There is so much happening this Easter weekend in 91������ý! There are Easter markets, family friendly days out at wineries, fundraisers & more! Visit one of our regional chocolate factories, such as Melbas or Barossa Valley Chocolate Company. If you fancy an Easter Market, there’s plenty to choose from. We recommend a visit to Meadows Easter Fair which spans over the whole long weekend! Which 91������ý Easter events will you be hopping into?

No matter how you celebrate Easter in 91������ý over the long weekend with your family, we hope it is fun, safe & delicious! If you’re looking for the best Easter events in 91������ý for kids, we’ve rounded up the top family-friendly things to do this Easter long weekend.

Easter Long Weekend Events in 91������ý

What’s Open this Easter in 91������ý

TreeClimb

Open Easter Saturday & Easter Monday at all 3 locations; 91������ý, Salisbury and Kuitpo Forest. 
Closed Good Friday & Easter Sunday

Laneway Boulders

Open everyday over the Easter weekend. Take part in the laneway Easter hunt where you can find an egg and claim the prize inside. Everyday eggs will be hidden around the gym with each egg containing prizes such as coffee, merch, day passes, chalk refills and the Golden Ticket! 

KIIS 1023 Skyline Giant Ferris Wheel

Open every day of the Easter Weekend from 10am-9.30pm.

Tada Kids Cafe

Open Saturday 4th April.

Closed Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Monday.

Woodhouse Adventure

Open all weekend 9am – 5pm. Camping and day adventures with plenty of outdoor screen-free fun and some great EGGSTRAS for Easter. 

Bounce

Open all weekend from 10am each day. Located at both Marleston and Greenacres. 

AFL Max

Open Saturday and Easter Sunday 10.30am-2.30pm.

Closed Good Friday and Easter Monday.

Monarto Zoo

Open every day of the Easter Weekend. Families can explore while taking part in our Giant Easter Egg Trail, enjoy creative colouring activities, Melba’s chocolate giveaways on Easter Sunday *stocks are limited and the chance to win some great prizes.

91������ý Zoo

Open every day of the Easter Weekend from 9.30am-5pm. Enjoy special Easter activities including celebrating the Greater Bilby, craft workshops and activities, as well as a chance to win a hamper. Visitors are strongly encouraged to prebook tickets prior to your visit.

Hahndorf Farm Barn

The Farm Barn is open everyday from 10am-4pm over the Easter Weekend.

Hey Caddy Easter Hunt

Join the fun these school holidays at the Hey Caddy Easter Hunt, included FREE with any mini-golf booking.
Search the course for hidden Easter surprises and enjoy a prize for every participant, plus the chance to win a giant Easter egg.

A great activity for families this Easter- book your round and start the hunt! Available at West Lakes and Marion Hey Caddy/ X-Golf.

Closed Good Friday. Open Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Little Rockets Play Cafe Barossa

Open everyday. Good Friday 9am-2pm. Easter Saturday 9am-2pm. Easter Sunday 10am-2pm.

Get ready for an egg-citing Easter long weekend packed with fun, games and sweet surprises.

Bazinga

Munno Para and Barossa open Saturday and Easter Sunday 10am-3pm. Closed Good Friday and Easter Monday. 1/2 price arcade tokens and they will double your tickets for double the prizes!

Lenswood Pick your own

Apple Picking- Open everydayover the Easter Weekend. 9am-4pm. No booking required. 

SA Museum

Closed Good Friday.

Open Saturday, Sunday and Monday 10am-5pm.

Fox in a Box

Open everyday over the Easter Weekend from 10am-10pm. Bookings are required.

Wishing you a hoppy Easter filled with joy and plenty of chocolate! From all of us at Kids In 91������ý.

Barossa Chocolate Factory

Pick up a Mary Hoppins, Floppsy or Easter eggs of all sizes (including this 1kg hand crafted beauty, in varisous chocolate varieties) from the Barossa Valley Chocolate Company. All made, finished and packed by hand in their Tanunda facility.

Mary Hoppins hand painted tall bunnies are currently on special, buy two get a third free! Thats over 30% discount on this beautiful boxed rabbit!

Buy online or even better, pop up to their store to try before you buy! As soon as you lay eyes on these eggs, you can tell what fantastic quality they are.

It’s hard to pick a favourite, as always, the whole Easter range looks great and taste devine. These would make the perfect Easter gift.

