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Filed Under Events | April 9, 2009

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Well, this weekend is hopping (sorry, we couldn’t resist the pun) with Easter fun but we’ve also ferreted out a few long weekend festivities with nary a bunny in sight.

Sunset Community Centre Run, Jump, & Throw with the Easter Bunny
Thursday, April 9th, 10 am – 11:30 am, Sunset Community Centre, 6810 Main Street, Vancouver
Kids up to five can do some serious hopping while playing their favourite sports with the Easter bunny. Plus the Playgym will be in full swing too: www.mysunset.net

Whole Foods  Kids Club After School Special: Easter Egg Hunt
Thursday, April 9th, 3pm – 5 pm, Whole Foods,  925 Main St, West Vancouver
Kids club members can pick up their passport at the guest service desk and then search the aisles of Whole Foods for paper Easter eggs. Find all nine and get a prize: www.wholefoodsmarket.com

Easter Egg Hunt at Stanley Park
Friday Apr 10 to Monday Apr 13, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm, Downtown, West End, Stanley Park Train and Farmyard, Vancouver
Reputedly the “Biggest Egg Hunt in Town!” There are new baby lambs and alpacas and rides on the Stanley Park Train: vancouver.ca

Killarney Community Centre Easter Egg Hunt
Friday, Apr 10,9:30 am – 12:45 pm, Killarney Community Centre, 6260 Killarney Street, Vancouver
Killarney’s popular Easter Egg Hunt will have a gym full of Easter activities with the Hunt taking place outdoors if the weather cooperates otherwise, it will occur indoors. Contact Roy Liu @ 604-718-8201: vancouver.ca

Maritime Museum’s A Maritime Easter
Friday, April 10th – Monday, April 13th, opening hours, Maritime Museum, 1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver
This nautical spin on a traditional Easter egg hunt includes question sheets and treasures, we do hope there’s chocolate too: www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com

The following Vancouver community centres are hosting Easter fun this Saturday:

Easter Egg Hunt & Family Carnival
Saturday, April 11th, 10 am – Noon, Charles Dickens School Gymnasium, 17th & Windsor, Vancouver
This community festival includes a carnival in the gym (with a bouncy castle – but of course!), eggs hunts with great prizes including a bike, skateboard, movie passes and more. And it’s all free: vancouver.ca

Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 11th, 10:30 am til all the eggs are gone, Heywood Park, North Vancouver
The North Van Lion Club is hosting this free event that include eggs, crafts, face painting and lots more fun: www.northvanrec.com

Dundarave Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 11th, 11 am – 1 pm, Dundarave Park, along the 2400 Block of Marine Drive, West Vancouver
There’ll be over 12,000 Easter eggs for the finding, as well as stuffed bunny giveaways, kids’ hot chocolate and lots more: www.westvancouver.ca

Vaisakhi Day Parade
Saturday, April 11th, 11 am – 4 pm, SE Marine Drive, Vancouver
With over 40,000 attendees, this parade celebrating Vaisakhi, one of the most significant holidays in the Sikh calendar, is bound to be busy, colourful and fun. View the event description for the exact parade route: vancouver.ca

Iron Scientist
Saturday, April 11th, 2 pm, Science World, 1455 Quebec Street, Vancouver
Take one mystery material and one mystery task and put them together to create endless inventions and test your creativity. It all happens in Contraption Corner: www.scienceworld.ca

Peter Rabbit Easter Brunch
Sunday, April 12th, 9:30 am & 12:15 pm, Peak of Vancouver, Grouse Mountain
This ‘Peter Rabbit’ inspired brunch includes lots of chocolate treats and you can take in the mountain’s winter activities when you’re done and work off some of that sugar: www.grousemountain.com

Lonsdale Quay Fun
Sunday, April 12th, 10 am – 3:30 pm, Lonsdale Quay, foot of Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver
In addition to a COBS Bread Easter egg hunt at 10 am, the quay’ll be hopping with Easter crafts, face painting, balloons and more in Kid’s Alley from 12:30 – 3:30 and that ‘ole Bunny will be on hand from 2 – 3 pm: www.lonsdalequay.com

Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday, April 12th, Noon – 2 pm, John Lawson Park, West Vancouver
Visit with the Easter bunny while enjoying music by the West Vancouver Adult Band. Oh, and there’ll be an Easter egg hunt too: www.westvancouver.ca

The Great Yaletown Easter Party
Sunday, April 12th, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm, Elsie Roy School gym, 150 Drake Street, Vancouver
Put on by the Pacific Church, this event includes coffee (yeah!) as well as face painting, balloon animals and other Easter fun. Pre-registration is required: www.pacificchurch.ca

