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EAST AYRSHIRE LEISURE
FREE family fun are three words not often seen in combination these days but in East Ayrshire this Easter there is a whole programme of activities designed to lighten the lives of children but not their parents’ wallets.
These include plenty of Easter events and trails across the council’s venues, such as the Burns House Museum in Mauchline where Bunbuns and her friends are loose in the hoose and need kids to hop on down to help find them.
This is a new self-led, fun creative trail for early years and families to explore, discover and be creative around the museum throughout the Easter Holidays.
On March 29 there will be a Lost Villages Family Fun Day at the Baird Institute where families can step back in time and dig up the past in a fun packed afternoon. There will be hands-on art activities, old fashioned games to play, dressing up and a Museum Keeper’s Explorer session inspired by the Lost Villages exhibition.
This will be suitable for young children and their grown-ups. Again there is no need to book but spaces are limited and on a first come basis, so go early to avoid disappointment
Maths can be fun!
Children can drop-in to the Dick Institute between 10am & 12pm on 10 April for a session of maths based games brought to you by East Ayrshire's Vibrant Communities department.
For children and young people with a lot of excess energy, snow sports could be the answer. Newmilns Snow and Sports Complex (NSASC) is the UK’s only charity ski slope and is a volunteer led, community run social enterprise organisation which uses snow sports as a mechanism for positive health, well-being, and social change in the local community.
The complex offers three main activities – skiing and snowboarding tuition as well as tubing for those who can’t ski or board yet.
Their Easter camps run are open to any ability, age seven and above.
If snow sports don’t appeal there are multi-sports fun sessions at the Ayrshire Athletics Arena and a range of camps and classes at Barony Sports Village.
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