65+ family-friendly things to do in and around Cardiff this May half term
Let’s hope the sunshine continues for the bank holiday weekend and half term. There’s so much going on for families in and around Cardiff – I’ve rounded up everything I could find here but do add details of anything I have missed in the comments below or on the Cardiff Mummy Says Facebook page. Events are split into the following categories: Charity; Sporting; Family Fun Days and Games; Theatre, cultural and performance; Craft; Science; Historical; Outdoors and nature; cinema. All events are subject to change or cancellation; please check ahead with the organisers to avoid disappointment.
Don’t forget the Champions League final is taking place in Cardiff on Saturday 3rd June, so do make sure to check travel plans in advance, as road closures, increased traffic and changes in public transport are sure to have an impact.
This events guide is kindly sponsored by Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales*. They operate seven museums across Wales, all of which are free to visit. The museums have loads of fantastic events over the bank holiday, most of them are free or have a nominal charge.
Dinosaur Babies at National Museum Cardiff includes full-size dinosaur skeletons and replicas, touchable models of dinosaur embryos and eggs, plus a 2.5 metre model dinosaur nest. It opens on Saturday 27th May and runs until Sunday 5th November, with adults costing £7, children 4-17 £3 and £17 for a family (2+2) or £13 (1+3), 3s and under free. Buy in advance from Ticketline.
The launch day sees free family dress up and craft activities between 10am and 4pm, with free family workshops running from Tuesday 29th May until Saturday 2nd June (11am, 1pm and 3pm – book at the information desk on arrival, spaces limited), where you can find out more about baby dinosaurs and make a dinosaur egg craft to take home.
St Fagans National Museum of History is inviting people to visit in historical dress with Dress Up St Fagans (Saturday 27th-Bank Holiday Monday 29th May, 11am-4pm). Bank Holiday Monday also sees Zoot-Stute with music, dancing and mid-century style at the Oakdale Workmen’s Institute. Entry to St Fagans is free but parking cost £5, coins only.
There are also plenty of nature-themed activities, with Hedgerow Highlights guided walks (Tuesday 30th May-Friday 2nd June, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm, age 5+, £2 per person); Birds family activity sessions including collage, sketching, colouring and bird spotting (Tuesday 30th May-Friday 2nd June, 12-4pm; free); Nature workshops in the barns and woods (Tuesday 30th May-Sunday 4th June, 12-4pm, small charge for some activities); Meet The Beekeepers (Saturday 3rd June, 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm, free); and Nature craft session (Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th June, 12pm-4pm, £2 per child).
Big Pit has Landscape Detectives, a free trail exploring how nature has transformed the Coity Tip into a haven for wildlife (Sunday 27th May-Saturday 4th June, 12pm-4pm. Creative Creatures drop in crafts sessions run Tuesday 30th-Thursday 1st June 12pm-4pmk at £1 per child, with soft play in the Playlab for the under 5s at £1 per child. Read our review of Big Pit here.
At National Roman Legion Museum in Caerleon you can Become A Legend with workshops at 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm from Tuesday 29th May-Friday 2nd June, £2 per child. Listen to stories about Roman heroes and then join in gladiator training. Read our review here.
Finally, National Waterfront Museum in Swansea has a free Superhero Day on Saturday 27th May, from 12pm-4pm, with science, trails, crafts and shows, as well as The Science of Superheroes free show at 1pm and 3pm, featuring author Mark Brake and CBBC’s Jon Chase. Sunday 28th May sees a free showing of the film Swallows and Amazons (PG) at 2.30pm; while Apollo 11 Campervan (Monday and Tuesday 12.30pm and 2.30pm, £3 per person, age 7+, advance booking only) explores what the third Apollo 11 astronaut got up to while his colleagues walked on the moon. Tuesday 30th May-Sunday 4th June also sees 3 Cool Things To Make With A Penny, a hands-on interactive event running from 12.30pm-3.30pm.
