Easter school holiday activities on offer across Melbourne
With school holidays in full swing and Easter fast approaching, we’ve compiled a list of what’s on this week to keep kids — and parents — from climbing the walls. Check out our ultimate school holiday guide.
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There’s no shortage of egg-citing activities planned during the school holidays.
Easter-themed mini golf, gardening with Peter Rabbit, and traditional Easter egg hunts are among the fun activities on offer.
Check out our ultimate school holiday guide below.
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175 Maroondah Highway, Ringwood
Children can get in an egg-cellent mood for the Easter bunny’s arrival with special activities at Eastland.
The Ringwood shopping centre’s school activity fun is headlined by a wacky six-hole mini Easter-themed golf course.
The course, suitable for children aged 4-12 years, includes moving objects, ramps and a revolving windmill. It’s operating from 10am-4pm daily until Thursday, April 18.
While you’re there, you can enter a competition to win the weight of its giant Easter bunny sculpture in Sisko chocolate.
For those who like things a bit sweeter, TGI Fridays is hosting a tasty Easter shake making class on April 15 and 16 from 2pm-5pm.
Sisko will also be hosting a ‘smash Easter egg’ masterclass on Wednesday, April 17 from 10.30am.
25 Main St, Greensborough
The shopping centre is hosting a series of free activities in the lead up to Easter, but importantly for children, a sneaky chocolate fix before the ultimate Easter egg hunt on April 21.
Activities include gardening with Peter Rabbit, with the opportunity to decorate a garden pot and seedlings to take home. This activity will be running on Thursday, April 11 and Friday, April 12 from 11am until 2pm.
An interactive digital Easter egg hunt is coming to the plaza on the second week of the school holidays.
Expected to be a popular choice, families can experience their first Easter egg hunt through the dynamic world of virtual reality.
The activity will run from Monday, April 15 until Sunday, April 21 between 11am and 3pm — excluding Good Friday.
Families can find the Easter Virtual Reality Game at Level 1, Centre Court at the plaza.
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The plaza is also offering it’s own Easter egg hunt with clues to follow, and a “surprise” at the finish line.
The Easter egg hunt will start at 10am and finish at 1pm on Saturday, April 20 at Level 1, Centre Court, Greensborough Plaza.
Children can also visit the Easter bunny on Sunday, April 21 between 10.30am and 1.30pm. There will be plenty of free chocolate too.
619 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster
Children are set to have an egg-cellent time when everyone’s favourite bunny hops into shopping centres around Manningham this Easter.
There’ll be plenty of chocolate eggs on offer at Westfield Doncaster from 1pm to 4pm on Easter Thursday and Saturday.
Over at The Pines, shoppers can meet the Easter bunny from 11am to 2pm on Saturday and Sunday.
The kids can grab an egg and have a photo with their special friend.
But both centres will have other offerings if the Easter bunny isn’t your style.
The Pines will have an Easter egg guessing jar set up outside Aldi until 5pm on Thursday.
If you think you’ve got a keen eye guess how many eggs are in each of three jars to go into the chance to win some amazing prizes.
You could take home a Beats Solo 3 headset, a Vodafone E9 prepaid phone with a $40 starter kit or an Easter hamper — all thanks to Vodafone at Stockland The Pines.
Visit the guessing station just outside Aldi and fill out the entry form and drop it in at Vodafone to go in the draw.
The Pines will also have a Wendy’s pop-up store set up this week with customers able to make their own special Easter sundae creations between 10am and 2pm just outside the Bank of Melbourne.
Corner Springvale Road and Ferntree Gully Rd, Wheelers Hill
Easter will take centre stage at a Wheelers Hill shopping centre these school holidays.
From April 15 to 18 there will be a free Easter egg on offer from the Easter bunny.
Children can also let their creativity flow in the craft activity station, decorating their own Easter-themed drawstring bag ready to fill with more eggs.
Both events will take place outside Kmart.
An Easter egg counting competition will also be held, with the closest guess to win the full jar of eggs.
Corner Melrose Court and Dorrigo Drive, Boronia
Knox Council is inviting the community to check out the beautiful gardens and heritage estate Miller’s Homestead for a special pop-up event offering free family activities and a chance to have your say about the future use of the homestead.
The free Easter fun day is on Sunday, April 14 from 10am to 3pm.
2628 Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction
It’s all about family fun, fairies, bunnies, giant amazons and thousands of autumn flowers at the Blue Lotus Water Garden this April.
From giants of the Amazon to spectacular towering sunflowers, the Blue Lotus Water Garden has embraced the change of the seasons.
The garden has been extensively planted with thousands of autumn flowering plants around its stunning lakes creating a kaleidoscope of colour in every direction.
During the school holidays the garden is offering a great line up of free activities for children including visits by Kristabelle the fairy queen in the fairy garden, Easter egg hunts with the Easter bunny, craft activities and photography workshops, daily fish feeding and dragon adventure Spotto until April 22.
Children under 16 have free entry to the gardens if accompanied by an adult with a ticket.
There is also a fantastic deal for seniors this April. Show your seniors card at the ticket counter to receive 20 per cent off the entry price.
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