Fun Easter Activities for Kids

by Michele Cheplic | More from this Blogger

04 Apr 2009 10:52 PM

Peter Cottontail will be making his way down the bunny trail in just eight days. If you are still looking for kid-friendly Easter-themed crafts to decorate your home, then consider the following ideas:

CANDY EASTER TREE

Materials:

Large chocolate eggs wrapped in festive foil

2-3 Small tree branches (roughly 12 - 18 inches long)

Small plant pot

Block of green floral foam

White spray paint

2 yards each of 1/8-inch pastel satin ribbons (choose a variety of colors)

1/2 yard each of several embroidered trims or 1/8-inch rickrack

Small silk flowers

Craft glue

Directions:

Decorate each egg by gluing embroidered trim or rickrack around the center of egg.

Cut an 8-inch piece of satin ribbon and tie ends into a bow, creating a loop approximately 1-inch long. Attach bow to top of each egg.

Repeat with at least a dozen eggs.

Fill the small pot with a piece of floral foam cut to fit.

Decorate the pot with rickrack, glitter glue, sequins, markers, paint, etc.

Group the branches together to form a mini tree. Wrap wire around the base of branches to form the trunk of the tree.

Spray paint branches white or the pastel color of your choice. Insert the trunk into the center of the foam. Secure with a little glue. Cover the foam with Easter grass, or moss and nest a few eggs in the grass.

Finally, hang the decorated egg ornaments on the branches, and glue the small silk flower blossoms to the ends of each branch.

PIN THE TAIL ON THE EASTER BUNNY

Materials:

Large poster board or construction paper

Crayons

Cotton balls

Tape

Scissors

Directions:

Draw a large picture of a bunny without a tail.

Place one piece of tape on each cotton ball.

Hand out cotton balls to blindfolded players and have them try to get tail as close to bunny's bottom as possible.

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Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism.

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