From a week-long festival by the beach, to a host of great shows, sports fun, science, wizardry, dinosaurs and LEGO, here's the must-do guide to the best school holiday boredom busters.

Kids Week - Surfers Paradise

Photo: Brad Wagner

A fantastic free week-long festival for kids by the beach, with a bumper program of live entertainment and interactive fun, including PAW Patrol, rides, arts and crafts and more.

The Luminarium Festival

Photo: Must Do Brisbane

This new festival for children and young people features two days of creative and dynamic workshops themed on Potions in Wizardry, Inventions and Science Fiction and Future Predictions.

Family Fun Redcliffe Cultural Centre

Photo: Must Do Brisbane

Redcliffe Cultural Centre is the place to be this school holiday with three fantastic shows for kids: Peppa Pig Live! Big Splash, Little Red in the Hood and The Kazoos Teddy Bears' Picnic.

Fun Palace

Photo: Must Do Brisbane

Science and art collide for one unique day in this spectacular free (worldwide) event featuring all manner of wacky science experiments and demos and a multitude of creative art activities.

Aussie World

Photo: Must Do Brisbane

Visit south-east Queensland's best value theme park every day during the school holidays and enjoy unlimited rides, entertainment and holiday fun with the special September Pass.

Science Station

Photo: mediaphotos

The Workshops Rail Museum turn into a Science Station these holidays, with chemistry-based shows, rocket launch workshops and more along with the usual train-themed attractions.

ImagiNation Childen's Festival

Photo: Must Do Brisbane

Here's a fantastic boredom-busting festival for kids with over 140 free and low-cost fun activities for kids, from arts and crafts to nature play in the great outdoors.

Griffith Sport Active Kids

Photo: SerrNovik

Keep the children away from the screens with a fun program of sporting activities including a range of field, ball, racquet and pool games especially for ages 5-13 years.

A Night at the Museum

Photo: Must Do Brisbane

Don't miss the last chance to spend an uproarious night at the museum with 20 life-size animated dinosaurs, live performances, fun hands-on activities and more.

BrisBricks LEGO Fan Expo

Photo: Robert Vandenberg

A 3-day extravaganza of extraordinary LEGO displays, activities and designs for fans of all ages, with the chance to watch master builders at work and get hands-on in the LEGO and DUPLO play area.

Riverlife School Holiday Adventure Pass

Riverlife at the base of the Kangaroo Point cliffs has a fantastic daily program of varied activities for school kids on weekdays of the September school holidays with top value day or unlimited passes.

Puzzled Room Escape

Photo: Must Do Brisbane

Enter a thrilling world of interactive real-life adventures with just an hour to escape, including Puzzle Tech Murder, Haunted Academy and Dr. Irov's Academy, from groups of 2 to 6 or more.

Snow White

Photo: Must Do Brisbane

Children can experience the very first Snow White ever on the big screen - a silent movie from 1916 with accompanying live music - or the animated 1937 Walt Disney classic film from RKO.

Circus Classes - School Holiday Workshops

Photo: Must Do Brisbane

Let the kids run away to the circus for a day at these fab school holiday circus classes run by real performers from the iconic Ashton Circus at their training centre.

Fluff: A Story of Lost Toys

Photo: Sean Young

One of the most enchanting, quirky and memorable shows any child will ever see - from two of the creative souls behind the Kransky Sisters, Fluff has wowed audiences worldwide.

Ah Xian: Nature Physica

​

Photo: Mark Sherwood

This school holiday is the last chance to check out the excellent free interactive project of fun multimedia and hands-on activities from well-known Chinese-Australian artist Ah Xian.

Supa Golf

Photo: Must Do Brisbane

There's no need to be a golf pro to play this family-friendly 9-hole specially modified golf course suited to ages 5 and up, located in the picturesque surrounds of Sirromet Winery.

The Gabori Sisters: Gathering by the Sea

Photo: Chloe Callistemon

This free interactive project at GOMA's Children's Art Centre is where kids can discover indigenous Kaidilt culture, build a digital humpy, decorate a rock wall with sea creatures and more.

Laserzone

​

Photo: Must Do Brisbane

Pay a school holiday visit to this mega indoor fantasy land with a world class multi-level Laser Tag arena, Bumper Cars, Target Gallery Laser Train and a huge prize redemption Video Arcade.

Wind Tubes

Photo: Must Do Brisbane

An excellent hands-on exhibition that gives kids the rare chance to make flying machines out of every day materials, with the creations then launched through giant vertical tubes of moving air.

This article originally appeared on Must Do Brisbane.