Easter is one of the most joyful, colorful, craft-friendly times of the year. With spring bringing fresh blossoms, bright colors, and festive family traditions, kids naturally get excited to create, decorate, and celebrate. Whether you’re preparing classroom activities, planning a holiday party, or simply enjoying a cozy crafting afternoon at home, Easter provides endless creative possibilities.
Today we’re exploring 25 of the cutest Easter crafts for kids—covering bunnies, chicks, eggs, wreaths, baskets, art projects, and easy last-minute decorations. Each idea is fun, safe, beginner-friendly, and perfect for kids of all ages.
Let’s hop right into the creativity!
Why Easter Crafts Are So Great for Kids
Before we dive into the list, here’s why Easter crafts are especially wonderful:
- Encourage creativity & imagination through colors, shapes, and textures
- Improve fine motor skills using scissors, glue, paint, and paper
- Celebrate spring themes like flowers, bunnies, grass, and eggs
- Perfect for bonding — parents, teachers, and kids enjoy making them together
- Budget-friendly using simple home supplies like cardboard, cotton, eggs, yarn, and paint
- Great for décor — wreaths, garlands, baskets, and wall art make homes festive
Now let’s explore each idea in a natural, Google-friendly long-form format.
1. Sequined Easter Eggs
Sparkling, shiny, and full of festive charm—these sequined eggs are perfect for Easter baskets or as table decorations. Kids glue colorful sequins onto plastic or cardboard eggs to give them a bright and glamorous finish. It’s a great fine-motor craft and the final result looks like a keepsake.
2. Salt Dough Easter Egg Ornaments
Salt dough is one of the easiest homemade crafting materials for kids. Children roll out the dough, cut egg shapes, and decorate them using paint or melted crayon shavings. Once baked, the ornaments are durable and can be hung on a small Easter tree or used as garland pieces.
3. Q-Tip Easter Bunny Art
For a cute and stylish look, kids dip Q-tips into pastel paint and stamp dots to create Easter bunny shapes. The dotted texture gives a modern, artsy effect. This craft is also wonderful for toddlers learning hand-eye coordination.
4. Cardboard Easter Egg Wreath
Who knew that even toddlers could help make a wreath? Using cardboard as the base, kids glue colorful egg cutouts around the circle. Add ribbon, glitter, and cotton to make it extra festive. It’s quick, inexpensive, and looks cheerful on any door.
5. Simple Stitch Easter Chick
For kids just learning to sew, this craft is perfect. They stitch around a chick cutout using yarn and a blunt needle. The stitched outline gives the chick personality, and the project introduces basic sewing skills in a safe, friendly way.
6. Easy Paper Easter Bunny Craft
These cute paper bunnies can be turned into decorations, puppets, or even little Easter masks. With simple templates and pastel colors, kids can make a whole bunny family in minutes.
7. Pop-Up Paper Plate Bunny
This craft combines surprise and cuteness! Kids build a bunny that pops up from behind a plate when a tab is pulled. It’s interactive, adorable, and great for preschoolers who enjoy movement-based crafts.
8. Yarn Egg Wreath or Garland
Yarn eggs look beautiful and textured. Kids dip yarn pieces into glue and wrap them around inflated small balloons. Once dry, the balloon is popped to leave behind a delicate yarn egg. Turn multiple eggs into a wreath or string them into a garland for windows.
9. Handprint Easter Chicken
Handprint crafts are always meaningful for parents, and this Easter chicken is no exception. Kids paint their palms, press prints onto paper, and add beaks, feathers, and legs. It becomes a wonderful keepsake.
10. Unique Easter Egg Wreath (Mixed Materials)
Using eggs of different sizes, wire, moss, and a little creativity, kids can assemble a rustic, charming wreath that looks like it came from a spring garden. This project encourages children to explore textures and 3D arrangements.
11. Easter Egg Button Wall Art
Perfect for kids who love colors and patterns. They glue assorted buttons onto an egg shape, creating a textured mosaic. This makes beautiful wall décor for spring.
12. Ruffled Fabric Easter Eggs
If egg dyeing feels too messy, try fabric ruffles! Kids wrap fabric scraps into ruffled patterns around egg shapes. It’s soft, colorful, and mess-free—great for sensory exploration.
13. Quilled Easter Egg Craft
Paper quilling teaches patience, creativity, and precision. Kids create tiny paper coils and arrange them into eggs, bunnies, flowers, or spring designs. The final artwork is delicate, beautiful, and frame-worthy.
14. Toilet Paper Roll Easter Bunnies
These upcycled cardboard tube bunnies are fun and expressive. Kids paint the tubes, add ears, whiskers, googly eyes, and cotton tails. They can create a whole colony of bunnies in different outfits or colors.
15. Bold Painted Easter Eggs
Kids love bright, out-of-the-box color combinations. Using bold paints, sponges, or textured brushes, they can create modern, artistic Easter eggs full of character.
16. Rocking Easter Rabbit
A fun toy-style craft! Kids cut a semicircle base so the rabbit rocks back and forth like a little seesaw. It’s a playful addition to Easter activities and teaches balance.
17. Egg Carton Easter Chicks
Don’t throw those cartons away—they make adorable baby chicks. Kids paint the cups yellow, add tiny beaks and eyes, and fill them with paper “straw.” This is a perfect recycling craft.
18. Pom-Pom Easter Bunnies
Soft, fluffy, and heart-meltingly cute—pom-pom bunnies are great for older kids. They can create different bunny colors and sizes, adding ears and tails for personality
19. Washi Tape Egg Garland
Fast, simple, and perfect for decorating kids’ rooms. Kids cut egg shapes from cardstock and decorate them with colorful washi tape patterns. String them together to make a cheerful spring garland.
20. Craft Stick Easter Bunny Bookmark
With craft sticks, paper, and markers, kids can make bunny bookmarks that peek out of books. It’s functional, fun, and makes reading more exciting.
21. Painted Swirl Easter Eggs
Children brush swirling patterns of washable tempera paint onto boiled eggs. The marbled effect is stunning and makes each egg look like a tiny painting.
22. Rocking Chick Paper Craft
A cute rocking chick made from folded paper. Kids decorate the round chick with wings, eyes, and feathers. It’s interactive and great for storytelling play.
23. Bunny Vine Wreath
Using small vine rings and wire, kids can help assemble a charming bunny-shaped wreath. This craft requires adult assistance but results in a beautiful piece of décor.
24. Puffy Paint Easter Chicks
Kids love puffy paint because it adds dimension and squishiness to art. Using yellow puffy paint, they create cute chicks with expressive faces and tiny wings.
25. Easter Egg Potato Stamping
This preschool-friendly craft uses potatoes carved with patterns. Kids dip them in paint and stamp colorful egg shapes onto paper. It’s perfect for toddlers who love sensory play.
Final Thoughts
Easter is a season filled with color, joy, and creative energy. These 25 crafts allow children to explore textures, patterns, painting, cutting, gluing, recycling, and imaginative storytelling—all while celebrating the spirit of spring. Whether you’re crafting last-minute decorations or planning a festive activity day, these ideas are simple, adorable, and guaranteed to delight kids of all ages.



