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TRICK OR TREAT! Five Tips for a frighteningly fun Halloween… without breaking the bank! Whether it’s trick or treating, carving pumpkins, apple bobbing or lighting a bonfire, Halloween season can quickly become an expensive time of year for families. Following America’s lead, Halloween in the UK has gained massive popularity, with statistics showing that Britons spent £419 million on Halloween in 2018. However, the holiday for all thing’s horror, hilarity and fun does not need to break the bank every year. Primary Times have put together 5 different ways to have a frighteningly fun Halloween with the children, without the hefty price tag. Homemade Trick or Treats Whether you’re planning on heading out trick or treating on Halloween night, or just having a spooky night-in with the kids, the sweet treats don’t have to cost a fortune. You could make your own sweets by melting leftover chocolate into spooky shapes or branch out with your treat selection to offer your children fruit, popcorn or party rings. DIY Decorations There’s no need to spend a fortune on Halloween decorations when you can instead use items you have lying around the house. Large hanging ghosts that will sway spookily in the breeze can be made easily by draping a white sheet, tablecloth or pillowcase over a balloon and tying below the head. Alternatively, scarecrows to decorate the party room, trees, patio or porch can be put together cheaply by stuffing old clothes with rags or rolled up newspapers – Don’t forget the elastic bands to create the scarecrow’s knobbly knees! Crafty Costumes Shop-bought Halloween costumes can look great, but often come with a price tag to match. For an equally effective result, try making and sewing your children’s costumes yourself using items from around the house. A yellow shirt and some overalls can make a cute Minion, some black clothes and white tape will transform your children into scary skeletons, or simply an old sheet torn into strips and wrapped around your kids will create some seriously spooky mummies. Spooky Snacks Homemade baked goods can be a great way to save on the pennies whilst having fun with the kids too. A batch of delicious Spooktacular Halloween biscuits will be sure to disappear in no time – take a look at our recipe to have a go at home. Penny Saving Party Games Party games are a great way to add activities this Halloween without any additional costs. You could try the ‘Halloween Feel Box’, a fun sensory game where the children have to guess the different household items in the box, or ‘Pin the stem on the pumpkin’, a spooky alternative to ‘Pin the tail on the donkey’. Spooktacular Halloween Biscuits Ingredients (Makes 6-8 Biscuits) • 100g unsalted butter • 100g caster sugar • 1 free-range egg, lightly beaten • 275g plain flour • 1 tsp vanilla extract To Decorate • 400g icing sugar • 3-4 tbsp water • 2-3 drops food colourings • Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. • Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl • Beat in the egg and vanilla extract • Stir in the flour until the mixture comes together as a dough. • Roll the dough out to a thickness of 1cm. Cut biscuits out of the dough using Halloween-style cutters and carefully place onto the baking tray. • Bake the biscuits for 8-10 minutes and set aside to cool on a wire rack. • For the decoration, sift the icing sugar into a large mixing bowl and stir in enough water to create a smooth paste. Stir in the food colouring. • Carefully spread the icing onto the biscuits and set aside until the icing hardens.
28 Oct - 3 Nov Ghostly Treasure Hunt The Moors National Park Centre YO21 2NB www.northyorkmoors.org.uk Dare you tackle our ghostly treasure hunt? Search the grounds for the ‘ghosts’ to discover some of the National Park’s scary folklore. Will you be brave enough to find all of the answers to claim your treasure? 28 Oct -31 Oct Halloween - Family Fun Yorkshire Museum of Farming YO19 5UF www.murtonpark.co.uk Halloween fun is once again here at Murton Park. Find the infamous witch Minerva Loon for a spooky story and carve your own pumpkin to take home with you. 29 Oct Active Coast: Pumpkin Carving Sewerby Hall YO15 1EA sewerbyhall.co.uk Create your very own scary pumpkin design. The Active Coast team will provide all the equipment and some spooky ideas to get your pumpkin ready for Halloween! All Ride Open Day Cycle North Promenade Bridlington YO15 2LX www.facebook.com/activecoast FREE! All Ride is an adapted cycling scheme. A wide range of adapted bikes for various disabilities... and standard bikes for family/carers too! Suitable for ages 5+ 29 Oct - 31 Oct Northern Lights Crafts York Minster YO1 7HH yorkminster.org Be inspired by our Northern Lights events and project your very own artwork onto the Minster walls. Using the amazing TagTool technology, budding light show enthusiasts can join us in the Chapter House to show off their creative streak. Plus huge evolving artwork in the centre of the Chapter House which all artists, young and old, are welcome to add their creations to. 30 Oct Den Building & Geocaching Malham Tarn BD24 9PT www.nationaltrust.org.uk Fancy having a go at geocaching but not sure how to go about it? Join us to learn the basics and then put it into practise. We’ll then head off finding caches, stopping half way for lunch and den building. A great fun day out for the family. Be a Ranger Grassington National Park Centre BD23 5LB www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Join one of our Rangers for a practical conservation Booking essential. Experience for yourself the work they do to look after our stunning National Park countryside. We supply the tools – you do the work! all you need is lots of enthusiasm, an adult to come with you, a drink and a packed lunch. Expect to get dirty! Fungi Foray The Yorkshire Arboretum YO60 7BY www.yorkshirearboretum.org Join in the hunt for fungi around the arboretum, see what you can find and get your specimens identified by our expert, Malcolm Greaves. Who knows what you might discover as you walk the grounds? Magic Day & Face Painting Sewerby Hall YO15 1EA sewerbyhall.co.uk Join us for a day of fun and games with our Spooky Magic Shows in the Orangery at 11.30am, 1pm and 2.30pm. Our professional face painter will also be available between 11am until 4pm. Mini Medics Princes Quay Shopping Centre HU1 2PQ www.princesquay.com Children will learn the basics and start by discussing what is first aid, moving on to topics such as the recovery position, defibrillation and first aid kits. The sessions will be taught in a fun and engaging way, with the chance to try out their skills on Annie the resuscitation doll. Each session will be taught by experienced first aiders and medically trained tutors. Booking essential. 31 Oct Fear in the Forest Dalby Visitor Centre YO18 7LT www.forestryengland.uk/dalby-forest It’s a family friendly evening out – the walk itself is suitable for those aged 5 and over with a parent or guardian (under 5s at parental discretion are free of charge and do not require a ticket). We encourage brave visitors to join in the fearsome fun by wearing fancy dress! Remember to bring a torch and wear sturdy footwear. Halloween Spooky Woodland Walk Sewerby Hall YO15 1EA sewerbyhall.co.uk Join the Active Coast team and our creative partners, Responsible Fishing for a spooky evening guided walk on Halloween around our Woodland Walk. Be sure for a few surprises along the way! This is an outdoor event therefore please dress appropriately. It is advisable for participants to bring a torch. If You Go Down To The Woods… Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre DL8 3TH www.yorkshiredales.org.uk A thrilling opportunity to experience the woods at dusk. Join our qualified forest school event leader Kirsten Civil to create stick wind chimes and spirits of the forest floor art. With storytelling as you cook round the campfire. Supervised under 16s only – sorry no under 3s. Booking essential. Printing Fun Dales Countryside Museum DL8 3NT www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Fun printing with artist Gill Kirk. Create your own landscape scene using monoprinting techniques complete with drystone walls and woolly sheep. £3 per child. 10am–5.30pm Weekends from 5th Oct & Daily from 26 Oct – 3 Nov Book Discounted Tickets Online PUMPKIN FESTIVAL FREE PUMPKIN FOR EVERY CHILD 10,000 home grown pumpkins to choose from / Mysterious Maize Maze / Wizardry Magic / Mischief Manor / Laser Disco / Pumpkin Patch / NEW Skeleton Stilt Walkers / Pumpkin Carving and more PIGLETS, NR YORK YO32 9ST TEL 01904 499183 PIGLETSADVENTUREFARM.COM WHAT’S ON WHERE www.primarytimes.co.uk/nyorks | October 2019 11
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28 <strong>Oct</strong> - 3 Nov<br />
Ghostly Treasure Hunt<br />
The Moors National Park Centre<br />
YO21 2NB<br />
www.northyorkmoors.org.uk<br />
Dare you tackle our ghostly treasure hunt?<br />
Search the grounds for the ‘ghosts’ to<br />
discover some of the National Park’s scary<br />
folklore. Will you be brave enough to find all<br />
of the answers to claim your treasure?<br />
28 <strong>Oct</strong> -31 <strong>Oct</strong><br />
Hal<strong>low</strong>een - Family Fun<br />
Yorkshire Museum of Farming<br />
YO<strong>19</strong> 5UF<br />
www.murtonpark.co.uk<br />
Hal<strong>low</strong>een fun is once again here at Murton<br />
Park. Find the infamous witch Minerva Loon<br />
for a spooky story and carve your own<br />
pumpkin to take home with you.<br />
29 <strong>Oct</strong><br />
Active Coast: Pumpkin Carving<br />
Sewerby Hall YO15 1EA<br />
sewerbyhall.co.uk<br />
Create your very own scary pumpkin<br />
design. The Active Coast team will provide<br />
all the equipment and some spooky ideas<br />
to get your pumpkin ready for Hal<strong>low</strong>een!<br />
All Ride Open Day Cycle<br />
North Promenade Bridlington<br />
YO15 2LX<br />
www.facebook.com/activecoast<br />
FREE! All Ride is an adapted cycling<br />
scheme. A wide range of adapted bikes for<br />
various disabilities... and standard bikes for<br />
family/carers too! Suitable for ages 5+<br />
29 <strong>Oct</strong> - 31 <strong>Oct</strong><br />
