With half term coming up, we have once again scoured the area to find our top picks of where to go to have fun with the family. Click on the links to see full details.

Do you know of any we have missed? Please add them in the comment section below.

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Millets Farm, Frilford, Abingdon

Millets are offering ‘Pick Your Own’ pumpkin all over half term. You can go and carefully select your pumpkin and then bring it back home and carve it into a work of art. Click here for details.

(On 28th October you can take your carved pumpkin to Pizza Express in Abingdon and enter it into the best carved pumpkin competition. Click here for details.)

Also at Millets over half term, they have re-engineered their famous Millets Maize into a Halloween theme. They say it is ‘a spookyard of fun you’ll be ghoulish to miss out.’ Click here for details.

They are offering a • Halloween themed baking workshop. Click here for details. • Jewellery making workshops. Click here for details. • And a Halloween Owl Evening. Click here for details.

Oxford Story Museum, Pembroke Street, have a complete programme of creative ‘Half Term Happenings’ including the popular Nick Cope’s song book and a Bogey-Man Slime workshop. Click here for details.

The Earth Trust at Little Wittenham always runs excellent half day activities for younger children. See their full programme here.

Abingdon Halloween Haunt Hunt

Follow the spooky trail around Abingdon Town Centre using the clues to locate the nine hidden cauldrons! Prizes to be won. Click here for details.

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Saturday 28th October sees the opening of Didcot Food Festival by Candice Brown, last year’s Great British Bake Off winner. Click here for details.

Michael Morpurgo’s King Arthur

Also in Didcot on Monday 23rd October, there is a performance of Michael Morpurgo’s story about King Arthur for children. Click here for details.

Newbury Inflatable 5k run

Slightly further away than most of our events and a little more expensive, but we just couldn’t resist telling you about Newbury’s 5k inflatable run on Sunday 29th October. A family fun filled day for the end of half term. Ideal for wearing out teenagers! Click here for details.

Oxford Botanic Gardens

The autumn half term is a wonderful time to go to Oxford Botanic Gardens and they are running an Art in the Autumn workshop. Suitable for all ages. Free entry for children with paying family member. Click here for details.

The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is putting on a Halloween special over the half term break called Bats, Cats, Witches and Charms. Click here for details. Paint your Own Pottery

In both Witney and Wantage, there are Paint your own Pottery shops, great for letting your creativity run riot!

In Wantage it is the Funky Teapot http://www.thefunkyteapot.co.uk/index.html

And in Witney it is the Pottery Place http://www.thepotteryplace.co.uk/ Pendon Museum

The Pendon Museum in Long Wittenham uses models to re-create the countryside as it was in the 20s and 30s. Model trains, villages and much more. Click here for details.

Cotswold Wildlife Park and a Crocodile Zoo

Giraffes, lions and meerkats in ? Yes, really. Have a wonderful day out at the Cotswold Wildlife Park. Click here for details. Or did you know that the UKs only crocodile zoo is to be found in Oxfordshire? Click here for details.

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Get Moving!

Thinking of active fun? Click here for mini golf, here for ice skating or here for an indoor adventure playground.

What about a treasure trail around Witney or Abingdon? Click here for Witney and here for Abingdon or a for wildlife trail near Standlake click here.

Steam Trains

Didcot Railway Centre has Steam Train days over the half term. Click here for details.

Abingdon Poppy Run

A family friendly 5k run being run in lots of venues across the country. Abingdon is hosting the Oxfordshire one. Click here for details.

Please add your ideas to the comments section below.

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