Easter Crafts for Kids

Bunny Frame with Moveable Ears

Approximate Time: 1 hour plus drying time

Supplies:

• foam: dark pink and light pink
• 2 large pink pom poms
• pre-cut foam: Xs and Os
• pre-cut foam pink hearts
• pink feathers
• black thread
• black marker
• glue
• 2 paper fasteners

Instructions:

Tip: Use sticky back foam sheets, but do not remove backing paper. This will give you a firmer finished project.

1. Cut out 2 head pieces from foam.
2. Punch holes for ears on one head piece. Line up ears under head and mark holes with a dot. Punch out holes on ears. Line up ear holes with head holes and insert paper fasteners.
3. Insert feathers and glue both head pieces together. Glue hearts on top of fastener heads.
4. Place photo behind mouth piece and glue on to face. Glue on nose pads and pom poms. Glue on eyes and Xs and Os. Draw features on with black marker.
5. If desired, cut large heart and write saying on using marker. Punch hole in heart and face. Tie on with ribbon or yarn. Adjust ears to your liking and glue magnet on back, if desired.

By Mary from Palm Coast, FL

Aluminum Foil Easter Eggs

Approximate Time:

Supplies:

• thin cardboard
• aluminum foil
• paint (various bright Easter colors)
• paint brushes
• Q-tips
• tape

Instructions:

1. Cut out an egg shape from a piece of thin cardboard.
2. Cover the cardboard with aluminum foil. I just made the front look nice and used tape on the back to hold it in place.

li>Paint the front side of the egg.

3. Use a Q-tip to make a design. Wherever the Q-tip is rubbed, the paint will be removed exposing the aluminum foil and leaving your Easter egg design.

Display on the refrigerator or make these note cards for gifts by attaching a paper egg shape (same size) to the back and writing a message. For example, "Happy Easter, 2010! Love, (your name)."

Hang many of these from your ceiling for an Easter feel in your house. Attach a piece of string or fishing line to the back of the egg. Cover with another same size egg shape cut from paper to make the back look more attractive. Color or leave plain. Or, you could just put two together back to back.

Enjoy.

By Jayme from Harrisonburg, VA

Frugal Easter Game

Styrofoam Easter Egg Craft

Craft Project: Paper Plate Bunny

Approximate Time: About 30 minutes

Supplies:

• 2 paper plates
• paper muffin cup liner
• 2 cotton balls
• pink pom-pom
• 2 wiggly eyes
• 2 chenille stems
• ribbon bow, optional
• scissors
• stapler

Instructions:

1. Cut two semicircular ear shapes from the sides of one paper plate. Staple them to the back of another plate. Refer to photo.

2. Make four cuts down the side of a muffin cup and fold two sections to the center to create a bow tie. Staple in place.

3. Glue on wiggly eyes.

4. Cut each chenille stem into 3 equal size lengths (4 inches each) for whiskers . Glue them in the center of the plate and glue on two cotton balls and pom pom for nose.

5. Embellish with a ribbon bow, if desired, or add a silk flower instead.

By Rachel's Mom from Wilkesboro, NC

Crazy Easter Chickens

By Missy from Pine City, NY

Easter Activity Book

I like to use super glue because it bonds strong and fast, but always be careful with super glue. First, I cut out the shapes I need; a yellow rectangle and then cut out "doors" like a cabinet and I super glued two small rectangle door knobs on the cabinet doors, a pink rectangle and cut slits out, like curtains and I drew a black curtain rod with permanent sharpie marker. I cut a "bush" shape from green, and I drew leaf shapes with green permanent sharpie, and a brown rectangle for a door. Next, I found a bunny head template on the web and cut that out. I drew in the pink ears, cut a half circle shape in red for the mouth, and I cut out a little rectangle and slits in black for the nose and whiskers. The whiskers were a bit tricky to glue on because they're so thin, so be careful. Using a hole punch, I punched two blues for the eyes, and I glued on the face. I also cut out a basket shape and drew in details.

Now you're ready to finish. Glue one side of the brown rectangle door and stick it on the white background. Draw the rest of the details and punch out a brown circle with the hole punch, cut it in half and glue it as the door knob. Glue the perimeter of the cupboard on the white sheet, careful to avoid the doors so they'll open. Glue two sides of the bushes onto the white background, leaving enough space so you can lift back the other corner of the bushes to hide the egg. Glue the top of the curtains to the white background. Glue on the basket and the bunny head at the bottom.

Remember to leave enough space at the top of the white background to write the words with a black permanent Sharpie: "Help the Easter Bunny find all the eggs and put them in his basket!" As a last detail, I cut out the shape of a lamp and glued it near the bottom, above the basket, and hid an egg up in there too, but I'm thinking it is kind of small for little fingers to get the egg out. Try it, see if you like that idea.

I found a template for an egg on the internet and cut about 7 out of white and decorated them with permanent Sharpies. Now, hide the eggs behind the curtains, the bushes, the door, and the cupboard. I also found that another one will fit behind one of the bunny's ears! I'm just going to punch some holes in the side of the foam and put it in my book with the rest of the activities! Later, I'll post my other quiet book activities. Happy Easter!

Source: Just something I thought up.

By Stacey from Eagle Mountain, UT