I don't ever remember being bored although I'm sure my Mum would say otherwise. Nowadays, though, it's up to the parents to entertain their children.

This Easter, the schools are closed for two weeks and although there is always plenty of things to do around the country it can be hard to find out exactly what's on and where.

That's where we can help. We get lots of information delivered to us at yourdaysout.com and have put together a collection of some things to try over the holidays. This is not the definitive list.

There are just loads and loads of things to do, regardless of the weather and no matter the age. Just use the Search Near Me tool at the top of the page to find some suggestions of things to do in your area. 

You'll be surprised at the fantastic amount of choice you have right on your own doorstep.

Here is our list of 10 fun family things to do during the Easter holidays.

1) Save money on family days out

We like to help families who use our site and this school holiday is no different. Keep an eye out for some fantastic savings on your days out around Ireland this Easter including Funtasia Water Park, Leisureplex, GPO Witness History, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, Russborough House, GoQuest, Westport House & Gardens, Crag Cave, Titanic Experience Cobh, Secret Valley Wildlife Park and Brigit's Garden.

2) Easter Egg Hunts

• The annual The Cadbury Easter Hunt for Barnardos will take place again this year in Dublin’s Merrion Square on Friday 14th April and Saturday 15th April 2017. Tickets sell out fast so book early.
• DF Ireland is organising an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids on Easter Sunday the 16th of April at 13:00 at the Hellfire Club in Co. Dublin. Enjoy stunning views, a lovely forest walk, an Easter Egg Hunt and FREE face painting and games for only €7 per child!
• Clonfert Pet Farm will host their annual Easter egg hunt will be taking place the 15th & 16th April. This year they are making it extra special by taking part in the fantastic Great Irish Bake for Temple street, to help raise crucial funds for the hospital.
• Cork City Gaol hosts a fun Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Monday. The winners need to find the eggs hidden throughout the gaol.
• Ailwee Caves have lots of fun and games for all the family on Easter Sunday during the Ailwee 3,000 Cadbury Creme Egg Hunt.
• Brigit's Garden will have their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday & Easter Monday from 13:00-17:00.
• Westport House & Gardens host Mayo's finest Easter Egg hunt on Easter Sunday 11:00-18:00. It promises to be an egg-cellent day out and includes all the rides in the Pirate Adventure Park. The Pirate Adventure Park is open throughout Easter from 8th April - 23rd April.
• There is a Barracks Egg Hunt in the National Museum of Ireland (Decorative Arts & History) on 13th April from 2:30-4: 00pm . Can you find all the eggs hidden in the Museum's exhibitions? Follow the trail and test your knowledge to find the Museum's golden egg. Complete the trail to receive an egg-cellent edible reward! No booking required.

3) Circus Fun

Easter really is a time for doing things together as a family and the Circus is still a fantastic day out.

• Tom Duffy Circus will be in Cavan, Enniskillen, Omagh, Donegal Town and Letterkenny.
• Fossets Circus will be in Northern Ireland over the break with shows in Ballymoney, Dugannon, Newtownards and Newry.
• Gerbola Circus is in Munster with shows in Cobh, Kanturk, Abbeyfeale, Listowel & Tralee.

4) Outdoors Activities

Ireland is such a beautiful country and springtime can be the perfect season to enjoy the great outdoors.

• Cruinniú na Cásca - A meeting at Easter. Creative Ireland initiative presented by RTÉ is a free public event which will take place in towns and cities across Ireland, on Easter Monday with a special large-scale event in Dublin.
• Zipit Forest Adventures, Dublin are open all over Easter, including Easter Sunday, when they will have an egg hunt for the children with clues up on the circuits and plenty of eggs to be won!
• The adventurous ones are now well catered for throughout Ireland with lots of places offering specialised activities including Archery, Paintballing, High Ropes, Go Karts and even Hovercrafts from Delphi Adventure Centre in Galway to ODD Activity Centre in Cavan or from Ballyhass Lakes in Cork to Foylehov in Limavady, just north of Derry.
• Tayto Park opens again for the season on April 7th with their newest attraction 'The Endeavour'. 
• Go with the Flow.ie is running family friendly adventures on the beautiful Barrow river throughout the school break with a special offer for Easter; 2 adults and 2 children just 99 euro when you quote YOUR DAYS OUT!

