10 of the best things to do with kids this long weekend

Fri 3 Apr – Mon 6 Apr

Photo credit: Toronto Beaches Lions Easter Parade

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.

Child-friendly highlights

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

Village-wide Easter scavenger hunt

  • 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


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

  • 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

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

  • 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

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 


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