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HALLOWEEN EVENTS<br />
What’s on Where this...<br />
<strong>Halloween</strong><br />
light and FRIGHT-fully good family fun! Tel 029<br />
2057 3500. www.museum.wales/stfagans<br />
Ghoul Pots and Ectoplasm<br />
Cwmcarn Forest Visitor Centre, Cwmcarn,<br />
NP11 7FA. Take an empty jam jar and create<br />
a spooky ghoulish jar filled with home<br />
made ectoplasm slime. Suitable for ages<br />
4+. Sessions from 11am - 3.30pm. Booking<br />
essential. £4.50 per child. Tel: 01495 272001.<br />
www.cwmcarnforest.co.uk<br />
Welsh Hallowe’en Workshop<br />
Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, CF36 3YW<br />
2pm. Celebrate Hallowe’en in Rala Land with<br />
party fun through the medium of Welsh.<br />
Competition for the best costume. Fun for the<br />
whole family. Children must be supervised by<br />
a responsible adult. Recommended ages: 4 -<br />
10. Tickets: £2.50. Tel: 01656 815995.<br />
www.grandpavilion.co.uk<br />
Monday 29th <strong>October</strong> – Friday 2nd.<br />
November.<br />
Frankenstein’s Laboratory<br />
The Royal Mint Experience, Llantrisant,<br />
Pontyclun, CF72 8YT. 11am, 12.15pm,<br />
1.30pm, 2.45pm. Young Scientists are invited<br />
to assist Dr Victor Frankenstein’s ground<br />
breaking laboratory where they will assist in<br />
his unusual experiments including his secret<br />
technique to impart life to non-living matter!<br />
40 minute workshops are free with your Royal<br />
Mint Experience tour ticket, before or after<br />
your tour. Please allow up to 90 minutes for<br />
the tour. Book online or on: 0333 241 2223.<br />
www.theroyalmint.com/experience<br />
Tuesday 30th & Wednesday 31st.<br />
<strong>October</strong>.<br />
Hallowe’en Activities for Children<br />
Llancaiach Fawr Manor, Gelligaer Road,<br />
Nelson, Treharris, CF46 6ER<br />
£6.95 per child. Adults free of charge. Spooky<br />
crafts, puppets and magic, creepy crawlies<br />
with Animal Encounters and party games.<br />
Plus:<br />
Family Ghost Tours<br />
7pm & 8.30pm. Family ghost tours suitable<br />
for 12 – 15 year olds, accompanied by a<br />
parent. £16.50 per adult, £10 per child.<br />
Limited spaces must be pre booked. on:<br />
01443 412248. www.llancaiachfawr.co.uk<br />
Tuesday 30th <strong>October</strong> - Friday 2nd.<br />
November.<br />
Witch Trials in the Manor<br />
Llancaiach Fawr Manor, Gelligaer Road,<br />
Nelson, Treharris, CF46 6ER. Based on 17th<br />
Century court cases where you can vote on<br />
the verdict! Normal admission charges apply.<br />
Tel: 01443 412248. www.llancaiachfawr.co.uk<br />
Wednesday 31st <strong>October</strong>.<br />
Children’s Hallowe’en Party<br />
Three Horseshoes Playbarn, Moulton,<br />
Nr Barry CF62 3AB. 4.30pm - 7.30pm. £6.99.<br />
Tel: 01446 710428. www.3horseshoespub.com<br />
Big Pit Goes Batty!<br />
Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon,<br />
Torfaen, NP4 9XP. 11am - 4pm. Make bouncy<br />
bats and get your face painted ready for<br />
Hallowe’en. £1 per person per activity. Tel: 029<br />
2057 3650. www.museumwales.ac.uk/bigpit<br />
Creepy Crafts<br />
The Red Dragon Centre, Cardiff Bay CF10 4JY<br />
12pm - 4pm. Get ready for a spooktacular time<br />
with ghoulish balloons and round the clock fun<br />
and food all under one roof. There’s also free<br />
eco-friendly creepy crafts to enjoy between<br />
12 - 4pm. Usual parking terms and minimum<br />
spend applies. www.thereddragoncentre.co.uk<br />
Behind the Scenes at the Museum:<br />
Hallowe’en<br />
National Museum, Cardiff, CF10 3NP<br />
11am - 4pm. Free. Wave your wand, say<br />
‘Abracadabra!’ and a whole world of wonderful<br />
wizarding treats awaits you. In this family<br />
friendly behind-the-scenes day, there will be<br />
