Make it Spooky

Make fabulously freaky masks and puppets. There will be a whole range of frighteningly good characters to choose from including witches, wizards, cats, vampires and more.

The SandPit Theatre, Sandringham School, The Ridgeway, St Albans, AL4 9NX, Thursday, October 27, various times. Details: 01727 799565

Pumpkin Festival

Pop down to the pumpkin patch at Willows Activity Farm. Kids can pick out their free pumpkin from on arrival, before joining in a packed programme of pumpkin carving, arts and crafts, Pumpkin Olympics and a Pumpkin Show.

Willows Activity Farm, AL4 0PF, until Sunday, October 30. Details: willowsactivityfarm.com

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Arts and creepy crafts

There will be a number of Halloween events at the Verulamium Museum this week, concluding on Friday with Ghostly Fun which includes craft activities and a ghost walk in which you will discover the stories of some interesting characters that haunt St Albans. 

Verulamium Museum, St Michaels Street, St Albans, AL3 4SW, until Friday, October 28. Details: 01727 751 810

Howl-o-ween

Join the Paradise Wildlife Park for its brand new howl-o-ween extravaganza, with Halloween themed activities throughout the week, all in the company of over 400 spectacular species.

Broxbourne, EN10 7QA, until Tuesday, November 1. Details: pwpark.com

Halloween Party

Langleybury Children’s Farm will host a Halloween party with a BBQ, children’s games and disco, bonfire, haunted hospital, a bar for the adults and a fancy dress competition.

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Langleybury Children's Farm, Langleybury Lane, Kings Langley, WD4 8RW, Friday, October 28, 5pm until late. Details: 01923 270603

#PumpkinRescue

Every year 18,000 tonnes of pumpkins are thrown away, that is the same weight as 1,500 double decker buses. The #PumpkinRescue stall at St Albans market will be on hand on Saturday with free pumpkin soup, recipes and games. The Mayor of the City and District of St Albans will be coming along at 11am to help launch A Week Without Food Waste – a Community Food Waste Challenge.

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St Peter's Street, St Albans, AL3 5DJ, Saturday, October 29. Tel: 01727 836781, sustainablestalbans.org

Fang-tastic

Halloween is fast approaching and eerie things are going on at intu Watford this half term. Treat your little monsters and scare away the holiday boredom with seven days of fang-tastic, free-ky activities.

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intu Watford shopping centre, Lower Mall, between M&S and Next, WD17 2UB, until Sunday, October 30. Details: intu.co.uk/Watford

Samhain Festival

The Celtic Harmony site is hosting a large range of events, including pumpkin carving and the opportunity of explore the haunted forest.

Celtic Harmony Camp, Brickendon Lane, Brickendon near Hertford, SG13 8NY, Sunday, October 30. Details: 01438 718543

The Haunting of Exham Priory

Mr Delapore retires to England to restore his ancestral home, Exham Priory, which has lain ruined for over 300 years. But what tragedy overtook the ancient de la Poer family in a single night?

The Radlett Centre, 1 Aldenham Avenue, Radlett, WD7 8HL, Thursday, October 27, 7.30pm. Details: 01923 859291

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Creative Writing

During the terror-filled workshop children will be given the opportunity to invent nightmare monsters, tell each other spooky stories about haunted houses and scare their friends and family with ghostly tales. 

Bright Young Things, 35 Ridgmont Rd, St Albans AL1 3AH, Sunday, October 30, 12.30pm until 1.45pm. Details: 01727 260239