5) Petting Zoos

Times have really changed from when the only opportunities a child had to meet animals were at the Pets Corner in Dubin Zoo or if they were lucky enough to know a friendly farmer. Nowadays, there are plenty of places that have converted into small petting zoos where families can enjoy a fun-filled day on the farm or even spend a day with some creepy crawlies.

Kia Ora Mini Farm is open every day over Easter but on Easter Saturday, Sunday & Monday, every child will meet the Easter Bunny and receive some chocolate. Tearaways Pet Farm & Activity Centre in Tipperary are also open every day over Easter.

Your little explorers can become Junior Palaeontologists at The National Reptile Zoo during Easter by finding an egg at the indoor fossil site. The National Reptile Zoo's Lost World is also reopening in Funtasia Water Park in Drogheda during Easter.

Wooly Wards Farm Easter Events include live lambing in the maternity ward, pet baby animals in the nursery, hunt for chocolate Easter eggs, and enjoy the spectacular Animal Theatre show on the 14^th, 15^th, and 16^th of April from 2pm to 5pm.

6) Zoos

Fota Wildlife Park has loads of fun activities planned during the Easter holidays including Arts & Crafts, Face Painting and a Magic Show every half hour over the Easter weekend.

Dublin Zoo has a very special weekend with Easter Fairies. Children can go on a fun, imaginative adventure around the Zoo following the magical clues on the fairy trail. There will be lots of enchanting fairy-themed activities including storytelling in the fairy ring, as well as fairy themed games and face-painting.

Secret Valley Wildlife Park in Wexford have their 10th anniversary this year and are open every day over Easter.

7) Indoor Activities

We all know that the weather cannot be relied upon so it is always good to have some indoor options available in case those April showers decide to stay a bit longer.

The Ark in Temple Bar has the fantastic Jeramee, Hartleby and Oooglemore on show from April 12th – 26th 2017 for ages 3+, duration 50 mins.

Funtasia Water Park in Drogheda is more than just fun and slides. The indoor venue also has a play centre, bowling, mini-golf, zip wires, climbing wall and a high ropes course that will tire out even the most active child. We will also have an all-activity 2-1 voucher for you to use over the Easter holidays.

Leisureplex venues in Dublin & Cork are great entertainment centres where families can enjoy bowling, quasar, arcade games, pool and an indoor play centre. We will also have an all-activity 2-1 voucher for you to use over the Easter holidays.

There are loads in indoor play centres, no matter where you live in the country. Every province has a lot of variety so parents usually find a favourite and keep returning. Or rather, their children like a venue and always ask to go back to the same place.

So whether you like Planet Entertainment Centres based in Planet Galway, Planet Clonmel, Planet Ennis or Pirates Adventure, Waterford or any of the Funky Monkey Play Centres; there are eleven throughout Ireland and Northern Ireland including two popular venues in Dublin, Funky Monkey, Dundrum and Funky Monkey, Clare Hall.

Trampoline Parks in Ireland are also becoming more and more popular throughout the country offering parents the opportunity to allow older kids bounce off a bit of steam. There are a few well-known brands like the two Jump Zones in Dublin, Jump Zone, Santry and Jump Zone, Sandyford or the Jump Lanes venues in Jump Lanes, Derry and Jump Lanes, Athlone or Airbound Trampoline Park in Dundalk.

Another popular venue is We are Vertigo, just south of Belfast city. Not only is it a trampoline park but it also has an adventure centre and indoor ski slopes where a child can have a one-hour ski lesson for £25.

Atlantic AirVenture is an exciting and interactive Aviation Museum, Aviation Education Centre and Flight Simulation Centre located in Shannon, Co Clare where you can have a Flight Simulation Experience and Guided Interactive Museum Tour from €20 per person.(Suitable for children 7+ accompanied by an adult).

