or cook up a warming autumnal feast, serving seasonal treats like apple crumble. Whether you head out to the local display or stay at home in front of the fire, gather your family around for a seasonal storytime and tell the tale of Guy Fawkes, making sure

days; 11–17 years £158; 5–10 years £127; under-fives free. (Three- and four-day, and daily tickets also available). Extend your stay Stay at family-friendly Woolley Grange near Bath with activities for the children and babysitting and pampering for you

out and never came back.What did the beach say as the tide came in? Long time no sea.What did the ocean say to the shore? Nothing it just waved.For more ways to stay entertained this summer, see Family Actitivies... For A Day In The Garden and Family

books and the other child can draw their illustration for the story on the left-hand page. Get out the glitter, glue and colourful paper for creating the cover illustration. And have a competition to come up with the title.8. Make a family tree  Give

place throughout May Day and thousands of people come to see the two Hobby Horses The Old Oss and the Blue Ribbon Oss.4 Go huntingOn Easter Day each year kit out your children in explorer outfits (safari hats and binoculars) or Sherlock Holmes

and sculptures using cutters or by hand. Dry the shapes in the oven for 10 minutes at 100°C. When cooled, the objects can be painted. 7. Vegetable printing  Cut large potatoes in half. Carve out shapes and patterns, then stamp the vegetables into ink and press

the grass to a ‘hole’); or target practice (where you aim for a certain object) are all good games to play.4. Teddy Bear's Picnic  If you go out in the woods today... the whole family will have some fun. Learn songs and take a few storybooks with you (Winnie

a traditional wash day  Lather up an old-fashioned washing tub (an old tin is perfect, but a plastic bucket will do) and give your child a scrubbing board (a big wooden chopping board is ideal), then set them to scrubbing your old, worn-out clothes

that has the marker and hop and jump all the way to square 8, hop and jump back and stop at square 2 to pick up the marker; hop in square one and then start again, this time tossing the marker into square 2. A player is ‘out’ if the marker lands outside

suite of music is great for toddlers – have them dance in the style of the animals that appear in each of the 14 movements; there are tortoises, elephants, kangaroos, as well as fossils and pianists – imagine how they walk!7. Pillow fight Pull out