This half term the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum has plenty to keep your kids entertained:

• Playful Self-Portraits is a week long arty adventure, packed full of different craft workshops, teaching specialist art skills to help you to create unique and wonderful self-portraits. Running from Saturday 18 - Saturday 25 February (excluding Sunday 19) from 10.30am - 3.30pm.
• Ignite imagination and creativity in the Sketching Masterclass. You and your children will explore the Face to Face exhibition alongside a member of the Herbert's Learning Team, who will assist you and your children as you delve into the wonderful world of drawing. Children will have the opportunity to expand their sketching skills and learn new techniques using a variety of art materials. Best of all, their masterpieces can all be taken home with them! Come along on Monday 20 February from 10.30am - 12.30pm and 1.30pm - 3.30pm.
• Your Face is a Masterpiece! Yes, you read that right! Transform your face into a work of art, as the Herbert's skilled face painters use iconic art movements to make you look like a painted portrait. Available on Wednesday 22 February from 11.00am - 1.00pm and from 2.00pm - 3.30pm.

Location: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry City Centre.

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Coventry Transport Museum has a brilliant list of energy powered delights ready and waiting for you and yours this half term: 

• On Your Marks, Get Set - Balloon! Come along and create a car that runs on balloon power - make your racer than fuel it by inflating the balloon. Release it and watch it go! Air pressure in the balloon races your car across the floor - so come and create your Balloon Powered Car. 
• Fast... Faster... Fastest! Complete the Supersonic Family Trail and learn all about speed in the Supersonic Exhibition 
• Who knew that a drinking cup would make an awesome hot rod racer? In this experiment, you'll construct a simple and fun racer that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to create your very own Hot Rods: Racing Cup.  
• Get creative using simple household items and your wind up spool racer will be racing across the room in no time. They are small, cut and lots of kinetic fun!
  

Location: Coventry Transport Museum, Coventry City Centre.

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Fancy taking yourself or your young ones to watch a show or two? Warwick Arts Centre currently have a fabulous performance package offer: buy two events from a selected range of performances and get 15% off tickets; or buy three events from a range of selected performances and get 20% off tickets.

The selected range features family favourites such was The Tiger Who Came to Tea; The First Hippo on the Moon and In a Pickle. The range also features some great theatre and dance shows such as Pygmalion; Miss Meena and the Masala Queens and The Winter's Tale.

Location: Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry

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Sgt. Bilko's Vintage Emporium

Have a look around Sgt. Bilko's Vintage Emporium at Fargo Village this February for some brilliant deals. The store is a treasure trove of wonderful and wacky vintage treats. Ranging from DVDs and mugs to framed posters and Top Trumps and from Dr Who to Star Wars, it's an experience not to be missed!

Date: Running throughout February 

Location: Sgt. Bilko's Vintage Emporium, Fargo Village, Coventry

The Belgrade Theatre has an exciting programme of events and activities to keep families entertained over the holidays:

• Stage adaptation of Eric Idle’s The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat to make its world premiere at the Belgrade Theatre from Saturday 18 February to Saturday 4 March. The Belgrade are also offering a 20% discount (excluding 21 February). Use the code: BONG20
• Audiences will go wild for the touring production of Michael Morpurgo’s Running Wild on the Main Stage from Wednesday 22 – Saturday 25 February
• Curious Kids Family Fun Day returns on Saturday 11 February with free all-day activities to keep the kids entertained over the holidays
• A two-day February Camp will run on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 February packed with drama games for ages 8 – 13 years.
  

Location: Belgrade Theatre, Coventry City Centre.

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Why not go all medieval this half term and have your young ones' holiday filled with knights, dragons and tales of old? 

Enjoy a fun-packed, full day out at Warwick Castle this half term!

Book in advance online to get the Rainy Day Guarantee.

Horrible Histories Maze

Choose your path as you muddle through time and face fun challenges to unravel history’s best kept secret in the World’s first Horrible Histories adventure maze!

Invade Viking waters, survive the trenches, uncover evil plots and escape the maze before things go horribly wrong!

The Mighty Trebuchet

See the largest working siege machine IN THE WORLD fire twice a day with a brand new show! The colossal catapult is an authentic recreation of one of the biggest and most deadly military machines of all time.

Flight of the Eagles

Watch in awe as our spectacular birds of prey display showcases these beautiful and powerful creatures - including vultures and eagles flying from the castle ramparts!

Time Tower

Enter the Time Tower and witness the birth of Warwick Castle, which once controlled the middle of England for over a thousand years. These ages have now passed along with their stories...until now.

And there’s more! 

Little princesses can thrill at dressing up and hearing stories of the past at The Princess Tower, whilst you can experience the sounds and smells of yesteryear at Kingmaker: Eve of Battle which tells the story of how Richard Neville, the 16th Earl of Warwick, prepared his household for war. Are you brave enough to enter the Castle Dungeon?

Half term short breaks are also available. 

Date: 17 - 25 February 2017

Location: Warwick Castle, Warwick