8) Challenge Escape Rooms

An escape room is a physical adventure game in which players are locked in a room and have to use elements of the room to solve a series of puzzles and escape within a set time limit, or having completed a mission. 

There are a number of escape rooms in Ireland all with different features and age suitability. 

GoQuest is an indoor, multi-challenge themed arena for older children, teenagers and adults. Their custom designed arena has 27 unique challenge rooms for you to try. You are not locked into each room but try and score points by completing a challenge within the time limit. Children as young as eight will enjoy it as part of a family team and some of the physical games are like a live version of the Cube.

Weescape Dublin & Weescape Cork actually lock you in the room and you have 60 minutes to escape by to solving puzzles, finding clues and pass tests of skill. As the game can be quite complex with some mild scary themes it is mostly enjoyed by over 12s. Great Escape Rooms in Galway and Great Escape Waterford are similar with different themed rooms to escape from.

9) Easter Camps

Airfield Estate's Easter Camps are packed with exciting adventures! Each camp will be hands-on with the campers growing, eating, exploring and investigating Airfields fields, farm and gardens.

The National Sports Campus is back with another jam-packed multi-sports camp. Campers will enjoy a range of sports including Athletics, Gymnastics, Trampolining, Basketball, Handball, Badminton, Basketball, indoor soccer and swimming for only €70 per camper.

Surfdock Watersports in Grand Canal Basin will be running a fun Easter Camp from Tuesday, 18th April – Friday 21st April with a  unique mix of water-based and land-based activities including stand up paddleboarding, kayaking, windsurfing, sailing and cable wakeboarding. No experience in any of the sports required.

Freedom Surf School in Tramore have a special Irish Surfing Experience over the holidays from April 10th to 23rd where you can enjoy using your cúpla focal while having fun learning to surf at Irelands Bilingual Surf School.

Eclipse Ireland are offering both an Adventure Camp (ages 12+) and a Pony and Activity Camp (ages 8 + day and 10+ residential) throughout the Easter period (April 9th-15th & April 16th-22nd)

10) Museums

The Museum of Natural History in Dublin have a Dead Zoo Tour on the 15th April at 2:15 & 3.00pm. Where can you find an eel that swallowed a frog, a smelly pilot whale skull and giant fossil skeletons found in Irish bogs? Join a tour at the Dead Zoo to discover more about the history of the collections and the animals on display. No booking required but places are limited. Not wheelchair accessible.

Join the Ancient Egyptian Animal Adventure and explore two Museums in one day on either 12th or 19th April between 11am and 1pm! Begin and collect the trail at the Museum of Natural History on Merrion Street, and come face to face with the animals of Africa. Complete the trail at the Museum of Archaeology on Kildare Street, where you will discover ancient Egyptian animal gods!

In the National Museum Country Life in Mayo there are plenty of family activities and events scheduled over the Easter break starting on the 12th April from 2.30pm - 3.30pm with an Art Workshop.Did you know that the Vikings used decorated silver arms rings as money? Join the education team to learn about the hoard of silver arm rings found in Co. Mayo and find out how they were decorated. Then design and print your own Viking pattern. 

On the 18th of April the National Museum Country Life in Mayo has two workshops. First at 11am-12pm is a hands-on STEM challenge brought to you by Toodlelou called Egg in the Sky. It is for children aged 2-4 (accompanied by an adult) and booking is required. This is followed by a hands-on STEM challenge for older children ages 5 - 8 years old, again brought to you by Toodlelou. It's called Amazing Flying Eggs; do you think you can build a vessel to launch an egg in flight without cracking? 

Commemorate Easter 1916 with a family friendly tour of Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland (Decorative Arts & History).  Explore some of the highlights of the Museum's extensive Easter Week collection. Tours at 2.30pm and 3.30pm. No booking required, but places are limited and allocated on a first-come basis 15 minutes before tour starts.