Ezra’s already bugging me about what he’ll wear for the scary season. Our Halloween in London guide will be out next week and Half-Term guide coming soon too.
In the meantime, check out all the fun activities for kids in London happening in October. So many things to do with your baby or toddler (and of course the bigger babes), with plenty to entertain mum and dad throughout. Happy Autumn!
Wimbledon Bookfest, various locations around SW19 (until Oct 13)
Cirque Eloize: iD at Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre, Portugal St, Holborn (Oct 1-19)
Big Draw, various locations across London (Oct 1-Nov 3)
Drive In Cinema at Brent Cross Shopping Centre, South Car Park, Hendon NW4 (Oct 4-27)
Picture This: Exhibition of Children’s Classics at British Library, 96 Euston Rd, NW1 (Oct 4-Jan 26)
Surrey Docks Farm Harvest Festival, Rotherhithe St, SE16 (Oct 5)
Saturday Morning Pictures at the Cinema Museum, Master’s House, 2 Duggard Way, Kennington SE11 (Oct 5)
Discover’s 10th Birthday Party Weekend at Discover, 383-387 High St, Stratford (Oct 5 & 6)
Disco Loco at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 42-26 Pollard’s Row, E2 (Oct 6)
Day of Play at Red Gallery, 3 Rivington St, EC2 (Oct 6)
Oliver Jeffers’ Up & Down with Ga Ga Theatre, various venues across London (Oct 11-Nov 3)
The Guardian’s Cartoon and Art Family Day at Kings Place, York Way, N1 (Oct 12)
Jazz for Babies: Album Launch at Kings Place, York Way, N1 (Oct 12)
Bloomsbury Festival, in and around Bloomsbury, WC2 (Oct 15-20)
Salon du Chocolat at Olympia National Hall, Hammersmith Rd, Kensington (Oct 18-20)
Family Arts Festival, across London and UK (Oct 18-Nov 3)
Big Fish Little Fish: 2-4 Hour Party People at Effra Social, 89 Effra Rd, Brixton SW2 (Oct 19)
Morgan and West Time-Travelling Magicians at Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 (Oct 19)
Boy Blue Entertainment at Barbican Centre, Silk St, EC2 (Oct 22-Nov 2)
Nutcracker on Ice at London Palladium, 8 Argyll St, W1 (Oct 24-Nov 3)
October Half-Term break (from around Oct 25-Nov 3)
London International Animation Festival at Barbican Centre, Silk St, EC2 (Oct 25-Nov 3)
Gobbledegook: In A Deep Dark Wood at Sadler’s Wells, Lilian Baylis Studio, Rosebery Avenue, EC1 (Oct 26-28)
Dame Dash Charity Fundraiser for Hackney Empire, 291 Mare St, E8 (Oct 27)
Baby Loves Disco: Boogie Halloween at Sway, 61-65 Great Queen St, Covent Garden WC2 (Oct 27)
Insect Circus at Jacksons Lane, 269a Archway Rd, N6 (Oct 29-Nov 2)
Ongoing
Mummy Mondays at Beaufort House Chelsea, 354 Kings Rd, SW3 (ongoing)
Journey to Space at Discover Story Centre, Stratford (until Nov 3)
Sensacional (for Toddlers) at Unicorn Theatre, Tooley St, SE1 (Sep 21-Nov 14)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Catherine St, WC2 (ongoing)
Horrible Histories: Spies exhibition at Imperial War Museum in Lambeth Rd, SE1 (until Jan 4, 2015)
Calendar Cutie
We couldn’t decide on which cover star to feature so we used both! Brothers Rumi (4) and Tristan (just 18 weeks at the time of this shot) are the little boys to proud Natalie. Rumi was our Calendar Cutie back when he was a mere nipper. How time flies!
Send in your favourite photos of your babes (ages 5 and under) for a chance to be our next Calendar Cutie and be entered into a prize draw! Email photos and a short description to editor@babesabouttown.com