Three Easy Easter Crafts for Toddlers

Not Only Super Simple to Complete, They Are Easy on the Pocket Book Too

Easter is a great time to keep little hands busy with creative crafts. Spring colors present a bright palette to keep toddlers interested in creating one of a kind decorations and designs.

The following crafts are easy to put together with minimal supervision, perfect for toddlers and older children too!

Funny Easter Bunny Ears

Subject of countless stories, these magical, mythical characters brings joy to many children every Easter holiday. Let your child have a little of their own make believe by fashioning a set of bunny ears to hippity-hop around the house with.

Items Needed:

1 Sheet of White Poster board

1 Sheet of Pink Construction Paper

Pencil

Scissors

All-Purpose Glue

Tape

Markers or Crayons

Instructions:

Cut a two inch wide by two foot long (twenty-four inches) strip of poster board. Out of remaining poster board, cut out two long, rounded ears to serve as bunny ears. (Hint: for an idea of the shape, just look at Easter Bunny pictures or clipart.) The ears should be around nine inches long and four inched wide at the widest point of the ears.

Cut two smaller ears shapes, in the same design as the larger ear shapes, from the pink construction paper.

Glue the pink construction paper ears inside the white poster board ear shapes.

Take the strip of poster board and wrap it around the child's head as if it were a hat band. Mark with a pencil where the ears should be positioned. Remove the strip and glue the ears onto the strip in the position you marked (be sure to glue the ears on the inside of the band, so it will be at the back of the child's head when finished.)

Have the child decorate the outside of the white cardboard strip (head band) with markers or crayons.

When finished, tape the band to fit the child's head and cut off any excess cardboard.

Practice a bunny hop and enjoy a little make-believe time!

Paper Plate Barnyard Animals

When children are focused on the Easter Bunny, other animals fall to the wayside, but Easter is a great time to remember all the animals in the barnyard. These simple paper plate animals will encourage your toddler to think about colors, shapes, and even the sounds of the animals you are exploring.