loads to see and do to keep your little monsters<br />
amused! Follow the experts around the Galleries<br />
and find out some fiendishly fun facts. Discover<br />
some of the creepier objects in the collection<br />
and chat to the people behind the jars about the<br />
specimens. Hallowe’en is the perfect time for the<br />
Museum curators to bring out the icky, pickled<br />
and preserved things in jars for you to see. From<br />
a stingray to a slug – set your inner ghoul free!<br />
Tel: 0300 111 2 333. www.museum.wales.ac.uk<br />
Vampire Hunt<br />
Cwmcarn Forest Visitor Centre, Cwmcarn,<br />
NP11 7FA. 11am - 3pm. Are you feeling brave<br />
enough to wander through the woods to find<br />
the Vampires lair? Follow the clues around<br />
the trail where a surprise awaits you. Suitable<br />
for ages 3+. £3.50 per child, (includes prize).<br />
Note trail may be muddy/uneven in places. Tel:<br />
01495 272001. www.cwmcarnforest.co.uk<br />
Spooky Valleys<br />
National Trust Aberdulais, Neath, SA10 8EU<br />
5.30pm - 8pm. Discover Aberdulais like<br />
you’ve never seen before, with after dark<br />
experiences. Dare you take a candlelit walk<br />
round the old spooky industrial site, and<br />
see what goes bump in the night? Listen to<br />
the tales of terror, and see who or what, lies<br />
round the corner in wait for you. There’ll also<br />
be ghoulish games and activities going on.<br />
Booking advisable. Normal admission charges<br />
apply. Tel: 01639 636674.<br />
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/aberdulais<br />
Hallowe’en Morning Movie:<br />
Monsters, Inc (U, 2002)<br />
National Waterfront Museum, Swansea,<br />
SA1 3RD. 11am. Special Hallowe’en family<br />
screening. Free.<br />
Plus:<br />
Hallowe’en Spooky Funday<br />
12pm - 4pm. Have an unmissable day of<br />
spooky fun, in the mysterious Museum<br />
setting! Meet some unusual characters, have<br />
a go at The Time Warp, listen to ghostly tales,<br />
create some creepy crafts and discover what<br />
makes a Gherkin glow! Free.<br />
Plus:<br />
Ghostbusters Hallowe’en Takeover<br />
6.30pm. An exclusive after hours event, on<br />
the spookiest night of the year! Join the<br />
Hunt the Ghost Gallery Trail, make some<br />
ecto-slime, then grab some free popcorn and<br />
sit back and enjoy the original Ghostbusters<br />
movie - the perfect cult classic for Hallowe’en.<br />
Tickets £7.50pp. Tel: 029 2057 3600.<br />
www.museum.wales/swansea<br />
Home Educators Hallowe’en Trail<br />
Ogmore Beach, CF32 0PB<br />
11am - 1pm. Join Home Ed Beach Academy<br />
on a trail to discover the horrors of marine<br />
nature! £7 per child (one adult free per child),<br />
additional siblings £6 (under 18mths free).<br />
Plus:<br />
Beach Buddies Hallowe’en Trail<br />
2pm - 3.30pm. A family session for parents and<br />
children to learn together about the horrors of<br />
marine nature! Suitable for children aged 12<br />
and under. All children must be accompanied<br />
by an adult. £5 per child (one adult free<br />
per child), additional adults £5pp. Register<br />
attendance by emailing beachacademywales@<br />
gmail.com or texting 07966 572273.<br />
www.beachacademywales.com<br />
November.<br />
Thursday 1st November.<br />
Spooky Tiny and Midi<br />
tots craft sessions<br />
Cwmcarn Forest Visitor Centre, Cwmcarn,<br />
NP11 7FA. Tiny Tots - 18 months +. Midi Tots<br />
- 4 - 6 years. Get spooky and messy in these<br />
fun little craft workshops! Messy hands are<br />
guaranteed!! £2 per child. Booking essential.<br />
Sessions begin from 10.30am. Tel: 01495<br />
272001. www.cwmcarnforest.co.uk<br />
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Primary Times OCTOBER HALF TERM <strong>2018</strong><br />
www.primarytimes.co.uk/cardiff
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