February Half-Term events for the whole family across Essex. Click on each one for more details, or look at the Things to Do section for full half-term listings by area.
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Barking & Dagenham
Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Havering Maldon Redbridge Rochford Southend Tendring Thurrock Uttlesford
Barking & Dagenham
Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Havering Maldon Redbridge Rochford Southend Tendring Thurrock UttlesfordBARKING AND DAGENHAM
Ripple Centre
- FREE Family Fun Day 2022: Activities, food and conversation for the whole family
Super Star Sport
- February Half Term Camp: Ninja warrior, soft archery, dodgeball, nerf and more!
BASILDON
Camp 4 Champs
- February Half Term Camp: Make friends, learn new skills through creative and lively activities
David Lloyd Leisure Centre
- Half Term Madness: Come join the DL Kids Team, where we’ll be sure to keep you active
Elite Sport Coaching
- February Half Term: Come along and join in the fun this February half term at our popular Nerf and Fortnite games days
First Kicks Football Camp
- February Half Term Football Camp: Two day course for ages 5-11
Mega Camps
- February Mega Activities: A variety of Sports and Arts N’ Crafts for your child to choose from each and every day
Rollerworld
- February Half Term Skate: Enjoy tons of skating fun on Europe’s finest rink, order delicious food from our Roller Cafe and Deli, dance and sing along to all of your favourite music, song requests are always welcomed!
Sprinkles and Spice Cooking School
- Half Term Special: Come along this February Half Term and learn to make different style muffins, some sweet, some savoury
BRAINTREE
Camp 4 Champs
- February Half Term Camp: Make friends, learn new skills through creative and lively activities
Castle Hedingham
- The Kings Lost Jewels: New Escape Room now available to book! Available to play from 13th February, this new room will be replacing ‘A Magical Mishap’.
Star Struck Theatre School
- Half Term workshop: FREE Performing Arts workshop
BRENTWOOD
Adagio School of Dance
- Musical Theatre workshops: Matilda and Encanto workshops for children aged 4+
Angela’s Swim School
- February Half Term Crash Courses: Aimed to build water confidence and improve technique
The Brentwood Centre
- Half Term Fun!: This February half term we will be open for tots aged 0-5years (including age 5).
Brentwood Park Ski & Snowboard Centre
- Half Term activities: Skiing, Snowboarding & Tubing is available daily
Happy Child Soccer School
- February half term camp: Inclusive indoor football
Old MacDonalds Farm
TrackPlay
- Brentwood TrackPlay: A fun day of playing with over 500 feet of Thomas track and over 100 engines to choose from. Let your kids experience a fun day with Thomas and his friends
UK Football Camps
- February Football Camp: Our FA structured syllabus implements a mix of modern coaching techniques with good old fashioned FUN! Each day at camp is unique, this is to maximise the exposure to new skills and techniques from the syllabus and provide many different fun filled games!
CASTLE POINT
Angela’s Swim School
- February Half Term Crash Courses: Aimed to build water confidence and improve technique
Castle Point Leisure Centre
- Indoor Inflatable Fun Day: Providing a range of inflatables and activities including; assault courses, inflatable Big15ft Drop slides, games and more.
Deanes Centre
- Champions Football Academy: Tournaments, knockouts and final presentations
- Inflatable Fun Day: Providing a range of inflatables and activities including; assault courses, inflatable Big15ft Drop slides, games and more.
Hadleigh Farm
- Half term activities: FREE half term activities at the Hub Cafe
CHELMSFORD
Artimate
- Two Day Animation Course: Stop-Motion Animation Workshop – 7 – 12 year olds – create your own short animated film, make friends and have fun!
Chelmsford City and Mini City Half Term Camps
- Holiday courses and camps: Ice skating, athletics, swimming, arts and crafts, mini camps and a Valentines Party
Essex Outdoors
- February Half Term: For a special price of just £20 your child can experience up to 4 exciting activities!
Hyde Hall
- Face painting: Transform into your favourite animal or character with face painting from Trudles Doodles. Please note, queuing may be required. *£4 per child – pay on the day.
- Jaws ‘n’ claws: Meet exotic animals and minibeasts in these fun and interactive workshops with handling opportunities. A great way to engage young minds as they absorb fascinating facts about animals and their habitats.
- Storytelling: Join captivating storyteller Mike Dodsworth for a storytelling adventure about the wonderful world beneath our feet and the curious creatures that live there. Meet at the Welcome building.
- Under your feet discovery trail: Discover the secrets of soil on our family trail around the garden and find out just how important soil is for plants, minibeasts and the planet.
- Worm farm workshop: Build your own worm farm while learning about the important role worms play in our ecosystems and soil health. Worm farming at home is a great environmentally conscious way to deal with kitchen scraps. Recommended for ages 10+.
Marsh Farm
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Family Fun with Fairies & Dragons: Come along to Marsh Farm for a family day out of magic and fun… Featuring fairies, knights, dragons and fairytale frolics. Ready your wands & shields, a fantastic family day out awaits you.
