Creative Easter Crafts for Kids
Easter is the perfect time to let kids get creative and embrace the season with bright colours, playful designs, and hands-on fun. Whether you’re looking for indoor activities over the long weekend or want to create keepsakes for family, Easter crafts are a wonderful way to spend quality time together. With a few simple arts and crafts supplies like chalk, crayons, and colourful paper, you can unlock a whole world of imagination. Here are some of our favourite Easter-themed craft ideas for kids — easy, inexpensive, and bursting with colour.
1. Sidewalk Chalk Bunny Art
Take advantage of sunny spring days with a bit of outdoor chalk art! Let kids draw Easter eggs, bunnies, chicks, and even blooming spring flowers on the driveway or pavement. For a more guided activity, trace a bunny silhouette in chalk and let children decorate it with patterns and pastel colours. You can even set up a mini, Easter sidewalk gallery to display everyone’s masterpieces.
Bonus idea: Use painter’s tape to mark out egg shapes or zig-zag patterns before filling them in with chalk for a neat, stencil-like finish.
2. Crayon Resist Easter Eggs
This activity blends art with a little magic! Start by letting kids draw on plain white paper using white or light-coloured crayons. Encourage them to doodle Easter eggs, hidden bunnies, or spring shapes. Then, using watercolour paints or food colouring diluted with water, brush over the crayon drawings. The wax resists the paint, revealing their hidden art in vibrant colour!
Tip: Try cutting out egg shapes from card stock first, so the finished pieces look like real Easter eggs.
3. Paper Strip Easter Baskets
Turn leftover colourful paper or even magazine pages into mini, Easter baskets! Cut strips of paper and weave them together to form small baskets. You can use a stapler, glue stick, or tape to hold everything together. Add a handle and fill with paper grass and mini chocolate eggs or pom-poms. These make adorable table decorations or gifts for family and friends.
4. Handprint Bunny Cards
Create cute Easter cards using handprints! Trace your child’s hand on pastel paper, cut it out, and turn it upside down — the fingers become bunny ears and the palm makes the face. Add googly eyes, a pom-pom nose, and whiskers with a black marker. Write a sweet Easter message inside and gift to grandparents, teachers, or neighbours.
5. Egg Carton Chicks and Bunnies
Don’t throw out those egg cartons! They’re perfect for making tiny Easter characters. Cut out individual cups from the carton and paint them yellow for chicks or white for bunnies. Add paper ears, feathers, pipe cleaners, and little beaded eyes. These mini crafts are great for small hands and can be used in Easter egg hunts or as part of a holiday display.
6. Colourful Paper Collage Eggs
Let kids tear or cut pieces of colourful paper (tissue paper works great!) and glue them onto egg-shaped cardboard cutouts. Layer the colours to create patterns and textures. This is an ideal craft for younger children who love tactile activities, and the finished eggs look beautiful hung up as garlands or displayed on the fridge.
Crafting together not only encourages creativity and fine motor skills but also brings the spirit of Easter into your home in a personal, joy-filled way. With just a few everyday materials like chalk, crayons, and colourful paper, the possibilities are endless!
