Dorset, Somerset &amp; Bristol

Discover the science behind circus tricks in <a href="https://www.nmrn.org.uk/index.php/events/strongwomen-science-circus-shows" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">StrongWomen Science</a>, with scientists turned circus performers engineer Aoife Raleigh and environmental scientist Maria Corcoran, and a workshop after the show. The Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, Tues 14 &amp; Weds 15 Feb.



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Put your skates on for the last week of the <a href="https://www.coolcoasticerink.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cool Coast Ice Rink</a> at the Bournemouth International Centre (last day Sun 19 Feb) or slide over to the all year round <a href="https://planet-ice.co.uk/locations/bristol/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Planet Ice</a> in Bristol.



Make plant pots and planters, fairy gardens – and sushi – at the super inventive <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=648195240642433&amp;set=a.525325369596088" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bootmaker&#8217;s Workshops</a> in Wincanton. You can drop off or book a family table. Mon 13 – Fri 17 Feb. All ages. Bookings or queries by text to 07471153418.



Enter a virtual world at <a href="https://centrevr.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Centre VR</a> in Bournemouth. They say it&#8217;s Europe&#8217;s largest virtual reality venue, with over 100 games plus some real world escape rooms. Great for teens and there&#8217;s a half price pass too.



Be sew creative at the Somerset Museum in Taunton, with <a href="https://swheritage.org.uk/events/dress-to-impress/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">half term activities </a>inspired by the museum&#8217;s &#8216;In Fashion&#8217; exhibition, including making peg dolls and finger puppets, using a sewing machine and learning how to knit. Tues 14 – Sat 18 Feb. 



Make like a Ninja on the obstacle courses at the newly opened <a href="https://ninjawarrioruk.co.uk/bristol/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ninja Warrior UK</a> adventure park at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol. From 4 years.



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Get into conservation by signing up for a <a href="http://avalonmarshes.org/event/young-wardens-breeding-bird-survey-and-spring-tasks-with-the-rspb-9th-april/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">young wardens session </a>helping the Natural England National Nature Reserve Staff maintain Shapwick Heath NNR. Weds 15 Feb. For 12 – 17 year olds. 



<a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/dorset/kingston-lacy/events/0b4ffd1c-1896-4875-957a-97f67ea3cb97" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Build and decorate a bird box </a>at the National Trust&#8217;s Kingston Lacy near Wimborne, Sat 11, 18 &amp; 25 Feb. For 5 years +



Let your youngster behind the wheel (eek) on a <a href="https://www.youngdriver.eu/venues/southwest/bristol_cribbs_causeway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Young Driver&#8217;s</a> session at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, Tues 14 Feb. For 10 – 17 year olds.



Get spraying with professional graffiti artist Steve Fitzpatrick at a <a href="https://www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk/events/learn-graffiti-workshop/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">graffiti workshop</a> at the Taunton Brewhouse on Sun 19 Feb. For 8 years +



Be immersed in dance at Club Origami, where dance, fashion and live music meet the magic of origami, at Bath&#8217;s dedicated children&#8217;s theatre <a href="https://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/whats-on/?ven=11" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the egg</a>, Weds 15 – Fri 17 Feb, for 1–5 year olds.



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<a href="https://herschelmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Make a star viewfinder </a>at Bath&#8217;s Herschel Museum of Astronomy (home of siblings Caroline and William Herschel, who discovered the planet Uranus in March 1781) and take part in the National Star Count. Sat 11 – Sun 19 Feb.



Do touch the exhibits on the <a href="https://www.haynesmuseum.org/events/february-half-term-fun" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">History Unpacked</a> trail at the Haynes International Motor Museum in Sparkford. Open up the boots of some of the vehicles to find suitcases packed with info and artefacts from different decades. Sat 11 – Sun 19 Feb (museum closed Weds 15 Feb).



