3 Quick and easy Easter craft ideas
Make Easter egg-stra special with these 3 quick, easy Easter craft ideas, full of inspiration and creativity, and perfect for early years. We’ll be giving you the step-by-steps to creating an Easter chick basket, some hatched eggs, and Easter greetings cards. So, let’s get started…
What you will need to decorate each craft:
Easter chick basket
You will need: Easter Chick Craft Boxes
Step 1: Take your craft box and unfold it, to build it into a chick basket as seen on the photos
Step 2: Use the resources above to decorate, draw a face on the chick and add some wiggly eyes. You may want to do this before folding it out to make things easier – you decide!
Step 3: Add yellow tissue paper inside the basket and fill with mini fluffy chicks and other little surprises like chocolate eggs.
Hatched eggs
You will need: Papier Mâché Eggshells
Step 1: Take your paint and pour into your non-spill paint pots.
Step 2: With the eggshells, begin painting the outside shells being sure to put down some tablecloths or newspaper first.
Step 3: Leave the first coat to dry before painting on any other decoration.
Step 4: Use other resources and glue them on for decoration.
Step 5: Leave to dry before adding tissue paper and mini fluffy chicks
Step 6: Use these to create a beautiful display of the chicks hatching!
Greetings cards:
You will need: Easter Greetings Cards
This one is straight forward enough and won’t need a step-by-step as the cards are already decorated with a beautiful Easter theme at the bottom! Just simply fold the cards and decorate using paint sticks, paint, pom poms or any other materials you think will work, before adding a message inside!
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Happy craft-making!
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