HALLOWEEN: TOP 44 THINGS TO DO WITH KIDS THIS OCTOBER 2023
Trick and Treat the Kids this Halloween and Half-Term
Give your little monsters something to cackle and scream about this Halloween, with our ultimate guide to the sprog-friendly spooky season and a suitably haunting half-term.
We've got more ghoulish activites than you can shake a broomstick at, from monster raves, haunted houses, creepy cooking schools, thriller Thames rides, wizard wand-making, spooky adventures at iconic landmarks and Lego "brick" or treating.
There's also a gaggle of spook-free fun, plus plenty of free treats to keep them occupied.
You can also check out our guide to this year's best pumpkin patches, here.
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Old MacDonald’s Halloween Festival
With more spooky sprog shizzle than you can shake a broomstick at, Old MacDonald’s fright-fest includes a haunted house, magic school, rollercoaster, scary stories, a ghost trail with gift, pumpkin patch, free Halloween tattoos, witchy arts and crafts, shows and a chance to meet a dragon. And each kid's ticket includes a free pumpkin. Boom.
Old MacDonald’s Farm, Weald Rd, Brentwood CM14 5AY. 21 - 31 October
Raver Tots Halloween Party
Get those tiny claws reaching for the lasers at this Ministry of Sound, Halloween rave-up for sprogs. The party features dancers, performers, cold pyro, bubbles, festival sized confetti blasts, multi coloured lasers and lighting, parachute games, giant balloons, licensed bar and face painting.
Raver Tots Halloween, Ministry Of Sounds,103 Gaunt St, London SE1 6DP
The Spooky Spurs Stadium Tour
The Spooky Spurs Stadium Tour returns to Tottenham Hotspur this half term, inviting families to brave the stadium in their spookiest clobber, to encounter a host of ghouls, hat-tricks and treats.
Kids can score a penalty against the ghoulie to win treats. In the dressing room, fans can see their favourite players immortalised as pumpkins. Sonny’s Slime Lab will be hosting slime-making workshops, and there will be magic shows at Manor (Solomon’s) Magic Manor, plus face painting, Halloween games, Count Vicario’s Vampire Lair and Postecoglou’s Potion room, as well as creepy food and drink
The Spooky Spurs Stadium Tour, 782 High Rd, London N17 0BX. 21 October – 29 October (excluding match days) £27 per adult. £16 per child (5-15 years old), with One Hotspur Junior Members going free with a paying adult.
Free Halloween Kids' Cookery and Crafts Masterclass at Colonel Saab
Luxury Indian restaurant, Colonel Saab is holding a FREE kids’ Halloween Cookery and Crafts Masterclass at their flagship, Holborn restaurant on 25 October.
Little monsters will be welcomed from 3pm for a 2.5 hour experience, where they will learn to make Meringue Ghosts, Spooky Cookies and (healthy) Witch Potion Smoothies.
Crafty wizards and witches will also teach them how to create paper bats, ghosts and witches, as well as carving pumpkins and Indian bottle gourds. They will then paint their pumpkin and gourd creations with non-toxic paints, with aprons and all materials supplied.
The experience is targeted at 5-11 year olds and is free, although donations of pre-loved, warm clothing for children’s charity Little Village is welcomed, as the days become colder.
Colonel Saab, 193-197 High Holborn, London WC1V 7BD. 25 October, 3pm - 5.30pm. FREE (although pre-loved kid's clothing donations welcomed for the children's charity Little Village
Michel Roux Jr Cookery School's Kids’ Halloween Class
Sauce by The Langham hosts a beast of a kid’s cookery event this Halloween to trick and MASSIVELY treat your little monsters. Bite-sized bakers (aged 4-10) will make creepy bites like spooky fingers, ghoulish cakes, witch’s hats, and mummies in The Langham’s rustic, farmhouse-style kitchen. As they learn the fundamentals of baking from the best and in deliciously creepy fashion, they’ll be given snacks and drinks and will leave with their handmade goodies, plus an apron and tote bag.
Sauce by The Langham, 1C Portland Pl, London W1B 1JA. £90 per child. Accompanying adult goes free.