Carve a pumpkin lantern at home, bring it to the Museum and join our annual Autumn celebration, a family friendly event with Stroud Valleys Project. This year our theme is a Green Halloween!

Drop in from 2.30pm to enjoy creative craft activities using recycled or natural materials, making flying bats and seasonal headdresses. Get money saving tips on how to source costumes and make decorations that are planet-friendly and fun.

Don your homemade or second hand costume and bring along your carved pumpkin, marrow or turnip by 4.45pm for a chance to win a prize. This year our judges are:  

Melissa Mayer – local primary school teacher

Jim Pilston – well-known local artist who exhibited at the Museum last year

Shannon Newtown – Book Festival organiser and Museum Trustee

At 5pm, we’ll be screening ‘Room on The Broom’, a short animated film based on the much-loved book.

The afternoon will end with a chance to view your carved lantern creations lit up outside the museum between 5.30pm - 6pm.

A family friendly event for all ages. Free entry, cakes and drinks available to buy from the Museum and from Miss Daisy’s Pop Up Stall outside.