We love Easter crafts! With the coming of spring after a long winter, pops of color are appearing in the garden. It’s the perfect time to bring some color and creativity into the home with simple, fun Easter crafts the kids will love.
We’ve already shared toddler-friendly Easter crafts, Easter arts and crafts for preschoolers. plus Easter bunny crafts and Sunday school crafts.
But what would Easter be without Easter eggs! Here are some simple and fun Easter egg activities that’ll bring your kids joy without turning your kitchen table into a total craft disaster! (Fingers crossed,,,)
There are easy Easter egg crafts, simple sensory play ideas and other fun themed activities.
Remember, it’s not about perfection. These Easter egg activities are about sitting beside your kids, sharing a few laughs, and enjoying that quiet kind of happiness that comes from doing something together.
Easy Easter Egg Crafts for Kids
Simple, hands-on easter egg crafts that let kids paint, cut, glue, and create their own little Easter masterpieces.
Washi Tape Easter Egg
Kids can decorate egg shapes using colorful washi tape, creating fun patterns without any mess. It’s a simple craft that allows plenty of creativity but is still easy enough for little hands.
Head over to The Gingerbread House for details
Paper Easter Egg Craft for Kids (Free Template)
With a simple printable template, kids can design their own paper Easter eggs using crayons, markers, or paint. Cute and simple Easter egg crafts preschool kids will enjoy.
Head over to Simple Everyday Mom for details
DIY Easter Egg Garland
Turn your finished yarn eggs into a cheerful garland that can decorate walls, windows, or party tables for Easter celebrations.
Head over to Mommy Evolution for details
Felt Easter Egg Pattern
Using felt and a simple free template, kids can create simple felt Easter eggs that are perfect for pretend play or simple decorations.
Visit Fun Cloth Crafts for more
Beautiful Easter Egg Craft with Doilies
Using paper doilies adds a delicate, pretty touch to this egg craft, and no two turn out exactly the same. That little bit of variation makes each one feel extra special—while still being simple and easy for kids to create.
Visit A Little Pinch of Perfect for more
Easter Egg Bunny Craft for Kids
Bunny or egg craft – can’t decide? Try this cute Easter egg bunny craft – all you need is paper and a few basic supplies.
Visit Simple Everyday Mom for more
Paper Plate Easter Craft with Washi Tape
Turn a simple paper plate into a colorful Easter decoration using washi tape and a few easy supplies. This one’s perfect for quick, glue-free crafting sessions.
Head over to Hunny I’m Home DIY for details
Easter Egg Painted Rocks
Painting rocks to look like Easter eggs is such a fun and creative activity. Kids can decorate them and have fun hiding them around the garden for each other to find – their very own sugar-free Easter egg hunt!
Jump over to Rock Your Homeschool for more
Sew a Fillable Felt Easter Egg
These soft felt eggs can be sewn and filled with little surprises, making it both a craft and a cute Easter gift idea.
Head over to Sewa Softie for details
Paint Scribbled Easter Egg Craft
Let your toddler decorate hard-boiled eggs with markers and watch their creativity come to life. It’s a simple Easter activity for toddlers and little ones who love to scribble and explore colors.
Paint scribbled Easter egg craft from Merriment Design
Contact Paper Nature Easter Egg Craft
Start with a mini nature walk, then let your child stick dried flowers and leaves onto an egg shape made with contact paper. It’s a sweet mix of outdoor fun and crafty creativity — a perfect for hands-on easter egg activity.
Contact paper nature Easter egg craft and decoration from cirquedusewell
Easy Easter Egg Paper Collage Craft for Kids
Kids simply glue different materials – paper, paint, feathers, and washi tape and so on – onto an egg cut-out to create their own collage. Simple, fun, and always a hit with kids who love to create their own way.
Jump over to A Little Pinch of Perfect for instructions
DIY Paper Mache Eggs
This classic craft lets kids build their own eggs layer by layer using paper and glue, then bring them to life with paint once dry. It’s a wonderfully hands-on, slightly messy project that unfolds over a couple of days.
