Easter weekend activities

Salt dough is easy to make – you can find a recipe here. When you’ve made the dough, roll it into small balls and shape them into eggs. When they’re baked and cool, the kids can decorate them with paint or biodegradable glitter. Add ribbon and they’re ready to hang up or give to family and friends as gifts. The kids could even decorate egg boxes to display them in!

With everyone spending so much time in their local area, why not create an Easter display in your window to give your neighbours something to smile about? Ask the kids to draw or paint Easter egg designs (or make salt dough eggs of course!) and then put them in the window. Or how about making some bunting, like these adorable bunnies on the First Palette website?

On Easter Day, why not trade boring old toast and cereal for a special celebratory breakfast? From a healthy grill up to crepes with fruit, there are lots of egg-citing recipes on the Parent Club website! How about asking the kids to decorate the table with their Easter craft masterpieces?

You don’t need a garden to have an Easter egg hunt – indoors is just as fun! Plastic eggs are ideal, but if you don’t have any, you can get your kids to draw some, make them from salt dough or paint some hard boiled eggs – another good way to keep them occupied. How about trying this cool idea from the Crafty Morning website for dying eggs using food colouring and shaving foam?

To get the kids moving, why not have an indoor egg and spoon race? Just make sure you boil the eggs first! You could use the eggs you found in your egg hunt. If you don’t have any eggs, bouncy balls or even scrunched up bits of paper will do.

If you’re feeling adventurous, why not set up an egg and spoon obstacle course? Get the kids to climb over cushions, crawl under towels and hop across things (anything will do – socks, magazines, whatever’s to hand!) And all without dropping the egg. If you don’t have much space, use your phone to time them and see who can do it the quickest.

A new twist on an old game! Get the kids to draw a bunny on a big sheet of paper – you can use cotton wool or paper for the tail. If you don’t fancy drawing your own bunny you can download a template here.

If you can get the family out into the garden or park, how about trying this Easter-themed variation on the classic game of tig? Choose someone to be ‘it’. They must chase the other players and if they catch them, the players can no longer run or walk but must hop around with their hands on their heads to make bunny ears. Other players can free them by tapping them on the shoulder. ‘It’ wins if they manage to turn everyone into bunnies!

Unlike last year, this year the kids can meet friends to play outside – bonus! Just make sure you stick to the rules around meeting other households and that everyone over 12 stays 2 metres apart.