DO THIS BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

RAINY (OR SNOWY!) DAYS IN

Once your little ones are filled up with chocolate, make the most of the discarded egg boxes to make a robot, doll’s house or puppet theatre. All you need is paper, glue and crafty bits.

Kids young and old will enjoy whipping up Mary Berry’s vanilla cupcakes with swirly icing. It uses basic ingredients and a recipe can be found at www.lovefood.com

Netflix and Amazon Prime Video offer 30-day free trials, so whether it’s a blockbuster or box set, don’t pay a penny!

Head to your library so the whole family can curl up with a good book. Visit www.gov.uk/local-library-services

The National Waterfront Museum in Swansea is showing the classic film Mary Poppins for free at 2pm on Sunday. Go to www.museum.wales

Meet the mini-beasts with Bugnstuff at The Great North Museum: Hancock, in Newcastle. Free drop-in sessions include 3D painting and Egyptology Uncovered. Visit www.greatnorthmuseum.org.uk

SUNNY DAYS OUT

Join in a free Easter hunt running daily throughout the holidays at Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm, near Newquay, and meet goats, pigs and rabbits too. Go to healeyscyder.co.uk

Make some money by turning old books, DVDs and clothes into cash at a car boot sale, visit carbootjunction.com

Visit award-winning parks including Castlebank in Lanark, where kings hunted, visit www.woodlandtrust.org