Whether you’re trick-or-treating, painting pumpkins, stirring ghosts or hosting a Halloween party, it’s sure to be one of the fun highlights of the year.
To make the most of your weekend, we’ve picked out a dozen places to go or things to do in and around the area, or a bit further afield.
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1. Create your own witch
Mansfield Museum has been hosting a range of activities during the half-term fortnight, including free arts and crafts sessions for children of all ages. The final session is on Friday (October 29) when the kids can learn how to make a witch for Halloween. Photo: Submitted
2. Enjoy a fancy dress party
Among many Halloween fancy-dress parties lined up this weekend is one at the Old Brewery Bar, which is part of Prior's Well Brewery at Chadburn House on Weighbridge Road in Mansfield. From 7 pm until late on Saturday, you can enjoy a disco and food. There are also prizes for the best costumes. Photo: Submitted
3. Join the Superstars Holiday Club
All this week, Oak Tree Leisure Centre in Mansfield has been hosting a Superstars Holiday Club, where kids, aged five to 12, can enjoy fun-packed activities, sports, outdoor games, arts and crafts. It's not too late to join because the final session is on Friday (October 29). Photo: Submitted
4. Pick your own pumpkin
Not far from our patch, at Maxey's Farm in Kirklington, you can get into the Halloween mood by picking your own pumpkin from a field where they are grown from seed. There are thousands to choose from, so grab a wheelbarrow and off you go! The farm is also hosting a spooky woodland walk. Photo: Submitted