Playtimes HK Magazine Autumn Issue 2019 | Page 14

news Family Fun Festival The Whizpa Family Fun Festival, a day filled with interactive activities, games and performances for children and families, returns on 28 September. It takes place at Wellcome Paradise in KITEC. The festival runs 9:30am to 8:30pmand is broken down into four sessions. Each ticket includes 2 hours free play at Wellcome Paradise + 1.5 hours all-you-can-eat buffet at Café Wellcome. http://bit.ly/30CUlEk d n u o r A TOWN Creativity and The Importance of “Reading” Pictures Join Bring Me A Book to welcome two award- winning author-illustrators, Petr Horacek and Lauren Child, in a discussion about creating children’s books. Lauren and Petr will share the inspiration behind their work, the importance of creativity, “reading” pictures and the process of making best-selling children’s books—from font snobbery to wrestling over font covers and how ideas can come from anywhere. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session moderated by Annie Ho, Bring Me A Book board governor and former SCMP columnist. When: 5:00-7:00 pm, 22 October Where: Stephenson Harwood (33/F, United Centre, 95 Queensway) 12 www.playtimes.com.hk Ocean Park Halloween Fest Ocean Park Halloween Fest is back with a whole new park- wide approach. Ghosts will take over the Park’s six haunted zones. In collaboration with LINE FRIENDS, the scares will escalate as the night goes on from 5pm until 10:30pm – the later you stay, the bigger the scares thus allowing guests to determine what time to enter the Park based on their courage. LINE FRIENDS characters will be there for guests of all ages to take part in fun mini games to win Chupa Chups and Mentos candies and take pictures with the characters. Tickets: Early bird discount until 30 September up to HK$130 (Ticket Price: HK$368) https://www.oceanpark.com.hk/en Messy Play Carnival Hong Kong, 27-29 Sep 2019 For the first time in Hong Kong, the world's largest messy play carnival is sure to inspire creativity in all ages. Messy play fosters the imagination and gives way to originality. There will be a sensory zone, a creative zone, a food zone and an exploration zone. Tickets: Adult $120, Child $380, Package (1 adult, 1 child) $480 Where: Star Hall, Kowloon bay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong www.facebook.com/MessyPlayCarnivalHK Running Times: Session One: 10:00am - 12:00pm; Session Two: 1:00pm - 3:00pm; Session Three: 4:00pm - 6:00pm