As a London mum of two boys (aged 6 and 2) I keep my finger on the pulse of fun things to do with kids. If you’re looking for the best things to do with children in London for the Easter holidays (March/ April) 2026, well you’ve come to the right place. In April London offers a mix of fun indoor adventures and outdoor discoveries perfect for when the weather can’t make up it’s mind!
Read this post for the best interactive museums, immersive exhibitions, shows and festivals. This guide brings together the very best things to do with children in London for the Easter holidays.
Festivals
Spring Family Fun – a festival of fun and creativity for families at the Southbank Centre includes super shows, musical adventures, amazing puppetry and lots of free fun in the Easter break. Also worth visiting is the REPLAY: A Limitless Recycled Playground – a play space made out of repurposed materials (£7.50).
Date: 1st April – 31st May
Price: Some paid activities and some free.
Events
Peppa Pig’s egg-stra special Easter Afternoon Tea Bus Tour – Every day this Easter a Peppa Pig themed afternoon tea will be run with special Easter travel cup and Easter Egg hunt activity on a London bus.
Date: 28th March – 26th April
Age: 2 +
Price: £50 adult and £42 child
Read my full review of the Peppa Pig afternoon tea bus here
Disney on Ice – Into the Magic. Be inspired by Disney’s Magical characters. Disney on Ice will be performed at OVO Arena Wembley
Date: 25th March – 12th April
Price: From £25.50
Hamley’s – Lots of fun Easter happenings at London’s biggest toy shop including Chef Chocco’s Chocolatiers Puppet Show, Hamley’s Rainbow ribbon parade, Storytime, Hamley’s Dragon Easter egg hunt… and more!
Date: 28th March – 12th April
Historic Attractions
Many of London’s top historical attractions will be running special Easter events. Check back here for updates.
British Library – Fairy Tales, a new interactive exhibition which explores enchanted lands, magical creatures, iconic characters and timeless tales, through books, costumes, puppets, pop-ups, artwork and illustrations from some of the UKs most beloved writers.
Date: 27th March – 23rd August
Age: 3 +
Price: £13.50 (peak) and £11.50 (off-peak)
Tower Bridge – Easter family activities on Tuesday 31 March, Tuesday 7 April and Saturday 11 April 2026. Discover phenakistoscopes, the original animations that came before cartoons and GIFs. Create your own phenakistoscope of another Victorian icon – Tower Bridge!
Age: All ages by best for 6 – 10 years
Price: Included with entry
Tower of London – Duke and Disorderly; It’s 1826 and the Duke of Wellington has been made Constable of the Tower and it’s a place that resembles more of an ramshackle town than the site we know today. Discover some of the more eclectic characters connected to the Tower’s history and early 19th century London through their weird and wonderful jobs.
Date: 30th March – 30th May
Age: All ages
Price: Included in admission price
The Royal Mews – Various Easter events are being held at the Royal Mews such as an ‘Easter Egg Expedition’ and Easter Egg painting. On the 4th, 5th and 6th April storytelling sessions are running
Dates: 28 March – 19 April (check website for specific dates.)
Age: All ages
Price: Included with standard admission
London Eye – Something both Oscar and I would love. Build your own bunch of LEGO® Botanicals Daisies whilst your host guides your journey in a London Eye pod, highlighting London’s beautiful spring sights. Includes two rotations on the Eye.
Date: 11th April – 3rd May
Price: £59
Outdoor Attractions
London Wetland Centre – Fun-filled wetland adventure with Gozzle the gosling from Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie’s picture book. Follow the interactive trail to discover what it takes Gozzle to become a grown-up goose. Additionally kids can also enjoy the Vet Check experience.
Date: 28th March – 31st May
Price: Included in admission Adult £17.95, £11.65 child (under 3s are free)
Kew Gardens – Octonauts Above and Beyond. This Easter, join the Octonauts on an exciting outdoor mission at Kew Gardens. An interactive trail that invites young explorers to complete challenges, discover facts and learn how to protect our planet.
