Easter is one of the best times of year to get crafty with kids. The colors are bright, the themes are fun — bunnies, eggs, chicks, carrots — and children of literally every age can get involved in some way. Whether you have a two-year-old who just loves slapping paint on things or a ten-year-old who wants a proper craft project to be proud of, there is something on this list for you.
Every single craft here uses basic supplies you probably already have at home — paper plates, toilet paper rolls, egg cartons, paint, googly eyes, and construction paper. Nothing on this list requires a special trip to a fancy craft store or a big budget. These are real, doable, genuinely fun easy Easter crafts for kids that work in real life — not just in perfectly lit Pinterest photos.
Whether you are a parent looking for a rainy afternoon activity, a teacher planning an Easter arts and crafts session for the classroom, or just someone who wants to make the holiday feel more special and hands-on, you are in the right place. Let’s get crafting!
1. Paper Plate Easter Bunny — The Classic That Never Gets Old
If there is one craft that belongs on every easy Easter crafts for kids list, it is the paper plate bunny. It is fast, it is cheap, it uses supplies you already have, and the finished result is genuinely cute enough to hang on the wall or display on the fridge. Kids from age two all the way up to about eight love this one — and it takes less than 20 minutes from start to finish.
You need one white paper plate, white card stock or construction paper for the ears, pink construction paper for the inner ears, a couple of googly eyes, a pink pom-pom for the nose, a black marker for the whiskers and mouth, and some cotton balls for the fluffy tail on the back. That is genuinely everything.
Draw and cut out two tall bunny ear shapes from the white card stock and two smaller oval shapes from the pink paper. Glue the pink ovals onto the white ears. Draw a simple bunny face on the plate — two circles for eyes or just glue on the googly eyes, a small triangle nose or use the pink pom-pom, and a few curved lines for whiskers and a mouth. Attach the ears to the top and a cotton ball to the back and you have a finished Easter bunny craft that looks adorable.
For younger toddlers, cut everything out in advance and let them do the gluing. For older kids, let them cut their own pieces and add as much personality and detail as they want. This is one of those craft projects for kids that scales beautifully across different ages and abilities.
2. Easter Bunny Mask — Wear Your Craft and Play in It Too
Here is one of those Easter arts and crafts ideas that is twice the fun of a regular craft because once your child finishes making it, they actually get to wear it and play in it. An Easter bunny mask is one of the most popular masks crafts for this time of year — and it is so simple to make that even very young children can do most of it themselves with just a little grown-up help.
You need a large piece of white card stock or a paper plate, pink construction paper, elastic or ribbon for the strap, scissors, a hole punch, markers or crayons, and optional extras like glitter, cotton balls, or foam stickers for decorating.
Cut a large oval face shape from the white card stock — big enough to cover your child’s face. Mark and carefully cut out two eye holes. Cut two tall bunny ear shapes and two smaller pink inner ear pieces. Glue the pink pieces onto the ears and attach the ears to the top of the mask. Let your child decorate the front however they want — draw on a nose and whiskers, add glitter, stick on foam stickers, glue on cotton ball cheeks. Use a hole punch to make a small hole on each side and thread elastic or ribbon through for wearing.
These bunny masks make the most wonderful festive crafts for Easter parties and classroom celebrations. Line a group of kids up in their finished masks for a photo and you will have the most adorable Easter memory imaginable.
3. Egg Carton Easter Chick — The Best Use of Recycled Materials
Egg carton crafts are absolutely beloved in the world of easy Easter crafts for kids, and this hatching chick made from a single egg carton cup is one of the cutest and most satisfying of all. It is eco-friendly, costs almost nothing, and the finished little chick is so adorable that kids genuinely want to keep it and display it — which makes it one of the best festive crafts for Easter decorating too.
Cut a single cup from an egg carton — this becomes the chick’s body. Paint it yellow and let it dry completely. While it is drying, cut a small diamond shape from orange paper and fold it in half to make the beak. Cut two small wing shapes from yellow paper. Once the cup is dry, glue on two small googly eyes, attach the orange beak, glue the wings to the sides, and add a few small feathers from a craft feather pack if you have them.
For extra fun, cut the cup slightly differently so it looks like the chick is just hatching out of an egg — cut jagged zigzag edges around the top half of the cup and paint the inside white with a yellow chick peeking over the edge. This version of the craft is one of the most popular egg crafts on Pinterest right now and looks incredible when a group of them are displayed together on a windowsill or Easter table.
