Vantastival is a very family friendly festival and children are welcomed. All day Saturday and Sunday scheduled children’s activities will take place in the Kids’ Camp. Check the blackboards for schedules on the day. All children must be fully supervised by parents/carers at all times.
Read this article from RTÉ Lifestyle with our top tips for people bringing kids to Vantastival!
Join us in the walled garden at Beaulieu where you can follow the White Rabbit down the Hole and join Alice on her adventures in Wonderland, whereby you will be cordially invited to the Mad Hatters Tea Party.
But before this, why not…
Help the Royal Cards paint the Roses Red?
Enjoy a game of Royal Croquet with the Queen of Hearts?
Play Draughts with the caterpillar?
Make your maddest hat?
Design an un-birthday card?
Singalong with Alice?
Laugh along with Nonsense poems from the March Hare?
Danceathon with the White Rabbit?
Come in your maddest ‘wonderland’ attire and don’t be late for this very important date.
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Kids’ activities include:
- Arts and crafts
- Drumming workshops
- Face painting
- Scavenger hunt
- Bubble shows
- Laughter Yoga
- Circus skills
- Kids’ disco
- Games
- Storytelling
- Bouncy castles
- and much more!
Children under 3 have free entry to Vantastival. 3-13 year olds cost €5 for a day or €7 for a weekend ticket. Tickets for children cannot be purchased in advance and must be paid for at the box office.
LAUGHTER WITH LOUISE – LAUGHTER YOGA
Children’s laughter yoga with clapping, deep breathing, playfulness and laughter exercises. Laughter yoga not only increases happiness, but also strengthens the immune system, reduces pain and lowers stress. Laughter relaxes the whole body, triggers the release of endorphins and promotes an overall sense of well being. Workshops last 25-30 mins and parents are welcome to join in!
KIDS’ ART WITH UNIT T
Wild flower sun-catchers & fairy doors. Design & create your own unique art work using a mixture of nature, recycled & new materials.
COMMUNITY TRIBAL DRUMMERS
Marcella from Community Tribal Drummers will be offering drumming, percussion and song workshops for all ages, all abilities. Drums are really accessible and the workshops are great fun, beginner friendly, very creative – a fabulous connecting and interactive activity. Also on offer are simple natural crafts and hula hooping fun and giant bubbles all in the name of connection. We can raise the vibration of our festival and have lots of fun doing it.
BUCKY’S CIRCUS
Bucky’s Circus travels to festivals all over Northern-Ireland and Ireland. Join in the fun and learn some circus skills!
BUBBLE TROUBLE
Bubble trouble will arrive at Vantastival with their marvelous massive bubbles…. like fireworks without the danger!
Beautiful huge colourful bubbles will be created in an hourly show daily along with bubble walkabouts during the festival. We like to encourage participation, anyone can have a go. Come and experience the magic of gigantic bubbles!
FI FLO HOOP DANCE
Hoop Dance does exactly what it says on the tin, it is essentially dancing around like a fairy with hula hoops. It can also be explained
as a dance flow to music combined with hula hoop tricks, if you want to get all technical about it! Hoop Dance is an amazing creative outlet that invites people to just let go of stress and worries, not to mention all the good endorphins released from all that exercise!
THE STORY QUEEN
RINGO: MUSIC BINGO
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Ronan plays the intros to well known songs from Disney Films, if that song is on your sheet you cross it off (it’s a game, not a quiz, he gives you the answer via comedy clues) first to fill the sheet wins prizes!
Ringo: Music Bingo, it won’t change your life but it will make your day. Fun for the whole family!
DIGITAL SCAVENGER HUNT
A fun modern take on a classic children’s pastime hosted by Ronan Leonard.
Kids will be given a list of items to find on a trail around the Vantastival Site, with the challenge to photograph them all using a digital camera or phone – it should take about 30 mins to complete.
This won’t be a race, but there will a small prize for each child who completes each trail.
The focus will be on using their imagination to take the photos, it isn’t a photography competition.
There will be parallel sessions for age groups – 4 to 7 year olds & 8 to 11 year olds;
JUMPING CLAY
‘Make and Take’ workshops with Jumping Clay Warrenpoint. Children make a fridge magnet or pencil topper with air dry clay to take home with them. Jumping Clay is a jasmine scented, mess free clay that when you roll into a ball, bounces when thrown or dropped. It is 100% safe & non-toxic composed of water dissolving fillers that allow the clay to dry at a steady rate, preventing any cracks from forming, or it falling apart during the process.
And much much more! … including a line up of wandering musicians, walkabouts, aerialist, workshops and many other events such as nonsense poetry slams and storytelling
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“a highly family-friendly crowd”
– AU Magazine
“One of the first things I noticed about this festival is how happy and friendly everyone was.”
– A Year of Festivals in Ireland
