Vantastival is a very family friendly festival and children are welcomed. All weekend scheduled children’s activities take place in the Enchanted Garden 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!
Kids’ activities include:
- Arts and crafts
- Drumming workshops
- Face painting
- Scavenger hunt
- Bubble shows
- Circus skills
- Kids’ disco
- Games
- Storytelling
- and much more!
THE ENCHANTED GARDEN AT VANTASTIVAL 2018
The theme for this year’s kids’ area is The Enchanted Garden.
Like a fairy-tale book come to life, the Enchanted Garden is a magical land, which will whisk you away on unforgettable vantastical adventures.
Who will discover the “Faraway Tree”, a tree so tall that its topmost branches reach into the clouds, and so wide that it contains small houses carved into its trunk?
Meet the folk of the Faraway Tree: Silky the fairy, Mr Owl, Moon-Face, The Saucepan Man, Mr. Watzisname (who can’t remember his own name which is actually Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo), Dame Snap, who runs a school for mischievous pixies, and Dame Washalot.
Join us in the walled garden at Beaulieu on June 2nd & 3rd from 10am-6pm and come dressed in your most enchanted fairy-pixie attire for an unimaginable garden-y delight.
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.
DRUMMING WORKSHOPS
Suzanne and Tracey will be offer drumming and percussion and 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. 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;
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
