Come along for drop-in crafts and other activities every day of October Half Term 2025. You don’t have to visit every day, but we absolutely approve if you want to. Crafts (more details coming soon) will take inspiration from current exhibition Colour, and then take a spookier turn later in the week.

• Saturday 25 October – Make & Leave Collaborative Art in the Welcome Area
• Sunday 26 October – Colour String Spinner Toy
• Monday 27 October – 3D Abstract Paper Sculptures
• Tuesday 28 October – Tissue Paper Matisse Collage
• Wednesday 29 October – Spooky Spectacles
• Thursday 30 October – Petrifying Pastel Art
• Friday 31 October – Halloween Day: Monstrous Paper Cups / Haunted House Junk Modelling PLUS spooky facepainting
• Saturday 1 November – Bewitching Black 3D Paper Cats & storyteller Jo Mills
• Sunday 2 November – Mysterious Pie Dish UFO & storyteller Jo Mills

All crafts will take place in City Hall Studio, above the shop directly opposite the welcome desk. Throughout the week there will also be a pumpkin trail to enjoy in the gardens.

All activities included with adult annual pass or day ticket. Kids go free.