Are you looking for free or fun kids activities to entertain the little ones?
Here's a list of fun activities and games for the kids (and the whole family) to enjoy this Easter!
Free Easter Bunny Game
Travelling this Easter? If you need something free and fun to keep the kids entertained, download this highly addictive, cute bunny app to their smartphone or tablet for hours of fun.
Free Craft Ideas
Have hours of creative fun with pipe cleaners to create creatures, aliens, trees, characters, bugs and more. Or for the girls, a beautiful cut-out fashion doll with clothes for hours of mix-n-match fun!
Free Slime Recipe!
Have your kids always wanted to make slime and goo? Follow this simple recipe for the best slime ever!
Free Books to Read
Want to read free story books to your kids? Are you travelling and want to bring downloable books?
There are plenty online that you can download for free - from classics such as Wizard of Oz, Madeline, The Little Engine that Could, Frosty The Snowman and more.
The Royal Easter Show
It's that time of the year for baby animals, fairy floss, rides and showbags time! Here's a list of fun activities to do at the Easter Show.
1. Farmyard Nursery
Baby ducks, chicks, goats, puppies and lambs – oh my! Open every day during the show, the farmyard nursery is one of the highlights for many nippers. Barwen Ave. Mon-Fri 9.30am-6.30pm. Sat, Sun 9.30am-7pm.
2. Milking Barn
Watch cows being milked by hand the traditional way and see butter churn. Kids can hand-milk one of Luke and Jess’s good-natured cows. Hordern Sprung. Daily 9am, 11am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm & 4pm. Ages 4-12 years.
3. Sheep shearing
Over 250 sheep will be shorn over the two weeks, and youngsters and the young at heart can try their hand at shearing a sheep or watch shearers demonstrate their skills on stage. Sheep and Fleece Pavilion.
4. The Food Farm
Collect eggs, dig for veggies, roll pastry and mill grain at the Food Farm. Authors of Yum Yum, Where Does Our Food Come From? Cathie and Emily Colless, will be at the Farm for a storytelling session. Food Farm.
5. Kids’ stage shows
Meet Dirtgirlworld, Shaun the Sheep, Puss in Boots, Alvin the Chipmunk, Bananas in Pyjamas, all the best Moshi Monsters and a host of star-studded entertainers. Big Top Amphitheatre. Daily at various times.
6. Rides
Tea Cups! Double-decker carousels! The Jurassic Coaster! As always, there are fairground rides for every showgoer, from the thrillseeker to the little ones racing each other down the rainbow lanes of the Super Slide.
7. Cute baby animals
Each year, there are close to 14,000 animals on site, ranging from alpacas to cattle, horses, dogs, piglets, goats and many more. Get the chance to pet baby chicks, piglets, ponies, bunnies, you name it they have it!
Cost: Adult $38.50 | Child $23.50 | Family $111.60 | Concession $28.50
Minecraft 100 Kids’ Workshop
Welcoming all age groups and Minecraft skill levels, this full-day workshop will occupy a custom Minecraft game space in the Powerhouse Museum – and create a few of the blocks, textures or elements and you’ll be part of a massive building collaboration with over 100 players.
Cost: Price from $90.00
Where: Powerhouse Museum 500 Harris St Ultimo 2007
When: 12-27 Apr - Open Daily, 10am-3.30pm
Easter Egg Hunt, 19th-Century Style
Decorate an Easter egg basket and put it straight to use in the annual Easter egg hunt around the gardens and grounds of the beautiful Elizabeth Farm. Suitable for ages 3 and up. Price includes one accompanying adult.
Cost: $15.00
When: Sun 20 Apr | Open 11am-noon, 1-2pm
Where: 70 Alice Street Rosehill 2142 (Nearby Station: Parramatta)
Get Active!
Want to take the kids out for an adventure?
Kids in the Park is massive fun for kids of all ages, whatever their passion. School holiday activities happen every day from 12 to 27 April 2014 at the Sydney Olympic Park. Kids in the Park offers the largest range of school holiday activities in NSW and is your one-stop shop to keep the kids happy and entertained. Best of all there are heaps of FREE and affordable things to do for $20 or less.
Here are a mix of the awesome activities on offer:
Drawing Artexpress:
G.A.M.E.S. Sports Centre:
TreeTop Adventure
TreeTop Adventure Park in Abbotsbury is one of three eco-friendly treetop obstacle courses in New South Wales, with flying foxes, climbing nets, dangling Tarzan-like liana branches, monkey bridges, rafts, trapeze bars and ladders. And it’s lots of fun.
Cost: Price from $25.00 to $45.00
Time: Open Daily, 9am-6pm; from Apr 27 to Sept 18: Sat, Sun 9am-4.30pm
Wannabees Family Play Town
Wannabees Family Play Town is an indoor play centre that enables children to role-play at their dream jobs – from police officers and fire fighters to TV producers and postal workers. Wannabees has created a mini-city where kids can dress up and play with mock tools and equipment, like buying and selling at the mini supermarket, sliding down a fire pole or pretending to style their friend’s hair in the mini salon.
Where: 1-3 Rodborough Rd Frenchs Forest 2086
When: Mon-Tue 9.30am-2pm, Wed-Fri 9.30am-6pm, Sat-Sun 9.30-5pm
Cost: from $12.90 to $15.90
Wizards Workshop
Create a magical collage, complete with cauldrons, cobwebs and fantastical creatures, where your wizard works on his spells and potions.
For ages: 5-12 years
Cost: FREE!
When: Wednesday 16 April @ 2pm - 3pm
Where: Marrickville Library - Cnr Marrickville & Petersham Rds, Marrickville 2204
More info:
Ahoy Sailors!
Visit the Australian Maritime Museum to be a sailor for a day OR check out the amazing sea creatures:
Kids On Deck: Every Sunday during term | 11 am - 3 pm daily
- A fun-filled activity and art-making space for primary-school aged children and their families. In March be inspired by our navy vessels and make your own badges, periscopes, temporary tattoos, paper submarine or destroyer. In April and May dive into the world of amazing cetaceans with creative art making and science activities, dress ups and interactive games.
- For ages: 5-12 years
- Cost: $8.50 per child, FREE members/Big Ticket. Adults general museum fees apply
- Bookings: No bookings required
- Opening times: Every Sunday during term. Hourly sessions 11 am - 3 pm
- More info: http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1242
Amazing Cetaceans Science Show: Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 & Sunday 20 - Thursday 24 April | @ 10.30 am, 11.30 pm and 12.30 pm
- Investigate the incredible biology of ocean mammals with weird and wacky experiments in our interactive science shows.
- For ages: For all ages!
- Cost: Free with museum entry
- Time: Sunday 13 - Thursday 17 & Sunday 20 - Thursday 24 during April school holidays at 10.30am, 11.30 am & 12.30pm
- Booking: No bookings required
- More info: http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1242
