101 Things to Do Over Easter
Choose from this mix of DIY ideas, family activities, and relaxing treatments to make the most of the upcoming Easter break
Whether you take your kids to a local Easter show, get together with friends for a barbecue or simply plan an all-day spa treatment for one, Easter is a time for reflecting and recharging, no matter what your religious beliefs. However, if you have nothing planned, here are 101 ideas to make this break a relaxing one.
5. Learn the art of zen meditation
6. Think about the religious meaning of Easter
7. Plan an Easter egg hunt for kids in your backyard
8. Craft some paper baskets to carry tiny eggs around in
6. Think about the religious meaning of Easter
7. Plan an Easter egg hunt for kids in your backyard
8. Craft some paper baskets to carry tiny eggs around in
9. Re-read your favourite book
10. Write a letter of protest
11. Reupholster a chair seat
12. Improve your vocabulary – learn five new words
10. Write a letter of protest
11. Reupholster a chair seat
12. Improve your vocabulary – learn five new words
13. Reorganise your wardrobe from summer to winter
14. Start an exercise regime
15. Cuddle your pets
16. Visit a vintage market and start a collection
17. Dare to swim with the sharks at the aquarium
14. Start an exercise regime
15. Cuddle your pets
16. Visit a vintage market and start a collection
17. Dare to swim with the sharks at the aquarium
18. Finish writing your manuscript
19. Update your contacts list
20. Photograph a new passion for your Instagram account
21. Call an old friend for a long overdue chat
19. Update your contacts list
20. Photograph a new passion for your Instagram account
21. Call an old friend for a long overdue chat
22. Join a community garden group
23. Sell your vegetable produce outside your home
24. Prepare the veggie patch with mulch
25. Go on a play date with your nieces and nephews
23. Sell your vegetable produce outside your home
24. Prepare the veggie patch with mulch
25. Go on a play date with your nieces and nephews
26. Craft wall art
27. Daydream big ideas
28. Redesign your entire home with the help of Houzz’ new Sketch app
29. Make a DIY macrame plant holder
27. Daydream big ideas
28. Redesign your entire home with the help of Houzz’ new Sketch app
29. Make a DIY macrame plant holder
30. Be romantic
31. Paint a portrait of your loved one
32. Wash each other’s hair
33. Visit a national park with a picnic you’ve made together
34. Challenge your partner to an arm-wrestle
31. Paint a portrait of your loved one
32. Wash each other’s hair
33. Visit a national park with a picnic you’ve made together
34. Challenge your partner to an arm-wrestle
35. Laze about in a hammock all day
36. Make a mobile for a baby
37. Play nursery rhyme charades with children
38. Draw tattoos on your best friend with soluble ink
36. Make a mobile for a baby
37. Play nursery rhyme charades with children
38. Draw tattoos on your best friend with soluble ink
39. Prepare the cocktails for the evening
40. Teach your kids how to make sushi rolls
41. Join a choir
42. Visit the zoo as a grown-up
40. Teach your kids how to make sushi rolls
41. Join a choir
42. Visit the zoo as a grown-up
43. Host a luncheon get-together to welcome in the autumn
44. Think why each of your friends makes you smile
45. Celebrate the good things about religion
46. While away some hours doing online window shopping
47. Compose music with a computer application
44. Think why each of your friends makes you smile
45. Celebrate the good things about religion
46. While away some hours doing online window shopping
47. Compose music with a computer application
48. Run around the block or neighbourhood
49. Walk the dog of an elderly neighbour
50. Learn a new dance routine
51. Reach out to those in need
49. Walk the dog of an elderly neighbour
50. Learn a new dance routine
51. Reach out to those in need
52. Catch up with friends on social media
53. Create a new dish with your four favourite ingredients
54. Build a bird house
55. Make a family cookbook with every family member’s favourite recipe
56. Appreciate classical music
53. Create a new dish with your four favourite ingredients
54. Build a bird house
55. Make a family cookbook with every family member’s favourite recipe
56. Appreciate classical music
57. Do an indoor DIY project, such as painting these pretty flower pots
58. Learn how to make a clay coil or pinch pot, dry it in the sun and paint it
59. Style up a collection of favourite vases on a mantlepiece or sideboard
60. Pick and dry flowers ready for winter decorating
58. Learn how to make a clay coil or pinch pot, dry it in the sun and paint it
59. Style up a collection of favourite vases on a mantlepiece or sideboard
60. Pick and dry flowers ready for winter decorating
61. Take a last swim before the warm weather disappears
62. Go fishing, crabbing or prawning
63. Arrange a dinner party on a wharf or harbour location
64. Follow a coastal or river walk trail
62. Go fishing, crabbing or prawning
63. Arrange a dinner party on a wharf or harbour location
64. Follow a coastal or river walk trail
65. Play cards with the family
66. Make lemonade with your kids then help them set up a lemonade stand on the street
67. Teach your child how to cook a simple meal
68. Tease up your own, or your kids’ hair, really, really big
66. Make lemonade with your kids then help them set up a lemonade stand on the street
67. Teach your child how to cook a simple meal
68. Tease up your own, or your kids’ hair, really, really big
69. Make some easy sweet treats for a friend
70. Help out at a soup kitchen
71. Cheer up a friend who you suspect is feeling down
72. Cook and freeze simple school lunches for teens, such as pasta or curry, ready for the new term
70. Help out at a soup kitchen
71. Cheer up a friend who you suspect is feeling down
72. Cook and freeze simple school lunches for teens, such as pasta or curry, ready for the new term
73. Work out at home
74. Moisturise your scalp, leave overnight before shampooing out in the shower
75. Make your own candles
76. Do an outdoor DIY project, such as treating your backyard fence to hanging pot shelves
74. Moisturise your scalp, leave overnight before shampooing out in the shower
75. Make your own candles
76. Do an outdoor DIY project, such as treating your backyard fence to hanging pot shelves
77. Do some odd jobs for a neighbour
78. Chew bubblegum with kids and see who can blow the biggest bubbles
79. Clean out your shed
80. Update an old piece of furniture
78. Chew bubblegum with kids and see who can blow the biggest bubbles
79. Clean out your shed
80. Update an old piece of furniture
81. Admire your designs
82. Paint something a new colour
83. Knock off a work-related task so you can begin the next week on top of your game
84. Make your own bedhead
82. Paint something a new colour
83. Knock off a work-related task so you can begin the next week on top of your game
84. Make your own bedhead
85. Let your cat take you for a walk
86. Use old and chipped china cups and bowls as mini plant pots
87. Break in a new pair of shoes
88. Plait a friend’s or a daughter’s hair in new ways
86. Use old and chipped china cups and bowls as mini plant pots
87. Break in a new pair of shoes
88. Plait a friend’s or a daughter’s hair in new ways
89. Play a game of snooker
90. Try out a new guitar riff
91. Wash, polish and clean your car, inside and out
92. Start a blog on your favourite topic
93. Plan a trivia night with friends
90. Try out a new guitar riff
91. Wash, polish and clean your car, inside and out
92. Start a blog on your favourite topic
93. Plan a trivia night with friends
94. Move all the indoor pot plants around
95. If it’s raining, get outdoors in gumboots and splash about
96. Start learning a new language
97. Get a market stall together with friends
98. Donate your out-of-date clothing and homewares to a local charity
95. If it’s raining, get outdoors in gumboots and splash about
96. Start learning a new language
97. Get a market stall together with friends
98. Donate your out-of-date clothing and homewares to a local charity
99. Introduce yourself to a new neighbour
100. Spend the day being a tourist in your local area
101. Fix the fence!
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