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Artsy Easter ideas for crafty kids

 

Easter is a wonderful time to sit down with the children and get to work on a crafty project or two. Here are four of my favourite ideas.

1. Easter bonnet

 

[Can your child make an Easter bonnet as striking as this one? Photo by Stars Antiques.]
Look in the attic or the back of the wardrobe for an old straw hat, or go to a charity shop and buy one, and then have fun decorating it. There’s no limit to the kind of things you can use for this. Fresh or paper flowers; little chicks and bunnies; bows, ribbons, glitter. Stick to a spring or Easter theme, or else get inspiration from whatever your children are into at the moment.

2. Easter nests
A very simple recipe, but the results are delicious! Simply melt some chocolate (try to use Fairtrade if you can) and mix in some Shredded Wheat or another cereal, then spoon onto greaseproof paper to make little nests. Add some miniature Easter eggs for the final touch. If you put them in handmade boxes, wrapped in tissue paper, these can make lovely presents.

3. Easter cards
These can be as simple or elaborate as you like. Get some card blanks and envelopes, either in white or cream, or in a springy colour like yellow or green, and go wild! Consider recycling elements of old cards into new ones, or using pictures printed from the internet. Go three dimensional with bows and sequins for a really special effect. For older children, consider making cross stitch cards. These can be bought in kit form, or you can buy card blanks with a space for inserting your own designs. And sending them can be a great way to make the grandparents smile on Easter morning. Baker Ross has all the Easter card craft your kids need to get cracking on some great card designs.

4. Dyeing and painting eggs
Long before we had chocolate, people celebrated Easter by painting boiled or blown hens’ eggs. Boiled is the easier option, but they won’t last as long. There are lots of instructions for egg blowing on the internet already, so I won’t repeat them here. It’s sometimes possible to get special dyes specifically designed for eggs, but normal food colouring works too. Make sure that you only use edible colourings or dyes if you’re going to eat the finished product. If you’re not going to eat it, there are many other options. Old or cheap nail varnish (don’t waste the good stuff!) can make a wonderful ‘stained glass’ effect. And felt tip pens work just as well.

 

Happy Easter!

 

Still stuck for ideas? Take a look at the Baker Ross range of craft materials for further inspiration.

 

Arty Easter ideas for crafty kids

 

Easter is a wonderful time to sit down with the children and get to work on a crafty project or two. Here are four of my favourite ideas.

1. Easter bonnet

[Can your child make an Easter bonnet as striking as this one? Photo by Stars Antiques.]
Look in the attic or the back of the wardrobe for an old straw hat, or go to a charity shop and buy one, and then have fun decorating it. There’s no limit to the kind of things you can use for this. Fresh or paper flowers; little chicks and bunnies; bows, ribbons, glitter. Stick to a spring or Easter theme, or else get inspiration from whatever your children are into at the moment.

2. Easter nests
A very simple recipe, but the results are delicious! Simply melt some chocolate (try to use Fairtrade if you can) and mix in some Shredded Wheat or another cereal, then spoon onto greaseproof paper to make little nests. Add some miniature Easter eggs for the final touch. If you put them in handmade boxes, wrapped in tissue paper, these can make lovely presents.

3. Easter cards
These can be as simple or elaborate as you like. Get some card blanks and envelopes, either in white or cream, or in a springy colour like yellow or green, and go wild! Consider recycling elements of old cards into new ones, or using pictures printed from the internet. Go three dimensional with bows and sequins for a really special effect. For older children, consider making cross stitch cards. These can be bought in kit form, or you can buy card blanks with a space for inserting your own designs. And sending them can be a great way to make the grandparents smile on Easter morning. Baker Ross has all the Easter card craft your kids need to get cracking on some great card designs.

4. Dyeing and painting eggs
Long before we had chocolate, people celebrated Easter by painting boiled or blown hens’ eggs. Boiled is the easier option, but they won’t last as long. There are lots of instructions for egg blowing on the internet already, so I won’t repeat them here. It’s sometimes possible to get special dyes specifically designed for eggs, but normal food colouring works too. Make sure that you only use edible colourings or dyes if you’re going to eat the finished product. If you’re not going to eat it, there are many other options. Old or cheap nail varnish (don’t waste the good stuff!) can make a wonderful ‘stained glass’ effect. And felt tip pens work just as well.

 

Happy Easter!

 

Still stuck for ideas? Take a look at the Baker Ross range of craft materials for further inspiration.

 

 

 

This Easter Craft can be a fun decoration for the holiday and springtime.  This is really simple and you probably have all the supplies already in your house.  Always a feature I love!!

Supplies:

• Cardboard
• Hole Puncher
• Glue
• Construction paper, various colors
• Scissors
• Ribbon

Steps:

1. Trace a heart on the cardboard
2. Cut out the cardboard heart
3. Cut out varying size hearts in various colors.
4. Cut out a bunch of the same color and size hearts – these will be for the border
5. Randomly glue various heart sizes in a collage on the cardboard heart
6. Hole punch two holes for the ribbon (one on each side of the cardboard heart)
7. Tie ribbon to holes.
8. After you glue all the varying size hearts to the cardboard heart glue the border hearts around the outside of the cardboard heart.

Enjoy!!

This video shows a really simple technique to make fun striped Easter Eggs. It’s a fun and Easy Easter Craft!  Do you have a favorite way to decorate your eggs?  Share it with us!

There are so many fun Easter Crafts that you can create with your children.  I thought I would highlight a few here that have been on Toddler Craft in the past…

• Bunny Rabbit Easter Craft (see picture above)
• Easter Craft – Spring Bouquet
• Easter Craft Projects

This is a fun and easy Easter Craft for the kids to create.  They can also wear them and pretend they are the Easter Bunny!

Supplies:

• Construction Paper- Red and Pink (you can change the outside color to white, purple etc if you prefer)
• Scissors
• Glue

Steps:

1. Draw outline of ears on pink paper
2. Draw larger outline on Red paper ( so the pink will fit in the Red)
3. Cut two inch wide strips from the red paper the length of the paper
4. Cut out Ears
5. Glue strips together, then measure it on your child’s head before making it a circle.  Glue at the point that it will fit as a hat on your child’s head
6. Glue pink ear inside red ear
7. Glue ears on strips (on the outside of the circle)

Have fun!!  Happy Easter!