HALLOWEEN EVENTS What’s on Where this... <strong>Halloween</strong> Saturday 20th <strong>October</strong>- Sunday 4th. November. Spooky Tours Bristol Aquarium, Bristol, Anchor Road, Bristol BS1 5TT. Spooky and terrifying tours. See voucher on advert for KIDS GO for a £QUID! Tel: 0117 929 8929. www.bristolaquarium.co.uk Friday 26th <strong>October</strong>. Spooky Evening Parc Play, Unit 5, Curran Embankment, Grangetown, Cardiff, CF10 5DX. 6.30pm - 8.30pm. Fun filled evening for the family, with lots of tricks and treats to be won! Advance tickets only. Adults £1; children aged 4-12 £8; children aged 2 - 3 £6.50 (includes hotdog and juice). Members just £3 for hotdog and juice. Tel: 029 2034 5696. Friday 26th - Wednesday 31st <strong>October</strong>. Pumpkin Carving Tredegar House, Pencarn Way, Newport, NP10 8YW. Head down to the Riding School and carve your spookiest pumpkin in time for Hallowe’en. £3 per pumpkin (normal admission prices apply). Tel: 01633 815880. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tredegarhouse Saturday 27th <strong>October</strong>. Cinema Under the Stars National Botanic Garden of Wales, Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8HN See Ghostbusters on a giant outdoor screen. A fantastic, fancy dress, Hallowe’en outdoor cinema experience for all ages. Plus Hallowe’en fancy dress, BBQ, Bar, Toffee Apples, Popcorn, spooky music and more. Prizes for the best fancy dress. Event starts at 5.30pm, film starts at 7pm. Tel: 01558 667149. www.botanicgarden.wales Saturday 27th - Tuesday 30th <strong>October</strong>. Building the Wicker Man St Fagans National History Museum, St Fagans, CF5 6XB. 12pm - 4pm. Free. The Wicker Man is one of the highlights of the Hallowe’en nights event and your help is needed to build him. Lend a hand in these family friendly drop in sessions. Tel 029 2057 3500. www.museum.wales/stfagans Saturday 27th - Wednesday 31st. <strong>October</strong>. Pumpkin Carving Dyffryn Gardens, St Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan CF5 6SU. £4. Normal admission prices apply in addition. Get creative and create your own pumpkin ready for Hallowe’en. Stencils, carving sets and helpers on hand to get you started. Tel: 029 2059 3328. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dyffryn-gardens Saturday 27th <strong>October</strong> - Sunday 4th. November. Hallowe’en Trail Cardiff Castle, Cardiff CF10 3RB 10am - 5pm. Answer the clues around the site to collect a prize and entry into the prize draw. Trail - £1 per person. Normal admission applies. Tel: 029 2087 8100. www.cardiffcastle.com Spooky Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5BW. There are eerie events and ghostly goings-on, as half-term brings Spooky Science week to 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! Plus: Graham the Ghost 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? Followed by a short star tour. Suitable for under-7s. £1.50 addition to admission price, see website for details. Tel: 029 2047 5475. www.techniquest.org Sunday 28th - Wednesday 31st. <strong>October</strong>. Ghostly Knights Cardiff Castle, Cardiff CF10 3RB 10am - 4pm. Following his appearance at Cardiff Castle last year, the Black Knight returns. Help the brave knights find out a way to conquer this evil being. Normal admission applies. Tel: 029 2087 8100. www.cardiffcastle.com Sunday 28th <strong>October</strong> - Saturday 2nd. November. Cardiff Castle Hallowe’en Cinema Cardiff Castle, Cardiff CF10 3RB Screenings at various times - see website. Three days of freaky feature films! Venture, if you dare, into the Castle’s atmospheric, 15th century undercroft, where a host of horrible Hallowe’en horror films await you. Tel: 029 2087 8100. Advance booking at www.cardiffcastle.com Monday 29th & Tuesday 30th <strong>October</strong>. Creepy Crawlies Cardiff Castle, Cardiff CF10 3RB Hour-long session enabling visitors to get close to variety of creepy creatures, from maggots, and frogs to lizards and snakes. Booking essential. Book online. £4 per person. No charge for under 1s. Plus: Spider Encounter What makes people so scared of spiders? Enjoy an in-depth insight into these fascinating creatures and then get a chance to test your nerve by seeing how it feels to hold a tarantula. Children – see whether the adults are as brave as you and manage to face their fears! Recommended for ages 6+. Limited availability & timed slots: Prebooking is essential - please book online. £4 per person. Tel: 029 2087 8100. www.cardiffcastle.com Monday 29th- Wednesday 31st. <strong>October</strong>. Spooktacular Welsh Mining Experience at Rhondda Heritage Park. Coed Cae Road, Trehafod, CF37 2NP. 10am - 4pm. Spooky fun for all: Pumpkin hunt, Pumpkin carving*, hallowe’en crafts and live entertainment from The Chunky Russell Show. (Three shows per day) plus face painting*. Entry fee £2.50 per person. (*Additional charge applies). Book online. www.rhonddaheritagepark.com Hallowe’en Nights St Fagans National History Museum, St Fagans, CF5 6XB. 6pm – 9pm. Adults £15; children £8. Put on your most blood-curdling costume for an unforgettable night at the Museum. Friendly buildings will be showing their dark side as spirits are conjured up with bucketloads of SPOOK-tacular technical wizardry. New this year will be an extra-creepy SCARE ZONE for those who like their nightmares on the wild side (age 12+). There’ll be spooky stories for little ones around the witch’s cauldron in Oakdale, and darker tales for the older and braver in Penrhiw Chapel. Wherever you go, you’re bound to bump into some extra ghostly guests, straight out of the weirdest pages of Welsh folklore. Make things inspired by the terrible treasures that lurk in the darkest corners of the collections at the Creepy Craft workshops. Or make a magic wand in Kennixton Barn so you can cast your own special spells. There’ll be live music, and fiery jugglers to light up the night on Gwalia Green. Then as the evening draws to a close, gather together to watch the Wicker Man burn. You can make a wish as the sparks fly high, then join the lantern parade to wind your way home. Book your tickets online for a night of shadow and 2 Primary Times OCTOBER HALF TERM <strong>2018</strong> www.primarytimes.co.uk/cardiff Continued on page 4
Gweithgareddau Nos Galan Gaeaf i blant n £6.95(Oedolion yn rhad ac am ddim) ar ddydd Mawrth 30ain a dydd Mercher 31ain Hydref Hallowe’en activities for kids n £6.95 (Adults free of charge) Tuesday 30th & Wednesday 31st <strong>October</strong> Treialon Gwrachod yn y Faenor Yn seiliedig ar achosion llys yr 17eg ganrif. Pleidleisiwch ar y dyfarniadau! n Dydd Mawrth 30ain Hydref - Dydd Gwener 2il Tachwedd (mae ffi mynediad arferol y faenor yn gymwys) Witch Trials in the Manor Based on 17th court cases. Vote on the verdicts! n Tuesday 30th <strong>October</strong> - Friday 2nd November (Normal manor entry applies) • (01443) 412248 • www.llancaiachfawr.co.uk • Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm 20 Oct - 3 Nov Pumpkin Fest Half Term Family Fun Join us for pumpkin carving and rolling! 01275 852606 www.noahsarkzoofarm.co.uk www.primarytimes.net/cardiff | OCTOBER HALF TERM <strong>2018</strong> Primary Times 3
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