Easter Crafts for Preschoolers
April Check-In Board
Easter! This check-in board is simple to make using the stencils located in the templates tab along with poster board and magnetic strips to "connect" the eggs to. Very simple concept and the children enjoy putting their egg into a basket each morning! (not to mention they are proud to be able to identify their name). Click on Picture for egg and basket template.
Sweet Little Bunny
This Bunny is made from hands and fingers! The head and body are just the palm painted white. Add thumbprint (side ways) for bunny feet. Paint the sides of both pinkys to make the ears. Add a carrot with orange and green paint. Add eyes and nose with markers.
Easter Bonnet
What you need:• Paper Plates
• Green Paint
• Construction Paper various colors
• Glue Sticks
What to do:
~ Paint the paper plate green
~ Fold paper plate in half and cut a slit in the
middle until you are approximately one inch from the edge.
~ Unfold and fold again the opposite way and repeat above. Do this until you have 8 "points" (like cutting a pizza into 8 slices
~ Decorate ends with flowers and Easter eggs cut from construction paper.
Egg Marble Art
• Trace and cut out egg from white construction paper (click on template tab for template)
• Place egg on the bottom of a shallow bin, squirt spring colored paint onto the egg.
• place marbles in the bin and
roll around.
Bunny Mask
What you need:
• 2 paper plates per child
• pink paint
• hole puncher
• yarn
• pink pom poms
What to do:
~ paint the center of one plate pink, allow to dry and cut in half (for ears)
~ cut two circles out for eyes on the 2nd plate and a triangle from the bottom (see picture above)
~ punch a hole on each side of the mask and insert yarn for tie
Bunny Hop (put on the masks and have fun)
Hop Little Bunnies,
Hop,Hop.Hop
Hop Little Bunnies, Hop, Hop,Hop
Hop Little Bunnies, Hop, Hop, Hop
Hop Little bunnies, and STOP!
• 2 paper plates per child
• pink paint
• hole puncher
• yarn
• pink pom poms
What to do:
~ paint the center of one plate pink, allow to dry and cut in half (for ears)
~ cut two circles out for eyes on the 2nd plate and a triangle from the bottom (see picture above)
~ punch a hole on each side of the mask and insert yarn for tie
Bunny Hop (put on the masks and have fun)
Hop Little Bunnies,
Hop,Hop.Hop
Hop Little Bunnies, Hop, Hop,Hop
Hop Little Bunnies, Hop, Hop, Hop
Hop Little bunnies, and STOP!
What Do You Hear?
Fill large plastic eggs with items that make sounds and seal with clear tape. Number the bottoms. The children shake each one and try to guess what is inside. They draw what they think it is on a chart like below.
What Do You Smell?
Place items in the cups such as an orange
peel,pumpkin spice,etc, then cover with aluminum foil, tape around the sides and
using a toothpick,poke holes into the tops. Number the cups. The children smell the cups then draw what they think is in the cups on a chart like below.
peel,pumpkin spice,etc, then cover with aluminum foil, tape around the sides and
using a toothpick,poke holes into the tops. Number the cups. The children smell the cups then draw what they think is in the cups on a chart like below.
Tissue Paper Eggs
What you need:
• pink,yellow,purple,and light green tissue paper
• watered down white glue
• transparency paper
• egg template (click on template tab for template)
What to do:
• cut tissue paper into 2x2
squares
• cut out two eggs for each child from
the transparency paper
• paint on the water/glue mixture onto one of the eggs and attach tissue paper to the glue. Make sure there are no white spots.
• Paint on another layer of glue/water mixture on top and add the second egg on top. The glue will attach them together.
•Allow to dry overnight
• pink,yellow,purple,and light green tissue paper
• watered down white glue
• transparency paper
• egg template (click on template tab for template)
What to do:
• cut tissue paper into 2x2
squares
• cut out two eggs for each child from
the transparency paper
• paint on the water/glue mixture onto one of the eggs and attach tissue paper to the glue. Make sure there are no white spots.
• Paint on another layer of glue/water mixture on top and add the second egg on top. The glue will attach them together.
•Allow to dry overnight
Paper Cup Bunny
Use pipe cleaners, pom pom, googly eyes, white and pink construction paper to make this adorable bunny cup. Glue as shown and add easter grass (I add jelly beans for a special treat).