Beaded Easter Eggs
Have a go at these beaded Easter eggs with the kids - they make a great non-messy craft that can be adapted to all ages. It's a super little "take with you" activity too.
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Easter means Easter eggs - and we've got a bunch that the kids can make for themselves! You'll find all sorts of Easter egg craft ideas below for a variety of ages.
Have a go at these beaded Easter eggs with the kids - they make a great non-messy craft that can be adapted to all ages. It's a super little "take with you" activity too.
Have a go at these chromatography eggs - a mixture of a science experiment and an Easter craft in one!
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This Easter Egg Suncatcher is a simple Easter kids craft which can be enjoyed by all ages. Older kids could make their eggs very detailed, tracing over a drawn or printed design.
Here's a useful Easter egg template - with eggs in many different sizes.
Most beads are round, but our "egg beads" are egg-shaped - an original craft idea for Easter!
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Decorate your own beautiful, bejewelled Faberge egg! This craft can be adapted to suit a range of ages. Younger children can just "pile" it all on. Older kids might like to sketch out a careful design.
Make your own gilded and jewelled treasures with your kids with our Faberge eggs craft! Start by doing a Google Image search for "Faberge eggs" and then let your imaginations run riot...
Here is an original craft for Easter! Tracy shows us how to make these pretty felt Easter decorations which you can use to adorn your Easter cards, felt Easter eggs, or your Easter table.
This felt Easter egg is a simple Easter craft activity which gives children plenty of opportunity for practising cutting, decorating and sewing skills.
Tracy takes us through the process of making these gorgeous felt Easter eggs to decorate your Easter table this year. Children can use their imagination to come up with some really pretty Easter egg designs!
The children will have some sprinkly glittery fun making these stained glass Easter eggs - and they look wonderful hanging in the window, too!
Here are three easy ways to make golden eggs - perhaps to accompany Jack in the Beanstalk, or at Easter.
Golden egg 1You will need:
Polystyrene egg Gold paint Gold glitterInstructions:
Shelly and her family have fun practising symmetry using Easter-themed printables and templates from Activity Village in this guest post.
Marbled Eggs are fun for kids to make - and pretty to display at Easter, too. You will need marbling inks, which are available in most craft stores. We've used bright colours but pastel colours would make pretty Easter eggs.
Here's a fun way to make your own nest for all your home-made (or chocolate) Easter eggs!
These photo mosaic eggs are an original Easter craft for kids. Quirky and unusual!
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This Ribbon Egg is a simple Easter craft, but even the youngest children can manage a very pretty egg to display! The "gluing" part of the craft makes it especially fun!
This Scrunched Tissue Paper Egg is fun for younger kids and makes a lovely, textural display for Easter.
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Children can make their own Sequin Egg as an Easter decoration without having to use pins - and its messy and fun, too!
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Children can display their Easter drawings in the window with this stained glass colouring egg craft. This is a good craft to try with a mixture of ages and when you need to keep mess to a minimum.
Ripping strips of tissue paper and gluing them is always fun - and the effect is so pretty that all ages of children will be proud of the tissue paper egg they produce!
Rummage through the craft cupboard for supplies for this pretty tissue paper stained glass egg for Easter!