Watch scientific stunts: captivating chemistry, phenomenal physics and bonkers biology with real life scientists <a href="https://morganandwest.co.uk/live-dates/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Morgan &amp; West&#8217;s Unbelievable Science </a>at the Taunton Brewhouse Tues 14 Feb and Redgrave Theatre Bristol on Weds 15 Feb. For 7 years +



Find out if dancing dinosaurs can save the planet. A stage adaptation of Michael Foreman’s environmental tale <a href="http://www.merlintheatre.co.uk/whats-on/performances/dinosaurs-and-all-that-rubbish/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish</a> on its UK tour. Merlin Theatre, Frome, Tues 14 Feb. For 3 years +



Be wowed by <a href="https://www.amazingbubbleman.com/tour-schedule/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Amazing Bubble Man</a>&#8216;s giant bubbles and tricks at the Taunton Brewhouse on Thurs 16 Feb &amp; the Redgrave Theatre in Bristol on Fri 17 Feb.



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Sing along to <a href="http://www.merlintheatre.co.uk/whats-on/performances/encanto-singalong/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Encanto,</a> the Disney animation set in Columbia, with original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame at the Merlin Theatre in Frome, Thurs 16 Feb.



Celebrate The Tank Museum in Bovington&#8217;s 100th birthday with <a href="https://tankmuseum.org/events/february-half-term" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">half term </a>birthday themed activities – Birthday Bash trail, crafts, balloon modelling, party games, face painting – as well as the impressive display of 300 tanks and interactive exhibitions. Mon 13 – Sun 19 Feb. 



Find out what happens when a giant iceberg is on a collision course with a nearby penguin colony in <a href="https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/georgia-and-the-iceberg/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Georgia &amp; the Iceberg</a> at the Lighthouse Poole on Sat 11 Feb. For 7 years+



Fly over to Aerospace Bristol for <a href="https://aerospacebristol.org/february-half-term" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Helicopter Half Term</a>, with remote control choppers in action (Tues 14 &amp; Weds 16 Feb); Minecraft, talks and trails and 20% off a ticket to the Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare. Sat 11 – Sun 19 Feb.



Make a top hat or bonnet in the Craft Shed or go on an Historic Explorer trail around the <a href="https://uptoncountrypark.com/events/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Upton Country Park</a> estate in Poole. Sat 11 – Sun 19 Feb.



Meet a man with only one boot. The Folksy Theatre&#8217;s production of Quentin Blake&#8217;s <a href="https://folksytheatre.co.uk/mistermagnoliadates/">Mr Magnolia </a>is on at the Yeovil Octagon, Sat 11 Feb and the Mission Theatre in Bath Fri 17 &amp; Sat 18 Feb.



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Get rocking. Booted out of his band, a rock star gets a job as a music teacher at a posh private school. The musical <a href="https://www.bournemouthpavilion.co.uk/events/sotc-school-of-rock-2023" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">School of Rock</a>, based on the Jack Black film, is on at the Bournemouth Pavilion, Thurs 16 – Sun 19 Feb.



Kill two (love) birds with one stone at the Russell-Cotes Museum in Bournemouth; their half term activity is making <a href="https://russellcotes.com/event/half-term/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">pretty Victorian Valentine&#8217;s cards</a>. 



Shake it up with <a href="https://www.milkshake.tv/content/milkshake-live-milkshake-monkeys-musical" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Milkshake! Monkey&#8217;s Musical</a> at The Playhouse Theatre Weston-super-Mare Sat 11 Feb &amp; Westlands Yeovil Sun 12 Feb. For 3 – 7 year olds.



Have a spell in the cells at the historic courthouse Shire Hall Museum in Dorchester, with trails and crafts; kids go <a href="https://shirehalldorset.org/events/half-term-at-shire-hall-museum/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">free over half term</a>. Sat 11 – Sat 18 Feb. 



Go on an <a href="https://bristololdvic.org.uk/blog/a-bristol-elephant-adventure-pushchair-tour-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elephant Adventure Pushchair Tour</a>. Join Elephant in their search for Mr Giraffe on a pushchair-friendly trail around six Bristol locations, with activities at each one. Collect stamps at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA), St George’s Bristol, Bristol Old Vic, Bristol Beacon and Brunel’s SS Great Britain and to get a Heritage Explorer Certificate. All year.

20+ things to do over half term in Somerset & Dorset

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