Date: 28th March – 12th April
Age: 3 – 6 years
Price: Included in admission Adult £24, £7 child (under 4s are free)
London Zoo – London Zoo’s Zoonormous Eater Egg Hunt. Kids are invited to explore London Zoo on a special Easter egg hunt, searching for six giant Easter eggs hidden around the park. Each egg reveals a secret letter and a riddle to solve and at the end there’s a chocolate prize! In addition there is arts and crafts activities and Easter Bunny crowns.
Date: 28th March – 12th April
Price: Included in admission Adult £28, £14 child (under 5s are free)
Vauxhall City Farm – Easter hunt and crafting such as bonnet making.
Date: 28th March – 12th April
Price: FREE
Chelsea Physic Garden – Easter trail inspired by folk lore. This was one of the first Easter trails that I took Oscar on and it’s a very gentle ‘first trail’.
Date: 4th April – 6th April
Price: £5 on top of normal admission.
Kenwood House – Family Easter Makes. Family workshop making beautiful Easter nests. Drop in from 11am – 2pm.
Date: 1st April
Price: Free
Indoor Attractions
Seven Wonders of the World: An Immersive Exhibition – Journey through the ancient world and see the Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu and Colossus of Rhodes etc through 360 projections and VR. Use discount code with your purchase: WONLON10 for a 10% discount on tickets!
Date: Opens now
Price: Adult £21.90, £16.90 child (under 4s are free)
Mundo Pixar – The Mundo Pixar Experience allows fans to actually step inside their favourite Pixar Films. There are 14 Pixar Universes with over 25 sculptures – allowing for lots of photo opportunities of course.
Did you know that Pixar was founded 40 years ago? Making it part of my childhood too, the first ever feature film being Toy Story which is also first fully computer-animated feature film.
As well as Toy Story (and a visit to Andy’s Room) guests can explore recreated ‘sets’ from Monsters Inc, Cars, Finding Nemo, Inside Out and many more. Each with details designed, music and even scents making it a fully immersive sensory experience.
Location: Fulton Road, Wembley, HA9 0TF
Age: All Ages
Price: £34 per adult £22 per child (under 3s are free)
Paddington Bear Experience – Step into Paddington’s world with an adventure through London and Peru! We explored interactive sets with live performances, and themed activities inspired by everyone’s favourite bear. For Easter there is an Easter Egg hunt through Windsor Gardens and an Easter basket of treats.
Location: County Hall, Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7PB, nearest tube Waterloo
Opening: Open daily from 10am
Date: Easter special is 28th March – 12th April
Duration : 70 mins
Age: All ages, under 2s are free
Cost: Adult £34, children £24. Easter experiences are £15 extra.
SeaLIFE – London’s Biggest Aquarium plays host to an immersive experience based around Animal Crossing.
Date: until 25th March
Age: all ages
Price: From £36 per adult
Battersea Power Station – Various activities including Elephant trail, bumper cars, bungees, giant egg at the LEGO store. Running every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 30th March – 10th April families can meet Peppa at the Peppa Pig store, enjoy a special reading of Peppa Comes to London, and then ascend 109 metres in the glass Chimney Lift to take in panoramic views across the London
Date: 28th March – 12th April.
Shrek’s Adventure – Gingy has his very own gingerbread house, where he’ll be enjoying his spring break in style.
Date: 28th March – 12th April
Price: included with price.
Museums and Galleries
Young V & A – One of London best museums for children is currently running a brilliant exhibition.‘ Inside Aardman: Wallace and Gromit and Friends‘ goes behind the scenes of the famous stop motion show casing how the classic characters are bought to life.
Date: Until 15th November
Price: From £11
Hornimann Museum – New exhibition ‘Voyage to the Deep – Underwater Adventures.’ Inspired by Jules Verne’s ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Seas’, families are invited to board the legendary ‘Nautilus’ submarine and discover on an underwater adventure. Includes an Octonauts adventure trail.
Date: Until 1st November
Price: Adult £9.80, £7 child (under 3s are free)
Postal Museum – New Jolly Postman exhibition – interactive exhibition celebrating 40 years of Janet and Allan Ahlberg famous children’s book.
Date: From 14th Feb until Jan 2027
Price: Included in museum ticket.
Maritime Museum – Astronomers Take Over. A brand new interactive space-themed adventure, perfect for little space lovers.
