Cheap half term activity suggestions

[LocalEditorStaffordshire]

Apparently the average family spends £121 entertaining DC over half term and nearly half of parents stay at home just to save money (according to a survey by VoucherCodes.co.uk)

What are your suggestions for keeping children and teens entertained without breaking the bank?

And how do you encourage them to entertain themselves?

[Voicesinmyear]

The Vue Cinema in Newcastle does Kids AM. Think its £1.75 each and there's a 99p shop nearby to get your snacks from before you go in.

Think the City Museum in Stoke has some free activities and Tittesworth Reservoir has a free trail.

We are spending time with friends and their DC, going to a craft session at our library, going to visit the free museum and art gallery in Birmingham and probably baking and playing monopoly