1. Scarborough Museums and Galleries
Fossil Handling with the Rotunda Geology Group
Tuesday 13 February – Rotunda Museum
Find out about dinosaur footprints and ancient fossils in hands-on sessions with our expert geologists.
Free. No need to book, just drop in. More details on the website HERE
Sharing The Love
Wednesday 14 February – Scarborough Art Gallery
Create your own Love Hearts to send a message with friend. Use printing stamps to make a heartfelt message.
Free. No need to book, just drop in.
More details on the website HERE
My Little Dino Book
Thursday 15 February – Rotunda Museum
Use ink stamps to fingerprint create a ‘designer dino’ in your own little handmade book. Imagine what it eats, where it lives and how many times it might go to the loo!
Free. No need to book, just drop in.
More details on the website HERE
2. Dalby Forest
With over 8,000 acres of forest to explore, Dalby Forest is the perfect place to spend some quality family time in the great outdoors. The team at Dalby have put together some fun-filled activities to keep the whole family entertained.
So, pack up your picnic and enjoy a low-cost day in nature!
Free activities for young space cadets this half-term. From Galactic iSpy to making your own UFO.
The NEW Gruffalo’s 25th birthday trail is great fun for little legs.
With themed trails, adventure play areas, natural play, safe off-road cycling and lots of space to create your own woodland palace, your local woods and forests are the perfect place for a family day out, fit for a king!
Dalby Forest, YO18 7LT
Backstage School
Tue 13 Feb – Set Model Making: It all starts with a model, the model gets turned into working drawings, and the drawings get turned into a set…then there’s the actors and audiences and other stuff before it all ends up being recycled. If you’re interested in design, construction, or building your own worlds, then together we can make the model!
Thu 15 Feb – Sound Design: Explore elements of sound design used for making shows, from creating an atmosphere for a haunted house to recording on location, manipulating sound, or making your own special sound effects. No experience necessary!
Thursday 15th – Saturday 17th February 2024
Funny, magical and wondrous, folk classics Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin and others from the Brothers Grimm are presented here in the acclaimed poet Carol Ann Duffy’s enchantingly fresh adaptation, with a beguiling and playful dramatisation by Tim Supple.
Join our very own SJT Youth Theatre groups for an adventure through some of the most famous stories ever told.
Perfect for children ages 8+ – (or really brave 7 year olds!) – and their families.
£6/£10
4. Magic Mike
Chuck and the Beanstalk
Monday 12th February 2pm – 4.15pm at Whitby Pavillion – BUY TICKETS HERE
Wednesday 14th Febuary 2pm – 4.15pm at Scarborough Spa – BUY TICKETS HERE
Thursday 15th Febuary 2pm – 4.15pm at Birdlington Spa – BUY TICKETS HERE
A show not to be missed that will have the whole family enthralled in Magic Mike’s biggest Production!
We’re back open with a baaa-ng for February Frolics this Half Term from 10th – 18th February 2024!
We have 15 expectant mummy ewes ready to give birth this February Half Term. Watch and learn from our animal team as they deliver and care for the new arrivals and have a go at bottle feeding our lambs in sessions daily located in our undercover Animal Barn. Make sure to hold on tight, as they are very hungry!
She’s behind ewe! We have a very special guest joining us with her friends, yes that is right Bo Peep is back with her hilarious pantomine show “Bo Peep’s Lost The Flock…the sequel”, at 12pm and 2:30pm throughout February Half Term.
Take a Tractor-Trailer ride along to our Indoor Playbarn.
Jump as high as the sky on Bouncing Pillows, take a ride on our Pink Barrel Train and see if you can complete our Olym-pig Assault Course in record time. Don’t forget to visit our furry friends as you wander along our Farmyard Trail too!
Towthorpe Grange, Towthorpe Moor Lane, York
Half Term Scavenger Hunt – Pick up clue sheet as you arrive and see what you can find around the Parkland, Gardens and Farm Park!
Thursday 15th and Friday 16th February: Childrens Willow Weaving
Timeslots from 10.20am until 3.20pm
Snowdrop Trail – Wednesday 7th February onwards
Dogs are always welcome, we just ask they are kept on leads.
Sledmere House, Driffield, YO25 3XG
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BOOK NOW to start this February half-term with a bang! And don’t miss out on this extraordinary experience!
Have fun at a place like no other, make memories and don’t forget to bring your furry friends along too.
Skelf Island Adventure Playground, open daily
The perfect place for young explorers to let off steam and explore the great outdoors. Navigate rope bridges, whizz down slides, discover ingenious treetop nests and don’t forget the zip wire.
There’s plenty to see as you wander through the Estate as the beautiful signs of spring are beginning to appear, a great way to reconnect with nature and blow away the cobwebs.
Castle Howard, The Estate Office, Castle Howard, York, YO60 7DA
9. Jack’s Mini Village Role Play Centre at Jack in the Box Beverley
Let your imagination run wild as you immerse yourself in a whole new world of make believe. Step into Jack’s Mini Village and you will immediately be transformed into Village Life where you can become any number of different people – a baker – a stylist – a builder – a doctor, and many more besides.
The size and level of detail will amaze you, from the Mini Village credit card (which each child gets to keep) to the “working” checkout counters, washing machine and ovens, to the awesome ice cream van. Check out the Interactive Village Map on our website to learn more about the 14 different play settings.
Suitable for pre-walkers up to children who love to play pretend in style! Full seating area available to sit and have tasty snack and maybe a delicious coffee made with a barista coffee machine.
Jack’s Mini Village is located on the first floor above Jack in the Box Soft Play. The soft play area has 3 different awesome zones – large gated baby area, toddler play frame and large junior play frame – we have something for everyone with our exciting slides, interactive ball pools and captivating sensory areas, we even have an interactive game floor. There is also a huge menu with lots of tasty, freshly made food.
Open 7 days a week – see our website for opening times and prices. Online booking is essential for guaranteed entry. Separate bookings are required for Jack’s Mini Village and soft play, but combi tickets are available.
Annie Reed Road, Beverley, HU17 0LF. 01482 880091
10. Stockeld Park
Open daily from 10th February to 18th February 2024 for INDOOR and OUTDOOR fun.
Calling all mini explorers, little adventurers, soon-to-be scientists and their grown-ups! The Feb Fun Adventure is back this half-term at Stockeld Park!
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Watch Sublime Science in the Stockeld Park theatre, visit the Playhive, zip around the ice-rink, explore the Enchanted Forest and get lost in the Meteorology Maze!
Stockeld Park, off the A661 Wetherby Road, LS22 4AN.