This small batch hand crafted South Australian Easter range has to be up there with the most special of Easter treats that you could possibly gift. This is the one you seek out for that special someone who loves quality and the finer things in life. Not only are they cute, but so delicious. We are loving the Surprise Smash Egg.
Buy online, and keep this one in mind for year around gifting – plus check out their gorgeous Instagram page.

Tucked into the stunning grounds of Woodstock Winery, Trilby’s Chocolates is a true hidden gem, new to the region and already turning heads. Specialising in exquisite, handcrafted bean-to-bar chocolate, this boutique maker proves that less is more, with every piece showcasing exceptional quality, care, and flavour. Don’t overlook it for a little Easter indulgence, it’s an absolute standout that elevates any McLaren Vale visit!

Haigh’s chocolate……if you know you know right.

This year Haigh’s have of course got all your Easter favourites covered with their range of traditional chocolate eggs in all sizes perfect for hunting, gifting and sharing. There’s also some specialty treats including frog filled eggs, mini egg and speckle filled half eggs and my personal fave, the honeycomb egg. 😋

But the sure winner for kids has got to be the gorgeous, snuggly Easter Bilby toy who comes with a premium Haigh’s milk chocolate 50g egg. Something delicious to eat as well as a keep sake to hold on to and proceeds support the foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia to preserve & protect the Bilby’s habitat. 

Menz

A South Australian Icon, it is obviously local tradition to eat Fruchocs on as many days of the year as possible, but did you know they also whip out some sensational Easter eggs? You read that right folks….Fruchoc Easter Eggs. Mind. Blown!

Can we also take a moment to give a nod to the Violet Crumble options to fill your Easter baskets with? Talk about world class South Aussie chocolate, how are you possibly going to pick?  Pop into one of their local outlets or shop online. We strongly suggest you try them all!

Melba’s Chocolates

Whether you are a dark, milk or white chocolate lover, Melba’s has you covered! They have a delicious range of Easter Eggs and chocolate Bilbies to keep everyone happy, and there is nothing better than visiting an actual chocolate factory!

If you can’t decide what to get, why not get a bit of everything!

Available online with the rest of the delicious Melba’s range or you can pop up to the Melba’s factory at Woodside or their new Barossa location to shop at the factory direct.

Hokey Pokey Stirling

A stunning home made chocolate (as well as ice cream and gelato) shop in historic Stirling, any trip up the freeway into the hills is made so much sweeter with a visit to Hokey Pokey.

Look out for them at various festivals and events around town with their van, but where ever you see them, Tim and Helen’s creations are absolutely superb.

Find them on Facebook

Bracegirdles

When it comes to chocolate, there’s no such thing as too much!
Beautifully packaged, this handmade, thick, creamy milk chocolate 100% deserves its title as ‘Australia’s Most Awarded Artisan Chocolatier’. 
Bracegirdles’ Easter selection is one of the best out there, you’ll be hard-pressed to choose your favourite.

But, if you ask my kids… they thought the giant freckle with a bunny was EGGS-TRA special indeed! 

Need something not chocolate?

How darn cute are these Easter socks from Madmia.
One serve of these colourful bunny crazy socks will give you long lasting energy, a cute look, and funky feet!

Available in adults and kids sizes these are such a cute Easter gift that won’t give you tummy ache!

Tony and Mark’s

Shop local! If you’re looking for something a little different this Easter, Tony and Mark’s are offering up some of the great cult classics that are going to disappear if you don’t act fast!

The viral Pistachio Papi Easter egg will be a big hit with the cool kids while the Cloud Theory Easter marshmallow selection is a feast for the eyes and will win over the littles. You can also fill your boots with Villis Pistachio Hot Cross Buns while they are in stock for the season! 

Order online or pop into one of the 7 Tony and Marks locations across SA. https://www.tonyandmarks.com.au/

And if you’re looking for non-chocolate Easter gift alternatives…..

These Easter socks from Madmia are such a fun gift idea and can be worn all year round! Plenty of designs to choose from and really quick shipping Australia wide.

LEGO (or LAY-GO for us SA folk) really do have something for everyone. Did you know you can even pick up Easter themed LEGO kits including a LEGO Easter Egg and  LEGO Easter Bunny. Cute huh.

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Here’s the main info you need to raise money with Kytons:

Whether you do an Easter, Winter, Christmas, Classic or Lamington Fundraiser this year you’ll receive 25% profit on every item.
Plus if you pack your own orders you’ll receive another 5% – bringing your total profit to 30%. (That means more money raised for your group!)