*Cardiff Mummy Says is a blogger ambassador for National Museum Wales.
Entry to all museums is free, although donations are appreciated and support the museum’s work.
For more ideas of days out in South Wales, see the Cardiff section of Cardiff Mummy Says, follow Cardiff Mummy Says on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.
l-r Marty MacDonald Toy Machine; Dinosaura Babies; Madagascar: A Musical Adventure
CHARITY
Barry Island Promenade
Bank Holiday Monday 29th May, from 11am
Raising funds for Tenovus cancer Care, the day includes choirs, bands, dancers, soloists and more, including performances from Tenovus Cancer Care’s Sing With Us Choir. The event is free but donations for the charity are appreciated.
FREE Science Superheroes with Cancer Research Wales
Cardiff Central Library
Wednesday 31st May, 1pm-4pm
Age guidance: 6-10
A chance for young scientists to try their hand at being ‘mad scientists’ for the day, with a host of exciting hands-on and interactive experiments to try. Small scientists can have a go at making DNA ‘bracelets’ to match their eye colour; and take a look at the DNA of snakes, butterflies, apes, humans and flowers. The event takes place under the supervision of Cancer Research Wales’ own leading Welsh-based scientists who are regularly making great discoveries in the areas of early diagnosis, better treatments and preventatives of cancer for the benefit of cancer patients everywhere.
SPORTING
Roald Dahl Plass, Wales Millennium Centre and Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay
Thursday 1st June to Sunday 4th June
A four-day free family festival will see global and local artists, DJs and bands, plus a floating five-a-side pitch, which will host the UEFA Ultimate Champions Match on 2 June, featuring legends of football, as well as community games. Wales Millennium Centre will host The UEFA Champions Gallery, a museum celebrating the Champions League’s history, while the Pierhead building will be transformed into an interactive Virtual Champion Arena, offering a virtual reality experience.
FAMILY FUN DAYS AND GAMES
FREE Aberdare Festival
Aberdare Park
Saturday 27th May, 11am-5pm
A day of family fun and entertainment, including a fun fair, mobile zip wire and high ropes, spider mountain, vertical slide, farm animals, local craft and food stalls, plus live music throughout the day on the main stage, from 12pm. Entry is free but some activities incur additional costs.
Treetop Adventure Golf, St David’s Shopping Centre, Cardiff
Saturday 27th, Monday 29th, Wednesday 31st May, Friday 2nd June
Free face painting for guests 12pm-4pm. Plus meet mascot Simi on Bank Holiday Monday 11am-2pm. Read our review of Treetop Adventure Golf here.
Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival
Cowbridge
Sunday 28th May and Bank Holiday Monday 29th May
£5 a day or £8 for the weekend; under 12s free
One of the highlights of the South Wales foodie scene, Cowbridge Food and Drink sees food and drink producers from across Wales descend upon the market town in the Vale of Glamorgan. More than 100 stalls will be selling locally produced food and drink, with plenty of samples available so you can try before you buy. There’s plenty for families with crafts, face painting, birds of prey, a pottery wheel, live music, magician Simon Sparkles (Monday 9.30am at Vale Forge and 11am at Old Hall).
Bridgend College, Pencoed Campus
Bank Holiday Monday 29th May-Friday 2nd June
One of Europe’s largest touring youth festivals is a celebration of Welsh language and culture. More than 15,000 children and young people will be competing across the week in singing, dancing and performing competitions, plus plenty of family fun across the site during the day and evening concerts, shows and gigs.
Penarth Pavilion
Thursday 1st June, 10am-4pm
10am-4pm
A family-friendly day of fun and games in the Pavilion.
Atlantic Outdoors Family Adventure Day
Atlantic College, St Donats Arts Centre
Sunday 4th June, 11am-4pm
From £2-£13 (prices depend on age and whether lunch buffet is included)
A family fun day with activities including campus woodland adventure; family cinema; sports, games and lifesaving skills demonstrations; for 5+ climbing wall and high ropes challenge, archery.
