PlanBee, a website for teachers and educators with a lot of useful resources, has fantastic free Halloween activity pack that
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With the days getting shorter, the weather getting colder, a bit of fun is what we’re all in need of! Thankfully, Halloween is here to save the day. Get into the spooky swing of things with our carefully curated list of events; whether you’re looking for a haunted house, a terrifying day out, or just a scarily tasty snack, we’ve got you covered.
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Halloween, 31st October, is falling out of favour with some parents who say it has become too commercial and ‘Americanized’. But, as Catherine Lynch of education experts PlanBee says, there are some great traditional entertainments to mark the occasion.
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It’s starting to look a lot like Halloween at Tatton Park’s Old Hall. In fact, the spooky fun began this Tuesday and runs through the week until 31st October, giving young wizards and witches a wicked excuse to don their favourite Halloween costume more than once this half term
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Family fun and magical adventure will be casting a spell over the spookiest corner of Tatton Park this Halloween as interactive performance group ‘Rusticus’ present a unique, all-new experience in the atmospheric grounds of Tatton’s medieval Old Hall.
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Trick-or-treating isn’t all there is to Halloween — it’s also a great chance for some familiar family activities, with a few twists. Every child and family are different, but luckily venues around the region have a wide range of different Halloween events on offer. Whether you’re looking for a quieter Halloween for younger children, or some real frights for the older ones, there’s something for everyone.
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It’s that spooky time of year again! As Halloween rolls back round, we’ve got you and the kids covered with all sorts of fiendishly fun family-friendly events. And for all things non-ghoulish why not check out our October Events Guide too. As usual we’ve got plenty of tricks and treats to keep both parents and children happy this autumn.
Read MoreThat scary, spooky, ghouly, ghostly, creepy crawly thing is fast approaching again! Halloween is just round the corner. Whether you want to spend it weaving cobwebs at Dunham Massey or carving pumpkins at Stockley Farm, whether you are interested in eerie tours of a medieval building in Tatton Park or prefer to ride a ghost train on the East Lancashire railway, you are on the right track. You can find a lot of information here to keep you going not only through Halloween but also for the half-term. Manchester and Cheshire are full of things to do this Autumn.
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Halloween can be hard on kids healthy habits as the shops fill up with chocolate and ghoulish treats and the weather is colder and nights are darker and longer. These tips give you ideas on how to keep your family active and eat healthy on Halloween.
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This Halloween half term Gulliver’s will have lots of fantastic attractions and activities. Swizzels Trick & Treat Trail will run at all three theme parks. . .
We’ve teamed up with Gulliver’s family theme parks to give 2 lucky Mums&Dads readers the chance to win a Family Spook Special ticket to visit their nearest park for some spooktastic Halloween fun this half-term!
Halloween 2015 Spending Numbers: Annual spending at Halloween increasing rapidly with millions spent on decorations, pumpkins, costumes, food and entertainment; Britons still spend less than half as much per person as Americans at Halloween
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