Easter is fast approaching, and so are the holidays. I’m looking forward to some time off and hopefully some beautiful spring weather. However most holidays come with some rainy days and my kids love getting creative, so here are some ideas for some Easter craft fun…

Easter Bonnets

When I looked back at my old blog I found a post about the Easter bonnets we made when the kids were really little. Lots of craft shops sell plain bonnets and decorating them can be fun. As can wearing them round the supermarket apparently.

Pom Pom Animals

We’ve been trying out some more Easter craft ideas lately. Pom Pom animals are great. You can buy Pom Pom makers in various sizes or make your own out of cardboard. Then add on a face and some feet, done! Put two together to make a head and body. Put lots together and make a caterpillar… it depends how adventurous you are! You can make eyes, mouths, ears, feet – whatever your creature needs – and glue them on. Use buttons, beads, or cut shapes from felt or even paper. Here are some we made earlier….

Pom poms are simple to make but they can take a lot of time, and kids don’t always have the will to finish them. So for a really quick option wind wool around your fingers instead. Then tie in the middle and cut the ends to make simple Pom poms. This little guy took us a few minutes to make.  
You can’t mention Easter without chocolate, so why not make some chocolate treat bags. Just cut felt shapes and sew, or even glue together and add the eggs. You could do egg shaped bags, or bags with bunny ears. These carrot treat bags with a little felt bunny are in my Etsy store right now

Spring crafts

Easter is all about spring too, so there are lots of fun flower crafts you can do together. My daughter comes up with the most amazing craft ideas by herself. She used some jumbo pipe cleaners and tissue paper to make me some flowers on Valentine’s Day. Recently she drew some flowers, cut them out and stuck them to twine to make a flower headband.

If you want to make flowers then try cutting simple shapes from felt, add some beads or buttons and stitch on some embellishments. Use strong glue to attach them to florists wire, or even paper straws and put them in a vase. Alternatively add a brooch back for a pretty flower pin for your coat or bag.  These are some I made…

If you want to make ones like these you can buy a craft kit in my Etsy store.

I’ve added a new post rounding up some other great Easter crafts for you to check out. 

Happy Easter crafting!