Lunch buffet is available in the Harry Potter-esque dining hall.
THEATRE, CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE
St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Saturday 27th May, 1-3pm
This hand-on two hour session gives the opportunity to play the beautiful bronze Javanese percussion instruments and learn a traditional piece, and is suitable even if you have no previous musical experience. Age guidance: 7+.
St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Saturday 27th May, 3pm, £12/£11
Britain’s Got Talent Semi Finalists, Dance Angels and BDO Street Dance Champions K-OSS Street Crew present an afternoon of dance featuring routines performed for the hit TV series, Sky 1’s Got To Dance, Disneyland Paris as well as other award winning routines.
Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay
Sunday 28th May
An afternoon of performances from Performing Arts Academy Wales dancers. These Penarth-based dancers aged 7-17 have qualified as Team Wales and will by flying to Germany in June to compete at the prestigious Dance World Cup.
Blaenavon Heritage Railway
Saturday 27th, 28th, 29th, 31st May, 7pm
Adults £12, children £10
With a magical score and memorable songs, join Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis on the adventure of a lifetime as they tell the story of how they became The Railway Children.
New Theatre, Cardiff
Wednesday 31st May-Sunday 4th June
Wednesday 1pm; Thursday-Saturday 1pm, 6pm; Sunday 1pm
Based on DreamWorks’ hit animated film, this stage musical features Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo, plus the plotting penguins as they escape their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves in the madcap of world of King Julien’s Madagascar.
FREE Claire Fayers, Journey to Dragon Island
Octavo’s Book Café and Wine Bar, West Bute Street, Cardiff Bay
Wednesday 31st May, 10.30am-4pm
Claire Fayers, author of The Children’s Book Award shortlisted title The Accidental Pirates is celebrating the launch of her second in the series Journey to Dragon Island. Play games, dig up fossils, sing some songs and listen to Claire reading from her books.
Memo Arts Centre, Barry
Wednesday 31 May, 2pm
Age guidance 2-7. Running time 80 minutes including a 15 minute interval. There will also be a meet and greet with the cast after the show
Join Marty MacDonald, Sally the Scarecrow, Pongo the Pig, Molly-Moo the Cow and Sheena the Sheep in a fun, musical, interactive adventure to repair the toy machine and give the world back its toys. This new show features the voices of CBeebies Justin Fletcher as Pongo and Nicole Davies as Molly-Moo. Songs include Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, The Wheels on the Bus and Old Macdonald Had A Farm, plus more, all with Makaton signing.
Dinas Powys Parish Hall
Wednesday 31st May-Saturday 3rd June, 7.30pm
Adults £9, children £7
Billboard Juniors present the rock musical horror comedy that sees a nerdy florist looking for romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant.
Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport
Tuesday 30th May, 11am and 2.30pm
Age guidance: 3+; 90 minute show
Join Sooty, Sweep, Soo and CITV’s Richard Cadell in a show of magic and mayhem.
Annie Jr
Porthcawl Pavilion
Friday 2nd-Saturday 3rd June, 2.30pm and 7.30pm
£6-£12
Bridgend Youth Theatre present the musical tale of litle orphan Annie featuring memorable songs such as It’s A Hard Knock Life and Tomorrow.
CRAFT
FREE Family Saturdays
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay
Dinosaurs – Saturday 27th May, 11am-4pm
Create pre-historic dinosaur hangers in this family craft activity.
Cress Planting – Saturday 3rd June, 11am-4pm
Plant your own cress to take home and grow.
Royal Mint Experience, Llantrisant
Tuesday 30th May, 11.30am-3pm – badge making and junk modelling
Wednesday 31st May, 11.30am-3pm – plaster cast medal workshop
Thursday 1st June, 11.30am-3pm – plaster cast medal workshop
Friday 2nd June, 11.30am-3pm – plaster cast medal workshop
Usual entry fees to the Mint apply. Adults £13, children 5-15 £10.50, under 5s free
Read our review of the Royal Mint Experience here.
