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4 APRIL

Easter Egg Painting Workshop for Famlies (6yrs+)

Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum & Arts Centre
67 Pottery Road
416-396-2819
1-4pm; $15/person, Drop-in
Learn the ancient art form of pysanky - the traditional wax resist techniques used to decorate eggs. Have fun creating your own little work of art for Easter. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

4,5, 10-12 APRIL

Easterfest

Downey’s Farm Market & Winery
13682 Heart Lake Rd, N of Brampton
905-838-2990
www.downeysfarm.on.ca
10am-5pm; $10/person
Hunt for Easter Eggs with the Easter Rabbit; Decorate an Easter Egg & get your face painted; Enjoy an Easter Puppet Show; Visit the baby farm animals; and more!

5 APRIL

Easter around the World Festival

City Hall Rotunda
100 Queen St W
416-368-8743
www.cfactoronto.com
12-5pm; Free admission
See 15 different ethnic communities displays on their EASTER traditions, in Art & Crafts, Egg Painting and Traditional foods.

Spring Egg Fun

Colborne Lodge
Colborne Lodge Dr in High Park
416-392-6916
12-3pm; $2, with some activity fees
Join this annual community event held on the grounds and inside Colborne Lodge. Children enjoy egg hunts, egg races outside, and dye eggs using natural dyes inside historic Colborne Lodge.

10-13 APRIL

Annual Easter “Egg” Stravaganza

Toronto Zoo
N of Hwy 410 on Meadowvale Rd
416-392-5929
www.torontozoo.com
9:30am-3:30pm; $20/Adults, $12/children, Free/3yrs-
Children 12 and under, grab your passport at the admission gate and let it lead you to the animal exhibits in the pavilions that contain Easter eggs! Check out an Easter keeper talk and watch for sightings of the elusive Easter bunny!

11 APRIL

Easter Egg Extravaganza

Mountsberg Conservation Area
519-854-2276
www.conservationhalton.on.ca
11am-3pm;
Plenty of fun activities including Easter Bingo, visits with the baby farm animals and a truly giant Easter egg hunt. Also throughout the day check out the Birds of Prey and then burn off some energy in the play barn.

It’s Time for the Easter Parade! Stories & Crafts

Beaches Library
2161 Queen St E
416-393-7703
11-11:45am; Free

Easter Egg Hunt

High Park Library
228 Roncesvalles Ave
416-393-7671
2-2:45pm; Free
School-age kids get a clue, find the hidden paper egg and exchange it for a chocolate one. Preschool children look for chocolate eggs in the community room and in the back garden (weather-permitting).

11-13 APRIL

Spring Comes to the Gibson House-Easter Weekend

Gibson House
5172 Yonge St
416-395-7432
12-5pm; $5.48/Adults, $2.62/Children
Visit the Gibson House Museum on Easter Weekend as we prepare for spring planting, and use up the last of the winter preserves. Enjoy demonstrations of 19th-century cookery in the historic kitchen, tours of the historic house with costumed interpreters, activities for the whole family in our hands-on discovery gallery.

11,12,18, 19 APRIL

Easter Traditions at Colborne Lodge

Colborne Lodge
Colborne Lodge Dr in High Park
416-392-6916
11am-4pm, *12-4pm (18, 19 April); Regular admission applies
Visit Colborne Lodge and learn about 19th century Easter traditions. Families can tour the museum and spot eggs hidden in the restored rooms. Children dye their own eggs using natural dyes.

12 APRIL

Beach’s Easter Parade

416-820-0790
www.beacheslions.com
2-4pm (approx);
Welcome the Easter bunny and all things Easter with a parade to signal the official start of spring. The parade starts at Neville Park and proceeds W along Queen St, ending at Woodbine Ave. Go early. For $10 you can walk with your dog in the Dog Day Parade section of the Easter parade (register in advance, contact for details).

Easter Royal Brunch

Casa Loma
1 Austin Terrace
416-923-1171 (ask for catering office)
www.casaloma.org
Seatings at: 11am, 12pm, 1pm reservation required; $43.35/adults, $21.60/4-12yrs, $11/1-3yrs
Easter Royal Brunch served in the stately elegance of Toronto’s famous castle is an event to remember. After your brunch, enjoy a self-guided tour of the castle.

Easter Egg Hunt at the Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival

The Kortright Centre-9550 Pine Valley Dr, Bruce Mill
416-667-6295
www.trcaparks.ca/maplesyrup
Meet & Greet the Easter Bunny: 1pm, Egg Hunt: 1:30pm, Maplesyrup Festival runs from 9:30am-4pm; $8/Adults, $6children, Free/4yrs & under
Special Easter Egg Hunt with the Easter bunny takes place at the Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival.

WEEKENDS -13 APR

Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Puck’s Farm
16540 11th Concession, King Township, RR3 Shomberg
905-939-7036
1-800-621-9177
www.pucksfarm.com
10am-5pm, hunts every hour; $9.95/person, Free/2yrs-
The world’s biggest Easter Egg Hunt. Fun, games, races, pony & hayrides and musical entertainment.