16 Easter Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas)

Start here: three Easter crafts that always work

Potato stamped Easter eggsA potato half and paint, a three stamps aloneFork painted chickYellow paint, a fork, done in five minutesPaper plate bunnyThe classic Easter bunny face

16 easy Easter crafts for preschoolers, with pictures

1. Paper plate bunny

The child turns a paper plate into a bunny face with paper ears, a pom pom nose, whiskers and googly eyes.

You need: 1 small white paper plate, white and pink construction paper, 2 googly eyes, 1 pink pom pom, 4 short black pipe cleaner pieces, glue

How to make it

1. You cut 2 long white ears and 2 smaller pink centers.
2. Your child glues each pink center on a white ear. Glue the ears behind the top rim, side by side.
3. Glue 2 eyes in the upper middle and the pom pom nose in the center.
4. Glue 2 black whiskers on each side of the nose.

2. Cotton ball sheep

The child glues cotton balls all over a paper plate or card body and adds a black face and legs.

You need: 1 small white paper plate, cotton balls, black paper, 2 googly eyes, glue

How to make it

1. Your child glues cotton balls all over the plate as wool.
2. You cut a black oval for the head and 2 black rectangles for legs.
3. Glue the 2 rectangles under the bottom edge of the plate, one toward the left and one toward the right.
4. Glue the oval on one side of the plate as the head.
5. Glue the 2 googly eyes on the head.

3. Paper plate bird nest

The child paints or dots half a paper plate brown as a nest and glues little paper birds or eggs peeking over the rim.

You need: half of a white paper plate, brown paint, short strips of brown shredded paper, light blue paper ovals, glue

How to make it

1. You cut the plate in half. Your child paints one half brown. Let it dry.
2. Lay it with the straight edge at the top and the curve at the bottom.
3. Glue the 3 blue ovals behind the straight edge so the top half of each egg shows.
4. Glue about 10 short brown strips along the straight edge and across the front as twigs.

4. Toilet paper roll bunny

The child paints or wraps a cardboard tube white, then glues on paper ears, a face and a cotton ball tail.

You need: 1 toilet paper roll, white paint, white and pink construction paper, 2 googly eyes, 1 white cotton ball, black marker, glue

How to make it

1. Your child paints the roll white. Stand it upright to dry.
2. You cut 2 long white ears and 2 smaller pink centers. Glue the pink on the white, then glue the ears inside the top edge at the front.
3. Stick on 2 eyes, then glue a small pink triangle nose below them. Draw 2 whiskers on each side of the nose.
4. Glue the cotton ball low on the back as a tail.

5. Fork painted chick

The child stamps yellow paint outward with a fork to make a fluffy chick, then adds eyes, beak and legs.

You need: light blue cardstock, yellow paint, fork, 2 googly eyes, orange paper, glue

How to make it

1. Dip the back of the fork in yellow paint. Your child stamps it in the middle of the cardstock, marks pointing outward all around, to make a round fluffy body.
2. Let it dry.
3. You cut a small orange triangle for the beak and 2 small feet.
4. Glue 2 eyes and the beak in the middle of the yellow, and the feet at the bottom edge.

6. Handprint chick

The child makes a yellow handprint and adds an eye, an orange beak and legs to make a chick.

You need: white paper, yellow paint, 1 googly eye, 1 small orange paper triangle, orange marker, glue

How to make it

1. Paint your child's hand yellow and press it sideways on the paper, fingers as tail feathers and thumb pointing up as the head and neck.
2. Let it dry.
3. Glue the googly eye on the tip of the thumb and the orange triangle beside it as the beak.
4. Draw 2 stick legs with 3 toes each under the palm with the orange marker.

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7. Handprint duck

The child makes a yellow handprint for the duck's body and tail feathers, then adds a head, orange beak and feet.

You need: 1 sheet of light blue paper, yellow paint, yellow and orange paper, 1 googly eye, 1 yellow craft feather, glue

How to make it

1. Paint your child's palm and fingers yellow.
2. Press the hand sideways on the blue paper, fingers as tail feathers and thumb pointing up.
3. Let it dry. You cut a yellow circle, an orange beak and 2 orange feet.
4. Glue the circle at the top of the palm as the head. Add the beak and the googly eye.
5. Glue the feather across the palm as a wing and the 2 feet under the palm.

8. Paper plate chick

The child paints a paper plate yellow and glues on feathers, eyes, a beak and feet.

You need: 1 small white paper plate, yellow paint, 2 yellow craft feathers, 2 googly eyes, orange construction paper, glue

How to make it

1. Your child paints the plate yellow. Let it dry.
2. Glue 2 eyes in the upper middle.
3. You cut an orange triangle and glue it below the eyes, pointing down, as the beak.
4. Glue a feather on each side as wings. Cut 2 orange feet and glue them under the bottom rim.

9. Pom pom painted bunny

The child dabs paint with a clipped pom pom all over or around a bunny shape; the bunny appears when it is lifted.

