Visitors to Castle Court Shopping Centre in Caerphilly town were greeted by a dragon on Wednesday, October 30.
Vorka the 7ft tall dragon was at the bandstand entertaining children during their half-term break.
Many children dressed up as knights for the occasion and had fun taking photos with the dragon.
Centre Manager of Castle Court Shopping Centre, Marika Jones said: “Interest in dragons is at an all-time high following popular television programmes like Game of Thrones, Julia Donaldson’s Zog the Dragon and the How to Train your Dragon movie franchise and we anticipate that children taking part in our dragon sessions will all want to be a dragon slayer.”