☀️ What to Do with Kids in Melbourne This Weekend
Looking for fun things to do with the kids in Melbourne this weekend? We've got you covered with the best free family-friendly events and activities happening across the city. From outdoor adventures to hands-on workshops and local festivals — there’s something for every age and interest!
🌈 What’s On This Weekend: 11 & 12 April
🎡 Geelong VIRAL Food Festival
Think the foods you’ve saved, shared & CRAVED 👇
🔥 Philly Cheesesteaks
🔥 Brazilian BBQ Boxes
🔥 Viral Dubai Bubble Waffle
🔥 Loaded SPUDS
🔥 Local foodie legends
DJs, live wrestling 🤼, bands & rides 🎡
Don’t watch it on someone else’s story… be there 😏
🗓 10–12 April
🕓 Fri 5–10pm | Sat–Sun 12–10pm
📍 Geelong Showgrounds, Breakwater VIC
🎟️ From $5 online (kids under 3 FREE)
🎸 Groove and Graze
A Day of Food, Music & Community Vibes!
🎟️ Free Event – No Bookings Needed!
Get ready for live tunes, gourmet food trucks & chilled Sunday vibes in Glen Eira 🌳🎶
✨ Young & emerging local artists
🍔 Gourmet bites from top food trucks
🎶 Music to keep you grooving all afternoon
🗓 Sunday 12 April
🕓 1–7.30pm
📍 Princes Park, Caulfield South
🎪 Elmo’s Magical Circus Spectacular
Join your favourite friends from Sesame Street for a colourful, high-energy show packed with acrobatics, aerial acts, daredevils, and plenty of laughs for the whole family.
Featuring Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, Grover, Bert & Ernie!
🗓 3–16 Apr | 📍 Bayswater North
🗓 1–17 May | 📍 Craigieburn Central
🌳 Enchanted Adventure
🌲 Gardens & hedge mazes 🧗♂️ Tree Surfing courses
🎢 Epic Tube Slides 🌉 Canopy Walk & Sky Scramble
🧩 Giant puzzles & sculptures
🐰 Over the Easter long weekend, keep your eyes peeled… our Easter Hide & Seek is on, with three Enchanted Eggs hidden around the park each day from Good Friday through to Easter Monday. Find one, and you’ll unlock a special prize pack filled with treats and surprises.
🗓 Open 7 days a week
📍 Arthurs Seat, VIC
🎨 School Holiday Program at Whitehorse
🤩 FREE + Affordable School Holiday Fun in Whitehorse!
Kick off the holidays with outdoor movies, Easter fun & creative activities 🎉
🎬 FREE Moonlight Movies (2 & 10 April)
🐣 Easter Egg Hunt ($6!)
🎨 FREE Easter Crafting
🧽 FREE Artspace activities (7–18 April)
💡 Plus: clay workshops, art days & more!
🗓️ Autumn School Holidays
📍 Box Hill, Mitcham & surrounds
🥁 Amazing Drumming Monkeys
Laugh, drum, dance and play in the fresh air with Australia’s favourite family puppet show! A joyful outdoor experience with music, comedy and interactive fun for little ones (and parents too!). Pack a picnic rug and enjoy the show surrounded by nature 🌿
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Our favourite concert.” – Rolling Music, Shanghai
🗓 4–19 April 🕓 10.30am
📍 CERES, Brunswick East
🤪 P.Gee! at Melb Comedy Festival
Clean… chaotic… and completely hilarious 🤣
A high-energy, physical comedy show for ages 8+ — harmless but hectic, innocent but cheeky! From award-winning performer Mr Snotbottom (Mark Trenwith), this brand-new show is: 🎭 Silly, smart & totally unpredictable 👵 Safe for grandma 🧑🎤 Twisted enough for teens 😂 Guaranteed laughs for the whole family
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Multi-generational comedy for all” – Glam Adelaide
🗓 3–12 April 🕓 2pm 📍 ACMI
🚢 Phillip Island Seal Cruise
Come aboard this spectacular 2hr coastal wildlife cruise, and experience an up-close encounter with thousands of seals at Australia’s largest fur seal colony. Highlights:
🦭 2 Hour scenic coastal cruise
🦭 An average of 5000+ seals sighted up close
🦭 Complimentary afternoon or morning tea
🦭 Discover a variety of seabirds including crested terns and sooty oystercatcher
🦭 Learn about marine mammals and their habitat
🦭 Undercover viewing
🦭 Licensed Bar (Eftpos payment available)
🦭 Free Wifi
🦖 Real Dinosaur Weekends at Blue Lotus Water Garden
Get ready for a ROARING good time with Toby the T-Rex and his adorable baby dinos.