Pottery Sessions
Amelia Trust Farm, Barry
Saturday 27th May-Sunday 4th June (no sessions Thursday 1st June); 11.30am, 1pm, 2.30pm
£7.95 per person
Children can make their own unique hand bowl using their own hand as the mould with air drying clay.
Read our review of Amelia Trust Farm here.
FREE Pirates and Princess Arrrrt and Crafts
The Red Dragon Centre, Cardiff Bay
Bank Holiday Monday 27th May, 12pm-4pm
Swashbuckling fun and glitter ahoy in celebration of the release of Pirates of the Carribbean: Salazar’s Revenge. Make pirate hats, masks and princess wands, plus appearances from a Captain Jack Sparrow lookalike. Parking at the centre is free subject to minimum spend and ticket validation.
The Cardiff Story
Wednesday 31 May, 10am to 3pm
Get creative in our drop in family craft session, only £1 per child!
FREE Family Crafts: Roman animal brooches
Newport Museum
Wednesday 31 May 11am-12pm, 12pm-1pm, 1pm-2pm
Make animal brooches inspired by the Romans. Places limited to 15 for each session, allocated on a first come, first served basis.
St Fagans National Museum of History
Saturday 3rd June-Sunday 4th June, 12pm-4pm
£2 per child
A chance to take part in some family friendly craft sessions.
STEAM TRAINS
Miniature Railways and Tramways
Heath Model Railway, Heath Park, Cardiff
Sunday 28th and Bank Holiday Monday 29th May, 1pm-5pm
A chance for the whole family to ride on miniature steam, diesel and electric trains, plus a tram, as Cardiff Model Engineering Society open their doors. Entry is £1.60 per person and each ride is £1.60 per person. Under 3s are free.
Read our review of the rest of Heath Park
Blaenavon Heritage Railway
Sunday 28th and Monday 29th May.
Adults £10, children £5, family £25
A mix of diesel and steam engines will be running over the weekend, transporting people from
SCIENCE
Star Tours/Pawprints in the Summer Sky/Generation Game
Techniquest, Cardiff Bay
Saturday 27th May-Sunday 4th June
Adults £8, child 4-15 £6.50, 3 and under free; family £28 (up to 2+3); entry after 3pm £3.30 per person. Planetarium shows £1.50 extra per person
As well as more than 100 hands-on science exhibits, science shows over half term include Star Tours, for 7s and over, finding out more about familiar constellations; Pawprints in the Summer Sky, encouraging imagination to find dot-to-dot creatures in the night sky (both in the Planetarium, priced an extra ?? per person; and Generation Game, a live science show hoping to generate enough electricity from everyday items to power the show. Read our review here.
FREE Science Superheroes with Cancer Research Wales
Cardiff Central Library
Wednesday 31st May, 1pm-4pm
Age guidance: 6-10
A chance for young scientists to try their hand at being ‘mad scientists’ for the day, with a host of exciting hands-on and interactive experiments to try. Small scientists can have a go at making DNA ‘bracelets’ to match their eye colour; and take a look at the DNA of snakes, butterflies, apes, humans and flowers. The event takes place under the supervision of Cancer Research Wales’ own leading Welsh-based scientists who are regularly making great discoveries in the areas of early diagnosis, better treatments and preventatives of cancer for the benefit of cancer patients everywhere.
Hamleys Toystore, St David’s Shopping Centre, Cardiff
Throughout May
Become a real Scientist and explore the world of science with Professor Bubbles and the Hamleys Experience Team! Drop into the store and watch them create chemical reactions, make slimy solutions, blow up balloons without blowing and more! Plus 20% off the Hamleys Science range throughout May.
