Halloween Activities

Do you participate in Halloween in your household? Do you think its a load of nonsense?

I personally am not a huge believer in Halloween however think its a good opportunity to have some fun with children as there is so much you can do with it activity wise with young children to older children.

1.Dressing up for Trick or Treating                                           2.Face Painting

3.Make a Halloween Grotto


                                                                                                              4..Pumpkin Carving

                                                                    5. Spooky themed sensory play
                                            

                                                   

Whats going on in Oxfordshire/Further afield this half term?

October Half Term will shortly be upon us and although I will be enjoying some more annual leave I thought I would share whats going on in Oxfordshire this half term.


Millets Farm-Halloween Events
http://www.milletsfarmcentre.com/event/290

Creepy maze trails, pumpkin carving and Halloween circus to name a few events going on at Millets Farm this week.

Blenheim Palace
http://www.blenheimpalace.com/attractions-and-events/events/2016/autumn/halloween-at-blenheim-palace.html

Spooky tours and ride the ghost train to the pleasure gardens and if you fancy some spooky storytelling sessions.  There is lots to offer here.

Get Creative with Halloween
See my Halloween blog shortly to be published on some fun ideas to do at home with the kids and get those creative juices flowing.

Explore the museums
As always the local museums have some trails, activities and some special events on so check out the websites for Ashmolean, Pitt Rivers etc.

LEGOLAND
http://www.legolandholidays.co.uk/legoland-windsor-events/brick-or-treat.html

Kids go free during half term!! Which is a good incentative to go especially as LEGOLAND is not cheap.

American Museum of Natural History, New York

During my trip in New York we visited the American Museum of Natural History attracted there by the dinosaurs and space stuff. After a small diversion of the wrong subway line we arrived 11am so had to do a small bit of queuing.  The Museum has a wide variety of exhibits and artefacts from American history, mammals to Asian culture.  It is very easy to spend a few hours here as there is so much to see.

 Is it expensive?

Adult $22 Child 2-12 yrs $12.50

Free if you buy a New York Pass or City Pass for attractions in the city.  Ill put the links at the bottom.  There is a lot in the museum to see and do so I think its priced well for what you get.  Just to note special exhibitions and events are normally extra.

Facilities?

Very clean facilities in the museum.  There is a few cafes and restaurant throughout the museum that sell hot and cold food. There are also a few gift shops dotted around the museum.

Best bit?

As we thought we really enjoyed the dinosaur section and there was real dinosaur bones and full size replicas which were huge!! I also enjoyed looking at the tomb in the photo below.

Interactive tools?

Like with most attractions the museum has its own app.  It is good in the sense that you can connect to the free wifi and it will navigate you around the museum.  However I didn't find it useful in the sense of providing me with extra information about the content in the museum.

Any thing I didn't like?

I was disappointed with the Earth and Space areas in the museum.  The planetarium was impressive but to go in would of cost extra.

Other information to let you know about

I saw that the museum do different types of tours which look amazing. They are generally about 3 hours long.  They even do a tour about Night of the Museum which the museum was used for filming.

They also do day camps and workshops for children and families, look at the website for more details.

If you are visiting New York with little ones I definitely recommend the museum for a visit. Plenty to see and do for all the family.

Useful information

amnh.org for the website link
New York Pass-https://www.newyorkpass.com/En/?aid=28
City Pass-http://www.citypass.com/

My trip to New York City in a nutshell

So I have just been on the best city break ever to New York City which was my 30th birthday present from my hubby.  Ive wanted to go here for a really long time and believe me it did not disappoint. Here are some photos from my trip below.

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 This are just a few of my 600 photos that I took and have purposely not included my hubby in them as he's not a fan of lots of photos of himself on the internet.  We went everywhere from Times Square, central Park, Rockefeller centre, Empire State Building, World Trade centre memorial and museum and new One World trade centre observatory, 5th Avenue, Macys and everywhere else to name a few.  A lot of what I did was more for adults however we did visit the Natural History museum and Central Park Zoo which we really enjoyed but I think I will save that for separate review blogs as these are more reverent to the theme of my blog.

As always thanks for reading.

Nanny Bicester x