Entertain the Kids with Easy Easter Crafts & Activities Over the School Holidays

Keep the boredom at bay this school holiday with our favourite easy-to-make Easter activities. Whether they are growing their own "egg-head" garden, crafting bright paper daffodils, or getting messy with homemade Easter slime, there is something here to spark every child's imagination. Our simple, step-by-step guides make it easy for little hands to create animal wall art and festive decorations they’ll be proud to display.

Animal Wall Decor

Create cute animal wall decor to keep them entertained and brighten up their bedroom. Use our animal stencil template to make the face easier.

Step 1

Prep your materials

Step 2

Cut out the template

Step 3

Assemble the animal head

Step 4

Stick together with double-sided tape

You will need: 

• Coloured paper or card (to print the stencil above)

• Scissors

• Ruler

• Pencil

• Glue and brush

• Felt

Steps:

1. Print out a stencil on coloured paper using the link above, and create the shapes you need (cut along the red lines and fold along the green lines).

2. Keep folding the 2 sides down until the points meet, and then glue them together.

3. Fold down the circular nose shape and glue it down.

4. Glue the two ears onto the back and cut out some smaller ears in felt. You could also make a little felt nose.

5. Draw on details such as the mouth and eyes.

6. Cut out an oval shape to mount your rabbit head onto.

7. Stick to the wall using blue tack or double-sided tape.

Easter Baskets

If you need to know how to make Easter baskets in preparation for the egg hunts, or just to make something with the kids that they can stash their chocolate in, we have the tips you need. Follow our simple steps below, make as many as you need and let the fun begin.

Step 1

Prep your materials

Step 2

Make the handle

Step 3

Wrap your bottle in raffia strands

Step 4

Add a ribbon and fill with treats

You will need: 

• The bottom 10cm of an empty large 5l plastic bottle

• Double-sided tape

• A bundle of raffia

• Paper fasteners

• Ribbon

• Lots of treats

Steps:

1. Cover the outer and inner sides of the cut bottle with strong double-sided tape, taking care that the tape does not crisscross.

2. Make a handle using a 60cm length of raffia (use about 30 strands pulled from the bundle). Tape the strands together at one end, plait or twist them, and tape at the other end. Use paper fasteners to secure both ends, pushing them through the plastic.

3. Remove the protective layer from the double-sided sticky tape and wrap strands of raffia tightly around the base. Keep going until the base is covered, then use extra raffia strands to line the inside of the ‘basket’, making a nest for the eggs. Add a pretty ribbon to finish or use different decorations like crepe streamers.

4. Once you have your Easter basket, it's time to fill it with chocolate, sweets or healthy snacks. Leave the baskets out ready for the Easter Bunny to fill, or use them as part of a fun Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday morning.

Easter Treat Jars

Just the thing for storing all those Easter treats - crafty jars with Easter Bunny ears. Whatever you find on your chocolate hunts, keep them safe with these fun decorative ideas.

Step 1

Prep your materials

Step 2

Decorate with washi tape

Step 3

Add bunny ears to the lid

Step 4

Add a ribbon handle and fill with treats

You will need: 

• Clean, empty jar with lid

• Coloured tapes

• Scissors

• Patterned paper or card

• Double-sided tape

• Plain coloured card

• Wire

• Ribbon

• Treats

Steps:

1. Choose a combination of coloured tapes to use on your jar and stick the tape around the jar.

2. Stick tape around the edge of the lid, from the bottom rim upwards and fold over.

3. Cut a circle slightly smaller than the lid from patterned card and stick it on top.

4. Cut out 2 ear shapes from plain card and fold the bottoms up to create tabs to stick.

5. You could use coloured tape to create two contrasting inner ears. Stick ears on top of the jar lid.

6. Create a loop of wire around the top of the jar that is larger than the circumference of the jar by a couple of cm. Hold the circle loop at opposite ends and twist to create two small, tight loops on either side of the jar.

7. Use these loops to thread through a ribbon of your choice.

8. Fill your jar up with your favourite treats!

Easter Egg-heads

Make some boiled eggs for tea, then afterwards clean out the shells and create some little egg friends.