You need: white cardstock, scrap paper, pink, purple and light blue paint, pom poms, clothespin

How to make it

1. You cut a bunny head with 2 long ears from scrap paper and lay it in the middle of the cardstock.
2. Pinch a pom pom in a clothespin. Your child dips it in paint and dabs it over the whole sheet, edge to edge, right over the bunny paper. Keep your finger on the bunny to keep it in one place.
3. Lift the scrap paper off. A white bunny head shows in the middle of the color.

10. Hatching chick

The child makes a chick that sits inside a cracked paper egg; the top half lifts on a paper fastener or fold to show it hatching.

You need: white construction paper, yellow construction paper, 1 small orange paper triangle, 1 brass paper fastener, black marker, glue

How to make it

1. You cut a large egg from white paper and cut it in two with a zigzag line across the middle.
2. Cut a yellow circle and glue it behind the bottom half so its top sticks up above the zigzag as the chick.
3. Your child draws 2 dot eyes on the chick. Glue the orange triangle beak below them.
4. You join the two halves with the fastener on one side, so the top swings open.

11. Potato stamped Easter eggs

The child dips a halved potato in paint and stamps egg shapes, then decorates them with dots and stripes.

You need: 1 potato, pink, yellow, light blue and purple paint, 1 sheet of white paper, cotton swab

How to make it

1. You cut the potato in half and cut an egg shape in the flat face.
2. Your child presses it into paint and stamps eggs across the paper in different colors.
3. Let them dry, then your child dabs dots on each egg with a cotton swab.

12. Stamped tote bag

The child stamps a plain canvas bag with pom poms, corks or handprints dipped in fabric or acrylic paint.

You need: 1 plain canvas tote bag, 1 cork, red, yellow and blue fabric paint, paper plates, cardboard

How to make it

1. Lay the tote flat with cardboard inside so paint stays off the back.
2. Pour a little of each color on its own plate.
3. Your child dips the cork and presses dots on the bag.
4. Leave the handles plain. Let the bag dry flat.

13. Footprint carrot

The child makes an orange footprint and adds green handprint, fingerprint or torn paper leaves at the heel.

You need: white paper, orange paint, green construction paper, glue

How to make it

1. Paint your child's foot orange.
2. Press it in the middle of the white paper with the heel at the top and the toes pointing down.
3. Your child tears green strips.
4. Glue them at the top of the heel, fanning upward as the carrot leaves.

14. Paper bag bunny puppet

The child glues ears, eyes, nose, teeth and whiskers onto a paper lunch bag to make a hand puppet.

You need: 1 brown paper lunch bag, white and pink construction paper, 2 googly eyes, 1 pink pom pom, 4 short white pipe cleaner pieces, glue

How to make it

1. Lay the folded bag flat with the bottom flap at the top as the face.
2. You cut 2 long white ears and 2 smaller pink centers. Your child glues the pink on the white, then glues the ears behind the top edge of the flap.
3. Glue 2 eyes and the pom pom nose on the flap, with 2 white whiskers on each side of the nose.
4. Glue 2 small white rectangles side by side under the flap edge as teeth.

15. Paper plate duck

The child paints half a paper plate yellow for the body and adds a paper head, beak, feather and feet.

You need: 1 white paper plate, yellow paint, yellow and orange paper, 1 googly eye, 1 yellow craft feather, glue

How to make it

1. You cut the plate in half. Your child paints it yellow. Let it dry.
2. Lay it with the straight edge at the top and the curved edge at the bottom.
3. You cut a yellow circle, an orange beak and 2 orange feet. Glue the circle at one top corner as the head, with the beak and the googly eye.
4. Glue the feather in the middle as a wing and the 2 feet under the curved bottom edge.

16. Tape resist Easter eggs

The child paints over an egg shape criss-crossed with masking tape, then peels the tape to reveal white stripes.

You need: white cardstock, masking tape, pink, purple, yellow and light blue paint, brush

How to make it

1. You cut a large egg from white cardstock.
2. Stick strips of masking tape flat across it, some one way and some crossing them.
3. Your child paints the whole egg, right across the tape. Let it dry.
4. Peel off the tape and clean white stripes appear.

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Easter crafts for toddlers: the 4 a young three can do

Four of these a young three can do almost alone: Cotton ball sheep, Fork painted chick, Pom pom painted bunny, Potato stamped Easter eggs. No exact cutting, no small pieces, and the glue stick does the rest. For the others, you cut and they glue.

Easter eggs, chicks and bunnies with a 3 year old

Stamping is the low-mess way into Easter. Cut a potato in half, pour paint on a paper plate, and let the child press. Wipe the potato with a paper towel between colors.

A three year old can stamp eggs, fork paint a chick and dab paint around the bunny shape. The tape resist egg needs an adult to lay the tape and help peel it, and the hatching chick needs an adult for the paper fastener.

Make the eggs first, early in the week. Once dry they go on a string across the window or into the Easter basket, and the chick and bunny plates stand on the table.

The stamped tote bag is the gift one. Stamp it on Saturday with fabric paint and it is dry for Easter morning.

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