57 Easy Easter Crafts For The Whole Family to Make This Spring

This is the kid's equivalent of mom's Easter hat. If they can't wear it to church they can certainly don it when visiting grandma for Easter lunch.

To make: Cut a large V-shape out of a paper plate (discard the V) and form the plate into a cone; glue, tape, or staple the cone closed. Make ears using white and pink craft paper and glue to the back of the cone. Use black craft paper and a black hole punch to create the eyes and scissors to cut out the nose. Glue the eyes to the face. Glue lengths of thin natural twine to the back of the nose for the whiskers and pink twine to the bottom of the nose to create the mouth. Glue the nose to the cone and once in place shape the mouth and glue it in place. Glue ribbon to the inside of the cone on either side of the face for holding on place.

Add this sweet rickrack detail to napkins, cocktail napkins, or a tablecloth and bask in the glory of guests oohing and aahing over your handiwork.

To make: Pin a single strand of rickrack along the bottom edge of a napkin. Use green embroidery floss and a detached chain stitch to make sets of tulip leaves along the rickrack. Use desired color embroidery floss and a French knot to create flowers just above the leaves.

This sweet craft is made with accessible supplies you probably already have in your craft bin. No rickrack? Use ribbon or twine or even draw on a border with marker.

To make: Cut a plate in a zigzag pattern a little bit above the middle. Attach the two parts to a second plate on one side, so that they line up when closed using white paper fasteners. Cut a chick from yellow craft paper and decorate with paper wings and eyes and a feather comb; attaching everything with glue. Glue squares of orange and yellow craft paper to the bottom plate. Top with yellow and orange feathers and the chick. Glue rickrack around the edge of the zigzag plate, if desired.

After the family spends time DIYing these cute paper plate bunny pouches, parents can fill them with treats to greet the kids on Easter morning.

To make: Cut a paper plate in half. Glue along the outer edges to a second uncut plate, creating a pocket. Use brown Kraft paper to create the bunnies face and whiskers and pink craft paper to create the nose; glue all to the cut plate. Make ears using white and pink craft paper and glue to the back of the full plate. Fill as desired.

This is the perfect Easter basket for the kid who loves to dig around in the yard, bring bugs inside, and climb trees.

To make: Use hot glue to attach preserved forest moss, and preserved reindeer moss around the bottom of the basket. Glue fake quail eggs on top of the moss. Fill with shredded paper (we used brown Kraft paper) and a giant chocolate bunny. Set out natural-colored eggs for hunting.

The kids can put on a play this Easter after they spend an afternoon crafting DIY bunny masks. Want more characters? Make a chicken and lamb, too.

To make: Cut 2/3 to 3/4 off a paper plate. Cut ears from white and pink craft paper and glue to the back of the plate along the top rounded edge. Glue white pipe cleaner whiskers (cut to desired length) and a pink pompom nose to the cut edge of the plate. Parents should cut eyes holes using an X-Acto knife. Paint a thin dowel pink and glue to the back of the plate for holding the mask.

*Parents will need to help cutting out the eye holes

Deck the halls this spring with a simple DIY wreath the kids can easily pull together in an afternoon.

To make: Cut the center from a paper plate. Wrap the outside with rickrack, ribbon, or both; taping it in place in the back. Cut varying size eggs from craft paper and add a Washi tape stripes, if desired. Glue eggs to the front of the wreath. Use a small hole punch to make a hole in the top edge of the plate and thread with leather cording or twine for hanging.

Bright and cheery, these roosters are made from two pieces of yellow rickrack and a few colors of embroidery floss. If making on a napkin, tie it all together with another color rickrack.

To make: Pin two pieces of yellow rickrack, overlapping the bottom peaks of top piece with the top peaks of the bottom piece, along the bottom of a napkin. Use black embroidery floss and a back stitch to sew the rickrack, on the overlapping sections, to the napkin. Use orange embroidery floss and a back stitch to create the feet and a straight stitch to create on the beak. Use red embroidery floss and a detached chain stitch to create the rooster comb. Use black embroidery floss and a French knot to create the eyes.

Create this basket for youngster who loves gardening, all the pretty blooms, and loads and loads of color.