HISTORICAL
National Museum Cardiff
Saturday 27th May-Sunday 5th November, 10am-4.45pm
Adults £7, children £3, £17 family 2+2, £13 family 1+3
Coming to Wales for the first time: an exciting family-friendly exhibition bringing together some of the world’s most amazing finds of dinosaur eggs and embryos. The display includes full size dinosaur skeletons and replicas, touchable models of dinosaur embryos and eggs, and even a huge 2.5 metre model dinosaur nest.
Saturday 27th May, 10am-4pm, sees free family dress up ad craft activities between 10am and 4pm
Tuesday 29th May-Saturday 2nd June, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, free family workshops where you can find out more about baby dinosaur and make a dinosaur egg craft to take home.
FREE Super Saturdays
National Roman Legion Museum Caerleon
Saturdays from, 11am-4pm
Every Saturday, visitors can discover what life was like for a soldier in the Roman army. Visit the reconstructed barrack room and learn more about the weapons and armour, as well as try on some replica armour. Families can also dress up and play games in the Capricorn Centre, a relaxed hands-on area of the museum. Both areas are closed on Sundays but are open during some school holidays.
Read our review of the National Roman Legion Museum plus other Roman sites in Caerleon here.
FREE The Winding Engine
The Winding House, New Tredegar
Saturday 27th May, 12pm
The Winding House is a museum built on the site of the former Elliot Colliery. Its centre-piece is the original Victorian winding engine, which used to operate the cages which transported men and coal between the surface and the mine below. Visitors can see the huge engine in operation for 10-15 minutes at 12pm on the last Saturday of the month.
Blaenavon Ironworks
Saturday 27th-Sunday 28th May, 11am-4pm
A weekend of Great War re-enactment and living history, Edwardian games for families, a working blacksmith display, and Gwent In The Great War Exhibition, this free event will be ttended by the Royal British Legion, and local historians giving talks and displays on the history of South Wales in the Great War.
Read our review of Blaenavon Ironworks here.
Oxwich Castle
Sunday 28th-Bank Holiday Monday 29th May, 11am-4pm
Adults £4, children £2.60, family 2+3, £11.90
Witness everyday life in a medieval camp. Hands-on activities, demonstrations and living history displays.
Chepstow Castle
Bank Holiday Monday 29th May, 11am-4pm
Adults £6.50, Children £4.20, family 2+3, £19.30
Listen to stories based on historical characters, legends and myths from across Wales.
SOLD OUT A Dinosaur Encounter
Cardiff Castle
Tuesday 30th-Wednesday 31st May
£4 per person in addition to normal admission charges
Learn more about the dinosaurs and their ancestors with a close-up look at dinosaur models, their bones and eggs – plus meet a walking, growling T-Rex, one of the most feared dinosaurs that roamed the earth
Caerphilly Castle
Bank Holiday Monday 29th May 11am-4pm
Adult £7.95, children £5.20m family £23.70 (2+3)
Pembrokeshire Falconry are on hand to help visitors discover more about hunting with birds, as well as why owls are so silent in flight.
Read our review of Caerphilly Castle here.
National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon
Bank Holiday Monday 29th May-Friday 2nd June, 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm; £2 per person
Learn more about Roman heroes such as Hercules, then act out your own battles by joining in the gladiator training. Entry to the museum itself is free. Read more about our visit to the Roman sites of Caerleon here.
FREE Summer of Stories
Blaenavon Ironworks
Tuesday 30th May, 11am-4pm
Explore Welsh culture and heritage with stories based on historical characters, legends and myths from across Wales
Raglan Castle
Sunday 28th-Bank Holiday Monday 29th May
Adults £6.50, Children £4.20, family 2+3, £19.30
Meet dragons, princesses and maybe a monster or two. Follow the trail, have your face painted and join the fun as the magic of fairy tales comes to Raglan Castle.
Read our review of Raglan Castle here.
Tintern Abbey
Thursday 1st June 11am-4pm
Adults £6.50, children £4.20, family 2+3, £19.30
Explore Welsh culture and heritage with stories based on historical characters, legends and myths from across Wales.
Read our review of Tintern Abbey here.
