11 fun half term events and activities in the Black Country and Staffordshire to keep youngsters occupied through the week
As the half term holidays approach, here's 11 fun and varied events and activities in the Black Country and Staffordshire to keep youngsters occupied during their week off from school.
The half term holidays are a time for schoolchildren to take a break from their studies and enjoy a week off, but is also a time which can leave parents scrambling around for something for them to do.
To help provide families with ideas, attractions, parks and organisations across the Black Country and into Staffordshire have been organising events from discos to holiday camps and a range of other activities.
We've take a look at the different activities on offer and have put together a list of 11 events from across the region to help provide some half term fun.
If you can think of any other events that would be good for youngsters that we haven't mentioned, please let us know in the comments section.
1. The Marvellous Mini Beasts of Bodenham Arboretum
Bodenham Arboretum, Kidderminster, DY11 5TB - Saturday, February 15 to Sunday, February 23 from 10am to 5pm.
Take a walk around the Arboretum and farmyard on the outskirts of Kidderminster, with more than five miles of woodland walks and an opportunity to spot the different creatures around the woodland during February half term.
Bodenham Arboretum has been described as Worcestershire’s Hidden Garden and is an oasis of walks, plantations, pools and avenues, beautifully landscaped and including more than 3,000 species of trees and shrubs.
Tickets: Adults: £8 plus booking fee, children aged three to 16: £5 plus booking fee, family ticket for two adults and up to four children): £26 plus booking fee.
2. The Black Country Living Museum
Discovery Way, Dudley DY1 4AL - Saturday, February 15 to Sunday, February 23 from 10am to 4pm.
The museum is offering a chance for youngsters to see how children were entertained in the past and is inviting people to enjoy a family day out and take a trip back in time to explore historical hobbies through the decades.
Visitors will be able to discover boredom busters of the past from Victorian doll making, Edwardian birdwatching and 1950s games, as well as an entire historic town to explore.
They can meet a whole host of historic characters from Victorian times to the 1960s and step into period houses, shops and industrial workplaces in a fully immersive day out.
Tickets: Adult aged 16 and older: £26.95, Over 65: £25.95, Unwaged: £23.95, Student: £23.95, Young person aged three to 15: £14.95, Essential Carer: Free. Family tickets also available.
3. Sycamore Adventure
Sycamore Green, Dudley DY1 3QE - Saturday, February 15 from 11am to 2pm, Tuesday, February 18 from 4.30pm to 6.30pm, Wednesday, February 19 from 1pm to 2.30pm, Wednesday, February 20 from 2.30pm to 6pm and Thursday, February 21 from 3.30pm to 5.30pm.
The Adventure centre is offering several days of family play fun, with children able to play indoors and outdoors.
The centre has waterplay, sandpit, sunken trampoline, slides, climbing frames, swings, den building poles, sensory room, small soft play and more, with parental supervision essential.
The Saturday and Wednesday sessions are for family play, with an earlier Toddler Stay and Play session for children who are younger than school starting age only, the Tuesday session is inclusive Play for children who have disabilities and their families and Thursday will see Go Karts at Family Play.
Tickets: £4 per child.
4. The Way Youth Zone Half Term Holiday Club
School St, Wolverhampton WV3 0NR - Monday, February 17 to Friday, February 21 from 8.30am to 3pm.
The Way Youth Zone is continuing its tradition of running a Holiday Club to provide a safe and engaging space for children aged between eight and 12 during half term.
The centre provides a range of activities for all ages and all abilities, from physical activities such as a climbing wall, gym and outdoor pitch to creative activities such as arts and crafts, music, dance and a teaching kitchen and a full equipped sensory room and health and wellbeing room.
Families are being asked to contribute £5 per day for their children to be able to take part in the holiday club.
5. Love potions in the park
Mary Stevens Park (in the cafe gardens), West Midlands, DY8 2AA - Saturday, February 15 from 11am to 12pm.
Join Wild Earth Movement for a Valentines special as it sets up a potion station and fills it with planet friendly ingredients ready to mix love potions for the Valentines weekend.