Northern Lights Crafts<br />
York Minster YO1 7HH<br />
yorkminster.org<br />
Be inspired by our Northern Lights events<br />
and project your very own artwork onto the<br />
Minster walls. Using the amazing TagTool<br />
technology, budding light show enthusiasts<br />
can join us in the Chapter House to show<br />
off their creative streak. Plus huge evolving<br />
artwork in the centre of the Chapter<br />
House which all artists, young and old, are<br />
welcome to add their creations to.<br />
30 <strong>Oct</strong><br />
Den Building & Geocaching<br />
Malham Tarn BD24 9<strong>PT</strong><br />
www.nationaltrust.org.uk<br />
Fancy having a go at geocaching but not<br />
sure how to go about it? Join us to learn the<br />
basics and then put it into practise. We’ll<br />
then head off finding caches, stopping half<br />
way for lunch and den building. A great fun<br />
day out for the family.<br />
Be a Ranger<br />
Grassington National Park Centre<br />
BD23 5LB<br />
www.yorkshiredales.org.uk<br />
Join one of our Rangers for a practical<br />
conservation Booking essential. Experience<br />
for yourself the work they do to look after<br />
our stunning National Park countryside.<br />
We supply the tools – you do the work! all<br />
you need is lots of enthusiasm, an adult to<br />
come with you, a drink and a packed lunch.<br />
Expect to get dirty!<br />
Fungi Foray<br />
The Yorkshire Arboretum<br />
YO60 7BY<br />
www.yorkshirearboretum.org<br />
Join in the hunt for fungi around the<br />
arboretum, see what you can find and get<br />
your specimens identified by our expert,<br />
Malcolm Greaves. Who knows what you<br />
might discover as you walk the grounds?<br />
Magic Day & Face Painting<br />
Sewerby Hall YO15 1EA<br />
sewerbyhall.co.uk<br />
Join us for a day of fun and games with our<br />
Spooky Magic Shows in the Orangery at<br />
11.30am, 1pm and 2.30pm. Our professional<br />
face painter will also be available between<br />
11am until 4pm.<br />
Mini Medics<br />
Princes Quay Shopping Centre<br />
HU1 2PQ<br />
www.princesquay.com<br />
Children will learn the basics and start<br />
by discussing what is first aid, moving on<br />
to topics such as the recovery position,<br />
defibrillation and first aid kits. The sessions<br />
will be taught in a fun and engaging way,<br />
with the chance to try out their skills on<br />
Annie the <strong>res</strong>uscitation doll. Each session<br />
will be taught by experienced first aiders<br />
and medically trained tutors. Booking<br />
essential.<br />
31 <strong>Oct</strong><br />
Fear in the Fo<strong>res</strong>t<br />
Dalby Visitor Centre YO18 7LT<br />
www.fo<strong>res</strong>tryengland.uk/dalby-fo<strong>res</strong>t<br />
It’s a family friendly evening out – the<br />
walk itself is suitable for those aged 5 and<br />
over with a parent or guardian (under 5s<br />
at parental discretion are free of charge<br />
and do not require a ticket). We encourage<br />
brave visitors to join in the fearsome fun by<br />
wearing fancy d<strong>res</strong>s! Remember to bring a<br />
torch and wear sturdy footwear.<br />
Hal<strong>low</strong>een Spooky Woodland<br />
Walk<br />
Sewerby Hall YO15 1EA<br />
sewerbyhall.co.uk<br />
Join the Active Coast team and our creative<br />
partners, Responsible Fishing for a spooky<br />
evening guided walk on Hal<strong>low</strong>een around<br />
our Woodland Walk. Be sure for a few<br />
surprises along the way! This is an outdoor<br />
event therefore please d<strong>res</strong>s appropriately.<br />
It is advisable for participants to bring a<br />
torch.<br />
If You Go Down To The Woods…<br />
Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre<br />
DL8 3TH<br />
www.yorkshiredales.org.uk<br />
A thrilling opportunity to experience the<br />
woods at dusk. Join our qualified fo<strong>res</strong>t<br />
school event leader Kirsten Civil to create<br />
stick wind chimes and spirits of the fo<strong>res</strong>t<br />
floor art. With storytelling as you cook<br />
round the campfire. Supervised under 16s<br />
only – sorry no under 3s. Booking essential.<br />
Printing Fun<br />
Dales Countryside Museum<br />
DL8 3NT<br />
www.yorkshiredales.org.uk<br />
Fun printing with artist Gill Kirk. Create your<br />
own landscape scene using monoprinting<br />
techniques complete with drystone walls<br />
and woolly sheep. £3 per child.<br />
10am–5.30pm<br />
Weekends<br />
from 5th <strong>Oct</strong><br />
& Daily from<br />
26 <strong>Oct</strong> – 3 Nov<br />
Book<br />
Discounted<br />
Tickets<br />
Online<br />
PUMPKIN<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
FREE<br />
PUMPKIN<br />
FOR EVERY<br />
CHILD<br />
10,000 home grown pumpkins to<br />
choose from / Mysterious Maize<br />
Maze / Wizardry Magic / Mischief<br />
Manor / Laser Disco / Pumpkin<br />
Patch / NEW Skeleton Stilt Walkers<br />
/ Pumpkin Carving and more<br />
PIGLETS, NR YORK YO32 9ST TEL 0<strong>19</strong>04 499183<br />
PIGLETSADVENTUREFARM.COM<br />
WHAT’S ON WHERE<br />
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