EASTER FESTIVITIES FOR ALL THE FAMILY!

Celebrations, activities, fun and good food:

Friday 21 - Monday 24 March 2008
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum

A packed programme of events and activities awaits visitors to the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum at Singleton, near Chichester, West Sussex, throughout the Easter weekend (21 - 24 March). The 'Easter Festivities' have proved to be a very popular and enjoyable addition to the award-winning Museum's annual programme of seasonal countryside events, with activities designed to appeal to all the family.

The Festivities will run throughout the Easter weekend and include a number of traditional crafts and pastimes such as candle rolling, egg painting, face painting, a rural artefact quiz, and a chance to have your portrait painted. There will be a children's activity trail taking in some of the most beautiful areas of the Museum's 50 acre downland site. Children will also be able to try traditional games including quoits, a coconut shy, hopscotch, skipping, hobby horse races, and hoops and sticks. And for those wanting to make a last minute Easter card, there will be a chance to design and make your own to take home. The cooks in the Museum's working Tudor kitchen will be in action, preparing authentic Tudor treats for visitors to sample.

On Easter Saturday and Sunday, visitors will be able to buy delicious local lamb roasted on a spit. On the Monday there will be Easter bonnet making, and the day will finish with a Grand Easter bonnet parade in the afternoon: there will be two categories for the judging, for bonnets made at home, and for those made during the day at the Museum.

For further information www.wealddown.co.uk