24/03/2026
EASTER HOLIDAYS 2026 - PART 1 - FREE OR LOW COST EVENTS
If you’re still looking for things to do with the kids during the Easter break, here are a few ideas, most of which are either free or low cost. Check out my next post for a few more general days out.
🐣 Easter in Hanley Park
💷 FREE
📆 31 Mar 10am-12pm
ℹ️ Easter trail, meet the animals, crafts, storytelling, pond dipping
🐣 Jurassic egg hunt at Affinity Staffordshire
💷 FREE
📆 3 Apr - fossil day adventure
📆 10 April - Dino DNA day
ℹ️ Live dinosaur shows, crafts
🐣 Easter trail at Tittesworth Reservoir
💷 £4 per trail sheet
📆 28 Mar - 12 Apr
ℹ️ Follow the trail, find the eggs & win a prize
🐣 Easter at Glebe Farm
💷 FREE entry
📆 3-5 April
ℹ️ Meet the easter bunny, live K-pop act (Sat), bouncy castle, Easter egg hunt (£3)
🐣 Build it cinema at Mitchell Arts Centre
💷 £4 per child, 1 adult goes free
📆 2 Apr - Minecraft movie
📆 8 Apr - Harold & the purple crayon
📆 10 Apr - Zog and The Smurfs
ℹ️ Build a figure to take home
🐣 Shows at MAC
📆 6 Apr- Unicorn Live - £11.50-£13 - pop & musical songs
📆 12 Apr - Rapunzel - £15.50 - musical adaptation
🐣 Easter egg word hunt in Burslem Park
📆 3 Apr - 10am
💷 FREE
ℹ️ Easter egg hunt with Burslem Elim Church
🐣 Egg hunt at Apedale Valley Light Railway
💷 Adult £5, child £1, under 3 free
📆 4-6 Apr (no booking req’d)
ℹ️ Spot the Easter eggs to win a prize. Also has cafe, museum & walks in Apedale Country Park
🐣 Find the Easter eggs on Cheadle High street
💷 FREE
📆 28 Mar - 12 Apr
ℹ️ Start at the The Snug Stay and Play Cafe for a map, collect stamps when you find an egg, once complete return to the Snug for a free play session & sweet treat
🐣 Stanworths family fun fair
💷 Free entry, wristbands available
📆 2-7 Apr
ℹ️ Goose St Carpark, opposite Morrisons
🐣 Easter fundraiser at The unconventional Menagerie
💷 £2 adults, £1 kids
📆 5 April
ℹ️ Learn about & meet crocodiles, reptiles & Easter animals. Easter egg hunt, face paints, stalls, food.
🐣 Ozzy owls spitfire trail at Potteries Museum
📆 28 Mar - 30 Apr
💷 £1.60
ℹ️ find 8 objects in the Spitfire Gallery. Also have clay chick making 2 Apr and clay tile making 9 Apr (£3.60). Museum is temporarily closed.
🐣 Easter events at Middleport Pottery
📆 7-9 Apr - Play with clay - £3
ℹ️ Get creative with a lump of air-dry clay
📆 28 Mar-12 Apr - Missing chick trail - £3
ℹ️ Find the names of the missing chicks for a craft treat
➕ Various craft workshops on various dates
🐣 Right to Play with OUTSIDE
📆 30 Mar
💷 FREE
ℹ️ Build dens, swing, jump, mud kitchen, create a play world. Osprey Close, Leek.
🐣 Wildfamilies with Family activities - Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
📆 31 Mar - Ladderedge Country Park - FREE - booking req’d
📆 31 Mar - Biddulph Grange Country Park - £4 - drop in
📆 2 & 9 Apr - Hem Heath Woods - FREE - booking req’d
ℹ️ Den building, hammock swinging, Easter games & crafts
🐣 Easter at National Memorial Arboretum
💷 FREE (parking £5)
📆 30 Mar-3 Apr
ℹ️ Outdoor Stickman trail (free), Arbie I-Spy spring trail (£2.50), music workshops, arts & crafts (free), outdoor play areas
What are your plans for the school holidays? - please feel free to share your ideas below 🐣
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