mechanical bubble machine.
Suitable for families with children ages
8+. To book T: 01332 641901
Pickford’s Plot : Poppies FREE
EVENT
Pickford’s House DE1 1DA
www.derbymuseums.org
10:00am-12:00noon or 1:00pm-3:00pm
Sow your own poppy seeds and create a
beautiful plant pot to take them home
in. Watch your poppy seeds grow over
Remembrance month, as they bloom
over winter. T: 01332 715181
Halloween Spooktacular Party
Planet Happy DE5 3GH
www.planethappy.info
4:30pm-6:30pm Costumes are a must.
The scarier the better. Includes a disco,
games, craft and buffet. Tickets £10.95.
T: 01773 748600 or 01773 7414002
Halloween Bouncy Castle and Soft
Play session
Springwood Leisure Centre DE21 2RQ
inderby.gov.uk
9:30am-11:30am Drop in dressed up in
your spooky outfit and have great fun
together. Cost £42.50.
T: 01332 641234
Halloween Activities FREE EVENT
Swadlincote Woodlands DE11 8LP
www.south-derbys.gov.uk
6:30pm-8:30pm Join us for a spooky
night of fun in the woodlands and a
variety of activities for all the family.
T: 01283 228766
26 – 28 Oct
A Stroppy Workshoppy - Vile
Villains and Unlikely Heroes
Guildhall Theatre Clubrooms DE1 3AE
www.derbylive.co.uk
Fun workshops for princes, princesses
and their families from the wonderful
creators of the Guildhall Theatre
Christmas shows, including this year’s
Prince Stroppy Pants and the Christmas
Caper. Join the Babbling Vagabonds and
help them conjure up a gallery of the
vilest villains to have ever walked the
world and a selection of heroes of the
unlikeliest order. Learn how to turn your
creations into fab puppets to take part in
our parade of baddies and goodies and
then, after all that, you get to take them
home! Hooray! Tickets £4.50. Booking
essential. T: 01332 255800
Crack The Code
Chesterfield Museum S41 7TD
www.chesterfield.gov.uk/museum
10:00am-4:00pm Find our about codes
and code breaking in World War 2. Free
entry, donations gratefully received.
T: 01246 345727
26 – 29 Oct
Brick Live 2017
NEC B40 1NT
www.bricklive.co.uk
Build Zones featuring LEGO® Star Wars,
Friends, Ninjago, Creator, City and
Minecraft. To book T: 0844 338 7770
27 Oct
Family Portraits Workshop
Derby Quad DE1 3AS
www.derbyquad.co.uk
1:00pm-2:00pm or 2:30pm-3:30pm
Join Photography Artist Debbie Cooper
in gaining some practical tips and tricks
to taking your own family portraits.
From lighting to editing apps, you’ll
be exploring using mobile phones as
fantastic tools for capturing family
focused memories. £5 per family.
Booking essential T: 01332 290606
Museums at Night Silent Disco
Derby Quad DE1 3AS
www.derbyquad.co.uk
6:00pm-7:00pm Drop in for a quiet
night. Immerse yourself amongst Hetain
Patel’s large scale projection work while
enjoying music beamed directly into
your ears. Drinks will be available in
the Gallery and Spider Man costume
is optional (but encouraged) £1 per
person. T: 01332 290606
Zombie Time
ClipnClimb Derby DE22 3FP
www.clipnclimbderby.co.uk
5:45pm-8:30pm A Halloween climb
night. The centre is made up of 17
bright and colourful climbing walls with
3 levels of difficulty. Safety briefing
6:00pm-6:30pm. Buffet 7:00pm-
8:00pm. Special guest to do a REPTILE
show and tell! All children under the age
of 15 must be accompanied by an adult.
Entry, climbing, buffet & reptiles £20.
Entry, buffet & reptiles £5. No drinks
included. Booking essential
T: 01332 943999
Little Monsters - Pumpkin
Carving
Findern Wyevale Garden Centre
DE65 6BE
www.wyevalegardencentres.co.uk
10:00am-12:00noon A Halloween
classic! Learn how to carve faces into
your own pumpkin. Child £2.50. Booking
essential. T: 0844 288 5029
Halloween Spooktacular Party
Freddy’s Play Kingdom DE21 7NL
www.freddysplaykingdom.co.uk
4:30pm-6:30pm Costumes are a must.
The scarier the better. Includes a disco,
games, craft and buffet. Tickets £10.95.
T: 01332 662322
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