To make: Start by hot gluing fake flowers of differing sizes and color in a cascade pattern down one side of the basket. Fill with shredded paper (we used yellow paper) and candy, like Peeps and jellybeans.

Chicken is as chicken does, and this chicken is cute and friendly and will delight all.

To make: Glue yellow and red feathers to the back of a paper plate to make the wings and comb. Use a black hole punch and black craft paper to create the eyes and orange craft paper to create the nose; glue both to the center of the plate. Cut two thin lengths from yellow craft paper then accordion fold them to create the legs. Cut the feet from orange paper and glue them to the bottom of the legs. Glue the legs to the back of the plate.

Make this basket for the child who loves to pick out their outfits, paint their nails, and wear bows in their hair.

To make: Start by hot gluing store bought pompoms in desired colors around the top of the basket (bonus points if you make your own pompoms). Glue a double layer of pompom trim around the bottom of the basket. Fill with shredded paper (we used blue) and set out eggs a variety of eggs for hunting.

Fill these bunny bags with all your favorite Easter treats. They're deal for party favors or for a special treat at the each place setting at the kids' table.

To make: Lay a white paper bag flat on a surface. Draw a 3-inch-tall “V” from the corners of the bag down toward the center of the bag. Cut out the “V”, forming the bunny ears. Use a pink colored pencil to fill in the pink interior of the ear. Unfold the bag and fill it with easter treats. Tie a length of ribbon or yarn around the bag, below the ears, cinching the bag tight. Make or buy a small pom-pom and attach it to the bottom of the bag to create the bunny tail.

Add a special spring detail to napkins just using rickrack and embroidery floss. We guarantee that your table will have never looked so good!

To make the chicks: Pin a single strand of rickrack along the bottom edge of a napkin. Use an embroidery floss that is a similar color to the rickrack and a straight stitch to sew the rickrack, in the middle section between the top and bottom dips of the rickrack, to the napkin. Use yellow embroidery floss and a straight stitch to create two feet on the bottom dip of the rickrack and the beak on top peak of the rickrack. Use black embroidery floss and a French knot to create the chick’s eyes in the center of the top peak of the rickrack.

To make the eggs: Pin two pieces of rick rack above the chicks, overlapping the bottom peaks of top piece with the top peaks of the bottom piece so that the next set of peaks and valleys create an egg shape. Sew in place with a straight stitch, on the overlapping sections, with your choice of embroidery floss.

The natural color of terracotta plus a bundle of fresh dill help transform the garden bench staple into the cutest Easter decor.

To make: Stack three terracotta pots, with the smallest on the bottom and the largest on the top, to create a carrot shape (you can put rocks in the bottom pot to steady the stack, if desired). Place a piece of damp floral foam in the top pot and fill with dill sprigs to mimic carrot tops.

Hung on the front door, this egg wreath will great guests in style.

To make: Tie a length of twine around a 12-inch biodegradable craft ring, this will be used to hang the wreath. Attach fake or blown real eggs (we used a combination of both) such as goose, chicken, quail, and duck eggs using hot glue. Nestle greens throughout the eggs, hot gluing them in place, if desired. Hang from twine.

Use yarn or string to personalize an Easter basket with a name or, for longer names, just use initials.

To make: Braid together three lengths of chunky weight yarn or twine, holding the ends together with a dab of hot glue. Form braid into desired letter and trim excess lengths, folding end under and holding in place with hot glue. Repeat as needed. Glue braids onto a basket forming into letter shapes as you go.

These gorgeous DIY painted candlesticks will add timeless flare to your holiday table.

To make: Use acrylic paint pens to draw spring or Easter designs on pastel taper candles. We did carrots, flowers, and green vines. *Note, the paint can be rubbed off while still wet so don’t worry about making mistakes.

Add some bling to your cocktail coupes with an oh-so-cute strawberry bunny.

To make: Cut very small rabbit ears from watercolor paper. Use a pink colored pencil to fill in the pink interior of the ear. Cut the top 1/4 to 1/3 off a strawberry. Thinly slice, discarding (aka eating) the outer pieces so that you are left with a piece that is flat on both sides. Use a paring knife to cut two small slits in the top of the berry, on either side of the point; insert the ears. Cut a small slit in the center of the bottom of the berry, slide onto the rim of the glass.