Every Easter Sunday, at the crack of dawn, or even before that, Uncle Andrew and I would wake up our parents and get them to check if the Easter Bunny had visited us. During this time, we would sit patiently at the top of the stairs, jockeying for position and straining our necks in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the Easter Bunnies tail. Never did catch sight of him but I remember when he dropped all his eggs on the floor. Good thing that Poppa was there to help him out.
Turns out that the family traditions don’t fall far from the tree because The Kids love a good Easter Egg Hunt. So much so that we celebrate the arrival of the Easter Bunny often. Kind of like birthdays.
In turn, our friend Cathy from Cathy Thinking out Loud once again came up with some crafts using recycled products. First up,
Handmade Easter Eggs
To make the Easter Eggs, you will need; cardboard (we used cereal boxes), toilet paper rolls, crayons and scissors.
- Print the template and cut out the shapes,
- Trace the circles onto rectangular pieces of cardboard,
- Let the kids colour the eggs,
- Cut the toilet paper rolls into thirds and insert the eggs so they stand,
- Hide the eggs with a candy inside!
The best part is that The Kids are older so they can make, stuff, hide and then find the eggs all by themselves. Seeing the surprize on their faces when they find one (that they hid) is priceless.
Rabbit Ears Craft
To make the Rabbit Ears, you will need; cardboard, white and pink paper, scissors, glue and tape.
- Cut out all the pieces in the picture (I did it freehand),
- Tape and glue the ears and band,
- Size the band to the kids head with notches.
This craft requires a lot of cutting so I generally did it myself and let The Kids help with gluing. They absolutely loved them and were still wearing them the next day and the next day and… They were so easy to make and so popular that I ended up making one for each of them. Needless to say, there’s been a lot of hopping going on.
Have Any Other Easter Egg Hunt Crafts for Kids?
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What a great idea – love an egg hunt that doesn’t involve too much candy (or even my participation)!
Love these ideas! The ears are fantastic – going to be doing this with my boys tonight (and like you said I can see them wearing them for days after!)
The grandchildren just love the Easter Egg hunt, we live at the bottom of a street that ends in a park like setting. Many places to hide the eggs and they are not too hard to find. We will be making some hand made eggs before we get started.
What cute Easter crafts. Our kids would love to make all of them. Thank you for providing your template. Thanks for sharing on Artsy Play Wednesday.
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oohhh this is going to be so much fun! thanks for another great activity
Great ideas and I have all the materials already!
Placing stickers on the plastic eggs is a good idea to be more creative.
Very cute crafts. We did the egg hunt too. My mom made giant Easter bunny footprints made of mud, threw Easter eggs everywhere and placed cotton balls near the door. We’d wake up to my mom yelling “OH NO! THE EASTER BUNNY MADE A BIG MESS AGAIN! I TRIED RIPPING OFF HIS COTTONTAIL!” …and every year the Easter Bunny had to grow his tail back.
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Dear Stephanie,
You’ve got one determined Easter Bunny. If I were him, I’d stop going back to your place.
Besos, Sarah
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This is such a cute idea! I will keep it in mind for next year!
I think dd will like the rabbit ears when she is a bit older…maybe next year!
I haven’t made crafts for a while but I think I will go with the eggs with a treat inside and maybe bunny ears in the future.
Thanks! Great list of crafts. My daughter would love to be a little bunny!
We made bunny ears last year. The kids wore them for a week straight! lol
Looks like fun, we’ll have to try these out.
these look like lots of fun, Will have to try a few of them with my kids.
What sweet ideas! Sweet…Easter…get it? I love the crafts and though my girls may not wear bunny ears any more, would!
Dear Brenda,
I get it! P.S. I totally wear bunny ears.
Besos Sarah
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Looks so fun!
The grandchildren just love the Easter Egg hunt,this year we had to do the hunt inside because of a snow storm
Dear Kathy,
It snowed all day today (April 6) and The Kids can’t wait to get outside tomorrow and make snowmen. Makes for a soggy and cold Easter Egg Hunt (outside).
Besos Sarah
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I had no kids to decorate with this year it was kind of sad.