Best Easter Events For Kids In Los Angeles

Like kids all over America, Los Angeles' youth can hardly wait for Easter to come, especially for the chance to find baskets filled to the top with chocolate rabbits, candy eggs and other celebratory sweets. Beyond that experience designed to activate a major sugar rush, tots who live in the City of Angels will appreciate certain activities held outside of their homes and devoted to this special spring holiday. Consider the following events.

Egg-ceptional Celebration
Los Angeles Arboretum
301 N. Baldwin Ave.
Arcadia, CA 91107
(626) 821-3222
www.arboretum.org
Date: April 4, 2015, 9am to 12pm

At the very verdant Arboretum the day before Easter, it's all about egg scrambles and egg-expeditions. While the latter is a romp around the premises looking for those round objects of everyone's affection at this time of the year, the egg scrambles are somewhat mysterious (think egg throws and other egg-oriented activities). With this description as just a taste of what's to come at this landmark botanical gardens, gear up to take part while enjoying a bunch of refreshments and expect to leave this celebration holding a handful of surprises.

Blessing of the Animals
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument
532 Olivera St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 625-7074
www.elpueblo.lacity.org
Date: April 4, 2015, 12pm to 5pm

Make history once again by meeting up for this magical procession and invite your pet on a leash to join you. There are multiple events that occur at the Blessing of the Animals. A sweet cow wearing flowers and the people who run businesses on historical Olvera Street lead a procession of all kinds of animals, including family dogs and exotic newcomers like iguanas and such, all decked out in all sorts of regalia to take part in this centuries-old Catholic tradition. A priest will do the honors of blessing each (wo)man and beast and then afterwards, the younger humans participating will get to enjoy free pony rides while everyone will be privy to lots of live music, a petting zoo and other surprises.

Bunny Brunch
American Girl Place Los Angeles
189 The Grove Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(877) 247-5223
www.americangirl.com
Date: April 4, 2015 at 9am

The Grove invites all American Girl lovers ages three and up to take part in a special Bunny Brunch. Not only is the grub good but this event also gives each participant the chance to meet the mall's special Easter Bunny in person as well as get a picture to prove that meeting. Also on hand is a holiday brunch geared toward your tot who will be getting to know all of the other American girls around her.

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Easter Brunch
Aquarium of the Pacific
100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 590-3100
www.aquariumofpacific.org
Date: April 5, 2015, 8:30 AM—10:30 AM

Along with admission to the Aquarium of the Pacific on Easter Sunday, this special event is the chance to enjoy a celebratory mid-morning meal especially geared to kids and their parents. This brunch not only includes a cookie decorating station, but also the chance to tour the 11,000 animals who live at this seaworthy Long Beach retreat. Along the way, education of a watery kind is doled out by way of getting acquainted with non-humans at the Aquarium.

Held on April 5th, Grand Hope Park will be hosting an Easter reading out loud to kids event that is sure to keep your little ones entertained. Aside from face painting and give a way tables, kids will also get to feast on Easter candy and more!

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