Fri 3 Apr – Mon 6 Apr
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1. Easter EGGSTRAVAGANZA
Welcoming thousands of families
- 10.30am – 1pm: Games & colouring tables
- 11am – 12pm: Collect from 20,000+ colourful eggs throughout the Distillery
- 11am – 1pm Little Bunny Patio
- Relaxed egg hunt and activities for ages 0-4
- Meet the Easter bunny
- 11am – 12pm: Play the EGG SCRAMBLE!
- 60 seconds to hunt eggs – find one with a bell & win a prize
- Return your eggs to the cabins to redeem your chocolate
- Pay-what-you-can photo keepsakes
Complimentary Easter baskets may be borrowed while supplies last. You’re encouraged to bring your own basket.
Location: Distillery Historic District (55 Mill St)
Date: Fri 3 – Sun 5 Apr
Time: 10.30am – 1pm
Price: Free
Age: All
2. Earth Month
Child-friendly highlights
- 10.30am – 12.30pm: Egg decorating workshop
- Family-friendly craft – dye eggs with natural materials (fruits & vegetables)
- 10am – 4.10pm: Bunny mochi making workshop
- Fill mochi dough with bean paste & add bunny ears – ages 6+
- 10am – 3pm: Garden party at the Children’s Garden
- Learn about life cycles of Spring through Loose Parts, crafts & borrow binoculars
- Make bird feeders from natural materials
- 10.30am – 11.15am & 12pm – 12.45pm: Live music performance
- 11am – 3pm: Art hive
- Play with discarded materials
Also happening: Workshop on creating habitats for birds & bees from natural materials (1.30pm – 3.30pm) & seed planting demo (12pm – 5pm).
Location: Evergreen Brick Works (550 Bayview Ave)
Date: Sun 5 Apr
Time: 10am – 4.10pm
Price: Free
Age: All
3. Easter brunch
Served in the castle
- Buffet with springtime flavours
- Live entertainment (most likely)
- After brunch, explore the castle
- Castle tours end at 5pm.
Location: Casa Loma (1 Austin Terrace)
Date: Sun 5 Apr
Time: 2.30pm – 4pm
Price: $90 (adults), $65 (children 4-13 yrs)
Age: All
Service: 1hr 30min
- 10am – 1pm: Face painting
- 10am – 2pm: Egg hunt
- Take pictures of the eggs you find & redeem for treats
- 11.30am – 12.40pm: Wiggles with Karla (age 0-6) – limited walk-ins left
- Music, movement, storytelling & games
- 2pm – 3.30pm: Alvin & The Chipmunks family movie (Rating: G) – booking required
- Outdoor pop-up pickleball court opens for the season – booking required
Location: The Well (486 Front St W)
Date: Sun 5 Apr
Time: 10am – 3.30pm
Price: Free
Age: All
5. Easter Hop & Hunt
Village-wide Easter scavenger hunt
- Visit 30+ local businesses & follow the clues to spot bunnies, eggs & chicks
- Solve the riddles & enjoy treats (10am – 2pm)
- Meet the Easter Bunny & Easter Panda
- Balloon twisting, magician & caricature artist
- Join a hula hoop dance party
- Mini Egg Hunt for littles at La Petite École
- Enter for a chance to win prizes
Location: Bloor West Village (2323 Bloor St W)
Date: Sat 4 Apr
Time: 10am – 2pm
Price: Free
Age: All
6. Easter Studio
Hatching Wonders
- An open-ended family art experience
- A sensory-rich investigation of seeds, eggs, birds’ nests & shelters through:
- Natural dyes, spring textures, loose parts & building materials
Location: Enjoy The Process Art (1447 Gerrard St E)
Date: Fri 3 & Sat 4 Apr
Time: Fri (10am & 12.30pm), Sat (10am, 11am & 12pm)
Price: $41.81 (1 parent + child)
Age: 1-7
Duration: 1hr 30min
7. The Beaches Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt
And Easter parade
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- Fri 10am – 2pm: Easter egg scavenger hunt
- A fox will be stealing baskets of Easter eggs across the Beaches
- Decipher clues that lead to 10 locations across The Beach using an app & trivia questions
- Sun 2pm – 4pm (approx): Parade featuring 75,000 attendees
The egg hunt route can be walked, biked or driven. Online registration required.
Egg hunt:
Location: The Beaches neighbourhood
Date: Fri 3 Apr
Time: Anytime between 10am–2pm
Price: $25 per team/family
Age: All
Duration: Approx 90min
Parade:
Location: Begins on Queen St at Munro Park & proceeds west along Queen St ending at Woodbine Ave
Date: Sun 5 Apr
Time: 2pm – 4pm (approx)
Price: Free
Age: All
8. Fireside Munsch
Classic Munsch Mayhem!
- Based on the books: Mortimer, Mud Puddle, The Paper Bag Princess & Jonathan Cleaned Up – Then He Heard A Sound
- Featuring four of Robert Munsch’s stories performed as a storytelling play by actor M. John Kennedy
Location: Wychwood Theatre (76 Wychwood Ave)
Date: Fri 3 – Mon 6 Apr
Time: Fri (10.30am), Sat – Mon (12.30pm & 3.30pm)
Price: $23.49 – $30.49
Age: 4+
Runtime: 50min
9. Easter egg hunt at the grocer
Children can find the eggs & win a prize
- The more you find, the more chances you have to win prizes
- Live crêpe station
- For the grown-ups, enjoy complimentary wine & food samplingse: 0-6
Location: STOCK T.C Grocer (2388 Yonge St)
Date: Sat 4 Apr
Time: 12pm – 3pm
Price: Minimum spend of $10
Age: All
10. The Easter Chocolate Express
Chocolate tasting in a vintage railway car
- An Easter chocolate experience in a vintage train car
- Explore artisanal Canadian craft chocolate
- Guided by a chocolate expert, you’ll uncover the story of cacao
- 1 take-home chocolate tasting kit per 2 people
- Complimentary access to the museum after the tasting
Tasting kit includes:
- 4 bars of Canadian artisan chocolates (dark & milk)
- Raw cacao
- Reusable chocolate tasting mat & flavour wheel
Location: Toronto Railway Museum (255 Bremner Blvd)
Date: Sat 4 – Sun 5 Apr
Time: 3pm – 4pm
Price: $55 per person (tickets sold in pairs)
Age: All
