10 family-friendly activities for the Easter holidays
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While the Easter holidays can be a beautiful time of year to hibernate in a chocolate-infused coma and eat your body weight in hot cross buns judgement-free, for those who have to entertain children, it’s usually…er…less relaxing.
If the thought of entertaining your bundles of high energy for the school holidays has you ready to bang your head against a wall, we have you covered. Put some butter on a hot cross bun, kit up the kids and feel hop-timistic with this jam-packed list of boredom-busters.
Get egg-cited with free craft
Fancy getting your mitts on a hot cross bun to decorate? Well, Gungahlin Marketplace has you covered. These free workshops are filled with sprinkles, icing and DIY bunny ears. I mean, how can you resist?
Sessions run from Tuesday 19 – Sunday 24 April | marketplacegungahlin.com.au
Don’t worry be hoppy, at Palace cinemas
Looking for a feel-good Easter film? Palace cinemas has you sorted yolks (sorry!) The Rabbit Academy follows the story of a charming little rabbit Max, who is challenged with the responsibility of saving Easter (good for you, kiddo) and discovering his own superpower along the way.
Screening from Thursday 7 April | palacecinemas.com.au
I wanna dance with some bunny!
Yes, that’s right, Dance Central has a jampacked holiday program to get your kids grooving and creating.
The four-day program includes classes in styles like contemporary, acrobatics, jazz and hip hop, each morning; while afternoons boast fun activities like Bedazzling workshops, a clothes upcycling workshop, terrarium-making, a trip to Hoyts cinema, and more!
Monday 11 – Thursday 14 April | dance-central.com.au
Enjoy an Egg-stra special performance at the Canberra Theatre Centre
I don’t know about you, but I achieved a large amount of thumb-twiddling and couch slumping during lockdown. This was not the case for Teeny Tiny Stevies, who released their third studio album from inside the 2020 Melbourne lockdown. Impressively, that album went on to win Best Children’s Album in the 2020 ARIA Awards, and lucky for us Canberrans, they will be performing a special show at the Canberra Theatre Centre.
Performing on Saturday 23 April | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Did some bunny say spy school?
Yes, you read that right. Performing Australia is hosting a three-day workshop perfect for that aspiring spy in the family. It’s filled with villains, detectives and a range of drama games and acting exercises.
Monday 11 – Wednesday 13 April | perform.edu.au
Eggs-cape from Plastika with Australian Dance Party!
Looking for a fun, creative, covid safe and educational activity for your kids and family this April school holidays? Join Australian Dance Party’s ‘Anti Disaster Platoon’ for a free dance and theatre performance at a playground near you—Escape from Plastika!
With the help of their mission recruits, ie. YOU! (kids/parents/carers in the audience) dance heroes, Alpha, Delta and Pi, time travel to the year 2109 to planet Plastika—formerly known as Earth, and otherwise known as the playground equipment in your neighbourhood.
With the special task to explore the problem of plastic and this most unwelcome makeover to beloved planet Earth, children and families discover their own power to change the future.
Friday 22 April, 10.30 am, Chifley Shops Playground and Thursday 21 April, 10.30 am, Yerrabi Pond District Park Playground | facebook.com/australiandanceparty/events
Eggs-splore art
Parliament House may not be the first place you think of when you’re wracking your brain for school holiday ideas, Naomi Zouwer’s art making workshop gives 8 to 12-year-olds the chance to develop skills in looking closely at art while exploring drawing and sketching techniques.
12 – 13 April | aph.gov.au
Chick (sorry) out Pixar Putt
If you are a fan of mini-golf and Pixar; then let us point you in the direction of this open-air, pop-up course in Civic Square.
Putt to your heart’s content while enjoying interactive putt-putt holes inspired by the stories, characters, and icons from some of Pixar’s most beloved films, including Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Soul, The Incredibles, Onward, Finding Nemo, A Bug’s Life, Wall-E, Inside Out, Luca and more
8 April – Sunday 1 May | pixarputt.com.au
Maker2 market: An egg-ceptional business program for neurodiverse teens
Designed for creative teens, this three-day holiday program will focus on empowerment, forming real-world connections and manifesting an entrepreneurial mindset. And if that wasn’t enough, the program will take your teen to the Old Bus Depot Markets, where they can share their business products throughout the local Canberra community.
19–20 April | edii.com.au
Keep your bunnies creative at home
Managed to catch COVID just as the Easter holidays has started? Oh boy. While you may be feeling feeble and cursed, the NGA has you covered. Their online step-by-step guide to art at home will temper emotions and allow the whole family to roll up their sleeves and get creative.
Have a cracking time at the Canberra Circus Festival
Roll up, roll up! The Canberra Circus Festival is back, and you don’t want to miss it, folks; it’s a rousing five days of magic, burlesque shows, clown performances, markets, community stalls, and more. The perfect holiday respite fit for the whole family.
19 – 23 April | canberracircusfestival.com.au
