NeverEnding Stories – free children’s activities

Ready to have fun? From cracking the next case at the federal department of fonts to building mythical kingdoms one Lego brick at a time, there’s plenty of half term fun for you to explore at BRLSI.

NeverEnding stories comes courtesy of BRLSI’s family programme Academy of Imagination and delivers a host of free and fantastic events to get you match fit for the National Year of Reading 2026.

Just head over to 16 Queen Square on Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 February and explore all the activities on offer to make words come alive.

The fun includes:

• Where the really wild things are! Become a master-builder in our mythical Lego Kingdom.

Mind your fingers it’s wild out there! Watch out for the weasels, wild things and wildebeests all roaming the BRLSI Lego Kingdom. Are you truly a wild thing, and will you ‘like Max’ in Where the Wild things are, make it back in time for supper?

• The NeverEnding Story

Ever created a world out of a sheet of paper or written a story with anyone else? In which case shake the dice and write the latest chapter of the BRLSI never ending story.

• Whizzbang Wordgames

If you ever wanted to know how to get a sentence-stopper out of a Banana or sweep the board with a two-letter word, this is the challenge you’ve been waiting for. Join us for a whole heap of fun playing and making word-based games.

• The Federal Department of Fonts

Are you a plain clothes officer from the federal department of fonts or an amateur sleuth-hound trying to work out why some words are easier to read than other words. In which case your detective skills are needed, and your next case has arrived. It’s just waiting for you to crack it.

• Are you sure? It’s the fun fib-checking challenge.

Umm! It looks like it was written by your auntie, it sounds like it was approved by your teacher, but is this tale just too tall to be true? Calling in the BRLSI fact checkers for your next terrifying mission.

• The BRLSI Big Bind!

You’ve imagined the best story in the world, but how do you transform it into a number one best-seller. Learn how to create your mini-masterpiece with paper, needle, thread and by using your best bookbinding skills. If you love folding bits of paper and putting things together this is going to be really fun.

• The Cosy Corner

Cold Outside? Settle into our cosy book nook and begin your descent into the magical world of nature books. If you would like to bring your own special book from home, we’d love to see it.

• Ancient book display

Zebra, Zonkeys and Zorilla’s, what sort of creatures existed in the past and can you hope to find them in our ancient book display?

If you’re ready to get creative, join us this half term. NeverEnding stories is at BRLSI on 17 & 18 February – don’t be surprised if you encounter some really wild things while you are there!

BRLSI (Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution) is at 16 Queen Square, BA1 2HN – opening hours 10am – 4pm, no booking required.