Halloween in London for kids
Scare your little ones silly with our list of things to do with kids around Halloween in London.
While Halloween (Thursday October 31 2019 fyi) might not fall during half-term this year, there are plenty of spooky goings on for your little ones this scary season. Whether your kids are after fancy dress, face paints, pumpkins or just loads of treats, there are so many great things to do in London with kids this Halloween.
So, before we hit Bonfire Night weekend and its frightful firework displays, check out these carving contests, frightful bus tours, creepy costume competitions and other freaky, family-friendly events on your radar for Halloween.
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Halloween events in London for kids
Body Worlds
Forget fake skeletons and joke-shop blood – kids can see real human bodies in all their grizzly glory at Body Worlds London. Dr von Hagens’s exhibition is wall-to-wall with plastinates (that’ll be preserved corpses). Plus, kids aged eight to 12 can don lab coats and study the dead as part of the Junior Doctor programme, led by a real-life doc.
Spook score: 3/5. The emphasis is on education, not gore, so this is a Halloween treat with a difference.
Wicked
If you’ve still not seen ‘Wicked’, now’s the time to go. The musical backstory of the Wicked Witch of the West was made for Halloween, and there’s an extra afternoon showing on the Thursday of half-term. Kids will leave the theatre belting out ‘Defying Gravity’.
Spook score: 3/5. It’s a spooky spectacular that won’t give them nightmares.
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You might be too old for trick or treating these days but trust us, there's still a lot of fun to be had on and around Halloween.
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