The three main types of seasonal fundraisers are Easter, Winter and Christmas OR your can run a Classic or Lamington drive anytime.

If your school uses the QKR app to order things online, they can set up a Kytons menu for you to use. Email lamington@kytonsbakery.com.au or call 81770156 to receive the QKR form to fill out.

Now that you’re ready to start fundraising with Kytons – keep reading to decide which type of fundraiser is right for you and get in touch with Kytons Bakery to start raising money!

Kytons Winter Warmers Fundraiser

The cold weather has kicked in which means it’s time to organise your Kytons Winter Warmers fundraising! Kytons works with schools, kindys, sporting clubs, dance schools, churches, charities & community organisations all across SA to raise money for great causes & get homes stocked with their delicious lamingtons, pies, cookies & slices.

Their products are made right here in SA & are like homemade when you don’t have time. By taking part in a Kytons Winter Warmers fundraiser, not only will you have delicious goodies to keep your family going over winter, you’ll also be raising money for your chosen cause.

There’s also no need to stress if you don’t have enough time or enough volunteers to pack your orders once they arrive – Kytons is now offering a packing service to make life easier when it comes to packing individual orders. However the good news doesn’t stop there – if you DO wish to pack your own orders, you can opt to receive one bulk order & Kytons will take 5% off your final bill – how good is that?!

You can choose from Classic Kytons products such as lamingtons, slices or cookies, or include some of their Winter Warmer products such as family pies, pasty rolls or self saucing puddings – YUM!

To get the ball rolling on your Kytons Winter Warmers Fundraising, visit the Kytons Fundraising website:

Kytons Bakery Christmas Fundraising

Christmas is the perfect time to give your school, club or community group a fundraising boost before the end of the year! Christmas products are now available for the Kytons fundraising drives, including mince pies, Christmas puddings, gift hampers, shortbread stars and their Santa’s Choc Chip House Kits!

All of their traditional products such as lamingtons, slices & cookies are still available too! This year we will definitely be grabbing a few Kytons Gift Hampers for teacher gifts and those people that we never know what to buy!

As always, Kytons have heaps of resources available on their website to help support your fundraising efforts.

Make sure you also check out their bulk packs of – each pack comes with 8 kits to make 8 houses so are perfect for a get together with friends or your group to build the houses! The Kids In 91������ý team had a chaotic but SUPER FUN day of Santa House building recently and I can honestly say I have not laughed so much in a long time. Nope, our houses definitely didn’t end up looking like the ones in the pictures below but we had a fantastic morning and they taste DELICIOUS!

for all the Christmas fundraising info.

Kytons Easter & Hot Cross Bun Fundraisers

Kick off your school, club or charity fundraising quickly and super efficiently in time for Easter with a local Kytons Bakery fundraising drive!

Featuring Kytons award winning lamingtons & hot cross buns, did you know they pack your individual orders, making this such an easy exercise?! Or choose to pack yourself and receive a discount meaning more money raised – how good is that?

• QKR app ordering available – make your fundraising ever easier
• Several Easter options to choose from; just hot cross buns, hot cross buns and lamingtons or the full Easter range
• Gluten Free option available
• Fruitless Hot Cross Buns – all the flavour just with the fruit taken out.
• Traditional and Fruitless Hot Cross Buns are VEGAN.

Easter Egg Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients

• 250g unsalted butter
• 300g chocolate (We like to mix it up so 100g Dark chocolate and 200g milk but really whatever you have is perfect!). Break the chocolate into small chunks/squares.
• 140g plain flour
• 50g cocoa powder
• 4 large eggs
• 400g golden caster sugar
• 6 Crème eggs cut in half (Caramel eggs also work amazingly well!)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 160c and grease or line (We prefer to line it with baking paper) a 20cm x 30cm baking tin
2. Melt the butter, sugar and chocolate together in a glass bowl over simmering water. Keep stirring. When it’s all melted and the sugar no longer feels ‘grainy’ remove from the heat (you can check this by pressing the back of a metal spoon against the side of the bowl and feeling the grain). Be careful when you take the bowl off the pan and tilt it away from you to avoid a steam burn.
3. Break the eggs one by one into the bowl. You MUST mix thoroughly between each egg (we like to use a whisk for this). This is really important, or you will get chunks of cooked egg white in your mixture!
4. Sieve over the flour and cocoa and fold in thoroughly with a metal spoon.
5. Pour the mixture into the baking tin and cook for 15 mins. Gently press in the crème eggs spaced evenly apart and put back into the oven for a further 15 mins. If the brownies are still really gooey pop them back in for a further 5 mins. Remember they will firm up as they cool.
6. Cool thoroughly before slicing into squares.
7. ENJOY!