Resting at the Abbey during the Wars of the Roses – 1471
Tintern Abbey
Saturday 3rd-Sunday 4th June, 10am-4pm
Adults £6.50, children £4.20, family 2+3, £19.30
Travel back to 1471 with activities including medieval board and dice games, or braid making. Watch the cooks prepare the company’s meal; question the arrowsmith on his skills and kills.
FREE Dress Up St Fagans
St Fagans National Museum of History
Saturday 27th May-Bank Holiday Monday 29th May, 11am-4pm
Come along in costume and find out more about Wales’s history, whether you’re a clandestine Celt, part-time Tudor or just into vintage.
Entry is free but there’s a small charge for some activities. Read our review of St Fagans here.
Blaenavon Ironworks
Saturday 27th-Sunday 28th May, 11am-4pm
Learn more about the Great War with re-enactment and living history, Edwardian games for families, a working blacksmith display, and Gwent In The Great War Exhibition.
FREE Summer of Stories
Chepstow Castle
Tuesday 30th May 11am-4pm
Listen to stories based on historical characters, legends and myths from across Wales. Drop in to listen to a story based on Welsh culture and heritage.
National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon
Bank Holiday Monday 29th May-Friday 2nd June, 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm
£2 per person
Become a Roman legend. Listen to stories of Roman heroes, before joining in with gladiator training.
Read our review of the museum here.
Castell Coch, Tongwynlais
Friday 2nd June, 11am-4pm
Adults £6.50, children £4.20, family (2+3) £19.30
Listen to stories based on historical characters, legends and myths from across Wales. Drop in to listen to a story based on Welsh culture and heritage.
PLUS take part in a spot of digital fairyspotting by downloading the Cadw app to find 10 fairies living at Castell Coch.
Read our review of Castell Coch here
OUTDOORS AND NATURE
Greenmeadow Community Farm, Cwmbran
Saturday 27th-Bank Holiday Monday 29th May, 10am-5pm
Adults £5.95, child 2-16 £4.85, family 2+3 £21
A full line-up of events including milking demonstrations, tractor and trailer rides, shearing demonstration, chicken tea time, craft activities and more.
Tuesday 30th May-Sunday 4th June
Cuddle corner, milking demonstration, pig washing and crafts.
Read our review of Greenmeadow here.
Mountain View Ranch, Caerphilly
Saturday 27th May-Sunday 4th June
£6 per person aged over 18 months; family of 4 £23, family of 5 £28
Over 100 acres of fresh air and free range adventure, with a Gruffalo trail, fairy woods, hobbit houses, a roly poly hill and more. Plus daily half term events inclusive in admission including a goat walk, archery, The Gruffalo Story, campfire and marshmallows and a space hopper race.
Cwmcarn Forest, Abercarn
Canals and hillforts guided walk Saturday 27th May, 10.30am-2pm
Adults £4.50, children £2.50, booking essential
A guided walk taking in the history and views from the canal and famous hillfort of Twmbarlwm.
Recycled bird feeders Tuesday 30th May, 11am-2.45pm
£3.50 per child, ages 3+, booking essential
Dream Catcher Workshop Wednesday 31st May, 11am-1.45pm
£3.50 per child, booking essential
Toddlers Thursday Thursday 1st June, two messy craft sessions from 10.30am
£2 per child, age 1+, booking essentia
Doggy Dawdle Friday 2nd June, 10.30am-12pm
£4 per adult, £2.50 per child (age 5+)
FREE Family Activity Session: Birds
St Fagans National Museum of History
Tuesday 30th May-Friday 2nd June, 12pm-4pm
Learn about birds in St Fagans’ barn in the woods. The family friendly drop in sessions will include collage, sketching and colouring in celebration of our feathered friends. The binoculars will also be out for a bit of spotting in the bird hide.
Read our review of St Fagans here.
Grow Your Own Lunch Box – Little Green Fingers Workshop
Pugh’s Garden Centre, Radyr
Wednesday 31st May, 10am-2pm
£6 per person; must be prebooked.
