Here are some great quick crafts for kids to make for Easter.
Bunny Easter
Basket Craft
Materials: Paper Plate, Construction Paper or Card stock, Chenille Stem, Pom-Poms, Crayons, Craft Glue, Stapler, Scissors - Used
for cutting the paper, Wire Cutters or Old Scissors - Used for cutting
the chenille stems.
Directions:
To form the basket, which is also the bunny's body, fold the
paper plate in half and staple along the rounded edge of the folded plate.
Leave about 4-inches along the top open to fill. Using construction paper or card stock
cut out a basket handle about an inch wide and 12-inches long. Also cut out
your bunny's ears. I cut out 2 white ears and 2 smaller pink ear shapes to be
the inside of the ears.
Glue the strip of paper into the opening on the curved side of
the plate to form the basket handle. Then, glue the ears near one side of the
handle on both sides of the paper plate as shown in the picture above. Use an
old pair of scissors or a wire cutter to cut a piece of chenille stem into 3
equal pieces, about 4-inches long.
Glue the whiskers onto the bunny basket as shown in the photo
above. Next, glue a small pom-pom onto the whiskers to look like the bunny's
nose. You
can simply draw the eyes onto your bunny using crayons or even markers. If you
prefer, you can glue on wiggle eyes instead. Finally, glue a pom-pom (or you
can use a cotton ball) on to look like a puffy tail. Once all the glue is dry,
you can fill this cute bunny basket with Easter grass and treats!
How to
Make a CD Bunny
Materials: CD, Felt, Pom-pom, Chenille Stems, Dimensional Paint, Pen, Craft Glue, and Scissors
Directions:
Tracing
around the CD onto the felt and cutting out the circle. Glue the circle to the
CD and start adding the facial details. Cut out ears using the same color felt
as the bunny face and then cut out inner ears and a mouth area using white
felt. The eyes were also cut out of felt and glued in place. Use a 1-inch pink
pom-pom for the nose and pieces cut from black chenille stems for whiskers.
Don't forget a draw mouth using red dimensional paint.
Easter Egg Mosaic Pin
Materials: Leftover dyed
Easter egg shells, broken, 1 large Egg Woodsies, Glue (like Elmer's school
glue), Jewelry pin back, and Hot glue gun
Directions:
Put a coat of glue on
one side of the egg shaped Woodsies. Place pieces of egg
shell on the Woodsies, colored side up. Let dry. Break off any sharp
edges around the exterior. Cover with one or
more layers of glue, letting dry between coats. Hot glue a jewelry
pin back to the back of the Woodsies shape. Wear or give as a
gift to Mom, Grandma, Aunt, or teacher!
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