The event will be one hour of free play fun for children of all ages inside the No92 cafe gardens. Parking is free at the park and surrounding residential streets.
Tickets: £5 per child.
6. Brierley Hill Civic - Half Term Children's Party
Brierley Hill Civic, Bank Street, Brierley Hill, DY5 3DH - Tuesday, February 18 from 2pm to 4pm.
The Civic is putting on an afternoon of kids-friendly fun, including mini shows and sing-a-longs, a disco, party dances, Mascot meet and greets and fun and games.
The event is being organised by the Civic and Bernard Moseley Kidz Entertainment and is expected to fill up quickly, with seating for parents and space up the front for the party.
Tickets: £8 per child, and free entry for children under 12 months if a sibling is attending.
7. Half term activities with YO! Wolves
Taking place across Wolverhampton - Monday, February 17 to Friday, February 21.
YO! Wolves is putting on a week of free activities for children of all ages, including free gym, swimming and outdoor astroturf sessions, chances to be creative in art classes and a range of sessions for toddlers.
The activities are being provided as part of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme, which provides eligible children and young people with free holiday activities and food in the long school holidays.
Wolverhampton Council has been awarded funding from the Department for Education to deliver a Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme, as part of a national scheme and is delivering HAF through a network of providers at a wide variety of venues across the city.
Children and young people attending sessions will be able to enjoy quality holiday activities and a healthy meal at each session they attend.
8. Half Term Fun at Bromwich Hall Museum - Wellbeing Week
Bromwich Hall Museum, Hall Green Road, West Bromwich, B71 2EA - Monday, February 17 to Tuesday, February 18.
There are a range of activities taking place at Bromwich Hall Museum across half term around the theme of wellbeing, starting with a guided bike ride around the local area on Monday. Own bikes and helmets are recommended and a range of trails are available.
Other activities include crafts and trails on Tuesday between 11am and 2pm, with families able to come together to learn and try different crafts, while there will also be a Family Yoga session in the afternoon at 2pm.
Tickets: No charge for bike and crafts events. Yoga costs £3 for Adults aged 16 and over and £2 for under 16s.
9. Half Term Lambing Week at Forge Mill Farm
Forge Mill Farm, Forge Lane, West Bromwich, B71 3SZ - Monday, February 17 to Sunday, February 23.
Youngsters of all ages are being invited to come and help celebrate Lambing Season at Forge Mill Farm.
They can come and explore the lambing barn and help the staff welcome the new lambs and kids to the Forge Mill farm family, as well as take part in a large number of Sheepy activities.
These include meeting the newborn lambs and expectant mums, looking out for signs of lambing on a viewing platform, trying out the Lambing Simulator and testing shepherding skills in the farmers corner, as well as the possibility of seeing a live birth.
Tickets: Adults £5.50, Child aged two to 17 years £6.50, Under two free, Concession £4.50, Family Ticket (two adults and up to three children) £27.000, Family Ticket (one adult and up to three children) £21.50, Carer (One per visitor with a registered disability) free
10. Half Term Active Camp February 2025
St. Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Hut Hill Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, WS6 6PG - Tuesday, February 18 to Thursday, February 20.
Run by the West Midlands Sports Development, the three day active camp aims to provide action-packed days filled with safe and engaging activities for youngsters.
Using a range of sporting activities, children can enjoy lots of new games and challenges which will help build confidence, resilience and also get the chance to make friendships and lifelong memories.
It'll also include indoor and outdoor activities and will see different age groups put together.
Tickets: £24 per day or £60 for all three days.
11. Half-Term Woodland Crafts and Camp Fire Cooking
The Kingswood Trust, Holyhead Road, Wolverhampton, WV7 3AP - Tuesday, February 18.
The charitable trust is inviting youngsters of all age to come and enjoy a day out communing with nature as part of its start of year activities.
Those in attendance will be able to Make something to take away, build dens and cook a treat on the campfire, as well as explore the many wooded areas of the estate.
There will also be drinks, hot and cold food, snacks, cakes, and ice creams sold at Woody’s Snack Stop and there is a licenced bar for parents where they can pay by both cash and card.
Tickets: £12 for car parking.
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