Get your kids into growing a healthy selection of lunchbox goodness for the summer months and beyond in this down to earth holiday workshop, plus take home a free giant sunflower plant for Pugh’s annual sunflower growing competition
Little Diggers Let’s Get Growing Gardening Workshops
Wyevale Garden Centre, St Mellons
Bank Holiday Monday 29th May – Super Seed Bursters, £2.50 per child
Tuesday 30th May – Fee Fi Fo Yum: Giant Strawberries, £2.50 per child
Wednesday 31st May, Thursday 1st and Saturday 3rd June – Mr Moles Muffins, £7.50
Friday 2nd June – Grow Your Own Pizza Toppings, £2.50 per child
Sunday 4th June – Grow Your Own Mini Allotment, £2.50 per child
Newport Wetlands
Monday 29th May-Friday 2nd June, 10.30am-12pm or 2pm-3pm
£3 RSPB members; £5 non-members
Find out what lurks in the bottom of the boggy pond or slithers in the slimy soil. Get your hands dirty making mud sculptures and mud paintings of the creatures that you find on your mud exploration.
Read our review of Newport Wetlands here.
Fairy Spotters Guide to Bryngarw
Bryngarw Country Park, Bridgend
Wednesday 31st May, various sessions from 9am to 3.45pm
£7.50 per child, book online in advance
Become a fully-fledged fairy spotter, create your own fairy wings, make an ancient potion and seek out the fairy’s dwelling places around the park. Read our review of Bryngarw Country Park here.
FREE Wales Nature Week
Cosmeston Lakes and Country Park, Penarth
Saturday 3rd June, 10am-12pm
Ages 7-12; must be pre-booked
Join the park ranges for pond dipping and bug hunting as part of Wales Nature Week.
Read our review of Cosmeston here.
FREE Meet the Bee Keepers
St Fagans National Museum of History
Saturday 3rd June 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm
Pop into Llwyn yr Eos to meet some beekeepers. Learn more about the secrets of life in the hive and why bees sometimes like to swarm at this time of year.
Cinema
I’m focusing on special film events and cheap family screenings at holidays and weekends here, rather than regular cinema screenings.
Memo Arts Centre Barry
Tuesday 30th May, 11am, Boss Baby (U)
Tuesday 30th May, 2pm, Labyrinth (U)
The Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport
Monday 29th May and Wednesday 31st May-Saturday 3rd June
Boss Baby (U) All seats £2.50
Wednesday 31st-Saturday 3rd June
Beauty and the Beast (PG)
All seats £4.
Castle Underground Cinema
Saturday 27th May, 1.45pm, The Neverending Story
Monday 29th May, 1.15pm Lilo and Stitch; 3pm Tangled 3pm
From £6
Odeon Cinema, The Red Dragon Centre, Cardiff Bay
The 10am weekend and school holiday showings are £2.50 per person. Films to be announced; films are usually a few months old rather than new releases.
Cineworld, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff
The 10am weekend and school holiday Movies for Juniors showings are just £1.75 per person. Check online for schedule; films are usually a few months old rather than new releases.
Vue Cinema, Millennium Plaza, Cardiff
The 10am weekend and school holiday Movies for Juniors showings are just £1.99 per person. Check online for schedule; films are usually a few months old rather than new releases.
Family friendly film screenings of classic films, every weekend and during school holidays. See website for full listings.
Peppa Pig My First Cinema Experience
Beauty and The Beast
Friday 26th May-Thursday 1st June
Beauty and the Beast Activity Day
Tuesday 30 May, 10am–3.30pm, ages 7-11, £22 including film ticket
The Boss Baby
Saturday 20th May-Sunday 4th June
My Life As A Courgette
Friday 2nd-Thursday 8th June
PLUS Crafty Pictures (ages 7-12)
Saturdays, 1.50pm
£6 including ticket to the 3pm film
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