Purple Pirate and Playgym
Monday, April 13th, Gym: 10:00 am – 11:30 am & Purple Pirate Show: 11:30 am – 12:05 pm, Sunset Community Centre, 6810 Main Street, Vancouver
Kids over one can start off by playing with Aggie in the Playgym and then be join the Purple Pirate preparing for his next adventure. He’ll need the audience’s help to find treasure so be ready to participate: www.mysunset.net

Farther Afield:

Fun on the Farm at Easter
Friday, April 10th – Monday, April 13th, 10 am – 4 pm, Aldor Acres, 24990 – 84th Avenue,
Langley
Spring means new baby animals, and you’ll be able to visit them at the farm, plus you can check out their hands-on farm animal display, take a hayride and more: www.aldoracres.com

Easter on the Train
Friday, April 10th – Monday, April 13th, 10 am – 5 pm, Bear Creek Park Train, 13750 – 88th Avenue at King George Highway, Surrey
They’re hosting an Easter Festival all weekend long at the Bear Creek Park Train with a chance to meet the Easter bunny, get treats, make bunny ears headband and enjoy the “Springtime” tunnel display while riding the train: www.bctrains.com

Pedagogy Toys Turns Two
Saturday, April 11th, 10 am – 5 pm, The Pedagogy Toy Store, 424 Columbia Street East, New Westminster
Pedagogy Toys is celebrating their second birthday by throwing a party for you. Bobs and Lolo will be there performing at 11 am and there’ll also be sale items, draws for gift baskets and more: www.pedagogytoys.com

Easter Party in Steveston & Easter Egg Hunt in Village
Saturday, April 11th, 10 am – 12:30 pm, Steveston Community Centre, 4111 Moncton Street, Richmond & 1 pm – 3 pm
Start off at the community centre for Easter games, music, crafts and an egg hunt (preregistration is required) and then head over to the village for another egg hunt from 1 pm – 3 pm: stevestonivillage.com

Easter Eggstravaganza
Saturday, April 11th, 10:30 am – Noon, Willingdon Centre, 1491 Carleton Avenue, Burnaby
There’ll be breakfast, Easter crafts and a mini egg hunt. Pre-registration is required: www.city.burnaby.bc.ca

Easter Fair
Saturday, April 11th, 1 – 4 pm, Surrey Museum, 17710 56A Avenue, Surrey
The museum will be giving kids a chance to learn about local wildlife and meet rescue animals, including rabbits. That’s in addition to colouring, bonnet-making and an egg hunt: www.surrey.ca

Fun in Pitt Meadows
Sunday, April 12th, 9 am – Noon, Harris Road Park, Harris Road, Pitt Meadows
The Pitt Meadows Lions are hosting this free event for kids up to 12. Kids under eight can hunt eggs from 9 am – 11 am while bigger kids have to wait until 11 am to get down to business: www.mapleridge.ca

Easter Egg-citement
Sunday, April 12th, 10 am – Noon, West Richmond Community Centre, 9180 No 1 Road, Richmond
Get in on the Easter action with an egg hunt, egg decorating, face painting, crafts and more. Be sure to preregister: www.richmond.ca

Hyack Antique Car Easter Parade
Sunday, April 12th, 11 am, Queens Park, New Westminster
The Easter bunny is the grand marshal of this parade featuring classic automobiles. And once the parade’s done you can admire the autos before partaking of the children’s Easter events put on by the Parks and Recreation department: www.hyack.bc.ca

Greater Vancouver Zoo Children’s Easter Scavenger Hunt
Sunday, April 12th, Noon – 3 pm, Greater Vancouver Zoo, 5048 – 264th Street, Aldergrove
The bunny will be on hand from Noon to 2 pm and the scavenger hunt for chocolate and colouring book starts at 2 pm: www.gvzoo.com

Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday, April 12th, Noon – 2 pm, C.G. Brown Pool, 3702 Kensington Avenue, Burnaby
You can swim and take part in an Easter egg hunt. We’re assuming you can’t do both at the same time though: www.city.burnaby.bc.ca

Whonnock Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday, April 12th, 1 pm, Whonnock Lake Centre, 27871 113th Avenue, Maple Ridge
The Whonnock Community Association will be hosting an Easter egg hunt and there’ll also be coffee and hot chocolate on hand: www.whonnock.ca

And we wanted to remind you to always call or visit the website for event info before you head out just in case any changes have been made since we posted it. And of course, have fun!

 

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