Easter Activities

Looking for ways to keep the kids entertained over Easter? These fun projects will keep kids happy and busy, and adults may even find themselves getting stuck in, too!


CRAFT 1 - BIRD FEEDER:

Little ones will love watching the garden birds as they perch on the side, pecking away at the seed! It’s a great way to teach children about local wildlife and enjoy a fun afternoon of craft. 

Thirty minutes of your day, and you will have a lovely memory to look back on!

To make an Easter bird feeder, you will need:

  • -1 large orange

  • -2 kebab skewers

  • -Bird seed

  • -String

What to do:

  1. Cut a large orange in half and scoop out the middle (you can eat this as a snack)

  2. Poke a kebab skewer through one side of the orange and out through the other, then poke another kebab skewer through from the other side so the two skewers make a cross in the middle. Little birds can perch on these skewers while they eat the seed.

  3. Take two equal lengths of string and tie these onto the skewers on either side so you can hang it up. It might not balance with just one, so be sure to do both.

  4. Fill the orange with bird seed, then hang on a branch for the birds to enjoy!




CRAFT 2 - EASTER BUNNY CRESS:


Growing cress is an amazing way to teach children about plants and how food is grown and harvested – it’s fast growing and they can have it as a healthy snack once it’s ready. 

Decorate the flowerpot with cute bunny-inspired decoration for Easter. This is a lovely DIY decoration, and once the cress is eaten, the Easter bunny can be brought out year after year!

This activity also takes 30 minutes, and an additional 2 weeks waiting time (to watch the cress grow!)

To make a cress bunny, you will need:

  • -Small flower pot

  • -Cress seeds

  • -Soil

  • -Large pom-pom (for the body)

  • -Small pom-pom (for the tail)

  • -Felt (for the feet)

  • -Pink felt (for the toe beans)

  • -Ribbon

What to do:

  1. Plant some cress in a small flower pot following the instructions on the seed packet.

  2. Wrap some ribbon around the flowerpot. Glue a small pom-pom on top of a large pom-pom (this is the body and tail).

  3. Cut out feet from brown felt and toes from pink felt, then glue them together to make the bunny's feet. Glue these onto the large pompom body.

  4. Once the cress has grown, nestle the bunny into the pot. Hide some mini eggs in the cress and enjoy.




CRAFT 3 - Bunny and Chick Sweet Treat Jars:

Make these chocolate-filled jars for your children to give to their teachers, or hide on an Easter egg hunt in the garden. This activity will take one hour, plus drying time.

To make bunny jars, you will need:

  • -Glass jar with screw lid

  • -Craft paint suitable for glass

  • -Permanent marker pens

  • -Patterned card

  • -Glue

  • -Pom-pom (chick only)

  • -Chocolate eggs and chocolate coins

What to do:

1. Paint the lids and jars, leaving a circle at the front of the jar unpainted. Leave to dry completely before applying a second coat.

2. Once dry, draw faces on the front to make a bunny or chick using permanent marker pens.

3. Cut out bunny ears or chick party hats from patterned card. Glue pom-poms to the party hats, if needed. Bend back a 1cm-wide flap of card at the base of each ear or party hat and glue to the jar lids. To finish, fill the jars with chocolate.

These activities will definitely keep your little ones entertained, and the outcome of each craft will leave them full of excitement!


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Debbie Gray