SCHOOL’S out once again so it’s time to start looking for ideas to keep the children entertained.

There is plenty of half-term holiday fun on offer. Adventure activities and theme parks are perfect for thrill-seekers but they can be costly for those with many children to entertain.

However, there are plenty of affordable pursuits too; why not prepare a picnic, pack up some games and head for the local park?

Local libraries and museums also tend to put on free activities for families such as fact-finding trails and crafty workshops so there is certainly plenty to do.

Days out are fun and Yorkshire is the perfect place to visit with its stunning landscape beckoning visitors to stroll out and explore, and its coasts offering the ideal destination to take your buckets and spades and savour icecreams on the beach.

Closer to home, youngsters are being encouraged to get growing with some half-term sunflower fun. Keelham Farm shop, in Brighouse and Denholme Road, Thornton and the barn in Gargrave Road, Skipton, are offering youngsters the opportunity to plant their own sunflower seeds in their own decorated pot and enter a competition to find whose is the tallest!

Starting on Monday the event runs until Sunday June 5 and sessions run from 10am until 4pm. Adult supervision is essential. For more information call 01274 833472 or visit keelhamfarmshop.co.uk.

Otley Courthouse is offering craft workshops and film and theatre performances for all the family including a ‘Planes Trains and Automobiles’ craft workshop celebrating Image Musical Theatre’s performance of The Railway Children from 10am to 11.30am on Tuesday and a Movie Matinee and Craft workshop on Thursday including the must-see film Inside Out.

To book tickets or for more information visit www.otleycourthouse.org.uk, call the box office on 01943 467466 or call into the Courthouse on Courthouse Street, Otley, LS21 3AN.

Families can work and play together with a sculpture making session at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield. For more information call 01924 832631 or visit ysp-co.uk.