You will need: 

• Egg shells, cleaned

• googly eyes

• felt-tip pen

• cotton wool ball

• cress or chive seeds

Steps:

1. Clean the egg shells.

2. Use googly stick-on eyes and felt-tip pens to create a funny face.

3. Put a damp cotton wool ball into each egg and sprinkle with a teaspoon of cress or chive seeds. 

4. Leave in a dry, bright place and watch the ‘hair’ start to grow. 

5. Once it has grown long, give each egg a ‘haircut’ so you can use the cress or herbs on your dinner.

Egg Cup Spring Daffodils

Looking for a simple activity to keep the kids busy? Try your hand at making egg-box daffodils - they make great Easter decorations. A regular-sized egg box makes two daffodils.

You will need: 

• Cardboard egg boxes

• green pipe cleaners

• yellow and orange paint

• Glue

• tissue paper (yellow and green)

Steps:

1. Cut out two of the ‘cups’ that hold the eggs from a cardboard egg box. Snip out triangles around the top to leave petal shapes.

2. Cut out the two prongs from the box. Cut out small notches to make the flower trumpets.

3. Paint the petals yellow and the trumpets orange. When dry, glue the trumpet into the centre of the petals and leave to set.

4. Wrap the pipe cleaners in thin strips of green tissue paper.

5. Wrap the top 4cm in yellow tissue paper. Poke a hole in the back of the flower and thread the pipe cleaner through so the yellow section is visible inside the flower.

Easter Bonnet

Get the kids’ imagination going with this simple Easter bonnet activity using everyday crafting essentials.

You will need:

• Paper plate

• Ribbon

• Paint

• Tissue paper

• Pom-poms or cotton wool balls

Steps:

1. Pierce small holes in opposite sides of a paper plate

2. Thread a ribbon through both holes, ensuring it’s long enough to keep the hat on comfortably.

3. Paint the plate and decorate with tissue paper spring flowers, pom-pom chicks or cotton wool lambs.

Easter Crown

Make these Easter crowns for your little princes and princesses with another quick and easy Easter activity. 

You will need:

• Stapler

• Long strip of card

• Coloured paper

• Paint

• Scissors

Steps:

1. Staple a wide strip of card into a circle to fit around your child’s head.

2. Cut out large and small egg shapes for your little one to paint before sticking them onto their crown.

3. Stick on any decorations and staple the short sides together, ready for royalty!

How To Make Easter Slime Eggs

Making slime is all the rage - and this fun craft idea is a great way to give your goo an Easter theme. Use any colour you like, and experiment with shapes using Easter cutters - bunnies, chicks and egg shapes will work well. Please make sure this craft is done under adult supervision.

Step 1

Make your coloured slime

Step 2

Mix some glitter into your slime

Step 3

Take out the mixture and knead

Step 4

Store your slime in egg containers

You will need: 

• 1 cup PVA glue

• 1 tsp of Baking Soda

• Food colouring and glitter

• 1 tablespoon of eye wash solution (that contains Boric Acid)

• Mixing Bowl and spoon

• Cookie shape cutters

• Fillable Easter egg containers

Steps:

1. Mix the PVA with the Baking Soda.

2. Add 2 or 3 drops of food colouring and mix further.

3. Keep stirring and mixing until the glue has changed colour completely.

4. Now add the glitter - this can be any colour. Mix this in further.

5. Now add the eye solution and keep stirring. The mixture will become harder to stir and start to come away from the sides of the bowl.

6. Take out the mixture and start to knead it between your hands. If it is still very sticky, add a small amount of eye solution again. Keep kneading and adding tiny amounts more if still very sticky.

7. You will know the slime is ready when it no longer sticks to your hands and only sticks to itself. 

8. You can store your slime in your eggs, and it will stay slimy for up to a month.

Alternative Fluffy Slime Recipe

You will need: 

• Mixing bowl and spoon

• 1 cup of shampoo

• Half a can of Shaving foam

• Salt

• Food colouring

Steps:

1. Mix the shampoo and shaving foam together, using a 1:1 ratio.

2. Add two tablespoons of salt and continue to mix.

3. Add 2 or 3 drops of food colouring and mix further.

4. Keep mixing for up to 15 minutes. Add more salt if needed to make the mixture smooth in texture.

5. Store the mixture in the freezer overnight.

6. Scoop out the frozen mixture with a spoon.