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Primary Times Leicestershire & Rutland
13 April – 20 April
Stripey Honey Tour
Leicester, Leicestershire Libraries
www.thesparkarts.co.uk
Stripey Honey … is very yummy! is a
touching and funny story of how tigers,
bees and honey collectors learn to live
and play together. Featuring new music,
dance and puppetry, Mashi’s playful and
colourful style takes you on an adventure
to the Indian jungle, where tigers and honey
bees struggle for survival. See website for
full details.
13 April - 28 April
Easter Adventure Quest
Kenilworth Castle CV8 1NG
www.english-heritage.org.uk
11am - 5pm Join the hunt for dragon eggs
on a legendary quest this Easter holiday.
Crack the clues as you and your family
follow the trail around the castle. Intrepid
adventurers who track down the dragon
egg will get a certificate to prove it, and
there’ll be a chocolate treat too!
Holiday Heraldry
King Richard III Visitor Centre LE1 5DB
www.kriii.com
Design and colour your own shields and
pennants and dress up as a knight. Join our
shield trail and collect stickers from around
the exhibition to complete your battle shield
– everyone completing a shield will receive
a special prize.
14 April
NCT’s Nearly New Sale
Loughborough Students’ Union LE11 3TT
www.nct.org.uk/loughborough
11.30am - 1.30pm Admission £1 per adult
(children free), a fantastic opportunity to
buy good quality pre-loved children’s
clothes (0-14 years old), baby equipment,
toys, books, games and more, all arranged
by department for ease of shopping. This
sale is a fundraising event organised by
the Loughborough branch of the National
Childbirth Trust.
Spring Birdwatch
Barnsdale Gardens LE15 8AH
www.barnsdalegardens.co.uk
12pm - 4pm Meet expert spotters and take
a special Twitcher’s tour of the Gardens with
Phil Rudkin. You can chat with our clever
bird box makers and bug hotels or make a
simple bird feeder yourself to take home.
15 April
Brilliant Easter Bonnets!
Newarke Houses Museum
& Gardens LE2 7BY
www.visitleicester.info
11am - 3pm Celebrate Easter by creating
your own Easter bonnet! Join the Easter
parade and win a prize for the best bonnet.
Plus storytelling, Easter trail and other activities
available. £3 for activities, refreshments
available.
Museum Open Day
Rutland Railway Museum LE15 7FF
www.rocks-by-rail.org
Take a trip on The Rutlander train.
15 April - 26 April
Easter Holiday Fun
Calke Abbey DE73 7JF
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Get your creative cogs working with nature-themed
crafts and activities in Squirt’s
Stable and the Riding School. Keep the
holiday boredom at bay this Easter. Squirt’s
Stable and the Riding School will be bursting
with nature-themed activities every day
of the school holidays.
16 April
The Bike Jam
Ellesmere College LE3 2FD
www.facebook.com/ChooseHowYou-
Move
11am - 3pm Easter holiday extravaganza! As
well as being able to ride the BMX track and
Mountain Bike trails, you can now learn how
to play bike polo and take part in a match!
Sustrans will be providing FREE bike safety
checks, pedal-powered spin art and cycling
information. Leicester Wheels For All will be
returning with their fleet of adapted bikes,
allowing riders of all abilities to take part
in the fun.
Polkadot Pottery
The Guildhall LE1 5FQ
www.visitleicester.info
11am - 3pm Polkadot Pottery returns to the
Guildhall during the Easter Holidays to provide
pottery painting fun for all ages! Come
and paint gorgeous animals and Easter
themed items to decorate your home or
give as gifts! The pottery will then be taken
away to be glazed and fired in the kiln, and
returned to the Guildhall for you to collect.
16 April - 18 April
Easter Animal Fun
Great Central Railway LE11 1RW
www.gcrailway.co.uk
Over the Easter Half term we will turn the
Great Central Railway into an animal lover’s
haven. Come along and hang out with
Elvis, Tula, Petal and Tiny Tim, we are of
course talking about some wonderful fur,
feathered and hairy animals. Entertainment,
colouring, small fun fair and face painting.
16 April - 23 April
Hinckley BID’s Bunny Hunt!
Hinckley Town Centre
www.hinckleybid.co.uk
FREE! Follow the clues to find the Easter
Bunnies on 10 shop windows throughout
the town and win an Easter egg! Complete
the Bunny Hunt and enter all the Bunny
names correctly to receive a FREE Easter
Egg! All correct entries will be entered in
a prize draw for a £50 gift voucher from a
BID town centre business of the winner’s
choice! Entry forms online.
17 April
Easter Animals Fun Day!
Belgrave Hall LE4 5PE
www.visitleicester.info
11am - 4pm A fantastic day for all the family
in the beautiful gardens of Belgrave Hall.
Come and meet the animals in the gardens,
there will be new born lambs, Miniature
Shetland Ponies and for the first time
Alpacas! Plus trails, Easter craft activities
and face painting all day! £3.50 per child,
drop-in event.
Family Ceramics Workshop
Katherine Fortnum Ceramics LE16 9QR
www.katherinefortnumceramics.com
10am - 12pm A perfect day for those creative
family activities, turn up and get messy
playing with clay! You make it, we will fire it,
you take it home.
ZigZag Photography Open Day!
Zig Zag Photography LE2 3AB
www.zigzagphotography.co.uk/blog
11am – 4pm. We’re having another Fun
Family Open Day! Join us for free photoshoots,
competitions, goodie bags, Mr
Tumble (Party Time With James), Face
painting by Livi Lollipop - Face Painting
Fairy, appearances from ZigZag Bear and
more!
18 April
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