52 Easy DIY Easter Crafts That Adults and Kids Can Create Together
These cute Easter art projects will add some creativity to your holiday celebrations.
The Easter holiday is an ideal time to show off your craft skills. It’s all about getting creative and inventive with Easter egg decorations, coming up with lively, out-of-the-box Easter egg hunt ideas, decorating your home for those delicious Easter feasts with loved ones, or just celebrating spring with colorful, cheerful crafts.
So flaunt your creativity with some easy Easter crafts that are sure to get noticed when friends and family visit (or rack up those likes when you post your impressive creations on Instagram). From our abundant and diverse ideas, choose a craft project that can double as a decoration or table centerpiece, one that works as a thoughtful homemade Easter presents for neighbors or friends, or even one that you can eat when you’re all done.
And there’s no need to be an experienced crafter to get these projects off the ground: You’ll find a range of easy craft ideas you can execute at any skill level — some of which require only a few supplies that you may already have around the house. Here, you'll find all kinds of crafts you can make for Easter, including everything from whimsical methods for decorating Easter eggs to how-tos for charming wall hangings and spring wreaths, plus festive Easter baskets. So grab your supplies and jump right into some seasonal crafting fun!
Mini Succulent Easter Baskets
These mini succulent Easter baskets have a world of purposes: They’re naturals as seating cards for a holiday brunch, and would be loads of fun as office or fridge magnets, too (just dab some hot glue on the back to adhere).
Easter Egg Wreath
This rainbow Easter egg wreath is the perfect craft to use as decoration in your living room or to brighten up your front door. To make it, cut 1⁄4-inch and 3/8-inch strips of colorful tissue paper. Use glue stick to adhere thinner strips to smaller Styrofoam eggs and thicker strips to larger eggs. Wrap tissue paper around egg lengthwise, then apply second strip horizontally. Continue attaching until the egg is completely covered. Arrange faux leaves and eggs around wreath form and hot glue into place. Secure eggs to each other with hot glue where necessary. Once assembled, hot glue a few more sprigs in between eggs to make the look extra plush.
Paper Mâché Hats
Use colorful tissue paper to create whimsical hats in whatever style suits your fancy. We love this all-ages-friendly spring paper craft for bridal showers, baby showers, Kentucky Derby parties... you name it!
Bunny Ears Ice Cream Cone
This easy Easter craft doubles as a post-egg-hunt treat: It's as edible as it is adorable!
Saguaro Cactus Easter Egg
This cute craft has a cactus motif that's right on trend. When you're done painting it, "plant" it in a terra cotta pot for totally Instagrammable decor when you're done.
Cake Stand Centerpiece
After the kids (and adults!) decorate their Easter eggs, show them off with this elegant DIY cake stand. To make it, place a mix of decorated eggs and bundles of flowers in egg cups on each level for a sweet and simple display.
Hanging Egg Centerpiece
Use a craft knife to cut a 2" x 2" oval into 4" eggs. Apply one to two coats of paint to the 4" and 2" eggs; let dry. Stuff 4" eggs with tissue paper, then place all eggs inside cardboard box. In small bowl, mix a few drops of water with a dollop of paint, then dip the toothbrush bristles in and use your thumb to fleck the paint onto the eggs to create speckles. Once dry, repeat for the reverse side of the eggs. Place floral foam inside the flower bucket and arrange sprays inside. Use brown floral tape to attach two sprays together to create height as needed. Hot-glue a small loop of ribbon to the top of the eggs and hang from spray branches. Arrange Easter grass inside 4" eggs, then add cookies.
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Golden Eggs
1. Dye or paint eggs; let dry completely.
2. Use a foam brush to paint abstract splotches of glue from the Mona Lisa Metal Leaf Starter Kit on the eggs; let dry according to package instructions.
3. Apply the gold leaf from the kit to the sticky areas (the glue is tacky when it dries) and smooth down with your fingers.
4. Use a stiff-bristled brush to sweep away any gold leaf around the egg where there was no adhesive.
Jordan Almond Chicks
This fun craft sits at the intersection of adorable and edible. Just try not to eat all your art supplies before you finish!
Monogram Egg Centerpiece
This simple, sophisticated place setting is a creative way of telling people where their seat is while also matching your utensils and making sure your decorations match the holiday.
