Twelve ideas for keeping your children busy for the remainder of half term

WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES

Seasonal activities At The Weald And Downland Open Air Museum, Town Lane, Chichester Until Friday, October 31, 11am to 4pm, £11.90/£6.50, www.wealddown.co.uk.

FROM playing conkers to willow-weaving Weald And Downland Open Air Museum is offering a range of half-term fun.

The Urban Playground At The Circus Street Market, Brighton Wednesday, October 29, and Thursday, October 30, 2pm to 5pm, Friday, October 31, noon and 3pm, free, emily.james-farley@southeastdance.org.uk or visit www.southeast dance.org.uk.

SOUTH East Dance has teamed up with urban dance troupe The Urban Playground to offer free three-hour parkour dance workshops for 12 to 16-year-olds and 16-year-olds and over, with two free work-in-progress performances of new show Steam.

Wonderful Wednesday At The Arundel Museum, Mill Road, Arundel Wednesday, October 29, 11am to 3pm, £3/£2.50, 01903 885866.

SKETCH favourite objects from Arundel Museum’s collection for a pop-up exhibition as part of The Big Draw.

FAMILY THEATRE

Family Theatre Season At The Capitol, North Road, Horsham Until Saturday, November 1, 11am and 2pm (Sat), 1.30pm (Wed to Fri), from £10/£8, 01403 750220.

CBEEBIES double act Chris And Pui’s Roadshow pulls into town telling the story of Old MacDonald, Incy Wincy and Little Bo Peep.

Tomfoolery takes over the Studio from Wednesday to Friday with his Beans On Toast show, before Apollo Theatre Company retells Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories on Saturday, November 1.

Thumbelina At The Emporium, London Road, Brighton Until Friday, October 31, 11am, 2pm Wed and Thurs, £9/£7, www.emporiumbrighton.com.

BARD And Troubadour bring Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of a pint-sized heroine to life with songs and puppetry.

Oliver! At The Devonshire Park Theatre, Compton Street, Eastbourne Until Saturday, November 1, 7.30pm (not Sat), matinees 2.30pm Wed, 3pm Sat, £12/£10, 01323 412000.

A 50-STRONG cast from Young Eastbourne Operatic and Dramatic Society bring Lionel Bart’s musical reinterpretation of Dickens’s Oliver Twist to the stage.

Stage Secrets At The Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road Wednesday, October 29, 11am to 1pm, 1pm to 3pm and 3pm to 5pm, £10.50/£8.50, 08448 717650.

AN INTERACTIVE trip behind the scenes at Brighton’s oldest theatre, suitable for explorers aged eight and over.

Look out for The Secret Stairway, a backstage show from Herringbone Arts for three to seven-year-olds on Sundays.

DAYS OUT AND TRAILS 

Paddington At The Horsham Museum And Art Gallery, The Causeway, Horsham Until New Year’s Eve, Mon to Sat, 10am to 5pm, free, www.horshammuseum.org.

DARKEST Peru’s most famous inhabitant comes to Horsham to raise money for Action Medical Research.

Half term Halloween At Borde Hill Garden, Haywards Heath Friday, October 24, to Sunday, November 2, 10am to 5pm, £8/£5, 01444 450326.

TAKE the Halloween trail through the enchanted garden, and enjoy a close encounter with either owls today and Saturday, November 1, or bats on Sunday, October 26.

Plus storytelling sessions on Wednesday, October 29, and Friday, October 31.

Wild Boar Week Across Rye, Until Sunday, November 2, www.wildboar.org.uk.

FROM live music to tours of the wild boar habitat, Rye is going piggin’ crazy over half-term.

Halloween horror Drusillas Park, A27, Alfriston Until Sunday, November 2, 10am to 6pm, from £15.50, www.drusillas.co.uk.

HAUNTED Heights opens its doors to thrill-seekers on Saturday, with visits by creepy crawlies during the week and professional scaredy-dog Scooby Doo on Wednesday, October 29.

Wild Ghost Chase At Petworth House and Park, Petworth Until Sunday, November 2, 10.30am to 4pm, £3, 01798 342207.

HELP find Hector the friendly ghost in Petworth’s Pleasure Grounds – plus look out for sessions of the Petworth Sorcerer Academy from Wednesday to Friday.

Normans In The Keep At Arundel Castle Wednesday, October 29, and Thursday, October 30, 10am to 4pm, £11/£9, www.arundelcastle.org.

NORMAN knights prepare to go on a Crusade as Raven Tor Living History Group take over the castle keep for two days – expect combat demonstrations alongside traditional crafts.