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Easter family fun

Hooray, it's the Easter weekend! Time to chill out, relax and have some family fun. Here are some ideas to get active and energetic with your child this long weekend.

Drive to the ice-cream parlour and get plastered with ice-cream – together.

Play Hide and Seek. Knowing that you'll come back makes Hide and Seek a playtime favourite. Hide under the blankets, behind the sofa, or in any other close and easily accessible spot. Start hiding where your baby can still partially see you. Call for him to come and find you, and give him a big hug when he does.

Put water into buckets and plastic containers, take them all outside and join in the water play with your toddler.

Food art! Make some butterscotch pudding and smear it all over a plastic table surface while you eat and create.

Get into the bath and splash about together.

Watch the road works. Your toddler will be fascinated.

Go up to the top of a high building and look at the view.

Lie baby on his back and move his legs back and forth as if he is riding a bicycle. An older baby enjoys kicking on his own. With your older child, lie on your backs and bicycle legs together

Hold onto your toddler's waist and "chook-a-chook" around the house. As the train stops, other passengers can hop on board. Sing a song as you ride along: "I'm a little chook a train, chook, chook, chook. I huff and I puff as I chook a chook chook. All aboard! A chook a chook, a chook a chook, a chooooo!"

Play Follow the Leader and mimic your baby's actions. When she waves her arms up, you do the same, when she laughs, you do too. Your baby will see what's happening and initiate more actions

Paint your faces

Visit a museum or an art gallery

Tidy the toy boxes out

Visit the library

Get yourself a baby backpack, put baby inside it and go for a long walk

Make a story book using your reject photographs of your toddler as a baby. Stick them onto some cardboard, punch holes in the side, tie it with a ribbon and write a story. Your toddler will love to "read" about himself, and it won't matter if the book gets damaged.

Make up silly songs and sing them as you drive along.

Have a ball; rock your baby on a large beach ball, kick and throw it for your toddler.

Find a climbing frame and climb all over it together!

Blow bubbles and let your baby bat them with his hand, chase them, pop them, or simply sit and watch them float in the air.

Lie in a hammock together and rock yourselves to sleep.

Previously published in Your Baby magazine, Subscribe now and save