Jump over to Mommy Evolution for instructions
Tissue Paper Easter Egg Suncatcher
Using contact paper and tissue paper, kids can create a colourful egg decoration that’ll look beautiful hanging in a sunny window.
Tissue paper Easter egg suncatcher from Crafts By Amanda
Water Resist Easter Egg Art
Kids draw patterns with white crayon on an egg-shaped canvas, then paint over the top to watch the hidden designs appear. It’s a simple process with a big wow factor—and always feels a little bit magical for young artists.
Water resist Easter egg craft from 123 Homeschool 4 Me
Painted Easter Egg Craft
A classic activity where kids paint eggs freely, letting their imagination guide the color and pattern they choose. Such an easy Easter egg craft for kids that never gets old.
Jump over to Rainy Day Mum for more
Baby Easter egg thumbprint craft activity
If you can manage a few thumb or fingerprints from your baby, adding simple lines, zigzags, and dots quickly transforms them into sweet little Easter eggs. It’s a lovely baby Easter craft that you can use to make a simple handmade card for that special someone.
Printable Easter Egg Crafts & Templates
Easy DIY Easter egg crafts with free templates and printables for quick, low-prep crafting.
Easter Egg Bookmark
Kids color in their choice of Easter egg bookmark and, once laminated, it becomes a fun little keepsake they can use for reading all season long.
Click Here to Download the Pdf Easter Coloring Bookmarks
Pull-apart Bible verse Easter eggs
Children decorate paper eggs and then choose a short Bible verse to hide inside. When opened, each egg reveals a meaningful message that gently introduces faith. Such a creative Christ-centered Easter craft for little ones.
Pull-apart bible verse Easter eggs from thegrowingcreatives
Easter Bunny Basket Photo Craft
This easy Easter printable has kids color in a bunny basket and add then add their own photo, turning it into a sweet keepsake parents will enjoy year after year.
Visit Print Your Story for instructions
Easter Egg Color In Card
This easy color-in card lets kids color and decorate their own Easter egg and turn it into a simple card to give to family or friends.
Click Here To Download The Pdf Easter Coloring Cards
Printable Easter Egg Holder Templates
With these templates, kids can create simple egg holders that double as Easter table decorations or small gift containers.
Visit Natasha LH for instructions
Count the Easter Eggs Template
Kids count and color the eggs on this printable, making it a fun way to practice early maths skills while enjoying a little Easter coloring.
Click Here to Download the Pdf Easter Counting Numbers
Check out these free printable Easter activities for preschoolers and bigger kids too:
- 35 Fun FREE Printable Easter Activities For Kids
- Easter Word Search FREE Printable
- FREE Printable Easter Bunny Templates {9 Different Designs}
- 5 FREE Printable Easter Coloring Sheets for Kids
- 2 Fun FREE Printable Easter Activity Placemats for Kids
- 2 Easter Color By Number Free Printables – Chick & Bunny Design
Fine Motor Easter Egg Activities
Skill-building Easter egg learning activities that help little hands practice cutting, squeezing, and patterning.
Shredded Paper Easter Egg Collage
This egg collage is great for kids who love tearing paper or practicing with scissors. They can glue colorful pieces onto an egg shape and even try making simple patterns.
Paper shredded Easter egg collage from planetamatka
Easter Egg Symmetry
Kids create mirrored designs on an egg template, exploring symmetry, patterns, and simple printing in a fun, hands-on way. It’s an easy Easter activity for toddlers and preschoolers that feels like play while gently introducing early learning skills.
Jump over to Simply Full of Delight for more
Spotted Easter Egg Craft
All you need are dot stickers and eggs for this easy fine-motor activity. Peeling and sticking will help develop fine motor control of the hands and fingers.
