4 Crafty Easter Activities For Kids

Parents often wonder, “How do you make Easter fun at home for kids?” Easter comes just once a year, but the fun doesn’t have to stop when the holiday is over. There are a ton of great crafty Easter activities for kids that translate well to a different time of the year. You can take the base of these crafts and re-theme them for any season or holiday. Here are a few Easter craft ideas to help you get started!

1. Lollipop Bunnies
Who doesn’t love bunnies or lollipops?! You’ll win over any little heart by combining cute fuzzy-tailed animals with candy, which is why you can’t go wrong with lollipop bunnies.

To do this project, you will need:

• Lollipops of some type (Tootsie Pops work well)
• Pom-poms
• Ribbon
• Styrofoam balls
• White sparkle craft foam
• Googly eyes
• White pipe cleaners

If you have a knitting needle, use it or something like it (a meat thermometer, perhaps) to poke holes in the Styrofoam balls. Then slide the stick end of the lollipop through it. Next, use a hot glue gun to make a face with the pom-poms and googly eyes. Take the craft foam and cut a U shape out of it, attaching it to the bottom of the lollipop to make the bunny feet. Fold a pipe cleaner in the shape of the ears and use the glue gun to glue it to the Styrofoam ball bunny head. Finally, glue on two pom-poms for hands, tie the ribbon around the ears into a bow, and voila!

2. Painted Rocks
Painted rocks are a great activity no matter the time of the year it is, but it does make a great Easter craft for families (particularly if the rocks are somewhat egg-shaped).

For this activity, you will need:

• Medium-sized smooth rocks
• Acrylic paint
• Paint palette
• Paintbrushes
• Mod Podge
• Q-tips

To begin, make sure your rocks are free of dirt and debris. We recommend you wash them first and make sure they’re completely dry before you start to paint.

Get your paint colors ready by putting your colors on the palette. When you start to paint, remind the kids that less is more. A thick coat of paint may crack and fall off when it dries, so go with a thin coat and make sure the bottom coat is dry before adding more on top. Use a large brush to brush one color on the whole rock, then when it dries, use the Q-tips or the larger brushes to put on your designs.

When the painting is finished, let the rocks dry overnight. The next day, use Mod Podge to seal the paint on the rocks. If you plan to put them outside, you may want to use a weatherproof sealer.

3. Pasta Easter Eggs
If you’re wondering what you can make with paper for Easter, add a little pasta in and make some pasta Easter eggs!

Here’s what you need to make these:

• Different types of pasta such as penne, macaroni, and fusilli noodles
• Cardboard, like that from a cereal box, to make an egg-shaped stencil
• Nontoxic glue
• Acrylic paint
• Construction paper cut out in the shape of an egg

The most time-consuming part of this craft is painting the noodles. If you don’t want to take the time to paint each one individually with acrylic paint, you can spray paint the noodles instead. Simply have your kids glue the noodles onto the construction paper and then spray paint the whole thing once the glue is dry.

Of course, you can paint the noodles easily by putting them in a plastic baggie and then squirting in some paint, then squish the noodles around the bag to coat them. After they’re covered, lay them out on wax paper to dry.

Once the noodles are ready to go, use the stencil to cut out egg shapes on the construction paper. You can mix different colors to make striped eggs – don’t be afraid to get creative!

Next, glue on the noodles, creating designs on the eggs. When they’re all finished and the glue is totally dry, you can punch a hole in the top to run some string through so they can be hung up on display.

4. Packing Peanut Sheep
Kids love puppets – and they love cute little fluffy sheep, too! Put these two loves together at Easter to create packing peanut sheep puppets.

For this craft, you need:

• Black cardstock
• White cardstock
• Jumbo craft sticks
• Packing peanuts
• Googly eyes
• Scissors
• White paint pen
• Sticky tape
• Glue

First, take the white cardstock and cut it into a circle, then use the black cardstock to make a smaller circle. Cut two ears from the black cardstock as well.

Use the glue to attach the head to the body and the ears to the head. Glue on some googly eyes and use the paint pen to draw a mouth. Then take the jumbo craft stick and use the sticky tape to glue it to the back of the body. Now you’ve got your base for the packing peanuts!

Take the packing peanuts and glue them onto the body. You can glue them on any way you like, but if you glue them on the ends, it’ll create a nice 3D effect, making the sheep super fluffy-looking. Then, use the black cardstock to cut out four rectangles to act as arms and legs, gluing them on the body.

Crafts are fun no matter what time of the year, so get creative!

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