Whether you’re juggling work, entertaining little monsters, or just trying to make it to Halloween without losing your sanity, I’ve pulled together a few treats, tricks and things to do to help you through.
🍽️ Kids Eat Free (or Almost) Deals
Because feeding them can be as exhausting as entertaining them – save, share and enjoy!
🗺️ Things To Do: Days Out & Events
From free museum days to full-on Halloween spectacles — something for every energy level (and budget).
📍 London & South East
👻 Halloween at Hampton Court Palace — Henry VIII’s haunted palace with ghostly encounters, eerie projections and magical surprises
🦖 Natural History Museum Family Festival — FREE — prehistoric sea monsters, dinosaurs and hands-on ocean activities for Ocean October
🎨 National Gallery Half-Term — FREE — family art workshops, interactive tours and colourful activities
🎃 London Museum Docklands — FREE — spooky storytelling, crafts, mythical creatures and a Halloween silent disco
🪄 Warner Bros. Studio Tour, Hertfordshire — Dark Arts at Hogwarts, floating pumpkins, Death Eaters and the movie sets up close
👻 Blenheim Palace Haunted Half Term, Oxfordshire — spooky storytelling and Halloween entertainment in the palace grounds
📍 More family adventures across the UK
🎢 Alton Towers Scarefest, Staffordshire — family-friendly Halloween entertainment, spooky attractions and rides after dark
🎃 Stockeld Park Halloween Adventure, Yorkshire — enchanted forest, woodland witches and pumpkin-themed adventures
🚂 Halloween at the Watercress Line, Hampshire — heritage steam train with the Witches of Watercress Woods
🌳 National Trust Half-Term Adventures, Nationwide — autumn trails, spooky activities and family fun across the country
✨ Top tip: the good ones sell out, so check dates and book ahead where you can.
☔Prepare For The Weather
Pack it anyway as you just don’t know at the moment. You know how this ends otherwise — wet feet, grumpy child, early walk back to the car.
🕸️ Halloween Special
Still chasing costume inspo, pumpkin décor or spooky movie night ideas? My Halloween Special has you covered — from last-minute looks to fun at-home activities.
🍭 Discount Alert – Wild Thingz Sweets
Because what’s half-term without a stash of sweets for the sofa film night or getting your bowl ready for the big event? I can feel even better about it when I know they are natural and half the sugar.
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💕 Small Business Shout Out – Little Play Tribe
Founded by Lisa, Little Play Tribe makes handmade sensory play kits — grab-and-go, screen-free, and genuinely easy when you need something fast.
Two to try: the £8 Space Discovery Dough (brilliant stocking filler) and the £20 Under the Sea Dough on the Go kit.
Lisa’s also on a mission to swap plastic party-bag tat for handmade favours kids will actually play with. More of this, please.
Half-terms always feel like a lot in the lead-up — and then, somehow, they’re over before we know it.
The muddy walks. The Halloween build-up. Picking an overpriced pumpkin which you then have to messily scoop out. Enjoy what you can!
– Louise x
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