🦕 Live 25–30 min interactive show
🦕 Meet the dinosaurs + photo opportunities after
🦕 Perfect for families (ages 3+)
🗓️ 11–12 & 18–19 April
📍 Blue Lotus Water Garden, Yarra Junction
⚠️ Tickets are LIMITED & online only
🌳 Easter School Holidays at Maze House
🎁 Find all the clues in the NEW & improved Maze Hunt to win a prize — and on Easter Sunday, score a special Easter egg! 🍫
🌿 Get lost in the classic hedge maze
🔎 Solve clues in the maze hunt & win a prize
🎪 Play old-time carnival games
⏰ Enjoy 90+ minutes of family fun!
🗓 Open weekends & school holidays 📍 Daylesford
🎟️ Kids $14 | Adults $16 | Under 3 FREE
🏴☠️ PirateFest
Step into a world of pirates these school holidays at the historic Seaworks Museum! ⚓
☠️ Discover real pirate history
👻 Meet holographic pirate ghosts
🏴☠️ Explore immersive sets & displays
🪙 Kids treasure hunt + interactive fun
Perfect family adventure full of history, stories & excitement!
🗓 4–19 April
📍 Seaworks Williamstown
🧙♀️ Winni Wizard and Her Magical Smells
The wacky wizard is BACK these April School holidays… 13.333% clumsier! 💥 A laugh-out-loud comedy adventure for kids, bursting with songs, silliness and a little magic.
After sell-out shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, don't miss this high-energy interactive whirlwind for ages 4-400.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ "It’s the kind of joyful chaos that children absolutely thrive on" – Perth Happenings
🗓 3–19 April 🕓 1:10pm
📍 ACMI, Fed Square
🎪 CIRCUS – The Show
🪄 The Greatest Magic Show!
💥 KABOOM!
💥 KABOOM!: The craziest science show 🔬
🎪 CIRCUS – The Show: A jaw-dropping family circus 🤹♂️
🪄 The Greatest Magic Show: Mind-blowing illusions ✨
🗓 3 – 19 April (no shows Monday)
📍 Spiegel Haus Melbourne
🎉 Congrats to the winners!
🧗♀️ Climb N’ Play School Holiday Unlimited Play Pass
Get ready for an out-of-this-world, soap-tastic adventure!
🚀 Bubble rockets launching 10m high
🔥 Fire bubbles & bubble tornado
🫧 Giant bubbles (yes… you can go inside!)
✨ Smoke bubbles, square bubbles & more
🎉 Ends with a MILLION bubble party!
🏆 Award-winning at Perth & Adelaide Fringe
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Multiple 5-star reviews
🗓 4–19 April
📍 Melbourne Museum, Carlton
🚀 Bubble Show in Space
Get ready for an out-of-this-world, soap-tastic adventure!
🚀 Bubble rockets launching 10m high
🔥 Fire bubbles & bubble tornado
🫧 Giant bubbles (yes… you can go inside!)
✨ Smoke bubbles, square bubbles & more
🎉 Ends with a MILLION bubble party!
🏆 Award-winning at Perth & Adelaide Fringe
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Multiple 5-star reviews
🗓 4–19 April
📍 Melbourne Museum, Carlton
⭐ Bubble Planet
A magical, multi-sensory adventure where kids (and grown-ups!) can jump, explore and play through more than 10 themed rooms filled with oversized bubbles, balloons, illusions and dreamy landscapes.
⏳ Allow 60–90 minutes
📍 Fever Exhibition and Experience Centre
👶 All ages welcome (2 & under FREE)
♿ Wheelchair accessible (except ball pit & balloon ocean)
🧦 Don’t forget socks for the bubble bath!
🍫 Phillip Island Chocolate Factory
Get ready for a FULL day of chocolatey fun the kids will love 😍👇
🍫 Make your own chocolate bar 🎮 Interactive games 🍫 Live chocolatiers 🌊 Chocolate waterfall 💪 One Tonne Challenge 🚂 Chocolate village + art 🪟 Panny’s Family Window ☕ Café + shop + photo spots
🗓 3–19 April 2026
📍 Phillip Island
🎟️ 20% OFF tours (show our post | school holidays only!)
🎈 Balloon Story
After flying high in New York, Balloon Story pops up at MCEC this summer – opening Sunday 4 Jan! ⭐
A magical, interactive balloon wonderland with 400,000+ eco-friendly balloons the whole family will love.
🎈 Huge, playful balloon installations
🌱 Made from natural latex
🎨 Immersive art + interactive fun
📸 SO many photo moments
🤹 Fun for all ages
⭐ Rated 4.7/5 in New York
👶 All ages welcome
📍 MCEC | 🕘 9am–8pm | ⏳ ~70 min
🌇 Melbourne Skydeck & Edge Experience: Panoramic Views 285 Metres Up
✨ Take in Melbourne from 285m up at the Southern Hemisphere’s highest sky deck
✨ Enjoy sweeping views of icons like the MCG, Fed Square & Flinders St Station
✨ Add The Edge Experience to step into a glass cube nearly 300m above the city!