Easter Egg Rocky Road

Ingredients

• 3 cups chocolate roughly chopped (dark is nice but can use any chocolate you like)
• 1/2 cup roasted peanuts or 4 roughly chopped scotch finger biscuits (for crunch)
• 1/2 cup of lollies (optional)
• 1 cup mini marshmallows
• 1/2 cup of mini speckled eggs to put on top ()
• 2 cups Easter eggs broken up

Method

1. Grease and line a square pan with baking paper
2. Melt chocolate in a pan or in the microwave until smooth and creamy
3. Add your mix ins and two thirds your Easter eggs to chocolate and stir until everything is coated in chocolate. 
4. Pour chocolate mixture into prepared tin and spread out until into one smooth layer. Press remaining crushed Easter Eggs and/or mini speckled eggs on top while the chocolate is still wet. Refrigerate for two hours or until the chocolate is set.
5. Cut into small squares and serve. Store rocky road in the fridge in an airtight container.

Dipped Chocolate Spoons or Dipped Strawberries or Dipped Pretzels

Recipe

• Line a baking tray with baking paper
• Gather up all of your left over easter eggs and melt them down in a pan or in the microwave until smooth and creamy. You may need to add some extra chocolate if you don’t have enough eggs.
• Dip your spoon, strawberry or pretzel in the chocolate and place on the baking tray
• Refrigerate overnight and then devour

Easter Egg Ice Cream

Recipe

• 2L of your favourite vanilla ice cream
• 1 packet of mini marshmallows
• Your leftover Easter Eggs

Method

1. Grease a loaf pan with baking paper
2. Add your ice cream, marshmallows and crushed up Easter Eggs
3. Freeze overnight.

Eggsellent Easter Egg Hot Chocolate

Recipe

• 1 x 200g chocolate Easter egg
• 3 cups of full cream milk (makes it rich and creamy)
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder (this makes it really rich so only add if you want it to be intense and indulgent!) You could use hot chocolate powder for a lighter taste
• Cream and Marshmallows to serve

Method

1. Melt the chocolate (broken into pieces) in a glass bowl over a simmering pan of hot water. Keep stirring until smooth. Remove from the heat. When you remove the bowl tilt it away from you so the steam can escape and you don’t get a steam burn.
2. Heat the milk slowly in a pan. Remove as soon as it begins to simmer – do not let it boil.
3. Add the melted chocolate and stir until thoroughly combined
4. Toast some marshmallows or serve with your favourite toppings
5. Serve and REEEELAX!

Bonus Easter Recipe – Easy Easter Shortbread

Ingredients for shortbreads

• 150g plain flour (and a little extra for dusting)
• 100g unsalted butter (needs to be cold from the fridge and cut into cubes)
• 50g caster sugar

For the icing

• 400 icing sugar
• Juice of 1-2 lemons (75ml) or 2-3 limes if you want the icing flavored, otherwise you can use 75ml water
• Gel food colouring
• Icing pens

(We just used the icing pens with our little kiddies and they were fun and easy)

Method for shortbreads

1. Preheat the oven to 170c and line a baking tray
2. Put the flour, sugar and cubed butter into a mixing bowl
3. Use your fingers to rub through the ingredients until it resembles fine breadcrumbs – this gives the Shortbread it’s ‘Short’ and crumbly texture. Squeeze it until it comes together into a firm dough. (If it’s too crumbly to bring together you can add a couple of crops of water to bind it).
4. Chill for 15 mins until it is firm
5. Dust your work surface with flour and roll out the dough until it is approx. 4-5ml thick
6. Cut out your shapes and place biscuits on your baking tray spaced evenly
7. Chill for a further 15 mins
8. Bake the shortbreads for 15-17 mins until a light golden brown
9. Transfer to cooling rack and allow to cool TOTALLY before you decorate with your icing

Method for the icing

1. Put the icing sugar into a bowl with the juice/water and beat with a metal spoon until the mixture is smooth and glossy
2. Separate the icing into different bowls (as many colours as you want)
3. Add the food colouring and mix until you have your desired colours
4. Using the back of a metal teaspoon gently spread over the base colours onto your shortbreads
5. Allow the icing to set quickly
6. Get creative with your icing/icing pens and make them look funky!

