PJ Party in the Library

Come in your favourite pyjamas, bring your sleeping bag and teddy for a special after-hours event in the library. Enjoy games, stories and songs with special guest Craig Smith, a bookmark making workshop and a hot cocoa before bed.

Where: Queenstown & Wanaka Library
When: Queenstown Wednesday 23 January and Wanaka Thursday 24
Cost: Free, bookings essential
Contact: events@summerdaze.co.nz

Don’t forget to wear your PJs and bring a blanket and teddy bear!

Prizes generously donated by: Pumpkin Patch, Tidy Design

The Queenstown event is now full, sorry! A few spaces left for the Wanaka PJ Party

Wanaka Teddy Bears’ Picnic in association with More FM

An entertaining event for the young ones with games, story-telling, a bouncy castle, face painting, singing and much more. Don’t forget your teddies and sun hats.

Where: Wanaka Dinosaur Park
When: 11am – 1pm Saturday 26 January
Cost: Free, bring your picnic or bring some money to buy food/drink
Contact: events@summerdaze.co.nz

Special thanks to: Pumpkin Patch, BASE Wanaka, Remarkables Sweet Shop, Lakeland Adventures, Puzzling World, Skyline, Alpine Aqualand, McDonalds and Patagonia Chocolates for donating prizes to this event!

Remarkables Park Town Centre Teddy Bears’ Picnic in association with More FM

A fun few hours for the littlies: singing, dancing, games, a bouncy castle, story-telling and face-painting and much more. Don’t forget your teddies, there will be plenty of prizes and fun for the whole family.

Special Ronald McDonald show confirmed for 2013 – see you then!

Where: Remarkables Red Barn, Hawthorne Drive follow the road from the Remarkables Park Town Centre
When: 11am – 1pm Sunday 27 January
Cost: Free, bring your picnic or bring some money to buy food/drink
Contact: events@summerdaze.co.nz

Special thanks to: Skyline, Pumpkin Patch, Lakes Leisure, Remarkables Sweet Shop, Winnies, McDonalds and Patagonia Chocolates for donating prizes to this event.

Puzzling World Junior Challenge Wanaka

junior-swim-150 For new and budding triathletes aged between 6 and 15, take on the Puzzling World Junior Challenge Wanaka. Different courses tailored for each age group, based around the lake and Pembroke Park. Heaps of fun for individuals and teams

Where: Pembroke Park, Wanaka
When: Registration from 8.30am Sunday 13 January, racing starts at 10.00am
Cost: $20 for an individual ($25 on day), $40 for a team ($48 on day)
Contact: Challenge Wanaka, enter on-line at www.challenge-wanaka.com/junior.html

Summa Sk8 Sesh in association with The Edge

SK8 COMP under 16s and open categories with wicked prizes!

Where: Queenstown Skate Park, Botanical Gardens
When: Saturday 19 January
Registrations: U16yrs $5, Open $10
Contact: The Youth Booth, 03 442 8115, theyouthbooth@gmail.com
This is a smoke and alcohol free event.

Kite making workshop – Queenstown

Get creative and design your own colourful kite under the guidance of a professional kite maker. Bring along your creation to the Summerdaze Grand Kite Display. The workshops are 90-minutes and numbers are limited, bookings recommended.

When: 10am, 12.30pm and 3pm Thursday 10 January
Where: Queenstown Events Centre
Cost: $5 materials included
Contact: events@summerdaze.co.nz

Kite making workshop – Wanaka

When: 10am, 12.30pm and 3pm Friday 11 January
Where: Lake Wanaka Centre
Cost: $5, materials provided
Contact: events@summerdaze.co.nz

The Summerdaze Grand Kite Display in association with More FM

Watch the spectacular display of dozens of kites swooping and swimming in the air, all sizes, shapes and formations from the world-renowned Peter Lynn Team. Bring your own kite and join in the fun.

When: from midday Saturday 12 January
Where: Pembroke Park, Wanaka (wind permitting!)
Cost: Free
Contact: events@summerdaze.co.nz

A family afternoon with the Fernhill/Sunshine Bay Community Association

An action packed day with live music, $2 sausage sizzle, lolly scramble, bouncy castle, waterslide, petting zoo and kids games. Bring a blanket, laze around and enjoy yourselves! St Johns, Fire and Police service will be on site doing displays.

Where: Tanoa Aspen Hotel, Fernhill
When: 12pm – 3pm, Sunday 27 January
Cost: Free
Contact: fsbcaqueenstown@gmail.com

The Youth Booth

The Youth Booth is Queenstown’s only youth centre. This year’s holiday programme is a packed week of fun and all sorts of great ideas, new activities and new adventures for local youth aged 10-18yrs. There’s rafting, paintballing, swimming at the lake, cooking up a storm and lots more! Get in touch for more details and we will help hook you up with an awesome summer.

Where: The Youth Booth
When: 21– 25 January, times dependent on activities
Cost: Varies
Contact: theyouthbooth@gmail.com, 03 442 8115

Holiday Gala 2013

An event for all the family. Stalls of homemade produce, cakes, preserves, pavlova & raspberries, barbecues, pies, sandwiches, sweets & treats, silent auctions & white elephant stalls. Sideshows, face painting, bouncy castle, rides, multiple activities and live entertainment.

When:11:00am to 2pm Saturday 5 January
Where: Wanaka Show Grounds, Corner of Aspiring Rd and McDougall St
Cost: Free entry
Contact: Tracy Mayhew 03 443 7887, u.c.pres.church@xtra.co.nz

XRACE Queenstown

XRACE is a fantastic MYSTERY ADVENTURE where family teams must locate clues on a map, complete a series of 10 different mystery challenges, beat the clock and all the other teams – to be crowned XRACE champion. XRACE teams are made up of a child aged 7 to 12 racing side-by-side with dad or mum.