A Very Alice Easter

 

Blackburn BID are hosting an Easter Wonderland Adventure and today kicked off the Easter and half term activities in the town centre.

The themed trails are always a huge hit with the kids and this Alice in Wonderland trail was most definitely one of the best ones we've been to. Because it was the first day, there were characters around who you could meet and intereact with. They also gave special words as clues to complete a phrase in the trail booklet. When this was completed, the kids both got an easter lolly for getting it right. 

We decided to visit all the characters first before going on the decorated egg hunt, the characters we met were...

Alice

We met Alice first and she was absolutely wonderful. She was in the Mall and was having a round of pin the smile on the Cheshire Cat with the kids. Thea put her smile on almost perfectly and Tristan made it look like it was wearing a hat. 

The Mad Hatter

We found the Mad Hatter down a rabbit hole in Mad Hatters Cupcakes and Tearooms. He was as mad as a box of frogs and had riddles for the kids to solve. Thea wasn't a big fan and left, but came back with the added bravery of a marshmellow lolly. Tristan thought he was brilliant and solved his riddle to get the word clue. 

The Queen of Hearts

My favourite character and costume! The Queen was outside of the cathedral and the kids managed to have a game of croquet with her without losing either of their heads! 

The King of Hearts

The King of Hearts was avoiding his wife and hiding out in Geek Retreat. He was busy playing memory games. I absolutely loved the giant cards and the kids were so happy finding pairs. 

The White Rabbit 

The White Rabbit was celebrating one of their many Un-Birthdays in the market. Thea decided she had a lot of Un-Birthdays too and both kids managed to solve the riddle for our last word clue. 

Once we'd met all the characters, we stopped for a bit of dinner and then went on the easter egg hunt. There are 9 eggs hidden around the town centre that have all been decorated by local schools. Each one has information about it and the answers to the questions in the trail booklet. Tristan's favourite thing to do is a treasure hunt/trail, so he was really happy using the map to figure out where all the eggs were. I got confused by the map and used the list of places instead! 

The egg hunt is on till the 16th of April and there's a chance to win £100 in vouchers if you fill in the trail booklet questions and hand back in at the Ask Me point in the Mall. There are also activites on daily which all look really fun, so I'm sure we'll be back another day to check them out.