Opens 27th March.
Price: Experience + planetarium: £16 | Experience only: £8
Natural History Museum is running T. Rex Show with Teach Rex; Young Explorers Kids Tour and Dino Snores for Kids
Dates throughout March and April. Check website for prices.
Royal Museums Greenwich – There’s lots going on in Greenwich around the Easter Holidays.
The Cutty Sark are running an Easter Egg hunt over Easter weekend (3–6 April) with an Easter egg trail for the whole family! Follow the trail to spot hidden eggs around the ship. Collect the letters on each egg and unscramble the secret nautical code.
London Transport Museum – Future London, What will London look like in 100 years and how might we travel?
Crafting such as build your own futuristic vehicle using recycled materials, design the skyline of tomorrow and meet time-travelling artist Montague Black.
Date: 28th March – 12th April.
Price: All activities are included in admission
Science Museum – Lots of free family activities such as The Space Show , Space on a Sphere, Space Toilet Tales, Once Upon a Story (especially for aged 7 and under).
Dates: 28th March – 12th April
National Portrait Gallery – Little Explorers, introduce your little ones to the Gallery through stories.
Dates: 18th March and 15th April
Age: Recommended 2 +
Price: Free but booking is required.
Dulwich Picture Gallery – Easter Eggstravaganza, perfect for the whole family including Easter trail, crafts and face-painting.
Date: 29th March
Age: All ages
Price: Free entry (Easter trail, £9)
London Museum of Docklands – Various activities including Easter food stories with paper food fun, print your own tea towel, paint with food and packaging design workshop. Tots at the Docks is a monthly on going play session. Don’t miss the Mudlarks softplay.
Date: 28th March – 12th April
Theatre and Shows
Matilda – Based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl.
Age: 6+
Price: From £27.50
The Koala That Could at the Southbank Centre. A cute puppet show about a Koala called Kevin.
Date: 1st April – 5th April
Age: 3 +
Price: From £16
Little Angel Theatre
The Everywhere Bear – One bear’s big adventure.
Date: 7 Feb – 19 Apr
Age: 3 – 8
Price: Adult £15.50, £13.50 child
I Want My Hat Back – A bear has lost his hat and needs to find it!
Date: 5 Feb – 9 May 2026
Age: 3 – 6 years
Price: Adult £15.50, £13.50 child
Little Angel Studios
Puppet Playcation – Superheroes
31 March – 2 Apr and 9 Apr–10 Apr
Put on those superhero costumes and get ready to spend the day making your very own superhero! Puppet Playcations are full days from 9.30am – 3.30pm and are for kids only. For children aged 5 – 9.
Polka Theatre
Cinderella Ice Cream Seller – A musical retelling of the classic fairy tale.
Date: 18th March – 29th March 2026
Age: 5 – 10 years
Price: £14
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – Bringing the classic Michael Rosen adventure to life
Date: 25th March – 12th April 2026
Age: 3 – 7 years
Price: £10
Unicorn Theatre
Your Toys – Your Toys are ready for an adventure! Children are also invited to bring their own toy to interact on stage.
Date: 22nd March – 12th April 2026
Age: 5 – 9 years
Price: £15.50 for adult and child.
Midnight in the Toy Shop – Step inside a magical toyshop where, as the clock strikes midnight, toys spring to life.
Date: 7th April – 12th April 2026
Age: All ages
Price: £22
Sadlers Wells East
My First Ballet: Cinderella – With a shortened, recorded version of Prokofiev’s score, this is the perfect introduction to ballet.
Date: 1st April – 12th April 2026
Age: 3 +
Price: £12
Riverside Theatre
Alice in Wonderland – Follow Alice down the rabbit hole in a creative retelling of this classic tale.
Date: 27th March – 12th April 2026
Age: 5 +
Price: £22
JW3
Shalom Opera – A magical afternoon of music and fun with professional opera singer Ilona Domnich, and pianist Charles Mutter, with sessions in Hebrew and Russian.
Date: 29th March
Age: 0 – 9
Price: £7 per child, £4 per adult, £15 for a family of 3
The Globe
The Globe is running family workshops bringing Shakespeare’s plays to lift Twelfth Night are running for 5 – 8 year olds. Using a range of activities and games designed to draw out elements of the play’s language, characters and themes.
