Pop into our family friendly creative space at YSP Learning. Make, draw, construct, play, imagine and have fun in our Garden Studio. Explore ideas inspired by current exhibitions at YSP and be your own artist.
Delve into the sights and smells of a Roman kitchen at Castleford Museum! 10am – 3pm (free, drop-in activity)
Get stuck into creating clay creatures inspired by the spring wildlife at Nostell 11am – 3pm (free activity but normal admission charges apply)
Discover how plants were used in the past 11am – 3pm (free drop-in activity)
Immerse yourself in an imaginative world of sculpture making. Work and play together to build sculptures inspired by artists in the Park. Stack, balance, join, arrange. Always outdoors, Come Rain, Come Shine is about playful making in the fresh air.
A host of stars from the world of children's television including Callum Donnelly from CBeebies Justin's House and Spotbots, and Nickelodeon's Elanor Snowdon are setting sail with a show perfect for children aged three and upwards. This child-friendly adaptation of Treasure Island is a very funny, high energy, big, bold and bright show with crazy characters, all your favourite songs and...
Easter holiday fun for all the family! Join us at The Ridings Shopping Centre on Tuesday 9th April to build the best box fort Wakefield has ever seen! We'll be building our own Easter rabbit warren of tunnels and rooms from cardboard boxes for children to play in, and would love you to come along...
Join us at our animal center for our annual Easter Fayer, with an Easter Egg Hunt, Games, Craft Stalls, Cattery Tours and lots more! £1 entry for adults and 50p for children all proceeds go to funding the work we do in Dog, Cat and Rabbit rehabilitation and re-homing in the Leeds and Wakefield district....
Create your own animation using ipads, aimed 6 – 11 years old 10am – 11:30am or 1:30pm – 3pm (free but bookable workshop)
Pontefract has been associated with sweets for over a hundred years, so what could be better than a craft activity built around this yummy heritage? First, sample some of the delicious sweets that Pontefract and the local area are famous for. Then once the sweets have been eaten, it’s time to channel your creative side...
Bookable & payable activity Contact Hafiza: 07702 884447 EMAIL: hafiza@artventurers.co.uk WEBSITE: www.artventurers.co.uk/dewsbury Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ARTventurersDewsbury/
Create your own funny faces, aimed 2 – 5 years old 10am – 11:15am or 1:30pm – 2:45pm (free but bookable activity)
Experience the smell of “garrum” fish sauce and plant your own herbs! 10am – 3pm (free, drop-in activity)
From mini tractor rides to live entertainment, once inside all activities and workshops are FREE. This fun family day out celebrates farming, food and the countryside. Children can also get close to farm animals from chicks to lambs, piglets to calves, goats, sheep and alpacas. There will be stage show entertainment throughout the day including...
Easter fun on the farm with a farmers & craft market, Easter egg hunt, Easter crafts & loads more. We have an Easter Farmers & Crafts Market in the picnic area & all around the car park. Plus there will be an Easter egg hunt throughout the farm, just pick up your sheet at the...
Join us at Cannon Hall Farm for an brand new Easter Adventure! Disaster has struck the Easter Bunny’s Egg Factory - the egg machine has exploded and has lost its cogs. Eggs have been thrown all over the farm - can you help the bunnies to save Easter? Join our factory bunnies for the unique...
Super Sunday is back! Free tennis session for all at Slazengers. Booking required. Call 07889 012895
The very young won’t sit still and we don’t expect them to. Egg and spoon is an interactive romp through the seasons where you come in and out of our magical circle and get to open all the gifts of nature. Egg and spoon is a perfect gentle introduction to the magic of...
Easter Egg Hunt, Easter crafts, Bun Stall, Easter Sensory Table, Easter Bonnet Competition As well as the normal playgroup toys, nursery rhymes, snacks and drink
Create some handmade Easter crafts 10am – 3pm (free, drop-in activity)
Follow your map to find clues and games, discover more about Nostell’s spring residents, and claim your yummy Cadbury chocolate prize. Make sure you hop along to Nostell nice and early to avoid disappointment. 10am-3pm £2.00 (normal admission charges apply)
Make an Easter egg lantern out of clay, aimed 6 – 11 years old 10am – 11:30am or 1:30pm – 3pm (free but bookable workshop)
Family friendly, make and take craft activities inspired by Easter and Spring. 10:30am – 12:30pm or 1pm – 3pm Free activity but booking advisable
Paint a story stone dragon egg. Where will you hide it? 11am – 3pm (free drop-in activity)
Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires). We have the best comedians from the UK and world circuit doing what they do best…but without the rude bits!
Search among the museum’s fascinating old objects for interesting images of animals – both usual and unusual! – and then use the museum objects as inspiration as you get creative: use your imagination to make your own fun Easter animal craft to take home and keep. 10am – 3pm (free, drop in activity)
The Ridings Shopping Centre are hosting a FREE event during the Easter Holidays! There will be unicorn crafts, balloon modelling, glitter makeovers, face painting, and find the unicorn trail!
Decorate an egg, and design your own patterned pot 10am – 3pm (free, drop-in activity)
Join us for our annual Dragon Egg Hunt at Pontefract Castle. Take a walk on the mythical side and explore the Castle’s ancient, atmospheric ruins as you search out the fabled dragon eggs. But that’s not all – there’s also a whole clutch of amazing activities for little ones (and their grownups!) to enjoy, including...
Follow your map to find clues and games, discover more about Nostell’s spring residents, and claim your yummy Cadbury chocolate prize. 10am-3pm £2.50 (normal admission charges apply)
Hop aboard the Kirklees Light Railway this Easter and travel by steam train to meet the Easter Bunny! As well as your return steam train ride, you will get included in your ticket price: Platform rides on Toby the Tram Bouncy castle Giant lawn games Face painting Children’s entertainer Rides on the Clayton Flyer...
Family Theatre Show: FREE chocolate egg for every child! Join Peter Rabbit and his friends as they guide you through a magical Easter egg trail. Follow the story through Fairyland woods; along the way you’ll join in with singing, dancing and fun games led by your favourite characters from this iconic children’s story. Meet cheeky...
Family Fun for Everyone Drinks, Colouring, Lucky Dip, Egg Hunt for toddlers to 11 years old
Come and celebrate St George’s Day at the castle! Allow yourself to be transported back into the mists of time and experience the sights, sounds and smells of our stunning medieval camp. Our costumed re-enactors will be demonstrating ancient crafts, and musicians will serenade you with medieval ballads and songs. Fancy getting hands-on? Then step...
Balne Lane Club are bringing you an Easter Family Fun Day! There will be party games for the children to take part in. Ther will also be an Easter Bonnet competition Ecah child will receive an Easter Egg
If you're looking for something to do on Easter Monday then why not come along to Flag fundraising's Easter gala in aid of wakefield hospice!!! We have lots to entertain the family including meet the Easter bunny, Easter bonnet parade and Easter egg hunt as well as our usual games where there are lots...
A club full of fun for all the family! Bouncy Castle, Party Games, Disco, BBQ & prizes for the best Easter costume! Free Entry
Yorkshire Geology Day – meet the experts from the Yorkshire Geological Society, enjoy hands-on activities and book a special underground tour. Fossils showcase with our Blacksmiths in The Forge at Hope Pit
Join Jack for a fun filled fairy tale adventure, with magic beans, giants and boys who won’t stay in the corner. Fathers, sons, friends and heroes, we can all be brave and bold like Jack and find out place in the world. The hilarious new show offers an original perspective on a classic tale,...
