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.

The Enchanted Garden will be open from 3pm-6pm on Friday and from 10am-6pm on Saturday.

Read this article from RTÉ Lifestyle with our top tips for people bringing kids to Vantastival!

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Kids’ activities include:

Arts and crafts
Gymboree
Face painting
Football skills
Bubble shows
Circus skills
Kids’ disco
Games
Yoga
Reflexology
Tag Rugby
Storytelling

and much more!

Please note: Parents must accompany their children at all times. Children cannot be left unsupervised by parents in the kids’ area (or anywhere on site!)

DARE to DREAM AT VANTASTIVAL 2022

We’re happy to bring back the Enchanted Garden this year, with a lot of activities and surprises and a new theme – Dare to Dream!

Like a fairy-tale book come to life, the Enchanted Garden is a magical land, which will whisk you away on unforgettable vantastival 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?

Join us in the walled garden at Beaulieu and come dressed in your most enchanted fairy-pixie attire for an unimaginable garden-y delight.

Arts & Crafts

Create a festival wand with bamboo sticks, recycled fabric, ribbons and foil to dance with and enjoy the flow of the festival. Or create a Festival Flag – peg to your tent or hang as part of a collective bunting to share words of kindness across the festival goers.

Face-painting

Visit the delightful Jo Bubbles, our resident face-painter, and let her transform you into whatever magical creature takes your fancy!

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!

Bucky’s Circus

Bucky’s Circus travels to festivals all over Northern-Ireland and Ireland. Join in the fun and learn some circus skills! Juggling, poi, cartwheels… what skill would you like to master this September?

Fi Flo Hoops

An entertaining and creative workshop. Through a range of energetic, playful hoop games and activities for all level, kids will certainly spend a fun and unforgettable moment !

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Wolfpack Circus

Watch out for Wolfpack Circus as they make their way around the festival with their jungle-themed performers in full costume and body paint. In the daytime, Wolfpack Circus will be found performing extraordinary feats of ribbon spinning, dynamic flexibility and partner acrobatics.
But by night, they’ll perform a pop-up sunset fire show, lighting up the skies and taking your breath away with their display of fire poi, fire hoops and fire breathing.

Singing Bowls

Join Cathryn in making some exquisitely eerie sounds with her singing bowls. Hang around long enough and this multi-talented member of our regular Enchanted Garden team might even produce a balloon animal or two!

Soccer Skills

Join Karl and friends and show off your soccer skills, have fun and learn some new skills while you’re at it!

Graffiti Laundry

Isn’t it fun to play with laundry on the washing line on a windy day? What if you were allowed to paint that laundry?!!

Bog Babies

Storytelling and Craft Workshop

The Bog baby is a magical story. Listen to the story told by Caroline then create your own little bog baby made from air drying clay, twigs, shells and feathers.

Unboxed

Unboxed return to the Enchanted Garden this year and they couldn’t be happier! Not content with simply being at their favourite festival, the Unboxed team are extending the invitation to the greater Vantastival Family. That means you!! So if you have records that you haven’t played in ages, or you just want to hear them played LOUD, then bring them with you to Vantastival, and make your way to the Kids’ Camp.

You pick a set of tunes and we’ll make our decks and P.A. available to you over the weekend!!! All you have to do is show up with your records between 12pm and 3pm.

Reflexology for Parents and Children

A short introduction to using reflexology at home with kids 6 weeks to 12 years.

We will learn a gentle relaxing treatment to help reduce minor aliments experienced by children. Please bring a small towel and cream that you generally use on your child. Children must be accompanied by adults for this workshop.

David Boland

David is a multi disciplinary artist who will perform in the Enchanted Garden. His music is rooted in folk with an alternative twist. Through his artistic expression of personal experience and insight in song, David entertains and inspires healing on both an individual and collective level.
youtube.com/davidboland

And much much more!

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