Spring has arrived and The Ark Open Farm is bursting with brand new life, hands-on fun, unique experiences and chocolatey surprises.
There’ll be so many fun times and photo opps in the farmer’s shed you’ll have memories for years to come before they even reach the Easter bunny!
This year we have added some extra magic to our Easter adventure and it’ll be one your little ones will never forget.
Bottle Feed Baby Lambs
Meet our adorable lambs as soon as you arrive in our farmyard to get your day off to an exciting (and adorable!) start.
Help bottle feed these gorgeous little bundles of fluff – a true springtime moment. There’s nothing quite like it.
The Little Farmers Shed
Get ready to roll up your sleeves… Welcome to the new Little Farmers Shed, where your child becomes a farmer! Inside, they’ll explore, play and learn through hands-on farm fun:
Seed Planting – Grow your very own sunflower to take home
Milk the Cow – (Don’t worry… not a real one!)
Lambing Station – Help “birth” a pretend baby lamb (giggles guaranteed)
Brush the Pony’s Tail & the Highland Cow’s Hair – Brush, Plait or add a bow!
Poop Scoop – Farmers have to clean up after their animals – this is all about the giggles.
Pick the Carrots – Harvest from our (pretend) patch
Hen House – help collect the “hen eggs” from the coop.
Before your little farmer leaves they will receive their very own Little Farmer Sticker – proof of a job well done.
Follow the trail to the Easter Garden
Search high and low to find all the coloured Easter eggs. Fill your carton… and don’t miss any! Once your carton is complete…
Show the Easter Bunny your full egg carton and receive a boxed Cadbury Egg. (Free-from alternatives available so everyone can join the fun.)
Egg Decorating & Bunny Headbands
Get creative with Easter egg decorating and colour in your very own bunny headband (pre-cut and ready for little artists).
Easter Forest Trail
The Easter Bunny has an extra challenge for you! Head off into the Forest and find the answers to all the clues to the trail questions and earn your next sticker!
Easter Teddybear Workshop
(Optional Extra)
Want to make your Easter visit even more unforgettable? Step inside the Easter Teddybear Workshop – where little hands create a keepsake to treasure long after the chocolate is gone.
Choose Your Easter Friend – Will it be a fluffy Bunny or a cuddly Chick?
Pop a soft heart inside your teddy to show your love –
a beautiful little ritual children adore. Make a wish.
Give it a squeeze. Then place it carefully inside.
Close & Take Home – We’ll help your little one seal their Easter friend closed, ready to cuddle and take home as a lasting memory of their day at the farm.
The Easter Teddybear Workshop has limited spaces at each session to keep the experience calm, guided and truly special.
Under 1 (no chocolate gift included)
Aged 1-2 years old. Includes chocolate Easter egg
Aged 3+ years old. Includes chocolate Easter egg
Aged 17+ years old
Student or Senior Citizen
Essential carer can avail of discounted entry when accompanying a full price Adult or Child ticket only.