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world-class collection of contemporary and historical dress. What’s On This Easter One Special Day, Tuesday 12 April, 10:30am. Create Easter bonnets using ideas from an extra special exhibition. 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30am-3.30pm Visiting Details Jan-Feb 10.30am-4.00pm, March-Oct 10.30am-5.00pm, Nov-Dec 10.30am- 4.00pm (exit one hour after these times). Adult-£7.25, senior citizens and students- £6.50, children-£5.25 (under 5’s go free), family ticket (two adults, four children)- £20.00. You can also get a saver ticket that includes entry to the Roman Baths and lasts seven days). tel: 01225 477789;
www.fashionmuseum.co.uk
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park has something for everyone, but especially for more hyperactive kids, including tennis courts, a 12 and 18 hole golf course, a playground and a skateboarding area.
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Dawn from My Small World gives us her top five tips on a fun and free Easter.
I’m not really one for planning things in advance, but Easter is really one of those occasions when a little preparation goes a long way. I’ve been picking the brains of the mums who have ventured in to our store, and here’s a few jolly good ideas to get you all started.
1. Easter egg hunt. Think big! My brother once got up at an unfeasibly early hour and walked the canal path from The George Pub to Widcome, hiding foil-wrapped Easter Eggs in every available nook and cranny. The subsequent walk for our children has stayed in their memories – and for once, there wasn’t a single complaint about tired legs! For older children, you can add clues into the mix – our favourite game is to take close-up photos of the hidey-holes. You’ll be amazed at how odd a close-up of Daddy’s shoe can look.
Royal Victoria
Park Spreading over 57 acres this
Fashion Museum
We swear children are getting more stylish – feed their passion for fashion with Bath’s
What’s On This Easter To celebrate the Royal Wedding , the Royal Victoria Park is planning a huge family picnic. Giant screens will show the ceremony, there will be musical entertainment, and lost of arts and craft events for everyone to get involved in. Did You Know? The park was named after the 11-year- old Princess Victoria – later to become Queen. Visiting Details Open all year round, free entry. tel: 01225 394041
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Station Hire a boat and row
upstream to Bathampton Weir or downstream to Pulteney Bridge for a fun and active day on the river. Did You Know? You can hire three kinds of boat; the skiff, the punt, and the canoe. Visiting Details Easter till end September, open every day from 10am till 6pm. One hour £7.00 adults, £3.50 children, concs £7.00; extra hours £3.00 adults, £1.50 children,; all day £16.00 adults, £ 8.00 children, return by 5.30pm for £10.00. tel: 01225312900;
www.bathboating.co.uk BL
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2. Faberge up! Decorating Eggs is the simplest and most fantastic way to celebrate Easter – and the more glam and glitzy the better. Boil up some eggs (or get really homespun and make a hole in the top and bottom and then gently blow out the contents). Then grab some bags of adhesive gems and get gluing. Alternatively make a papiér mache egg, the bigger the better, (some strips of newspaper and some watered down PVA glue covering a well-oiled inflated balloon will do the trick). Grab some pots of paint and let the children go wild. The golden rules are wear old clothes, have good-quality washable paint, and stop worrying about the mess.
3. Be traditional The old ones are the best. Dig out your wooden spoons, hardboiled eggs and steady hands and get egg-and-spoon racing. If you want to make it harder for them, throw in some obstacles too. I also think it’s time to wrestle back egg rolling from the United States. The aim of the game is to hit your egg down the course to the finish line, and the winner is the first person across the line with the least battered egg.
4. Get together. If you have never discovered Rainbow Woods, or Prior Park , or Farleigh Hungerford Castle then this is your chance. These are fabulous places for some enormous games of Hide and Seek, or Sardines, or even good-old-fashioned Stuck in The Mud. With spring comes the promise of all things new, and the realisation that we’ve made it through another long, dark winter. Which, if you’ve been stuck inside with a house full of children going quietly stir crazy, is definitely worth celebrating! Why not throw some chocolate eggs in the mix for some Easter themed fun.
5. Pop-tastic Our friends Alix and Nick have a little orchard, and a few years ago we turned up at their house to find beautiful coloured balloons tied to every tree, each one filled with little eggs. The children ran around, shouting and yelling, from tree to tree, and discovered the exciting challenge of attempting to pop balloons in mid-air. They were surprisingly resourceful – it’s amazing what the promise of confectionary will do to sharpen the mind and encourage teamwork!
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