12 Easter Crafts for Kids That Are Just as Fun as the Egg Hunt

Daffodil Candy Cups

Everyone will love these sweet daffodils made from baking cups and a printable flower template. Use them as place cards, and kids can help you set the Easter table by writing names on the petals and setting one to each seat (just be prepared to lose a candy or two).

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Envelope Bunnies

Cute little bunny pouches are easy to craft out of envelopes. All you need are some blank envelopes, our bunny ear template, some decorations like pom-poms, and colored pencils to draw a happy little face. Stuff the bunnies with Easter treats and candy when you're finished or use in lieu of baskets during an Easter egg hunt!

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Sticker Eggs

Easter eggs decorated with stickers — Devon Jarvis

If you're short on crafting time, swap real eggs for plastic ones and cover them in stickers. Here, we used a fun-shaped hole punch to punch out flower stickers from adhesive sheets. Markers can be used to color in center dots on the flowers.

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Shaving Cream Eggs

dyed pink and purple easter eggs shaving cream on plates

A perfect sensory activity for kids, use shaving cream instead of the standard water and vinegar to dye eggs. It's easier to clean, and you can create beautiful marbling while you're at it.

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Dot and Stripe Painted Treat Bags

Kids can keep their Easter egg finds or simply stash their candy haul in these simple painted treat bags. Easy enough for a kids' craft, it makes for a fun Easter DIY.

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Easter Bunny Headbands

Children with easter headbands — Janelle Jones

This is how you dress in your Sunday best: Help kids craft their own headband—by shaping flowers, leaves, and spring vegetables from felt—with a floppy pair of rabbit ears. Then, all that's left for them to do is hippity-hop!

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Painted Wooden Easter Eggs

If they can make strokes with a paintbrush, they're up to this task. These hollowed linden wood eggs are easy to customize with color—try one tone or two, as we've done here. Best of all, the kids will be able to treasure their creations for years to come.

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Miniature Gnome Garden Easter Baskets

With much talk about fairies and elves, a child's world is always filled with wonder. This Easter, help them build a basket that sparks their imaginations: Fill it with charming gnome eggs, miniature details, and a candy-laden garden of "vegetables" like corn, beets, cabbages, and the holiday must—bundled carrots.

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Hatched Egg Chickens

This brood is all smiles (er, beaks?) as they pose for a family portrait to welcome their latest addition. Simply paint eggs and cut and glue felt to mimic beaks. Draw on eyes with a black permanent marker.

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Crepe Paper Carrots

A kid's craft that the Easter bunny will love? Crepe paper carrots that are sure to please. To make them, loosely wrap an orange streamer to form the carrot shape, making it thicker at the top. Tuck in gifts as you work. Press the end of the paper down into the top. Then, fold the green crepe paper in half across its grain. Download the leaf template and trace it onto the folded paper. Cut out and bunch up. Finally, tuck the leaves into the carrot top then secure with a dab of hot glue.

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Crystal Egg Geodes

This Easter, making eggs can double as a science project thanks to this geode technique, which involves a crystallization process. They can even start a day or two early to allow the eggs' crystals to "grow." By the time Easter arrives, the eggs will be ready to be put on display and can be used to brighten up a tablescape.

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Salt-Dough Easter Eggs

Take a cue from some of your favorite Christmas ornaments, and create salt-dough Easter eggs. They're easy to make and require just a few kid-friendly materials you can find in your pantry.

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