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These creative and simple Easter crafts are a great way to get everyone excited for the holiday.
Easter Party Favors
The cutest way to share a treat is in ano-sew fabric bag.
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Once dry, turn fabric right side out, fill with treats, and cinch with a ribbon.
The gift tags are made using scrapbook paper and a punch.
This fun idea works well for May Day too.
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For flowers and leaves, use shapes punched from colored paper and pom-poms for centers.
Fringe a pair of cupcake liners to create a grassy look.
Cut a circle from scrapbook paper for a base and secure the paper shred with hot glue.
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For papier-mache eggs, paint them and decorate with cut paper details.
Unicorn Easter Basket
This DIY unicorn Easter basket is downright magical!
Create your own unicorn Easter basket with felt, yarn, and stickers.
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Embellish your finished basket with colorfulhomemade pom-poms.
Wrap egg halves with paper strips, starting at the open edge and working to the end.
Paint on the strawberry seeds or bug details.
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Fill the ladybug eggs with chocolate ladybugs and tuck fruity hard candies into the strawberries.
Shaving Cream Easter Eggs
Dye a batch ofmarbleized Easter eggs using shaving cream!
This interactive project is the perfect Easter craft idea for toddlersit’s colorful, fun, and hands-on.
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Want the eggs to be food safe?
Substitute packaged whipped cream for the shaving cream.
Pom-Pom Bunny Garland
Upcycle old manila folders and scrapbooking scraps into a DIY Easter garland.
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Oversized pom-poms become bunny faces, mounted on fun colors and patterns.
These bunnies are created for a 360-degree view.
The friction of the water and oil creates a pretty marbled effect that’s so easy to achieve.
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Washi Tape Eggs
Washi tape is an easy way to totally transform thesepretty no-dye Easter eggs.
Simply wrap it around hard-boiled eggs, covering the entire shell with floral or glittery washi tape.
Paper Cup Bunnies
There will be bunnies hopping all over theEaster brunch tablewith this clever craft.
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Baking Soda and Vinegar Eggs
This isn’t your typical science project!
Surprise-Inside Felt Eggs
These felt Easter eggs are hiding a delicious surprise inside.
If you’rehosting an Easter brunch, have your kids help you make one surprise-inside egg for each place setting.
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Coffee Filter Easter Eggs
Transform your windows with this colorful Easter craft for kids.
Made using coffee filters, these dyed Easter eggs look pretty hung on glass doors and windows.
To make, simply iron coffee filters flat and cut them into an oval shape.
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Egg-Bunny Craft
Even older kids will love crafting these charming string bunnies.
To make them, simply apply strips of double-stick tape to plastic eggs.
Carrot Basket
Carrots aren’t usually candy-filled, but we’ll make an exception for Easter.
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These easy DIY carrot baskets are the perfect candy container and can be made using only construction paper.
Don’t forget to add chocolate Easter eggs and a paper handle!
Homemade Easter Fluff
This Easter craft for kids is all about getting creative in the kitchen.
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Whip up afestive Easter dessertwith pudding mix, marshmallows, and fruit.
Attach the paint-chip eggs to a 12 x 12-inch piece of scrapbook paper with adhesive foam dots.
Frame the paper and hang it for a crafty Easter decoration.
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Paper Strip Nest
Time to upcycle!
Instead of just trashing your shredded paper, use it to form pretty nests.
Place the strips into a little ball, then nestle an egg into the center to form a nest.
Pipe Cleaner Bunnies
Hard-boiled eggs quickly morph into cute little bunnies with help from pipe cleaners.
Use a thin permanent marker to draw on a face.
Graphic Pattern Easter Eggs
Ease is the name of the game with these adorable Easter eggs.
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Lightbulb Lamb Figurines
Upcycle burnt-out lightbulbs into precious little lambs.
Paint a standard lightbulb white and let dry.
Add a face with pink paint, then add more facial features with black and white paint.
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Let kids decorate their lambs with other crafty embellishments, like glitter or paint.
Cut openings for the handle, then fold under all edges to get a smooth look.
Spread Mod Podge across the pail, place the trimmed fabric atop the decoupage medium, and smooth.
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Spread a second coat of decoupage medium atop the fabric and let dry.
Easter Egg Parade
Transformed into transportation!
Turnblown-out eggsinto a car, a sailboat, or ahot air balloon.
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Make the car:Using a pushpin, create an opening in the middle of ablown-out egg.
Make the sailboat:Using a pushpin, create an opening in a blown-out egg.
Hot glue a wooden skewer to the inside of the egg.
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Place an egg between the four skewers and hot glue where they meet.
Glue a thin strip of felt around the egg to cover where the skewers are glued to the egg.
Cut bunny ears, bird wings, and beaks from felt and glue pieces to eggs.
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Add white pom-poms for bunny tails.
For the garland, cut a piece of string or yarn to the desired length.
Using a needle, thread on pom-poms, buttons, and birds or bunnies.
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Easter Egg Critters
This Easter, create an ocean of under-the-sea creatures!
These adorable Easter eggs are made using dye, felt scraps, and marker.
Cut the materials before party time if you’re creating this Easter craft for preschoolers.
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Gather the sides of the basket together and secure them with glue.
Repeat on the other side.
Attach a narrow strip of paper to each side with a brad fastener to form the handle.
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Let the finished product dry for several hours, then pop the balloon to reveal your egg.
Hang several eggs with another strand of floss by tying the floss to the top of each egg.
Easter Egg People
Replicate the whole family for a fun Easter display!
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Marbled Egg Garland
Good news: This gorgeous garland couldn’t be easier.
Use a toothpick to swirl the paint around for a marble effect and let dry.
Kids will love searching for these bright eggs during the annualEaster egg hunt.
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To make, paint single egg-carton cups and wooden dowels in bright colors and let dry.
Glue each dowel to the back of the egg cup, then glue a plastic egg into each one.
Then dig into the projectandthe snacks!
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To make the decoration last longer, spray it with a clear-coat finish and let it dry before hanging.
Cut out our chick and eggshell patterns in coordinating colors, then tape to the place card.
Write each guest’s name below the chick with a pen or marker.
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Letter Fun with Easter Eggs
Turn this year’s Easter egg hunt into a giant word jumble.
Apply letter stickers or decals to hard-boiled eggs, then dye them.
To make them, paint a bottle cap yellow and let it dry.
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Use a black paint marker to add eyes and a small orange triangle of paper for the beak.
Glue a second smaller ribbon to the back to tie the napkin ring together.
Insert leaf-shape nametags to transform this cute Easter craft into easy place markers.
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Felt Easter Bunny Bags
Making these charming treat bags is actually easier than it seems.
Stretch an 8 1/2 x 11-inch sheet of wool felt so the length is 12 inches.
Cut 3 inches from one long side, then cut this strip in half to make the two ears.
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Fold the remaining piece of felt in half with the fold facing you.
Work a pencil through the marks to create holes; thread ribbon through the holes to sew the sides.
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