Morning, London! Happy Thursday! Half term is upon us once again. Personally, I think a break every six weeks is brilliant for the kids (I’m certain we didn’t get them that often growing up), but let’s be honest, it’s a logistical Rubik’s Cube for working parents. Luckily, we’re here, as always, to help you make the most of it with a fresh line-up of family-friendly London fun.

The sunshine should help too. I love how newspapers go full heatwave hysteria with headlines like “London to be hotter than Crete and the Algarve!” 🤣, usually for about 11 minutes. Still, we’ll take it. A win is a win.

In case you missed it last week, London is turning pink fast, and we shared a handy link to some of the city’s best cherry blossom spots. Highly recommend a stroll before everything gets trampled by buggies and scooters. Also, if you’ve got a little pixel-obsessed human in your life, heads up: the new Minecraft experience opens this Friday in London.

London does Easter very well, and most places start early to help us throughout Half Term, so I’ve got a headstart below with a Special Easter edition, followed by you all favorites London Event Scoop.

Let’s see what else we’ve got for you today:

• 🎙️ London Snippets: Bits that caught our eye

• 🧠 Casual Einstein: Two new playground-worthy facts

• ❓ Trivia: Know your London?

• 🐣 Special Edition: Easter adventures

• 📅 Readers’ Favourite: Family events this week

But first, the weather. Go London go!

. LONDON SNIPPETS .

Bits that caught our eye

🌳 West London Goes Wild(ish). A local park is about to get a serious leafy makeover with 5,500 trees being planted, turning it into a mini urban forest. So yes, you might soon be able to say “we're off to the woods” without leaving the M25. Full story

🚄 The Train Drama You Didn’t Know You Needed. Virgin says it's got the green signal to run trains through the Channel Tunnel, now that regulators might pry open some space at Eurostar’s secret lair (aka their depot). The cross-Channel rail monopoly? Hanging by a très thin thread.. Full story

🌡️ 21°C in April and London’s Already a Tinderbox. The Fire Brigade’s sounding the alarm: dry grass + disposable BBQs = bad combo. So if you’re planning a sun-soaked sausage sizzle in the park—maybe don’t?. Full story

 .CASUAL EINSTEIN .

2 for 1: Wow your kid and outsmart the other parents

Here are two cool facts to help you sound like the smartest parent on the playground—or to fill those awkward silences with the other parents.

Fun Fact: Butterflies can taste with their feet. Their feet have special sensors that let them taste whatever they land on—which is helpful when your job is basically licking leaves for a living. 🦋👣

London Fact: There’s a fake townhouse in Bayswater. At 23-24 Leinster Gardens, you’ll find a perfectly normal-looking row of townhouses… except two of them are completely fake. No rooms, no real windows — just a façade built in the 1860s to hide a gap in the railway behind. Basically, the architectural equivalent of a cardboard cut-out. 🏠🎭

. TRIVIA .

Think you know your London?

. EASTER SCOOP .

🐰 Special Edition: Easter Adventures

The Big Egg Hunt @ Elephant Family
Date & Loc: Apr 3rd-27th, Various
Giant 2ft eggs are scattered across London’s landmarks—from Covent Garden to The British Museum. It's like Pokémon GO, but posher and eggier.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

The Gold Bunny Hunt @ Hampton Court Palace
Date & Loc: Apr 3rd-Apr 21st, Richmond
Track down Lindt gold bunnies hiding in the royal gardens. Bonus points if your kid asks who Henry VIII is.
Age: Everyone | Price: check Palace admissions (members free) | Info

Hop, Skip & Seek @ Museum of Brands
Date & Loc: Apr 3rd-21st, Notting Hill
Nostalgic wrappers, Easter mascots, and sugar-rush vibes in this chocolatey trail through time.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £11.50 (kids free) | Info

Easter Eggstravaganza @ Blenheim Palace
Date & Loc: Apr 5th-21st, Oxfordshire
A countryside Easter bash with trails, games, and fresh air that’ll knock the London soot off your lungs.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £15 | Info

Hunt the Green Dragon @ Museum of Water & Steam
Date & Loc: Apr 5th-21st, Brentford
A cheeky dragon’s hidden her eggs—can your little knights find them all before they hatch?
Age: 3+ | Price: from £3 | Info

Easter Series @ London Museum Docklands
Date & Loc: Apr 8th-17th, Docklands
Clay coin-making, Victorian mudlarks, and real Thames treasures. Muddy but marvellous.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

Scavenger Hunt @ Brixton Village
Date & Loc: Apr 5th-21st, Brixton
Swap your egg hunt for a street-smart treasure trail through the bustling Brixton Village.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

Easter Family Festival @ Natural History Museum
Date & Loc: Apr 5th-20th, South Kensington
Talks, crafts and biodiversity galore—plus an actual dinosaur or two.
Age: 4+ | Price: No cost (booking required) | Info

Easter Egg Trail @ Fulham Palace
Date & Loc: Apr 7th-20th, Fulham
Solve the Easter Bunny’s riddle by collecting eggs around the Palace and gardens. Sherlock mode: on.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £3.50 | Info

Easter Roadshows @ Royal Parks
Date & Loc: Apr 8th-16th, Regent’s/Richmond/Bushy
Nature trails, crafty fun, and curious critters. Like school… but outdoors and actually fun.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

Easter Family Trail @ Chiswick House
Date & Loc: Apr 18th-21st, Chiswick
A charming spring trail in one of West London’s prettiest gardens. Bring snacks.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

Family Disco @ Big Penny Social
Date & Loc: Apr 20th, Walthamstow
A kid-friendly rave with bubbles, bops, and dancefloor chaos. Yes, you might hear Baby Shark.
Age: Everyone | Price: £7 | Info

. EVENTS SCOOP .

