Things to do in the October Half Term Holidays with the Children
Where to go with the Children in the October Half Term Holidays
?"What are we doing today?"
Now that the weather is changing in the UK and we suddenly find ourselves in Autumn, we sometimes need to put a bit more thought into how to how to keep ourselves and our children entertained. Whether you stay in the UK or look to escape to the fairer climate abroad, we've come up with a few suggestions for you.
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Halloween! One of the highlights for my children during this season is Halloween and all the preparation and festivity that goes in to it. Rather than just picking up a pumpkin from the supermarket, why not take a trip to a local farm to choose yours. It feels a lot more special when the children actually see where the pumpkins come from and pick out their own. A lot of farms decorate barns and some have festivities for the children such as carving etc. If you are looking for a bit of inspiration when designing the scary face it can be helpful to google pumpkin face designs which you can print off and even use as a template.
Rather than throwing away the inside of the pumpkins, many people are now using them for recipes such as pumpkin pie and soup which leads another activity for Halloween; cooking!
It's not always easy to encourage children to cook, especially boys, but Halloween makes it a lot more fun. Things that children in particular might enjoy are: baking cakes/fairy cakes and decorating them with fancy Halloween faces or they could try their hands at making jelly/orange pumpkins. Take 4 oranges, cut the top off and scoop out the orange. Then cut faces in the orange as you would with a pumpkin. Make the jelly and leave to set in a bowl. When the jelly is set, you can add it to the oranges.
Collecting Conkers: Like blackberry picking you need to plan your route to make sure you come across a few conker trees but why not take a long walk and see how many conkers you can find? You can have a contest to see who can find the most, the biggest, the smallest or the strangest shaped!
Make a "Guy". A great indoor activity in the lead up to Guy Fawkes night is building Guy. Unleash the children on some old clothes, old tights and socks to stuff with newspaper and their own artistic rendition of what they think Guy Fawkes looked like. Whether he ends up on a bonfire, or you want to give your children a mini history lesson on the events that lead up to Guy Fawkes night, is up to you but they will definitely have fun making their own "Guy".
Holidays
If you decide that what you need at this time of the year is a bit more sunshine then there are quite a few options available to you. For those in search of almost guaranteed sunshine, Dubai has to be top of the list for holiday destinations in the October Half Term. The weather in Dubai is very hot (generally 30-40 degrees at this time of year), dry and sunny. The rapid expansion in the country, means that there are many modern hotels, most of which are of an excellent standard. We can highly recommend, the Royal Meridien Hotel, Jumeirah Beach, Grosvenor House and the Atlantis. Staff are both efficient and friendly, the children love the pools, children's club, the food and most of all they love the wonderful water parks at Wild Wadi and Atlantis.
Cyprus is another very popular country to visit at this time of year. Again, they have very good weather, perhaps not quite as guaranteed as Dubai but a good 10/15 degrees warmer than the UK. Hotels in Cyprus are generally of a very high standard with great service, fabulous food, especially the fish and beautiful scenery. Most hotels have very good kids clubs.
Our recommendation is Paphos. There is something there for everyone, beautiful sea and beaches and the mountains are very close by which make for an excellent day trip.
Obviously there are many place, but these are a couple of our favourites for the October Half Term and I hope you find the suggestions helpful to you and your family.
Things to do in the October Half Term Holidays with the Children
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