To help parents keep kids entertained throughout the February half term holidays, Pets at Home is once again offering its fun and free interactive My Pet Pals workshops, every day in stores from 11.30am, plus there’s a free bag of wild bird seed* with every workshop booking.
The woodland themed workshops will be hosted by the friendly and knowledgable pet care advisors and offer fun-...
Go Ape Haldon is encouraging families to live life more adventurously this February half-term, with a range of memory-making activities to keep the whole tribe entertained.
Make the first school holiday of the year stand out from the crowd, with fun family time that brings out everyone’s inner adventurer. The famous Treetop Challenge and Treetop Adventure promise high octane fun for...
February half term is just around the corner. It’s the first school holiday of the new year and if you’re looking to give the children a great week off from school, and treat them to some fun family days out, then Devon’s Top Attractions have plenty of things to offer. There are some great ideas at their all-weather attractions which will be sure to keep the whole family occupied and...
Family attraction, Dartmoor Zoo, invites children of all ages to get closer to marvellous mucus this half term with a themed programme of fun and educational activities focusing on slime in nature. Slime Week will run 10am - 4pm daily between 12 - 18 February and all activities are FREE with Zoo admission.
Interactive Snail Trail Grab a smartphone to take part in a free augmented...
This October half-term, visitors to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth will be able to explore their love of the ocean with ‘Doodle Days’, designed to unleash creativity and enhance their physical and mental wellbeing.
Taking place from Saturday 21 – Sunday 29 October, visitors will be encouraged to get creative, drawing, sketching and doodling amid the Aquarium’s peaceful...
National Trust rangers are helping to promote a citizen science project for marine conservation on Wembury beach and hope that visitors will get involved.
In collaboration with the Shark Trust, local resident John Hepburn has been adding tags to catshark egg cases that he has encountered in the Wembury area since April 2014.
The aim of the project is to collect information on...
There’s a host of half term holiday fun on offer at the City Museum and Art Gallery next week.
‘Pick Up and Go’ activities inspired by the natural history collections will be available all day on Saturday 28 and Tuesday 31 May and Friday 3 and Saturday 4 June.
Saturday 28 May is a busy day, with a chance to look closely at pickled creatures, peer at hundreds of pinned insects...
No, it’s an otter! Olly the Otter, the world’s newest superhero, is one of the attractions at Living Coasts this half term. 2016 is the year of Super Sea Heroes at Torquay’s coastal zoo. Staff and visitors will be celebrating with a variety of activities that include crafts, talks and a superhero trail.
Children will be able to create their own superhero mask, design their own Super...
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery has a busy programme of family events and activities on offer during February half term.
On Tuesday 16 February there's a chance to make art and craft creations inspired by the thousands of objects in the Museum’s collections. The ‘Colour and Collage’ drop-in session will run from from 10.30am to 1pm with last entries at 12.30pm.
Plymouth has a lot going on to entertain the kids this half term and some are even Halloween themed.
What’s in your woods? 10 October to 1 November Explore your local woodland this Autumn with a range of activities and have some crafty, arty, edible family fun with Stepping Stones to Nature. Please click here for more details.
