Ready for an early summer getaway? May Half Term is on the horizon and you can feel summer creeping back in. From the sunrise getting a little earlier each day to long evenings with blue skies, even if you still definitely need to be wearing a coat, you can feel us edging closer to the time of year that makes us all feel a little bit sunnier.
Sunshine and blue skies aside, summer is all about the kids. The long school holidays are approaching and it’s daunting trying to think about ways to keep children busy. Use May Half Term as a chance to test their boundaries, get little ones to try new things and they might discover something they really love. Plus, it’ll give you lots of inspiration for keeping them entertained all summer long.
Here are 50 fun things to do with kids in May Half Term holidays:
1. Visit the Ashdown Forest in Sussex and play Pooh sticks in the Hundred Acre Wood
2. Step into a jungle at the Eden Project
3. Collect sea glass on your favourite beach…
4. Then make a picture from it at home
5. Say hello to the seals at Gweek Seal Sanctuary
6. Walk with the dinosaurs at Dorchester’s Dino Museum
7. Ride ponies (or bikes) across the Quantock hills
8. Speed across the sea on the Isle of Wight hovercraft
9. Find the Giant’s heart on St Michael’s Mount
10. Play knights at Corfe Castle
11. Explore Bateman’s, the home of Rudyard Kipling
12. Surf some knarly waves (or try it for the first time!)
13. Paddleboard everywhere!
14. Create your own personal performance at the Minack Theatre
15. Build a den in the New Forest
16. Visit Coleton Fishacre
17. Make a new friend at the Sussex Llama Farm
18. Let kids loose at Kernow Adventure Park
19. Paint at pot at China Blue in Totnes
20. Scramble across the rope bridge at the Lost Gardens of Heligan
21. Eat everything at the River Cottage Food Fair
22. Walk into (a pretend) battle at Tintagel Castle
23. Explore the National Trust village of Wembury
24. Dress up in Tudor Costume at Trerice Manor
25. Explore the gardens of Overbecks in south Devon
26. Scream your heart out on a Crealy rollercoaster
27. Embrace life on the sea at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth
28. Squeeze through the letterbox gap at Cheddar Gorge
29. Go bodyboarding in Woolacombe
30. Climb to the top of Glastonbury Tor
31. Feel like a giant at Babbacombe Model Village
32. Go underground at Wookey Hole
33. Explore the Ventor Botanic Garden
34. Visit the Bishop’s Palace in Wells
35. Hunt for the golden carrots at Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary
36. Skim stones at Chesil Beach
37. Enjoy a day out at Black Gang Chine
38. Take a coastal walk at Durdle Door
39. See the Slapton Sands tank
40. Flower-spot at Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens
41. Sit in a WWI tank at the Tank Museum
42. Cycle along Bournemouth seafront
43. Burn off some energy at Tapnell Farm Park
44. Visit the Abbotsbury Swannery
45. Spend a day hiking through Haytor Quarries
46. Hop on the Swanage Railway
47. Go kayaking with Adventure Activities on the Isle of Wight
48. Take an epic night sky picture
49. Take a dip in the sea for a spot of wild swimming
50. Soak up the sunshine wherever you are!
Take your pick of our holiday cottages in the South of England and Wales and start planning your half term getaway now.
