Easter activities to keep your children busy

The bank holiday weekend is getting started this Good Friday and with schools broken up for the holidays, local groups and councils have scheduled plenty of events and activities over the four days.

Below, we have compiled a list of some of the events happening across the West Midlands:

In Birmingham, at the city's botanical gardens, they are hosting what they call Experience Alice's Easterland Adventure - a family event with interactive shows and parades until Sunday.

Elsewhere, at Cannon Hill Park, there is an Easter extravaganza event on Friday with egg hunts, face painting, live music and a petting zoo.

Easter egg hunts are also being held at Wightwick Manor and Gardens, Wolverhampton, by the National Trust until Monday.

Arts and crafts workshops, which families can drop along to, are being held at the New Art Gallery, Walsall until 25 April, for children aged two and over.

While at Oak Park Active Living Centre, Walsall, they are hosting an Easter Big Bounce event on Friday for primary school children and siblings with parental supervision.

An Easter-themed day of entertainment will be held on Monday at Wolverhampton Racecourse with organisers saying youngsters aged under 17 can go for free.

More activities and events are listed on the Visit Birmingham website.

In Coventry, there is due to be an Easter Bunny Walk on Saturday at Gosford Park where organisers say children can hop, skip, and jump with the Easter bunny and receive an Easter egg.

A children's Easter egg hunt will be held at the Castle Grounds Pub on Little Park Street for families on Sunday and on the same day, the Sky Blue Tavern will have a family fun day with egg hunts, a bonnet competition, a disco and games.

A bird of prey event and a Horrible Histories maze are among the events at Warwick Castle this Easter while Kenilworth Castle holds an adventure quest.

Elsewhere, visitors to Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon are being promised live performances in the gardens called The Women Who Made Shakespeare.

More activities and events are listed on the Visit Warwickshire website.

A range of activities are planned at some of Staffordshire's castles this Easter including an Easter craft and trail workshop at Stafford Castle on Sunday and a daily dragon-themed egg hunt at Tamworth Castle until 27 April.

Heritage railway, the Churnet Valley Railway, is hosting a Mad Hatter's tea party on a steam train until Monday.

While the National Trust holds an Easter trail at Biddulph Grange Garden until Friday.

For pottery fans, World of Wedgwood in Barlaston has its Clay Club featuring pottery painting and children's factory tours over the Easter holidays.

The Visit Staffordshire website has other events planned over Easter.

The National Trust is hosting an Easter adventure trail at Attingham Park, near Shrewsbury, every day until Sunday.

Easter egg hunts will be held across the county at Stokesay Castle, Blists Hill and Hawkstone Park Follies, as well as a fairytale egg hunt at Park Hall Farm.

While also at Blists Hill Victorian Town, Telford, the site will be showcasing a Very Victorian Easter with an an egg dancing competition over the Easter bank holiday weekend.

Elsewhere, youngsters aged from two years old with a creative side are being given the chance to create Easter Bunny-inspired artwork at the Coalport China Museum.

More ideas for your family can be found on the Visit Shropshire site.

West Midlands Safari Park is hosting its Easter Eggstravaganza until 27 April with egg hunts and a new live show, organisers say.

While at Queenswood Country Park, Herefordshire, the nature reserve will be running a Jungle Book-themed Easter trail until 27 April.

Egg hunts continue to be held far and wide, including at Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire while Witley Court and Gardens has an Easter adventure quest until 27 April.

The National Trust is putting on a daily Easter trail at Brockhampton, near Bromyard, until 27 April while Eastnor Castle, near Ledbury, hosts an Easter treasure hunt.

The Visit Herefordshire and Visit Worcestershire websites host more ideas for activities and events.

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