Stick on a letter, spray paint the egg, and then peel the letter off. That's it!
Grow-Your-Own Garden Centerpiece
1. Arrange medium whitewashed wood trays down the middle of your table. Cut through wheatgrass (available at most nurseries) with scissors so it fits inside each tray.
2. Push the stems of cut flowers into floral water picks filled with tap water, then nestle the plastic tubes into the grass.
3. For extra color, place a few dyed eggs around the perimeter as shown.
Easter Egg Topiaries
Feather your nest with topiaries made from paper napkin-covered plastic eggs glued onto Easter grass-covered Styrofoam cones.
Ribbon Place Setting
Jazz up your Easter brunch with some lovely ribbon centerpieces that are easy to make but will make a big statement on your table. Simply tie as you wish in a coordinating or contrasting color. Voila!
Ombré Easter Eggs
You can create this dramatic display with just two 0.25-ounce vials of blue dye you may already have in the kitchen. Set out six 12-ounce glasses, labeled A through F. Add one cup of boiling water and two teaspoons of white vinegar to each and stir, using a separate spoon for each glass. Then, mix in the color as follows: A, two drops; B, six drops; C, 10 drops; D, 20 drops; E, 45 drops; F, 60 drops. Submerge a hard-boiled egg in each glass. Steep for five minutes, or until you're happy with the hue, then remove and place in an empty egg carton to dry. Repeat with additional eggs (up to three dozen).
Golden Egg Wreath
Hang this elegant wreath from your front door to get all of your guests in the Easter spirit. To make it, simply suspend golden eggs from a yarn-wrapped hoop.
Bunny Ears Napkins
1. Use scissors to cut a 1½" section of paper-towel tube.
2. From white or pink felt, cut a 6¼" x 2¼" rectangle and hot-glue it around the cardboard ring.
3. Download the bunny ear template here. Make the outer ear shapes with felt that matches the ring color, and the inner ear shapes with the other felt color.
4. Sandwich a 4" piece of pipe cleaner between the inner and outer ear shapes, letting about ¾" stick out of the bottom; hot-glue to secure. Pinch the bottom corners together and secure with hot glue; hold until dry. Repeat this step for the other ear.
5. Attach the ears to the felt-covered ring, about ½" apart, by hot-gluing the exposed pipe cleaner to the top of the ring. Cover the pipe cleaner segments with a small piece of matching felt; hot-glue to secure.6. Once dry, bend the ears to make them stand upright, then push a napkin through the ring.
Easter Egg Tree
Christmas isn't the only holiday worthy of a tree. Make a much smaller version of the Christmas classic with this fun display.
Gather sturdy branches — flowering quince, pussy willow, cherry blossom, magnolia, dogwood, or forsythia — and place them in a heavy vase. Round up a dozen or so blown-out eggs or faux craft eggs. One by one, attach a 20" piece of thin ribbon to the bottom of the egg to the midpoint of the ribbon. Wrap the ribbon around the egg and attach to the top of the egg with hot glue. Once dry, tie the eggs onto the branches and trim excess ribbon.
Easter Characters
Craft your own herd of Easter characters by adhering faux flower petals, buds, and leaves to colored eggs. (Paint and decorate ceramic eggs and you can display this craft every spring!)
DIY Paper Flowers
Upcycle cupcake liners into flowers with this fun and easy craft. Bonus: They'll never die! First, fold dyed cupcake liners (or use colored ones) in half and cut out petal and fringe shapes. Then fold a piece of floral wire in half and twist around the faux flower stamen. Poke the wire through the center of three to four paper liners. Finish it off by wrapping floral tape around the base of the liners and continue to wrap down the "stem.
Lamb Easter Egg
Mary had a little lamb, and you can have one too! All you need is some paint, a glue gun, and some silk flowers to make this adorable sheep.
Alesandra is a digital travel and lifestyle journalist based in Los Angeles whose work has appeared in Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Day, Prevention, Insider, Glamour, Shondaland, AFAR, Parents, TODAY and countless other online and print outlets. Alesandra has a masters degree in journalism with an emphasis on cultural reporting and criticism from NYU, and a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley. An avid traveler, she trots the globe with her husband and their twins.
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