Out & About at ILT Kidzone

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Lyrics Waihirere (2) and Noah Norton (4) from Invercargill at the ILT Kidzone Festival. Photo: Sanda Jukic

The 13th annual Kidzone festival, held at the James Hargest College senior campus, finished on Monday, July 17.

Children and their parents enjoyed about 150 activities during the event, presented by Venture Southland.

Kidzone festival director Claire Blau said the feedback from visitors is positive.

“It’s been a great six days. We had people coming down from the North Island and international visitors. We haven’t yet counted exactly how many people came but we sold out on three out of six days,” she said.

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Myah Gerken (5) from Lumsden painting at the ILT Kidzone festival.
Frankie Mareraki Taylor (20 from Invercargill painting with water colours.
ILT Kidzone volunteer Olivia Gray (14) creates a butterfly design on Italy Evans' (9) face in the Fantastic Fairies grotto.
Entertainer Mirror Lady of Highly Flammable with Jess (left, 5) and her sister Sam Nelson (10).
Tamie Stewart and James Roger (8) working on some wood at the Woodcraft room.
Bernadette and Hannah Hunt (4) from Gore.
Outdoor trampoline was popular activity at the festival.
An alien-inspired street performer checking himself out on this week's front page of the Express.
Mathew Wright (6), of Arrowtown, plays with giant bubbles.
Children making bubbles.
Azaria Grobler (2,5) from Tauranga enjoying the ride on the carousel.
Cycling area at the ILT Kidzone.
Finn Bradley (3) from Invercargill fixing the car in the workshop.
Dixie-Leigh Burr (11) getting some spooky make-up.
Face painting room was popular among children.
Lulu Svehla (4) from Wellington.
Children enjoying hula hoop performance.
Lloyd Esler (left) talking about the solar system with Charlie Rule (9) from Queenstown.
Hayley Tyler from Otautau playing mini golf.
Fairy Milly Begley from Flame Entertainment Queenstown.
Kayden Nennett (10) from Dunedin at the Incredible Edible room.
An alien-inspired street performer entertains the crowd ahead of the opening of ILT Kidzone 2017.
Staana family members (from left) mother Amera and her children Florence (7), Mia (14), and Julius (13) with Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt and his son Declan Lawton-Dutt (5) in the queue ahead of the festival's official opening.
Kidzone fans (from left) Madeline Luscombe (13), Geordice Luscombe (10), Ailis Luscombe (9) and Kaylah Fisher (front, 6) with Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt and his son Declan Lawton-Dutt (5) at the outer space-inspired entrance to Kidzone.
Summer (11), Jack Smith (10) and their mother Amanda in prime position at the front of the queue waiting to enter Kidzone on day one of the festival. Jack has attended every festival since he was 7 months old, his mother said.

 

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