Mega Camps
- February Mega Activities: A variety of Sports and Arts N’ Crafts for your child to choose from each and every day
COLCHESTER
Essex Outdoors
- February Half Term: For a special price of just £20 your child can experience up to 4 exciting activities!
Firstsite
- Firstsite Holiday Fun: Drop-in crafts, multi-sports, canteen and street dance
Kidz Fun Place
- Valentine’s Day at Kidz Fun Place: Create Valentines day cards for loved ones, get messy with our themed Valentines day cupcakes decorating activity.
Marks Hall
- Family Safari Trail: Enjoy a walk on the wild side at Markshall Estate this February half term! Grab your hiking boots and wrap up warm to embark on a self-guided Family Safari Trail. Navigate the globe, in just one day, in search of the wooden animals making our Arboretum their home for half term.
- Snowdrop Weekends: Welcome in the start of Spring every February weekend and see the beautiful snowdrops as they emerge. Wrap up and explore The Winter Walk and Robins Grove with its extensive carpet of snowdrops.
Mercury Theatre
- Mama G’s Story Time Roadshow: Join ‘everyone’s favourite pantomime dame’ (Metro) for stories and songs that the whole family will love. Mama G will be sharing tales about being who you want and loving who you are, using puppets, BSL and LOTS of joining in! Fabulous February family fun!
- SEND Holiday Club: This 4-day multi-sensory storytelling workshop is not to be missed! For young people with SEND aged 7-12, our multi-sensory workshops will get you up on your feet exploring the world around you through drama and dance.
- Sing-A-Long-A The Greatest Showman: Look out ‘cause here it comes… From the producers of Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music comes Sing-a-long-a The Greatest Showman the smash hit film musical with lyrics on screen that everyone can’t stop singing.
- The Tiger Who Came To Tea: Direct from the West End, the Olivier award-nominated smash hit show, The Tiger Who Came to Tea returns on tour. The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger!
- Treasure Island: Le Navet Bete and Barbican Theatre present Treasure Island, a swashbuckling, smash-hit comedy for all the family. Featuring dastardly pirates, tropical islands and a mermaid you’ll never forget, set sail on the Jolly Todger with Jim Lad, Long John Silver and a whole host of other characters for a hilarious voyage across the seas.
School’s Out Activities
- February Half Term Camp: Space and science themes and much more!
Signals Media Arts Centre
- Film in a Day: From script to screen, all in a day! Work with professional film-making techniques and equipment to create your own short film. From script to screen, all in a day! During this workshop you’ll learn about and use practical, professional film-making techniques and equipment with expert guidance from the Signals team.
- Video Game Making: Create your own arcade video game with Scratch – the fun entry-level game design software. Learn how to make your own video game using Scratch – a fun game design software! With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.
EPPING FOREST
Distinct Dance Classes
- Half Term workshops: Encanto and Acro workshops
Top Hat Performing Arts
- Sing 2 Dance/Crafts workshop: Dancing, singing, arts and crafts and lots of games as well as making lots of new friends for the day
Zinc Arts
- Spectacular Science: Slime Making Workshop, Bath bombs, Stress ball making and much more
HARLOW
Essex Outdoors
- February Half Term: For a special price of just £20 your child can experience up to 4 exciting activities!
Playhouse
- Family Friendly February half term shows: Terry Deary’s Twisted Tales, Milkshake Live! Milkshake Monkey’s Musical, Comedy Club 4 Kids, The Bubble Show, The Smeds and the Smoos
HAVERING
DW Goalkeeping
- February Goalkeeping Camp: Goalkeeping coaching – £40
Elite Sport Coaching
- February Half Term: Come along and join in the fun this February half term at our popular Nerf and Fortnite games days
Fairkytes Arts Centre
- Para Music Session (SEND): This session, for SEND young people will be taken by our wonderful partners TIME. These music sessions are joyous, uplifting, fun and therapeutic.
Final Checks Make Up and Hair Academy
- Prosthetics Make Up Workshop: WORKSHOP FOR BOYS & GIRLS 10 – 16yrs. After a demonstration, you will re-create the look on yourself
Lambourne End
- February ‘Half Term Fun‘: Spend your half term at Lambourne End this February! Do you want to spend your time doing exciting, adventurous activities? Would you enjoy looking after adorable animals and learning new things? How about trying out our BRAND NEW crossbows! Join us this February for the ultimate half term experience!
Mega Camps
- February Mega Activities: A variety of Sports and Arts N’ Crafts for your child to choose from each and every day
Romford Shopping Hall
- Animal Encounters: Book a 45 minute slot for an interactive hands-on animal encounter session by Ventura Wildlife Encounters.
RSPB at Rainham Marshes
- May half term at Rainham Marshes: Explore the reserve with our wildlife trail – can you solve the clues and be a wild explorer?
Thames Chase
- Half Term Holiday Activities: Storytime Walk, Drop in Crafts and Family Stargazing events throughout the week
Wellgate Community Farm
- Beaks and Squeaks: Crafts session, chicken and guinea pig encounters, refreshments and farm tour for ages 3- 7
- Be A Farmer for A Day: Take part in fun activities whilst learning about what happens on a farm. We’ll teach you the traditional methods with a fun hands on approach.
