Parenting expert The Edit by Silver Cross offers some top tips on how to travel stress-free with your little ones. Advice includes giving yourself plenty of time and expect the unexpected, planning snacks and activities for the day, and talking to your children about the trip so they know what to expect.
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Easter egg hunts, activity trails and crafts are fun for families Photo: JPIMedia
. Easter Fayre
Highdown Rotary is running an Easter Fayre on Broadwater Green on Easter Monday, April 18, from 10am to 4pm. Family fun and entertainment includes community stalls, market stalls, food, a fun fair, children's entertainments and crafts. Photo: JPIMedia
. Good Friday Craft Morning
St Symphorian's Church in Durrington is running a Good Friday Craft Morning on Friday, April 15. The children's craft bag, based on the Service of Shadows, will include materials and glue for 10 crafts, which can be completed at home or in the church between 10am and 11.30am. All welcome, donation of £3 per bag requested. Photo: JPIMedia
. The Fairy Tale Fair
Award-winning The Fairy Tale Fair returns to The Charmandean in Worthing on Sunday, April 3, from 10.30am to 3.30pm, in aid of St Barnabas House hospice. There will be a cafe and bar, special guests including Sussex Ghostbusters, The Mad Hatter stilt walker and The Easter Rabbit, and face painting and balloon modelling for the children. Photo: User (UGC)
. Coombes Farm
It is lambing time at Coombes Farm from March 19 to April 24. See 600 ewes lambing and 50 Sussex cows calving and hopefully watch lambs and calves being born. You will be able to walk to the top of the Downs through the ewes and lambs and it is hoped there will be tractor rides again. There have been 200 early ewes, so lots of lambs already to see. Book a visit to the lambing yard at coombes.co.uk. Photo: JPIMedia
9. LOVE Local EGGstravaganza Art Trail
Inspiring artists are working with eight schools in the Littlehampton area to create an Easter trail featuring giant eggs in a range of imaginative styles and materials, plus four large fibreglass eggs, painted and finished by the artists. The free, inclusive arts-based launch event is in Littlehampton High Street on April 9, featuring live music and chalk and spray art activities, and the trail will then run until April 24. Photo: User (UGC)
10. Parham House & Gardens
Parham House & Gardens will formally open on Easter Sunday, April 17, with a series of tours and events planned for the spring and summer. Throughout the year, Parham will be taking small opportunities to mark a special anniversary - 100 years since Clive and Alicia Pearson purchased the estate and embarked upon their enlightened and sympathetic restoration of the house. Visit www.parhaminsussex.co.uk Photo: User (UGC)
11. Fishers Adventure Farm Park
It is baby animal season at Fishers in Wisborough Green and some gorgeous kid goats, lambs and baby guinea pigs have arrived this week. For the school holidays, a Hopping Easter Adventure is planned, with magicians and a hunt for the golden egg. Tickets are now available to book up to May 27. Visit fishersfarmpark.co.uk. Photo: User (UGC)
12. Nymans
The National Trust is running an Easter Adventures in Nature trail at Nymans from April 9 to 24. Magnolias are blooming and birds are busy building their nests. Listen to the robins, wrens and blackbirds as the trail leads you through hidden doorways and the Wall Garden. Try out fun challenges such as hiding like a mouse, finding your favourite flower and tuning into the natural world all around you. Normal admission plus £3 per trail, includes a chocolate Rainforest Alliance Easter egg. Photo: The National Trust