Easter is on its way and with it come the traditional egg decoration projects. But there’s a limit to how many hard boiled eggs our kids can paint before they start to find it redundant. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t plenty of fun Easter DIY projects that will dazzle your children! From creative and productive crafts, to yummy recipes, here is a big handful of DIY art projects that your family will love this Easter season.
A Bunny Hobby Horse
Kind of an old-fashioned toy but timeless in terms of fun, a hobby horse is surprisingly easy to make. The beauty of the craft is that it doesn’t need to be a horse — it could be a dragon, a unicorn (OK, kinda a horse), a Pokemon, or of course, the Easter Bunny. There are tons of instructions online, especially on Pinterest.
Long story short you take a large sock and fill it with cotton wool or another kind of stuffing, glue on some floppy ears, a nose, and eyes, then take this bunny head and tie it onto a large stick. Attach a ribbon to either side of the head like a horse’s rein and boom, a rideable Easter bunny! It’s a magical form of exercise and a cute toy to have around the home.
Egg Soaps
If your kids are bored of egg painting, maybe making egg soaps is the simple yet unique proceeding step. Though making soap from scratch is actually a dangerous task for the untrained, melt-and-pour soap is a safer alternative. You can find molds in your local craft or dollar store in pretty much any shape these days, as well as the soap base itself.
For some egg shaped soaps, cooking molds will work just as well as soap, candle, or resin molds. Flat back molds are most commonly used for soaps as they won’t slide around as much on the sink as a more 3D one will. Grab some soap dyes and essential oils, and get melting. They may grow up to be the next Bramble Berry or Duchess of Suds!
Bunny Candles
Just like with soap crafts, you’re going to have to do most of the melting for safety reasons, but it’s a good opportunity to help your kids learn how to pour safely. As well as what it looks like to use a microwave or double boiler. You can even use the same molds you used for the soap DIY, just add a wick and voilà.
It’s all about melting, mixing, and pouring, and there are tons of starter kits out there to make the process easier. You can even skip the kits and melt already existing candles you have around the home, adding in some candle dye or mixing pre-existing colorful scented candles. Check out this adorable bunny jar DIY, which is way less messy than using a mold. If your kids are wary of the hot wax, put them in charge of making the holder instead! If you have a wax melter or don’t have access to wicks, you can also make wax melts, which are quicker and less fiddly. Burn your Easter candles or put them on display for years to come.
Homemade Cream Eggs
Finally, time for some Easter snacks! If you’ve never had a Creme Egg before, it’s basically a fondant-filled chocolate egg that you can eat in various different ways. Cut it in half and scoop out the “yolk” with a spoon or chocolate stick, or bite into it like a hard boiled egg. Those egg molds will come in handy all over again (maybe make the edible stuff first though) with this simple DIY recipe. Create the gooey filling, freeze it and mold into an egg shape, then dip in melted chocolate, or place it in the chocolatey mold. After cooling it’s ready to go.
If you’re not down with making something from scratch that you can buy at the store, there are tons of creme egg related recipes you can make. Creme egg rocky road, and brownies are my personal favorite. Serve them up in a homemade basket and go. The adults could also make yourselves a giant Creme Egg if you can handle the sugar, just maybe hide it from the kids…
An Easter Wreath
Why save wreaths just for Christmas? They even have Halloween wreaths nowadays, so why not try your hand at crafting your own Easter one? Like most crafts on this list, there’s no limit to what you can add onto the wreath — bunnies, eggs, chicks, flowers, leaves, or anything pastel and springy.
Take a wire base, and wrap some pastel tinsel or garland around it over and over until it resembles a Christmas wreath. Take your embellishments and glue or sew them around the wreath. At the bottom middle of the wreath, you can add a centerpiece, maybe some chicks made from pipe cleaners, surrounded by paper eggs. Alternatively check out the mountain of ideas on YouTube and Pinterest. Either hang it on the front door, on the mantle, or on your kid’s door.
Festive Erasers & Pencil Toppers
If your children love playing with play doh, clay, or plasticine, they’re gonna love making their own pencil toppers and erasers. The technique is exactly the same as any other claylike substance, except once you’re done you put it in the oven to set, or leave it to air dry. They can either keep the creation as a pencil topper, or just little decor accents, or use them as working erasers for school or art.
Not only is it fun, but it teaches them a lot about being thrifty. It’s easy and fairly cheap to buy a pack of cute erasers, but buying one pack of clay will create way more for much cheaper. And you never know, they may grow up to be a world famous sculptor or claymation animator one day.
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