Short of locking them in the living room with the Playstation and a keg of Sunny Delight, there’s really no escaping the fact that Half Term is looming. You’re going to have to do something with your lovely little angels, but because every kid is different we’ve made the options easier on you with a slice of something for everyone.
If they love a piece of the action…
For the sports mad, Madame Tussauds are mixing wax with the match by kicking off a brand new exhibition just in time for the World Cup. World at Your Feet (geddit?) w
ill feature new waxworks of football faves like Wayne Rooney, Becks, Michael Owen and Sven-Goran Eriksson. You can even battle against a virtual goalie, record your own commentary for a number of classic goals and even touch some genuine turf, grown at a secret location in the Netherlands and flown in especially for the attraction. And they think it’s all over…
If you’re way up in bonnie Scotland, or planning to be on May 31st, for a tenner you can do the Mexican wave as you watch Scotland v Barbarians at the Murrayfield Stadium. You and your troop can celebrate the return of the roar by bringing down the curtain on a thrilling season for Scotland... and for a tenner you can hardly complain.
If their imagination is in overdrive…
Brick by little coloured brick, Legoland has built itself up to be the number one children’s playground and with four new attractions for 2006, including Digger Challenge – the chance to drive a full size digger – your whole brood will have a ball. If the real London doesn’t impress them, the lego brick model of the skyline in Miniland definitely will. And you might just freak your grown up mind out with the 4D show ‘Spellbreaker’. Make sure you stay for the fireworks…
Your curious critters will fall hard for the animated charms of the Pixar: 20 Years of Animation exhibition at the Science Museum. Plus, why not offer to take another sprog out of someone’s hair with our 2 for 1 offer and make sure they appreciate that animation wasn’t always all about computers. Somebody actually had to use a pen once…
- Book Pixar: 20 Years of Animation exhibition NOW 2 FOR 1
If they’re prone to dramatic outbursts…
They won’t believe their eyes and this might just render them speechless for once - The Magic Cavern at Barons Court will take their breath away and leave them 
no time for their own shenanigans. Get them into London’s most intimate and enchanting theatre of magic, illusion and variety with weekly shows suitable for the whole family. No matter where you sit you’re only feet away from the magic. They’ll be asking you about ‘that card trick’ for months…
We’ve now got weekday and Friday and Saturday tickets available for Disney’s smash hit, The Lion King - guaranteed to make your darlings put ‘pet wild cat’ on their Christmas lists. This all singing, all dancing, awe inspiring spectacular will keep their mouths shut for a few hours at least…
If they’re right little terrors…
Scare them back with Jack The Ripper's Rapacious Reign – a walking tour that takes place every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Walk the streets and head back to a very different time in London, when Jack the Ripper terrorised the city. Examine the theories surrounding the killer’s identity and visit some of the murder sites. Creepy stuff…
Full of history and mystery and yet another slice of Jack the Ripper, take your own little grizzlies to The London Dungeons, where live action drama unfolds to captivate them with all things frightening. Adults should take a spare pair of pants too, some of those actors are scary!
- Book The London Dungeon tickets - up to 50% off
- The Edinburgh Dungeon tickets - £2 off
- The York Dungeon tickets - £2 off
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