4. Handprint Bunny Easter Art — A Keepsake You’ll Treasure Forever
Of all the Easter art ideas for young children, handprint crafts are in a category all their own. They are simple enough for babies and toddlers to participate in, they take almost no prep time, and the finished piece is a genuinely beautiful keepsake that parents want to hold onto forever. A handprint bunny is one of the most loved easy Easter crafts for kids on Pinterest because it captures something real — the actual size of your child’s hand at a specific moment in time.
The method is beautifully simple. Paint your child’s palm and the flat of their hand in white or light grey paint. Press firmly onto a piece of paper or card, keeping the fingers together and the thumb slightly apart. Lift straight up carefully for a clean print. The four fingers together become the bunny’s ears, the thumb becomes one side of the head, and the palm becomes the body. Once the print is dry, add a face with a marker — two small eyes, a tiny dot nose, and simple whisker lines. Add a small cotton ball tail at the bottom of the palm print.
You can make this into a card for grandparents, frame it as a piece of Easter wall decor, or make a whole series of prints across multiple Easters and compare how much the hands grow year after year. This is craft projects for kids at its most meaningful — simple, personal, and genuinely precious.
5. Toilet Paper Roll Easter Bunny — Zero Waste and Totally Cute
If you want an easy Easter craft for kids that costs literally nothing because it uses supplies you were going to throw away anyway, the toilet paper roll Easter bunny is your answer. It is one of the most popular recycled craft projects for kids in the entire Easter category — and once you see the finished result, you will understand why. These little bunnies are genuinely charming, and a group of them displayed on a shelf or mantel looks like something from a boutique Easter decor shop.
Flatten a toilet paper roll slightly and fold the top two corners inward to create bunny ear shapes — this is the clever part that makes the whole craft work with no cutting needed for the basic ear shape. You can also cut taller, more defined ear shapes from the roll itself if you prefer. Paint the whole roll white or light grey and let it dry. Once dry, add a face with markers or googly eyes and a small marker nose and whiskers. Cut two small oval shapes from pink paper for the inner ears and glue them on. Add a small cotton ball tail to the back.
For older kids, add more detail — paint patterns on the body, add a little bow tie from ribbon, or make a whole family of bunnies in different sizes. This is one of those easy Easter crafts for kids that the whole family can do together around the kitchen table on a quiet afternoon — and the clean up is minimal, which as any parent knows, is always a win.
6. Watercolor Easter Egg Art — Beautiful Easter Art for All Ages
Not every craft has to be three-dimensional and fiddly. Sometimes the most beautiful easter art projects are the simplest and most open-ended — and watercolor Easter egg painting is exactly that. This is one of the most gorgeous easy Easter crafts for kids because the results are always beautiful no matter how old the child is or how much artistic skill they have. Watercolor is forgiving, magical, and produces results that genuinely look like real art.
Cut large egg shapes from thick watercolor paper or even regular white card stock. Give each child a set of watercolor paints, a brush, and a cup of water. Then just let them paint. Younger children can cover the whole egg in washes of color and watch them blend beautifully. Older children can try striped patterns, dot designs, gradient effects, or even attempt a scene inside the egg shape.
For extra magic, use a white wax crayon to draw a secret design on the egg before painting — flower patterns, swirls, the child’s name — and watch it appear as the watercolor goes over it. This resist technique never fails to delight children of every age and is genuinely one of the most wonderful easter arts and crafts moments you can have with a child. Hang the finished eggs on a piece of twine across a window for a stunning Easter art display that fills the room with color.
7. Nature Scavenger Hunt and Outdoor Easter Egg Collage
Here is an Easter craft idea that gets kids outside and then brings the results back inside to make something beautiful — which makes it one of the most complete and memorable outdoor crafts you can do for Easter. It combines a nature walk, a little scavenger hunt excitement, and a genuine art project all in one activity, and children absolutely love every part of it.
Head outside — your garden, a local park, or even just your street — with a small basket or bag and look for natural items: small flowers, interestingly shaped leaves, tiny pebbles, petals, short sticks, pine cones, feathers, or pieces of moss. Make it into a little seasonal outdoor crafts hunt by giving older children a list of things to find and letting the search itself be part of the adventure.