MALDON
Museum of Power
- Explore & Discover Half Term Activities: Bug Hunt – join Essex Wildlife to find the bugs and creepy crawlies in our grounds. Arts and Crafts – have fun painting, hiding and finding rocks around the Museum grounds, make bunny bunting for easter decorations and make a spring decorated head band
Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome
- Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome Escape Room Experience: Are you ready to face the might of the Imperial onslaught? The perfect exhilarating, exciting, entertaining, team building, escape room experience! An ideal activity for family, friends or for corporate events.
REDBRIDGE
Creative Biscuits Ceramics Cafe Events
- Half Term Painting Pop-Up: Choose from Mugs, Small Bowls and Small Plates to paint your design on
Kids in Charge
- February Half-Term Holiday Camp: Kids in Charge’s Holiday Club provides fun, exciting and stimulating activities for children aged 3 to 12 years.
ROCHFORD
Belchamps Scout Centre
- Tree Toddlers Valentine’s Special: Wrap up warm and join us in our beautiful woodland area, for some outdoors fun, including Valentines themed sensory play, crafts, as well as time to explore in the woodland.
Kasey’s Gymnastics Class
- Half Term Gymnastics Class: new skills to learn, competitions and prizes!
Monkey Bizness
- Valentine’s Craft Club: Craft session plus a Valentine’s gift for each child
Sport Star
Star Sports & Soccer
- Half Term holiday club: Lots of sports activities, arts and crafts and much more!
SOUTHEND
Animating Education
- Filmmaking Kids Club: Learn film making, for ages 6-12
ASSA
- February 2022 Soccer School: Soccer school with competitions and trophies for winners
Cliffs Pavilion
- Character Creation Masterclass: This masterclass is open to anyone aged 16- 21 and is about using your imagination to create characters with your body, with Martin Lawford from East 15 Drama School.
- Fairy Tales on Stage workshop: If you have a child aged 4-7 who loves fun and play, let their imagination run wild in our fairy tales on stage drama workshop.
- Justin Live – The Big Tour: Justin Live is a fabulous show for all the family packed full of well-known songs, lots of dancing, hilarious comedy and plenty of slapstick fun!
- Monster Academy – Drama workshop: Calling all 7–11-year-olds with scarily good imaginations, join us at the Monster Academy and bring your very own monster to life through drama, improvisation and character creation in our 90 minute drama workshop.
- Theatrical Make Up Masterclasses: This masterclass will focus on how make up artists plan and design looks in the professional industry. Our make up artists will demonstrate a creative look and then you’ll have the chance to design your very own look too using face charts.
Create 98
- Kids Half Term: T-shirt painting, Explore Drawing, Fun with Flowers and much more
David Lloyd Leisure Centre
- Half Term Holiday Fun: Kids Winter Olympics club, superhero school, fashion school, cricket school and much more!
The Football Fun Factory
- Football fun camp: Activities including our giant inflatable goal, inflatable football pitch, and footdarts!
Jurassic Ark Reptiles
- Reptile Experience: We have a variety of animals from snakes to ferrets that you will get to engage with and be told all sorts of facts about that animal
Lemon Witch
- Half Term Biscuit Decorating: £10 Per Child… includes crepe and shake
Louise
- Super Fun Times: fun times
Mega Camps
- February Mega Activities: A variety of Sports and Arts N’ Crafts for your child to choose from each and every day
Merlin Productions
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A traditional family pantomime for all ages!!
Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre
- February Half Term Mega Fun Days: Inflatable Fun Days, plus, we have a children’s entertainer performing Magic Shows, Disco, Games, Balloons & Prizes too!
Southend Luminocity Festival of Light
- Luminocity of Light: LuminoCity will feature fantastic large-scale interactive light installations that will pop up at iconic landmarks in Southend town centre and seafront
TENDRING
Clacton Pier
- National Lottery Big Day Out Scheme: This allows lottery players (who buy a £2 lottery ticket) to get a £25 voucher to spend on days out
Harwich Arts Centre
- Harwich Holiday Fun: Drop-in crafts, multi-sports, canteen and street dance
THURROCK
IKEA Lakeside
- Half Term stencil art with Annie: Creating magical paintings using stencils!
Annie Newman, artist, will create magical unicorns, fairies, cars, and dragon artworks for your children’s bedrooms.
Thameside Theatre
- Nicky Trix Fabulous February Show: A show packed with amazing magic tricks, hilarious comedy routines and everyone’s favourite cheeky elephant… Nambu!
Walton Hall Farm
- Mini Super Hero Party: Let your little one be a real hero, help save the party from the ticking time bomb… Speed through the superhero training course…stand strong for Superman’s statues… learn Spiderman’s secret super hero handshake and more…
- Valentines Lets Party: A love-tastic kids party, which includes bubbles, puppet show, party games and lots more
UTTLESFORD
Fab Science
- Half term camp: This half term we’re doing Electrickery…a whole circuit of electrical activities and a hair-raising experience with the Van der Graaff generator!
Saffron Walden Museum
- February Half Term activities: Make a model ammonite, mini palaeontology museum & roarsome dino mask.
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