Note: I originally posted this last week and am extending the competition one extra day because I’ve been so busy!
Ooh have I got something special for you today!
Willows Farm Village is having their annual Summer Spectacular event and have provided me with a family day pass to give away to one of my readers! Two adults and two children can enter on the pass.
To enter, please share your favourite thing about visiting a farm park with your children in the comments below or Tweet your entry to me @vouchermumuk. Entries must be in by 30 July 2 August and we’ll randomly select a winner to be announced on 2 4 August.
Willows Farm Village is near St Albans in Hertfordshire and it’s absolutely brilliant. The Summer Spectacular is held until 5 September and has plenty of events and activities to keep children entertained rain or shine.
Outdoors, there are all the farmyard animals to see and loads of activities, from Panning for Gold to Inflatable Bouncy Haystacks, Fun Fair Rides and the popular Tractor Trek. Indoors, there is plenty of fun to be had with Willows’ indoor play barn, Woolly Jumpers, featuring active play, ball pools and three exciting slides. A new activity for 2010 is Captain Chicken’s Egg Dodge where the Whites and Yolks team dodge each other’s foam ball eggs fired from the egg cannons.
Some of the Summer Spectacular’s highlights include:
- Willows farmer Andrew Wolfe has planted an A-maize-ing Maze grown completely from maize, an adventure the whole family will enjoy finding their way out of with a competition for the children to take part in.
- Willows Sports Day Races, an event exclusive to Summer Spectacular, where participants can enjoy old-school races including the egg and spoon and bean bag race. All children who take part will receive a certificate.
- Around the farm Tristan the Runaway Tractor will be telling his summer story and the popular Sing-a-long-a Woolly sessions return with Willows Entertainer Chris Beebee and Farm Village mascot Woolly Willow the Sheep, leading children in well-known nursery rhymes.
The Farmhouse Restaurant or Woolly Jumpers Coffee Shop offer a wide range of food for visitors. You can also bring your own picnic or pick up picnic supplies at the Willows Farm Shop which works with local producers to provide a wide range of goods with its own butchery counter, delicatessen, fresh fruit and vegetables, breads, cakes and drinks.
Tickets for the Summer Spectacular are £11.95 for adults and £12.95 for children. Concessions are available for senior citizens and disabled customers, and children under two years of age can enter free of charge.
I can’t wait to see your entries in the comments and on Twitter!
Best bit about the farm with a 2 year old has to be his face when the goats come up wanting attention. He bends right down to them and chatters away as if he’s telling them all his secrets.
We love sitting on tractors and looking at rabbits! I have to admit I also like the teashop at Willows and letting the toddlers lose in the shop to choose all the scrummy foods… lol
My favourite part of visiting a farm park with our 2 under 4′s is the fresh air, lack of television and guarantee of a good nights kip after they’ve been running around outside all day!
Having visited Willows Farm for the first time this week – it was truly a magical place for kids!! It made me want to be a kid again. I have recommended it to several other yummy mummies
I hope to go again soon 