1. It’s got to be kid-oriented and age appropriate (eg. no origami or glass blowing!) . This year my kids are 3 and 2 (and 10 weeks, but he doesn’t really count this year- sorry little man!).
2. It should be an activity that the kids can do the majority of themselves so they can work on their fine motor skills, creativity and imagination. Some activities may require difficult scissor work, which may need adult help. The photos I’ve added in this post are the efforts that look most like what I expected! A lot of the craft we completed looked vastly different from one to the next, which is fine too. 🙂
3. It should be inexpensive to do (eg. no fancy paint brushes, sequins or cartridge paper)
4. The mess should be as minimal as possible (eg. paint is fine, but glitter is NOT IDEAL). I’m fine with mess as long as it’s not permanent!
5. The art and craft activity should ideally use things I already have in the pantry or craft boxes

So here are some of the craft ideas we’ve completed so far…

Dyed Eggs: This one was pretty easy. Grab some eggs, boil them, then put them into food colouring with a drop of vinegar. We drew our initials and some patterns on the eggs with white crayon first to add extra effect. This was a more parent-oriented activity with the kids choosing the colours they wanted their eggs, and doing the crayon part. Obviously the hot water and food colouring was an adult responsibility. The more food colouring the more vibrant the eggs will be.

Here’s a link the might be helpful:

Popstick Chicks: These were easy and fun! Glue, colourful feathers, popsticks, googly eyes, coloured paper and you’re done! My kids made many more that were less chicken-coloured, but this photo shows the more traditional ones!

Links here for more pop stick instructions:

The craft idea from was simple and quick. We wrote on ours and will give them to grandparents on Sunday for Easter (lucky grandparents! Haha.).

Our was great because we got to use our endless supply of recyclables to create it. Plus, it didn’t require much paint. Hit the link for more instructions.

Balloon Bunny

No explanation needed for this one! We’ve had a whole family of balloon bunnies in our lounge room this week!

If you need a dessert to take to your family Easter catch up, something to take with you on a school holiday outing, or you just want to do some cooking with the kids over the long weekend, this is the perfect recipe for you!

Here’s the recipe:

STEPH WOON’S MASTERCHEF EASTER EGG BROWNIES

Ingredients:

• 200g 70% Dark Chocolate
• 150g Unsalted Butter
• 3 Egg
• 225g Brown Sugar
• 1tsp Vanilla Extract
• 60g Plain Flour
• 30g Dutch-processed Cocoa Powder
• ½ tsp Baking Powder
• Pinch of salt
• Approx. 20 mini Easter Eggs

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees (fan forced)
2. Line a 8”x 8” tin with baking paper
3. For the brownie, melt the butter and chocolate in a microwave at 30 second increments until combined.
4. Whisk the eggs with the brown sugar until pale with a hand mixer (or stand mixer if you have one) then add in the vanilla extract and melted chocolate.
5. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt.
6. Sift the dry ingredients onto the chocolate batter and fold until well incorporated.
7. Pour batter into prepared tin and spread evenly.
8. Gently push the chocolate easter eggs into the batter.
9. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 160 degrees.
10. Leave the brownie in the tin for 10 minutes before removing from tin. Let the brownie completely cool before serving.

Yummo! Be sure to tag us in the photos of your creations – or deliver some to us!

Ingredients

• 200g chocolate broken into pieces (TIP: You can always mix chocolates to make up the 200g)
• 85g Shredded wheat (You can also use Cornflakes, Rice crispies, Weetbix etc – Whatever cereals you have just make sure they are crushed)
• 2 x 100g bags of mini eggs

Method

1. Melt the chocolate in a small glass bowl placed over a saucepan of barely simmering water (Do it slowly – Believe it or not chocolate burns really easily!)
2. In another bowl crush the cereal
3. Pour the chocolate over the crushed cereal and mix thoroughly (A metal spoon is easiest)
4. Spoon the mixture into the 12 cupcake cases (Use a cupcake tin if you can to keep the shape)
5. Use the back of a metal teaspoon to firmly press the mixture into the cases. Make a little dip in each nest for the eggs to sit.
6. Place ¾ mini eggs in each nest and chill in the fridge for an hour or so. ENJOY!