Two weeks of school holidays - so much time to keep the kids entertained. There’s lots going on around Teesside when it comes to a spot of family fun this Easter.
Here’s a lost of 20 things you can do with the little ‘uns:
1. Take in a show at Arc, Stockton
The classic Swiss tale of Pitschi, The Kitten With Dreams takes to the stage on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 April - an endearing story about a little feline who wants to leave kitten-play behind and become a different, less boisterous animal. She soon finds out she can be happy just being herself thanks to the help of some animals including a friendly goat, a rooster and a duck.
The shows are followed by a free arts and crafts workshop for the chance to get creative and make face masks. Arc will also host two screenings of the Shaun the Sheep Movie on Saturday March 28 and Saturday April 4. www.arconline.co.uk for ticket prices and info - and more on Arc’s event line up.
2. The circus is coming to town. Paulo’s Circus brings its 2015 tour to Stokesley Showground from March 31 to April 12 with clowns, acrobats, aerial straps, magic, wire walkers, jugglers and more. Perfomance times daily at 3pm and 6pm, http://on.fb.me/1ID3Tjz for more info and ticket prices.
3. Take in a footy match at the Riverside. Gareth Southgate’s England U21s take on Germany’s U21s at the Boro stadium on Monday March 30, tickets are £1 for under 18s, £10 for adults.
4. Hillstreet Shopping Centre, Middlesbrough is hosting an Easter Eggstravaganza. Visitors can cast their vote for a local worthy cause on the centre’s facebook page and be in with a chance of winning a giant luxury Easter egg and there will be an array of Easter events between March 30 and April 4 including a balloon artist and face painter.
5. Go for an Easter adventure on the moors.
Children’s craft activities, adventure days and Easter trails are on offer at The Moors National Park Centre, Danby where little ones can make everything from bunny ears to birds and kites or learn how to use a compass. The National Park Authority has teamed up with East Barnby Outdoor Centre to offer older children (aged nine to 16) three adventure days with activities such as canoeing, sailing, orienteering, mountain biking, bushcraft and more. Booking is required for all events apart from the Easter Trail, http://bit.ly/1ID3VYB for more information.
6. Be an ‘Eggsplorer’ with the National Trust this Easter - the Cadbury Eggsplorers Easter Egg Trail takes place at Ormesby Hall, Middlesbrough on April 5 and 6. Follow the clues, answer the questions and complete the challenges to find your way to a prize, cost £2.
7. Hurry down to Kiplin Hall this Easter weekend and join in the Alice in Wonderland themed fun for families in the house and gardens.
Follow the White Rabbit and Playing Card trails, meet the Mad Hatter, bring some grown-ups for a pot of Mad Hatter tea and enjoy a cake whilst the Dormouse is asleep at the hall near Richmond, North Yorkshire.
www.kiplinhall.co.uk for opening times and prices.
8. An Easter farmyard fun party will be held at North Ormesby Community Hub, Derwent Street 3pm-5pm, Monday March 30 with disco, fancy dress, games, face painting, Easter themed arts and crafts, a tombola, raffle, a visit from the Fire Brigade - and the farmyard bus with its animals. Tickets are £1 per child from the community centre on 01642 726190 or 01642 207271. All children under the age of nine must be accompanied by an adult.
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Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
9. Middlesbrough's Captain Cook Birthplace Museum reopens to the public on March 21 for its 2015 season. The Stewart Park museum will have a new exhibition Pacific Predators looking at the lifestyle of three ‘real life’ sea monsters and their significance to the traditional cultures Cook encountered.
Also on show will be objects including a replica of an 18th century New Zealand Maori carving and one of the few surviving examples of a rare book assembled from pieces of tapa cloth actually brought back from Cook’s voyages. Adult admission is £2, children/concessions £1.
10. Join the Easter bunny for the first ever Billingham Town Centre Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday April 4. Children and their families are invited to join the free event which starts at 10am in the heart of the town centre - and if you’re lucky enough to spot a chocolate treat hidden in shop windows around the town centre, it is yours to keep.
11. Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum opens its doors for 2015 on March 30 and there will be family events at Easter too including:
March 31: 1-3pm: Easter crafts - Make your own bird nest and eggs and April 7: 1-3pm: Blooming marvellous - spring scavenger hunt and flower model making.
12. Enjoy some thrills and spills.
Flamingo Land theme park and zoo, Malton, North Yorkshire and Lightwater Valley near Ripon both open their doors.
There will be an Easter Egg Hunt in Dino Dig over the Easter weekend and across every day of the Easter school holidays there will be an Easter Zoo Trail at Flamingoland, for more information and park opening times visit flamingoland.co.uk. http://bit.ly/1ID3VYI for opening times, prices - and a list of all the rides.
13. Go down on the farm at Newham Grange, Coulby Newham. The farm has a host of new arrivals just in time for Easter - see the chicks, piglets and lambs and the baby wallaby too. Complete the Easter Egg Trail around the farm or have a go at feeding the lambs. 01642 515729 for opening times and prices.
14. Enjoy Egg-cellent Egg and Spoon at Preston Park Museum, Eaglescliffe, Stockton - decorate a spoon and egg, then take them away with you to have a go at the classic ‘egg and spoon’ race game! Try not to drop your egg! March 30, 12.30pm - 3.30pm http://bit.ly/1ID3VYL
15. Forest fun comes in the shape of an April Fools Trail with craft session at Guisborough Forest & Walkway on April 1, 1pm-3pm, £2 and on April 8, Guisborough Forest & Walkway host an Easter Egg Trail with craft session, 1pm-3pm, £2
16. Hop over to Egglescliffe Library take part in their Annual Easter Egg Decorating Competition, suitable for children aged between four and 10, under 10s must be accompanied by an adult. Free but places are limited - to book contact Egglescliffe Library 01642 527959.
17. Frozen fever comes to town with Singalonga Frozen at Middlesbrough Theatre on Tuesday April 7 with a full screening of the hit Disney movie with lyrics on screen to help fans sing along with Anna and Elsa. http://bit.ly/1ID3WeY for more information and ticket prices.
18. Smash hit musical Wicked takes to the stage at Sunderland’s Empire Theatre from Tuesday March 31 to Saturday April 25. http://bit.ly/1ID3TQn for more information and tickets.
19. Lee Latchford Evans, Dani Harmer and Bobby Davro take to the stage for some Easter panto fun at Darlington Civic Theatre in Beauty and the Beast on Wednesday April 1 and Thursday April 2. http://bit.ly/1ID3Wf3 for more information.
20. Visit the Farmyard Flyer when it stops in at Teesside Park on Thursday April 2.
The Flyer – a farm on a specially adapted double decker bus - will be parking up outside Costa from 10am until 3.30pm with April with its unusual crew of piglets, lambs, rabbits, calves, chickens and other farmyard favourites together with some alpacas in a horsebox beside the bus.
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