
A cracking Easter – thanks to you
Are you ready for an egg-cellent Easter? Get cracking with these fantastic venues, all funded thanks to lottery players like you.
National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride
"Mum! Sally just said the Easter bunny isn't real!" For any disbelievers, follow the Easter trail – marked by Easter-egg shaped clues – to spot the elusive-but-definitely-real Easter Bunny.
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Before there were chocolate eggs there were, well, eggs. Turn back the clock this Easter with egg decorating workshops, egg rolling and the classic egg-and-spoon race.
Beamish Museum, County Durham
Fancy a spot of egg jarping? No, neither did we until we discovered it was the practice of bashing hard-boiled eggs against each other to see who cracks first.
Blackwell The Arts and Crafts House, Bowness-on-Windemere

Finally! No more melted chocolate in hot little hands. Blackwell is cleverly hosting basket decoration workshops before people hit the Easter egg trail. So simple, yet so effective.
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Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
What's the next best thing to eating chocolate eggs? Drawing chocolate eggs! Nurture your child's creative genius at the Easter Art School for 7-10 year olds these Easter holidays.
Castle Espie Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre, County Down
So here's the thing: it's the Easter bunny, but not as we know it. It's giant and, well, green. Once you've spotted your fill of giant green Easter bunnies, there are also Easter animal crafts and courtyard games to enjoy.
Stepney City Farm, London
This Easter it's all about the sheep. You can meet the sheep, spin some sheep fleece and, umm, eat some sheep (well, lamb, reared on the farm and prepared by Yorkshire chef Neil Bentinck). It will be a welcome break from all that chocolate.
Eden Project, Cornwall
An egg-cellent way to educate the kids without their ever knowing. This egg hunt reveals secrets of the rainforest, Mediterranean and great outdoors without ever leaving the country. Your secret's safe with us.
Thanks to you, more than 450,000 lottery grants have been awarded. To find your nearest National Lottery funded project this Easter go to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/good-causes.
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