Easy Easter Crafts

Easter is almost here. This year we celebrate on April 12 and while your family will most likely will still be “sheltering in place” that’s no reason not to enjoy a little Easter decorating. You can use our fun, easy crafts to decorate your house. Plus, crafts time is a great activity for bored kids. Here are 4 fun Easter projects that use relatively common supplies you probably already have at home.

Marbled Easter Eggs This marbled paper technique can be used for other shapes as well as Easter eggs. Try to keep the colors used limited to complementary colors and just use 2-3 to avoid the colors getting too muddy. Supplies: shaving cream, card stock cut into egg shapes, acrylic paint tray or box lid, paintbrush, toothpick, or fork, newspapers & paper towels, scraper tool (an old credit card works) 1. Spray shaving cream onto a tray or box lid and have the kids spread it around. You can use a cookie sheet lined with tin foil to make clean-up a little easier. 2. Choose your colors and squirt it on top of the shaving cream. Make paint drops, lines, squiggles…be creative. Then using a toothpick or another pointy tool (fork, paintbrush) start dragging the paint through the shaving cream. Make straight lines back and forth. Then do it again, but this time go up and down to start creating a marbled look. 3. Younger kids could need a little help with this step. Take the paper egg and place it on top of the shaving cream. Apply a little pressure to push it down into the paint and shaving cream, then pull it up and place on newspaper for a few minutes. 4. Using your scraper tool, scrape the shaving cream off the paper egg, discard and and let the egg dry. 5. Once dry, you can punch a hole in the top of the paper eggs and string them together for a garland or hang on their own.

Salt Dough Easter Eggs If you do an Easter Tree these are perfect to make as DIY ornaments. Otherwise, hang these around the house or hot glue a small magnet to the back to decorate the refridgerator.

Supplies: Flour, salt, water, Easter Egg cookie cutter, Acrylic Paint, Mod Podge or a spray varnish, glitter, twine or yarn for hanging 1. Preheat your oven to 200 degrees. Adults will need to do the baking part. 2. Combine 4 cups flour, 1 cup salt and about 1 1/2 cups water and mix well. Knead for 10 minutes. If your dough is too dry, add a little bit more water. If it’s too sticky, add a little bit of flour. 3. Once you’re done kneading, roll out the dough to about 1/2” thickness. The thinner you make the ornaments, the better they will bake and dry. 4. Using your cookie cutters, cut out the egg shape. 5. Using a straw, make a hole in the top of the ornament for hanging. 6. Bake for 1-2 hours. If your ornaments are not completely dried through when you pull them out put back in for another hour. The baking time will vary depending on the size and thickness of your ornaments. You can also let them air dry for a day before baking and this will cut down on the baking time. 7. Once cool and completely dried, paint with acrylic paint. 8. Seal with Mod Podge or spray with varnish and decorate if you’d like with glitter or small gems.

Bunny Tail Garland Supplies: Bunny pattern, cotton balls, glue, string 1. Google “bunny pattern” and print out an outline of the back of a bunny (you can find a link for a pattern at MontereyBayParent.com) that you’ve printed on a heavier stock of paper. Cut out your pattern. 2. Have the kids trace the pattern on construction paper and carefully cut out. 3. Glue a cotton ball to the bunny where the tail should be. 4. Punch a hole in the top of the bunny. 5. String the bunnies onto the string, tying a knot on each side of reach bunny.

Easter Handprint Wreath Supplies: Glue, scissors, three colors of pastel construction paper. 1. Trace your child’s hand onto paper and cut out the prints. You’ll need 3 of each color. 2. Cut out the prints and glue them overlapping slightly to form a wreath. 3. You can decorate the wreath further with pictures, stickers, small gems, or glitter.