🗓️ Dates: various (select at checkout)
🕒 Hours: Mon, Wed, Thu, Sun: 12–9 p.m. Fri & Sat: 12–10 p.m.
Last entry: 30 mins before close
📍 Location: Melbourne Skydeck
🐧 Phillip Island Penguins Express Tour
🐧 Watch the magical Penguin Parade as little penguins waddle ashore at dusk
🌊 Take in stunning coastal views at Seal Rocks and the Nobbies
📸 Enjoy a guided day trip from Melbourne with plenty of photo moments
What’s Included
✔️ Guided Penguin Parade admission
✔️ Transfer to Phillip Island
✔️ Visit to the Nobbies & Seal Rocks
✔️ Onboard Wi-Fi
🐴 Melbourne Museum: Melbourne History Tour
Explore Melbourne’s history with a guided walk through the Melbourne Story gallery. Learn about the gold rush, the city’s grid design, famous landmarks, and the legendary racehorse Phar Lap. See artifacts that showcase how Melbourne evolved — perfect for both visitors and locals.
⭐ Hear fascinating stories from a knowledgeable guide
⭐ Walk through decades of Melbourne’s past
⭐ Includes a gift lanyard, tote bag & 10% off at the Museum Store
🚀 Saboteurs
Crewmates and Impostors - Original Map
Experience Saboteurs in real life! Complete tasks as a Crew Member or sabotage as an Impostor in this fast-paced, AmongUs-style game. Form alliances, spot the deceivers, and test your deduction skills!
⏳ 40 mins of action-packed fun
📍 The Wheel, Docklands, Melbourne
🚦 Mr. Wolf Game
Crewmates and Impostors - Original Map
Experience Saboteurs in real life! Complete tasks as a Crew Member or sabotage as an Impostor in this fast-paced, AmongUs-style game. Form alliances, spot the deceivers, and test your deduction skills!
⏳ 40 mins of action-packed fun
📍 The Wheel, Docklands, Melbourne
💣🔥 Melbourne, Can You Beat the Boom?
123Boom! is the real-life arcade game experience that’s taking Melbourne by storm! Solve puzzles, dodge lasers, battle flying monsters—and most importantly, stop the bomb before time runs out! ⏳
👥 Perfect for groups of 4-8 💥 6 immersive challenges that test your speed, skill & teamwork
🎯 Avoid lasers, solve puzzles & dodge flying monsters ♿ Wheelchair accessible
📍 551 Little Collins St, Melbourne CBD
📅 Choose your date & time
⏳ Duration: 75 minutes 👀 Age: 12+
🔒 Prison Island
Where escaping isn’t the goal… winning is! 💥
Gather your crew and take on 34 epic prison cells filled with wild mental and physical challenges. 🧠💪
🎯 90 minutes of non-stop action
👫 Teams of 2–5 (perfect for families, friends, or co-workers)
🎉 Awesome for birthdays, bucks & hens—bride/groom plays FREE!
📍 The District Docklands
👧 Ages 7+ welcome!
😉 Free things to do all year round
Discover the best free things to do in Melbourne with kids, all year round! From creative workshops and hands-on exhibits to outdoor adventures and family-friendly galleries, this guide brings together Melbourne’s top permanent attractions and weekly activities that won’t cost a thing.
🌈 SENSAS: A Multi-Sensory Experience
🖐️ Test all five senses (sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing) in both pitch-black and ultra-colourful workshops
✨ Gather your team to take on exciting challenges and surprising experiences in the Sensory Labs
🤩 Conquer your primary fears and embrace your emotions
🪙 Collect as many sensory charms as possible—each charm means a donation to a local charity supporting people with disabilities
💖 Perfect for groups of all sizes. Age requirement: 7+. Duration: 2 hours. 📍 South Yarra VIC
🚢 Titanic: A Voyage Through Time
🌊 Travel back to 1912 and walk the Grand Staircase, explore the deck, and meet the passengers & crew in this breathtaking VR experience. 🕰️ Step into the past and explore the Titanic in full VR ⚓ Walk through iconic spaces like the lavish dining halls & Grand Staircase 🌊 Dive to the wreck and see Titanic as it rests today 📖 Discover real passenger & crew stories 👨👩👧👦 Perfect for families, history lovers & Titanic fans!
📍 Melbourne
⏳ Duration: 45 minutes
👦 Age: 8+ | Wheelchair accessible ♿
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