Sydney Olympic Park Easter School Holiday Activities

Parents often feel the pressure to provide their kids with action-packed holidays which can bring about financial stress – however keeping the kids amused doesn't need to be expensive. Sydney Olympic Park has a range of fun activities to keep kids entertained and active during the NSW Easter school holidays without breaking the bank.

The Kids in the Park program, from 8 - 23 April (inclusive) has something for everyone with a program to suit all tastes, ages and budgets with more than 50 activities, including 14 FREE, 7 NEW and 12 good-value options at $25 or less per person.

With activities to keep the kids on their toes, Kids in the Park offers a range of activities for FREE including Clue Trails at the Armory, Riverside BirdLife, The Amazing Chase and Mythical Creatures Egg Hunt, to good-value activity options at $25 or less such as Circus Skills, Archery – School Holiday Programs, Laser Tag and Splasher's Water Playground and more.

This Easter school holidays there are two NEW activities from The Writing Workshop at the Education Centre set to encourage your creative kids. Run by award-winning author Dr Bernard Cohen, Alien Encounters, Future Worlds will have your kids inventing new species and creating extra-terrestrial new worlds. Also NEW these school holidays is the Write Your Own Filmscript writing workshop for your budding movie producers and film buffs.

Fizzics Education is back at Bicentennial Park with three NEW activities to excite and educate young scientists, including Use the Force(s), Maker Mayhem, and Number Crunch all designed by dedicated science educators to give kids a fun and hands-on learning experience.

Action-packed with all your favourites including Basketball: MyHoops, Cricket - Thunder Kids: T20, Football: Wanderers in the Park and Gym Sports, Sydney Olympic Park's Sports Centre has plenty on offer for your sports enthusiasts. A recent study has shown that regular physical activity not only leads to stronger bones and muscles but also improves confidence and concentration in kids[1], so keep them moving at Kids in the Park.

Open every day during the school holidays ARTEXPRESS at the Armory is a FREE exhibition showcasing exceptional bodies of work by the top scoring HSC visual arts students in 2016. There are also FREE Kids in the Park Workshops where kids can create their own imaginative mixed media artworks inspired by this year's ARTEXPRESS at the Armory theme, -Wild Things'.

With so many options for all interests, ages and budgets, it's little wonder Sydney Olympic Park is the official home of the biggest range of school holiday activities of any single location in NSW.

For full details, visit kidsinthepark.com.au (or sydneyolympicpark.com.au). Also, check-out Sydney Olympic Park's YouTube Channel, follow @olympicpark_syd on Twitter and @SydOlympicPark on Instagram or visit the Sydney Olympic Park page on Facebook.