When Easter approaches it is a great time for toddler craft fun. Chocolate eggs fill the shelves and cute baby chicks and bunnies become a part of this yearly craze. It’s Easter time!
Within this guide are many ideas for you and your toddlers to keep entertained and truly celebrate this Easter, in a safe and lively way. We’ve selected a range of easter craft ideas that we hope will bring you a day filled with fun.
Easter painting craft activities
An easily accessible craft using eggs and paint.
You have so many options when it comes to painting eggs for easter. be sure to experiment and make them colourful! Also, make sure to toddler-proof any stainable surfaces before you start!
Painted Easter craft eggs
This is a fun activity to do if you have a few extra eggs in your fridge. Just be careful, though. If you plan on eating them afterward, use food-safe dyes/food colouring.
Firstly start by boiling your eggs for 10-12 minutes so that they are hard boiled (and therefore if dropped will not cause a gloopy mess on the floor for you to clean up).
Now let them cool in a bowl of water to avoid any dangerous accidents.
Once they have fully cooled it is time for the main event – painting and dyeing!
If you choose to dye the eggs its pretty simple: submerge the eggs in a cup full of food colouring and water and then leave them overnight to become colourful and vibrant.
On the other hand, you may choose to paint. Painting is more up to you and your toddler’s artistic expression – get creative with easter designs, whether that be eater bunnies, chicks or festive designs.
This idea for a fun easter craft session was originally courtesy of Five Minutes for Mom. We love it for its simplicity. The painting part is also a great way for your toddler to practice their fine motor skills.
Easter themed painted spoons
These are cute and a great piece of decoration. Your toddler can use them for their imaginary cooking shows or stick them into soil in the garden to make it a little more vibrant.
Like most painting activities, this will allow your toddler to practice their fine motor skills and control of their hands. At the same time, stimulate their minds and inner creativity.
Feel free to show your child some easy easter themed designs that your toddler might enjoy painting and get stuck in there! If your toddler might actually use the spoon and pretend to eat from the spoon be wary of the paint you use and look to children safe or consumable paints and food colourings.
You can also use any other bits and bobs you may have lying around the house from previous crafts – perhaps a pom pom, ribbon or googly eyes.
A thank you to One Little Project for this fun easter toddler craft idea.
Easter chick craft ideas
Another classic for Easter toddler entertainment is the Easter chick.
Cute little Easter chicks are bright, fluffy, yellow and something all toddlers will be drawn to.
Easter Chick Wreath
This simple and easy-to-make wreath is perfect for brightening your home or showing your love for easter to all your neighbours when you proudly display it on your front door!
This activity is great to appeal to your toddler’s senses through texture and visuals.
Simply start with some cardboard and cut it into a circular wreath shape.
It is probably best that you either do this bit or supervise your toddler with the scissors.
Then use some spray glue of even better, children safe glue, to then stick on the colourful yellow chicks.
If you do choose to use spray glue, try to make sure that you and your toddler do not inhale it or intercept the flow before it reaches the cardboard.
After you stick all the little chicks on, you are done you are left with a beautiful wreath!
We have Adventures of Adam to thank for this fun Easter craft. Check out there work below.
Fun Easter Bunny Craft Ideas
This section features the iconic character that appears every year – the easter bunny. Boys and girls alike love a bunny and what better time to have craft fun than in the run up to Easter.
Easter Bunny Headband
This is a great way to encourage your toddler to test their imagination and improve the immersivenes of their roleplays.
Together you can make them an easter costume which centres around the Easter bunny.
This one will really test you and your toddlers adaptability and creativity. As a base any old headband you have that has a thick enough surface area to stick things onto it.
Collect anything that you could add to the design. Some great examples include card for ears, felts, different textured fabrics, ribbons, gems and stickers.
Now collaborate with your toddler on how they want the headband to look and begin sticking them onto the headband together.
Make sure the glue is safe to use get wil keep the various decorative items on the headband.
Once your toddler is satisfied they can wear this as part of their easter costume.
This fun bunny craft idea is courtesy of Fabric Art DIY, so do check out their full post and website.
Easter Toddler Baking ideas
Tasty treats for all while staying true to the Easter spirit! Kitchen crafts mean you and your toddler can have fun making tasty treats as well as eating them.
Easter nests
The unmissable treat of the season is so easy to make yet delicious. The no bake recipe is uncomplicated and great for your toddler to aid you with in the kitchen by mixing (and likely licking the spoon).
All you will need is chocolate, a few mini eggs, cornflakes, muffin tin and cupcake cases.
To start with put the cornflakes in a bowl and then melt chocolate carefully so that it does not burn. You could do this in the microwave or on the hob but ensure that you child does not touch the hot bowl or dip their fingers in the melted chocolate before it is a safe temperature.
Once its malleable and not overly hot, mix the chocolate in with the corflakes to create a gooey sweet mix. Dollop these into the cupcake cases lined in the muffin tray and then carefully place them in the fridge to cool within a few hours.
Follow up with a few mini eggs in the middle of each nest and then you are left on the most important step – eating them!
For a full breakdown of the ingredients, head over to Jane’s Patisserie.
This activity will be great to improve your toddler’s motor skills when mixing the ingredients and spooning them into the cases. It might also be a great way to practice their patience as they wait for the yummy goods to cool.
Hopefully, after reading this guide, you will be fully inspired to create and collaborate with your toddler on these great activities and keep them entertained this Easter. Happy crafting!
