Celebrate Easter with our fun activity ideas

Try painting portraits of orangutans on eggs. We've designed a few based on some of the iconic apes at Sepilok - like Malim! BBC Good Food shares some helpful tips for getting your eggs ready before you start decorating them.

Inspired by our chairperson and artist, Jacha Potgieter, who creates sculptures of endangered species using plastic and waste materials, we want you to unleash your creativity and craft your very own orangutan mask by repurposing everyday household rubbish into art.

Gather your recyclables and begin. You will need glue, scissors and our free orangutan mask stencil, or you can design one yourself.

Our educational resources offer lots of interesting facts into the world of these incredible creatures, from their amazing habitat to their unique behaviours. Discovering more about orangutans and their rainforest home helps us understand our role in preserving it. By learning more about them, we can inspire others to care for the environment and take action to protect it.

Once you’ve learnt all about orangutans, you can design fact-filled posters to help others learn too.

Two of our fantastic supporters, Molly and Tilly have already made some wonderful posters to help raise awareness about the challenges faced by orangutans.

Baking cookies, cupcakes, or other sweet treats shaped like orangutans, can be a delicious and engaging way to start meaningful discussions about conservation. Sharing your tasty creations with friends and family not only will show off your baking skills but will also help raise awareness for the orangutans.

Draw some inspiration from our wonderful supporters who have used watercolours, pencils and even charcoal to sketch orangutans. This spring could be the perfect time for you to unlock your artistic flare or try a new medium.

One of our amazing supporters, Beverley, crocheted these adorable orangutans to raise funds which enabled her to purchase essential items from our Amazon Wishlist for our team at Sepilok. This project could be a great way to inspire prospective crochet artists to get started.

Beverly used a pattern designed by Ellenkantarellens.

Help protect and preserve the critically endangered orangutan and their rainforest home by joining our team of fantastic fundraisers. Set yourself a challenge and ask family and friends to support you by making a donation. Every action, big or small, helps.

We'd love to see what you create this Easter so don't forget to share your designs with us on social media by tagging us in your posts.

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