Back inside, draw or cut out a large Easter egg shape from card stock for each child. Then let them arrange and glue their collected nature treasures onto the egg shape to create a completely unique, one-of-a-kind nature collage egg. Each child’s egg will look completely different because each collection of natural materials is different — which means every child ends up with something genuinely original that they made entirely from things they found themselves. This is Easter art in its most natural, creative, and personal form.
8. Easter Bunny Ears Headband — The Festive Craft They’ll Actually Wear
Every child wants bunny ears at Easter. Instead of buying a cheap pair that falls apart in five minutes, why not make a pair together that becomes one of the most fun and festive crafts of the whole holiday? Easter bunny ears headbands are genuinely easy to make, they look adorable, and children feel so proud wearing something they created with their own hands.
You need a plain plastic or paper headband (or make a band from a strip of card stock stapled into a circle to fit the child’s head), white card stock or thick white foam sheets, pink card stock or foam for the inner ear, scissors, glue, and any decorating supplies — markers, glitter, stickers, ribbon, small flowers.
Cut two tall bunny ear shapes from the white card stock and two smaller oval shapes from the pink for the inside of the ears. Decorate the ears however you like — add glitter edges, draw on patterns, glue on tiny flowers or foam stickers. Attach the finished ears to the headband using strong glue or by folding a small tab at the base of each ear and gluing or stapling it to the band.
These make the most wonderful festive crafts for Easter egg hunts, Easter parties, family photos, or just wearing around the house on Easter morning. Make them in a group and let every child decorate theirs differently — the variety of finished results is always wonderful.
9. Egg Carton Easter Basket — Zero Budget, Maximum Charm
Save the best practical craft for last — an Easter basket that children make themselves from an empty egg carton is one of the most charming and genuinely useful easy Easter crafts for kids on this entire list. It is eco-friendly, completely free to make if you already have basic craft supplies, and when it is finished it actually functions as a real Easter basket that kids can use for an egg hunt or to display their Easter treats.
Cut an egg carton in half lengthwise so you have one half that forms six little egg cups in a row — this is your basket body. Punch a small hole on each of the two short ends. Cut a long strip of card stock or use a pipe cleaner as your basket handle and thread it through both holes, securing with a knot or a dab of glue. Now the fun part begins — let your child decorate it completely.
Paint it in their favorite spring colors. Glue on tissue paper flowers. Stick on foam Easter stickers. Paint little Easter eggs on each cup. Weave ribbon through the edges. The decorating is genuinely open-ended and each finished basket looks completely unique to the child who made it. Line it with a little Easter grass, fill it with small chocolate eggs or jelly beans, and you have a gift that is both handmade and genuinely functional — which is the best kind of Easter craft there is.
Quick Tips for the Smoothest Easter Craft Session Ever
Before you lay out the supplies and call the kids in, here are a few things that will make your Easter arts and crafts session go much more smoothly and enjoyably for everyone:
Prep everything before the kids arrive. Pre-cut the paper pieces, lay out the supplies, protect the table with newspaper or a plastic sheet. The less set-up children have to wait through, the better the energy when the actual crafting starts.
Match the craft to the age. The egg carton chick and handprint bunny work beautifully for babies and toddlers. The watercolor eggs and nature collage suit ages three and up. The mask, headband, and toilet paper roll bunny are great for ages four to eight. The egg carton basket works for all ages.
Embrace the mess. The messiest craft sessions are usually the most memorable ones. Put on old clothes, lay down newspaper, and let go of perfection. Children’s crafts are supposed to look handmade — that is exactly what makes them wonderful.
Display the finished crafts. Hang the watercolor eggs in a window. Line the toilet paper roll bunnies on the mantel. Put the handprint bunny in a frame. When children see their work displayed and valued, it makes the whole experience mean so much more.
Make it a tradition. The best thing about Easter arts and crafts with kids is that you can do some of the same crafts every year and watch them evolve as the child grows. The handprint bunny especially — one made every Easter becomes one of the most treasured records of childhood you will ever have.
Final Thoughts on Easy Easter Crafts for Kids
Easter crafts do not need to be complicated to be wonderful. In fact, the simplest ones — a handprint on paper, a painted egg carton, a paper plate with googly eyes — are almost always the most meaningful because they are within every child’s reach and every parent’s time and budget.
Pick two or three crafts from this list that feel right for the ages of your children and the supplies you have available. Set aside an afternoon, put on some music, spread everything out on the table, and just make things together. The finished crafts will be cute. The memory of making them will be even better.