What’s on this week?

🎭 Smartest Giant in Town @ Richmond Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 3rd, Richmond
Musical magic from the Donaldson-Scheffler dream team. Giants, kindness, and catchy tunes galore.
Age: 2-8yo | Price: from £10 | Info

🎨 Spring Art Exhibition @ Harrow Arts Centre
Date & Loc: Apr 3rd-Apr 11th, Harrow
Paintings, sculptures and more from Harrow’s finest amateur and pro artists. Very civilised.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

🌸 Sounds of Blossom @ Kew Gardens
Date & Loc: Apr 3rd-Apr 6th, Kew
Music meets magnolias—float through cherry blossom with live compositions from the Royal College of Music.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £7 | Info

🎪 Miniature Travelling Circus @ Little Angel Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 3rd- Apr 19th, Islington
The tiniest circus with the biggest heart. Puppetry, laughs, and a ringmaster with a dream.
Age: 2-5yo | Price: from £13 | Info

🎭 Playing Macbeth @ Globe Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 3rd- Apr 20th, Southbank
A punchy 90-minute Macbeth tailored for teens and tweens. Shakespeare, but not snoozy.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £5 | Info

📖 Singing, Stories & Crafts @ London Transport Museum
Date & Loc: Apr 4th, Covent Garden
Adventures with mice, kestrels and Caribbean queens—all aboard for storytime and crafts.
Age: Under 5s | Price: from £24 (kids free) | Info

🧊 Minecraft Experience @ Excel London
Date & Loc: Apr 4th, Canada Water
Build, battle and explore in this brand-new immersive Minecraft world. Perfect for blockheads big and small.
Age: Everyone | Price: from from £26 | Info

🎭 Breathe @ New Wimbledon Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 4th-6th, Wimbledon
Live music and puppetry bring woodland wonders to life. Soothing and sensory.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £11 | Info

🎭 Mantis Muse: Drawing @ Horniman Museum
Date & Loc: Apr 8th-13th, Forest Hill
Meet a giant mantis named Maxine (obviously) and get sketchy with free drop-in drawing fun.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

🎭 Dinosaur World Live @ Rose Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 9th-13th, Kingston
Life-size dinos + fearless explorer = Jurassic joy. There will be a T. Rex.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £12 | Info

🎭 The Baddies @ Arts Depot
Date & Loc: Apr 4th-6th, North Finchley
The Baddies, Worst Princess and those pants-loving pirates hit the stage in silly, song-filled style.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £12.75 | Info

🪰 Lloyd of the Flies @ London Wetland Centre
Date & Loc: Apr 5th-June 1st, Barnes
Follow Lloyd the fly on a buggy quest through wetlands. Expect minibeasts and mayhem.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £11.50 (under 3 free) | Info

🚤 Family Fun Day @ Canal Museum
Date & Loc: Apr 8th, King’s Cross
Boat trip, wildlife spotting, and explorer kits—what’s not to love? Book ahead.
Age: Everyone | Price: £5 | Info

🌼 Discovery Days @ Hyde Park
Date & Loc: Apr 8th, Hyde Park
Springtime nature fun with crafts and creepy-crawlies, all in a safe, enclosed space.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

🎭 Chicken Licken @ Polka Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 5th- May 11th, Wimbledon
Classic tale + puppets + live tunes = barnyard brilliance.
Age: 3-7yo | Price: from £10 | Info

🦖 T Rex 3D @ Science Museum
Date & Loc: from Apr 5th, South Kensington
Big screen, bigger teeth. A dino deep-dive in glorious 3D.
Age: Everyone | Price: £12 | Info

🔍 Palace Explorers @ Fulham Palace
Date & Loc: Apr 8th-10th, Fulham
Tiny adventurers can explore the past through hands-on activities and play.
Age: 2-4yo | Price: from £5.50 | Info

🔥 Great Fire of London Family Walk @ London Museum
Date & Loc: Apr 8th & 19th, Various
Trace the blaze of 1666 on this fab family walking tour. Dates selling fast!
Age: 5-11 yo | Price: £8 | Info

🪵 Gnome Front Doors @ Headstone Manor
Date & Loc: Apr 9th, South Harrow
Build a teeny door for your imaginary gnome lodger. Adorable chaos guaranteed.
Age: 5+ | Price: £5 | Info

🦔 The Hedgehog Walk @ Wild Life Trusts
Date & Loc: Apr 3rd - Apr 13th, various
A gentle trail with Timmy Time resources to inspire budding wildlife lovers.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

🌙 Little Night @ Unicorn Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 3rd-Apr 19th, London Bridge
Interactive projections and sensory play in this magical show for mini humans.
Age: 18mo-4yo | Price: from £10 | Info

🎨 Joyful Patterns @ V&A
Date & Loc: Apr 10th, South Kensington
Get collaging with your tiny artist and design what joy looks like.
Age: 0-3 yo | Price: No cost | Info

🥔 Supertato @ Kew Gardens
Date & Loc: Apr 5th-Apr 21st, Kew
Veggie heroes, hands-on fun, and dress-up zones. Supertato saves the day (again).
Age: Everyone | Price: included with entry | Info

🎹 Meet the Organ! @ Sinfonia Smith Square
Date & Loc: Apr 19th, Westminster
Explore the organ’s mighty sounds, from boom to whisper. Hands-on, ears-open fun.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

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