TOMORROW - Good Friday - and all weekend

At Pershore's No 8, on the High Street, there is "Felty Faces" with artist Sarah Stanley offering children the opportunity to use their creativity to make an animal inspired felt masterpiece. The session is open to 8-12 year olds tomorrow (Friday, March 25) between 1.30-4.00pm. Tickets are £5. For information call 01386 555488.

An Easter egg hunt is being hosted at the historic Witley Court and is offering a fun day out for children who will receive a prize for taking part. The event takes place tomorrow (Friday, March 25) to Monday, March 28 and begins at 11.00am each day. Witley Court can be found 10 miles northwest of Worcester and is sign-posted from A443. Entrance prices range from £2.50, £3.70, £4.95 and £12.40. For further information call 01299 896636 or email sam@fim.or.uk.

Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings in Bromsgrove, will be the place for bunny hunts, chocolate, bonnet parades, activity workshops and a donkey procession. The festival will take place Friday, 25 - Monday, March 28, 10.30-4.00pm and will be celebrated with a service in the Victorian church at 3pm on Sunday. Prices start from £3 for children, £5 for Senior citizens, £6 for adults, and family tickets are available for £15, including 2 adults and up to 3 children. Young children go free. For further information call 01527 831363.

The Severn Valley Railway is offering chocolate and free Sunday lunches to visitors who ride the 16-mile Severn Valley line. They will be challenged to take part in their "Great Easter Egg Hunt" which begins on Good Friday and runs through to Easter Monday and involves spotting twelve Easter eggs at stations along the line. For further information contact John Leach on 01299 403816.

The Easter weekend signals the re-opening of the best theme parks in the Midlands. Families can buy "Thrill Hopper" tickets for four of them: Alton Towers, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Tamworth SnowDome and Waterworld. Single tickets are £39.95 each or £119.95 for a family of four. They are valid from March to the end of October. Call 08705 004444 or www.thrillhopper.com for more information.

If you feel inspired by the recent Strictly Come Dancing series, try out some ballroom and sequence dance yourself, on Friday night, in aid of Leukaemia Research 2005, at St John's Sports and Leisure Centre, Worcester. To book telephone Jacque on 01905 455265.

For a bit of escapism, there will be an exhibition of photographs taken in Northern Spain at Worcester Woods Country Park.

Local photographer Dave Hollis will host a presentation of his photographs of the landscape of the Picos de Europa, renowned for its mountains and breathtaking scenery.

To reserve a place at the event - at the Countryside Centre, Wildwood Drive from 7.30pm to 9pm - call 01905 766493. Tickets cost £2 for adults and £1.50 for children, over 60s and the unwaged.

EASTER SATURDAY

Locals can join in the free Easter egg hunt around Stourport basin on Saturday, March 26 from 11.00 to 3.00pm, as part of the British Waterways, Stourport-on-Severn map launch. Anyone interested can call 01827 252090 or 07919 048455.

Or get in touch with the countryside by supporting a special Easter Farmers' Market, at Bredon Village Hall.

There will be seasonal fruit and veg preserves, eggs, cheese, wines, breads, sausages and more on sale.

For further details telephone Anne Mietke on 07730 326945 or visit www. worcestershirefarmersmarkets.net

EASTER SUNDAY

An Easter trail is being hosted at Croome Park, from Sunday - Monday, 27-28 March, priced at £1 per child. The event will feature family activities too. Croome Park can be found 8 miles south of Worcester and is sign-posted from A38 and M5. For information call 01905 371006.

l Don't forget to check out tomorrow's Worcester News Weekender section to find out what's on at your local theatre and the music scene during the week ahead.