Today we have a guest post for Easter Crafts for Kids! Corinne Jacob contacted me an asked if she could write a post sharing these crafts! I was so excited to see what she came up with and can't wait to try a few with my own kids!
Now on to her post!
The days leading up to Easter are always fun. They are mostly
spent planning Easter meals, engaging kids in exciting Easter activities and chalking up guest lists with your partner. While
everything can be done in peace when you're back home from work, managing the
kids while you’re planning the festivities sounds like an uphill task, doesn't
it? Here are 5 Easter crafts and activities that the kids will gleefully take
part in while you can get down to your Easter planning.
The Countdown Eggs
This is an excellent Easter activity to get kids on their
toes. You will need a dozen Easter eggs, Easter grass, an egg carton with 12
holders, a black marker with nontoxic ink, candies, and 12 quick activities.
You can use these activities if your hands are full with Easter planning and
you don’t have time to come up with unique ideas for the activities!
- Memorize an Easter poem and say it at dinnertime
- Draw paisleys on an Easter egg.
- Help Mama bake the Easter cake.
- Make fresh fruit juices for the family because they are tired from Easter planning.
- Solve an Easter worksheet online.
- Complete an Easter craft.
- Clean your room.
- Learn to make a simple Easter dish for the family.
- Write a short journal on the history and traditions of Easter. Support your journal with pictures.
- Learn how to create a “blow out egg”.
- Make paper bags to give out Easter gifts in them.
- Solve an Easter puzzle.
Stuff the egg carton with Easter grass. Write the numbers
1-12 on the 12 Easter eggs. Stuff each egg with candies and a strip of paper that
will have an activity. Invite the kids to crack open an egg very day, beginning
on the 12th day leading up to Easter. The surprise candies and the
‘Easter Activity of the Day’ inside each Easter egg is sure to keep the little
ones both excited and busy, at least for as many hours as it takes to finish
the activity! Don’t be surprised if your kids start waking up early as they
look forward to cracking open an egg every morning to discover the goodies
inside.
Tea Cup from Easter Eggs
Don’t you find it quite a waste when you throw away those
colorful, plastic Easter egg halves? Involve kids in this Easter craft and get
new set of plastic tea cups ready for the next tea party at home with those
throwaway plastic halves. You will need the pointy Easter egg halves and not
the rounder ones for this craft. You will also need a hot glue gun, large
buttons, ribbons, rhinestones, glitter, paints, and the likes.
Help the kids glue a button to the bottom of each half to
make it stable. Please use the hot glue gun carefully with children around.
Soon after the glue sets in, start decorating the cups. You can line the rim
with ribbons, doodle with paints, glue rhinestones, and sprinkle glitter on the
outside of the cups to bring them alive. Not only will you have a new set of
tea cups ready in no time, but you will also have a busy child feeling contented
at her work of art at the end of it!
Easter Garland
If you’re looking to do up your spacious living room with a
splash of colors this Easter, then here is a great idea. Get the kids to cut
out eggs from color cards (easily available at hardware stores) and string them
together to form a string of colorful Easter eggs. Simple but fun, this
activity will also sharpen the kids’ hand-eye coordination. First, use a
template to cut out an egg from a piece of cardboard. Then, trace the egg at
the back of each card making sure the white line on the color card is in the
center. Invite the kids to cut out the eggs from the cards. Punch two holes
near the pointy top of the egg and have the kids string waxed cotton through
the holes to hold the color card eggs together. Your Easter garland is ready to
cheer up your mantelpiece, chest of drawers, the ceiling or the doorway!
Easter Egg Photo Frame
It’s time you put those colorful Easter eggshells into good
use and involve the kids in this process. You will need those eggs which you've
already blown dry and colored their shells. Crumble up the shells in a bowl and
mix them to get a lovely assortment of pastel colored eggshells. Take a photo frame
that has a plain and simple border. Apply glue onto the frame, take a piece of
eggshell and help the kids press it firmly onto the frame. Don’t fret if the shell
cracks; the mosaic look is quite desired. Besides, the kids would love the
sound of eggshells cracking beneath their fingers! Continue to add shells on the glue till the
whole frame is filled with them. Wait till they dry before you can use the
photo frame.
Paper Tube Egg Holders
How cute do the pastel-shaded Easter eggs look when placed on
equally cute holders? Make some of these egg holders from empty toilet paper
tubes with the kids. You will need empty toilet paper tubes, acrylic paints,
buttons, stapler, ribbons, glue, and other decorations you like to make these
holders in a jiffy. Use a knife to cut the tube into two halves. Hand over both
the halves to the kids to paint them. Help the kids to cut out ears from one
half of the tube. Use glue to glue on the ears on the inside of the other half.
Ask the kids to add buttons for the bunny eyes and a bow, made from ribbons,
for the bunny mouth. Feel free to use markers to draw whiskers and eyelashes. Stuff
the holders with Easter grass and place the eggs on them. The holders are ready
in no time!
I hope you find these ideas
useful. I’d love to hear your feedback and ideas on other Easter crafts that my
little ones would enjoy.
Author Bio:
Corinne Jacob is a
wannabe writer who is convinced that kids learn best when they’re having fun.
She is constantly on the lookout for new and exciting ways to make learning an
enjoyable experience. Corinne loves all things that scream out un-schooling,
alternative education and holistic learning.
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