The Easter holidays are coming up and you'll immediately want to make Easter crafts! It's a cosy and creative activity for the whole family. Here are 10 tips for fun Easter crafts - that you may not have tried before.
How to make Easter crafts?
As with any kind of craft, the only limit to what you choose to create is your imagination. There are a plethora of classic Easter crafts that children learn early on in preschool. Some favourites are painting eggs and making Easter cards, where children can write an Easter greeting to their family. But there are more craft ideas worth exploring! If you're an adult and want to make something a bit more advanced for the kids to work on, you can read up on graphic design. Making Easter decorations with your family is one of the most fun activities you can do during the Easter holidays. It's also fun to save your Easter decorations to bring out the following year. Below we list our top tips for easy Easter crafts - suitable for children of all ages!
Before you get started:
Of course, you'll need some materials to make your crafts. Maybe you have some colourful paper, feathers and strips of fabric left over from last year's crafts? If not, you can supplement with materials from a craft shop. Other good things to have are paint, empty toilet paper rolls, glue and cute decorations. Let's get started!
7 tips for fun Easter crafts for kids
1. Easter crafts: Toa roll
Look how cute! With an egg carton, toilet paper rolls and some paper, you can create cute figures that look like chickens or rabbits.
2. Easter crafts: Painting Easter eggs
Unleash your creativity and experiment a little next time you're painting Easter eggs. Here's how a little paint and paper can turn an ordinary egg into a cute Easter bunny! For those of you who will be painting Easter eggs, a parent or babysitting blow out the eggs beforehand. This requires a sharp needle, which children can prick themselves on. You can read step-by-step instructions on how to blow out eggs below.
3. Easter crafts: Decorating Easter rice
Did you know that you don't actually have to buy Easter rice in the shop? Go out for a walk in the woods and look for beautiful branches along the paths. You're sure to find unique branches that create a lovely, natural feel. Then, you can decorate the Easter tree by hanging painted eggs. Then you have a nice homemade and cheap Easter decoration that everyone can make.
4. Festive Easter garland
Create a beautiful Easter garland with pretty paper. As shown in the picture, you can buy paper with different patterns, or simply draw your own figures. Then cut out pieces of paper in the shape of eggs and glue them together to form a wreath. Glue a piece of string so that you can tape it to the door.
5. Creative Easter cards
This is a fun Easter craft for older children, who can safely handle scissors. Start by cutting out paper shapes in the shape of eggs, chickens or bunnies. Then you can glue them together to create a 3D effect.
6. Easter crafts in clay
Who doesn't know that children love to play with clay and play dough? Many of you probably already have a lot of clay in your craft box. Try your hand at creating Easter-themed figures. They make great table decorations! If the kids don't want to play with clay, maybe you can play with sweets! Here you can make buy sweets online.
7. Easter crafts in paper
Look what cute Easter chicks you can make with a little paper and imagination! This Easter craft is reminiscent of the art of origami. Before you try this Easter decoration, read our guide on origami, and learn the basics of paper folding.
Blowing out eggs - how to
You will need:
- Sewing needle
- Hot water
- Raw eggs
Do this:
- Wash the eggs clean in warm water
- Use the needle to tap two holes in the eggs: one on top and one on the bottom
- Make the hole on the bottom slightly larger, this is where you will blow out the contents of the egg
- Start blowing gently from the top - but be careful not to crack the egg!
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