St Ives - Creative Art Workshops for 11 - 16s
Details: Autumn term workshops for young people (ages 11–16) are now live on the St Ives School of Painting website. These sessions are a brilliant opportunity for young minds to explore, experiment, and grow creatively in a supportive studio environment.
Address: St Ives School of painting, Porthmeor Studios, St Ives,TR26 1NG
Date: 26th October
Day of the week/time: 14:00 - 16:00
Website: Porthmeor Art Collective 11- 16 | St Ives School of Painting
Halloween Creativity
Details: Decorate a ceramic pumpkin & paint a t-shirt
This autumn and winter, children and families are invited to get creative at Morrab Library in Morrab Gardens. These special workshops are designed to encourage imagination, self-expression, and festive fun—all in a welcoming, playful setting.
🎃 October Half-Term – Halloween Special
We’ll be painting ceramic pumpkins to take home and enjoy. Plus, every child will receive a set of free pens to keep the creativity flowing long after the workshop. Creatives of all ages are also invited to design their own t-shirt, with autumn and Halloween stencils available for a festive touch.
Pumpkin workshop £5
T-shirt painting £7 for children and £8 for adults.
Address: Morab Library, Penzance
Date: Sat 25th Oct
Day of the week/time: 1pm
Contact: Booking is essential - email e.farley27@gmail.com
The Littlest Yak
Details: A rollicking, heart-warming tale for everyone.
This musical adaptation of the award-winning children’s book will delight audiences young and old with beautiful puppets, catchy tunes and an uplifting tale of self-acceptance for all the family.
Gertie is great at being THE LITTLEST YAK, with the CURLIEST, WHIRLIEST wool and the GRIPPIEST of hooves for clip-clopping up cliffs. Only, Gertie doesn’t want to be the littlest. She’s in a rush to grow up and be just like THE BIG YAKS. But what if there are some things that only a GERTIE can do?
A gorgeous story celebrating YOU being perfect…just the way you are!
Age suggestion 3 plus.
Address: Redruth Regal Cinema, Redruth
Date: Sat 25th Oct
Day of the week/time: 11am and 2pm
Website: The Littlest Yak
Free Halloween Fun - Cornwall Gold
Details: Join us for our spooktacular Halloween activity, to solve a gruesome crime that’s buried in time!
Step back to 1873, when Tolgus worker and Bal Maiden Tamara Treen mysteriously drowned in the Tolgus Stream. Was it an accident? A curse? Or something darker?
Pick up your free detective map as you enter Cornwall Gold and follow the clues around our site to uncover the truth behind this ghostly crime and the cursed tin. Solve the murder mystery and claim your official detective sticker!
Along the way, you can also step inside our ancient tin mill, dress up as a Bal Maiden or tin miller, pan for gold and discover more about Cornwall’s fascinating past.
Free family fun for all ages – if you dare…!
Address: Cornwall Gold
Redruth
Date: 18th Oct - 2nd Nov
Website: Free Halloween Fun | Cornwall Gold
Watersports fun at the lake - Time2move
Details: A variety of fun water-based activities, from sailing, to paddleboards, kayaks or maybe even raft-building on the secret island in the middle of the lake! Activities will cater for the ages and interests of the participants on the day but will include at least two different types.
Breakfast or lunch will be served to children before they head out onto the water but we're also a fully accessible site with lakeside cafe for parents and carers to refresh themselves while they watch the hubbub on the water. All required safety equipment will be provided but please bring water shoes, towels and a change of clothes - we've hot showers, changing rooms and lockers included.
Address: Trevassack Lake, TR12 6LH
Date: 22nd and 23rd October
Day of the week/time: 08:30 - 12:30 and 12:30 - 16:30
Website: Holiday Activity Programmes | Playwaze
Toddle Tate
Details: Come and play at our monthly multi-sensory sessions for under 5s
Play, explore, create and investigate art in these fun Toddle Tate sessions for children under 5 and their grown-ups. Have fun exploring the galleries and enjoy our Foyle Studio, which will become a space for multi-sensory play and exploring exciting materials. Drop in anytime between 10.30 and 12.30.
July: Movement
Move, Wiggle, Play and Perform! Enjoy tactile, sensory and immersive play and making inspired by Liliane Lijn’s amazing exhibition Arise Alive.
September: Paint & Print
Experiment with paint and printing inspired by Liliane Lijn’s exhibition Arise Alive! Enjoy sensory and messy making, and immersive play in the gallery.
Address: Porthmeor Beach, St Ives, Cornwall TR26 1TG
Date: 21st October
Day of the week/time: 10.30-12.30
Website: Toddle Tate | Tate St Ives
Ready Steady Eat - Healthy Cornwall
Details: Get started with weaning at our monthly sessions.
Address: Redruth
Date: 13th Oct, 10th Nov, 8th Dec
Day of the week/time: 13:30 - 14:30
Contact: Healthycornwall@cornwall.gov.uk 01872 324200
Ready Steady Eat - Healthy Cornwall
Details: We discuss funniness, meal time madness and simple snacking.
Address: Camborne
Date: 16th Oct - 10:30 - 11:30, 13th Nov - 9am - 10am, 18th Dec - 10am - 11am
Day of the week/time: 13:30 - 14:30
Contact: Healthycornwall@cornwall.gov.uk 01872 324200