CHILDREN donned traditional Easter bonnets while their parents turned their hand to the long-time craft of Easter egg decoration at Annfield Plain Infant School yesterday.

It was all part of the school's Spring Thing event at which parents compete for Easter egg decoration awards, while their four to seven-year-old children parade in home-made bonnets and take part in a treasure hunt.

"It's a big event for us," said school secretary Annette Chetter. "The children have been practising quite rigorously to make sure it all goes well. It's so big now that we have to do it for two days with two different sets of parents. It's a lovely way to welcome Easter and the spring."