Date: 28th March – 28th May
Price: £13
There’s is also Ghosts & Ghouls Family Tour, a special family-friendly guided tour of the Globe Theatre which brings to life the ghosts, spirits and scary occurences in Shakespeare’s most chilling plays.
Date: 14th March – 31st October
Price: Adult £28, under 16, £21
Restaurants and Dining
The Ivy Restaurants are hosting breakfast with the Easter bunny 3rd April – 5th April. Children will receive an Ivy Easter Bunny, plus bunny ears to dress up and a themed activity sheet. Families can enjoy a delicious set breakfast.
TOZI Restaurant & Bar is Victoria Free Spaghetti Bolognese & Gelato children under the age of 12 with any accompanying adult ordering a minimum of two courses from 30th March – 10th April. TOZI is perfect for relaxed, sociable dining with rustic cicchetti and delicious pasta dishes designed for sharing.
The Guess How Much I Love You afternoon tea at Lanes of London at the Marriott Park Lane has the perfect London setting with classic views of a red phone box, double decker buses, Hyde Park and Marble Arch.
The tea itself is inspired by the classic children’s book ‘Guess how much I love you’ which follows the tale of Little and Big Nutbrown Hare. And the experience includes references from the story throughout.
The Nest at the Treehouse – Reading of the The Bunnies of Hoppity Hill and Rosie Tells Tales, interactive storyteller session plus crafts.
Date: 29th March
Age: 0 – 5
Price: From £5.50
34 Mayfair – Partnering with leading childcare specialists TARKA to offer families dining experience in the heart of Grosvenor Square. Parents have lunch downstairs. Children are welcomed to the first-floor space for a thoughtfully curated programme of activities and games.
Available Saturday, 4th April – Monday, 6th April, 12pm-3:30pm.
We love the Brunch at Nobu Portman and on the 29th March there is an Easter special with children’s entertainers Sharky and George.
Activities Less than Two Hours From London
Legoland Windsor – Easter activities with rides and attractions to explore, plus brick building challenges, workshops, and character meet ups.
Hampton Court – Hosts the famous Easter Lindt Gold bunny hunt. Walk through the gardens, looking for elusive Lindt GOLD BUNNY statues peeking out from daffodils. There’s chocolate prize at the end.
Date: 21st March – 12th April.
Price: Included in admission Adult £28, £14 child (under 5s are free)
Willows Farm – Family fun including Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Grotto, Easter arts and crafts and meeting cute animals including Easter bunnies. Plus Peter Rabbit shows and Jemima Puddle Duck activities.
Date: 28th March – 6th April
Age: All ages
Price: From £16
Harry Potter Warner Bros Studio Tour – It’s really easy to get to from central London as you can catch a train to Watford Junction from Euston which only take 20 minutes and then there’s a free shuttle right outside the station. Otherwise you can book a package with a coach transfer. It’s really important to book in advance as tickets sell out really quickly. Until 27th April the experience has a Magical Mischief feature where guests can discover some of the most amazing trickery from the film.
Chessington World Of Adventures: Meet Bonnie the Easter Bunny and enjoy everything in the park from thrilling Theme Park rides to animals at the Zoo and fun at SEA LIFE. There’s also a giant Easter egg trail.
Date: 28th March – 12th April
Warwick Castle – Have a family adventure at Warwick Castle with over 15 spectacular live shows and attractions. Little dragons can take part in Zog’s Easter Adventure, featuring both live shows, the Zog Playland, the Quest for the Gold Star trail and even the chance to meet Zog and Princess Pearl.
Date: 28th March – 12th April
Alton Towers: Easter Escapes – Bluey the Ride: Here Come the Grannies at CBeebies Land at Alton Towers Resort! From 28th March, ride the world’s first Bluey junior coaster!
See the following blog posts for London’s best ongoing Activities:
Best Things to Do in London with Babies and Toddlers
Best Museums and Attractions in London With Play Areas / Soft Play
Best child-friendly afternoon teas
Best child-friendly restaurants
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