Spotted Easter egg craft from Red Ted Art
Tissue Paper Easter Egg Craft
Here’s another simple Easter craft and activity that will help build fine motor skills while creating a bright and colorful Easter decoration.
Scrunching the tissue paper helps strengthen little hand muscles, while picking up, placing, and sticking each piece builds hand-eye coordination and finger control.
Tissue paper Easter egg from @greydock
Paper Strip Easter Egg Craft
This Easter egg paper strip craft lets kids layer paper pieces in different directions, encouraging creativity and simple design choices.
Lining up, placing, and gluing each strip helps build fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, and the finished egg doubles as a cute Easter decoration.
Head over to Mama of Minis for details
Fine Motor PomPom Painting Easter Egg Craft
Using pom-poms instead of brushes adds a fun twist to this egg painting activity and helps build hand strength at the same time.
Head over to In The Playroom for details
Torn Paper Easter Egg Craft
Kids tear pieces of paper and glue them onto an egg shape for a textured, colorful design.
Visit Rock Your Homeschool for instructions
Sensory Easter Egg Activities
Hands-on sensory activities that let kids explore color and texture while enjoying the process.
Whipped Cream Dyed Easter Eggs
In this fun sensory Easter egg activity for kids explore colors using whipped cream and food dye. It’s a little messy, a lot of fun, and should result in some colorful eggs!
Whipped cream dyed easter eggs from Mom Wife Busy Life
Playdough Decorated Easter Eggs
In this fun sensory activity, play dough rolled and shaped into an egg becomes a blank canvas for creativity. Raid your craft supplies for gems, decorative stones, pompoms, buttons and other embellishments and it’s time to decorate!
Playdough (or salt dough) decorated Easter eggs from babybrightstars
Tissue Paper Dyed Easter Eggs
Kids spray water over tissue paper placed on eggs to create colorful, one-of-a-kind designs.
There’s lots of opportunity for learning and development here – squeezing the trigger helps develop finger strength and coordination, while there’s a little science involved in the color transfer…
Tissue paper dyed Easter eggs from Savvy Mama Lifestyle
DIY Bubble Wrap Dyed Easter Eggs
Using bubble wrap and paint, kids can create a cool mosaic effect on their eggs. This fun Easter egg activity is a playful mix of art and sensory fun and finishes with some pretty decor for the table.
Jump over to Mommy Rose for more
Easter Egg Scrape Painting Activity
In this easy scrape painting activity, kids drag baby-safe paint across an egg template to create colorful, one-of-a-kind designs. Each one will turn out a little different – it’s a little messy but a whole lot of fun!
Visit Messy Little Monster for instructions
Here are some more sensory ideas for little ones:
- 15 Best Sensory Bin Tables for Toddlers
- 21 Fun & Easy Dinosaur Sensory Activities
- 25 Easy FAKE SNOW Sensory Bins & Activities for Kids
- 50 Christmas Sensory Activities & Bins for Toddlers
Time for Easter Crafting
At the end of the day, these Easter egg crafts aren’t really about how neat they turn out or how many you finish. They’re about the time you spend together, the little laughs along the way, and the memories you’re quietly making at the table.
However you choose to craft this Easter, I hope these ideas help make it a little more fun and a lot more meaningful for you and your kids.
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Fun Easter crafts & activities to try next:
- 19 Simple Easter activities for babies (sensory, art & more!)
- 25 Adorable Easter Hand & Footprint Crafts for Kids
- 40 Easter Games & Activities for Kids
Easy crafts & activities to prepare for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day:
- 35 Fun & Creative Mother’s Day DIY Gifts from Kids
- 39 Easy Mothers Day Handprint Crafts, Cards & Gift Ideas
- 45 Cute & Easy Mother’s Day Crafts
- 35+ Adorable Handprint Father’s Day Gifts & Ideas
- 41 Easy Father’s Day Crafts for Little Kids (Toddlers & Up!)
- 19 Adorable 1st Father’s Day Gifts & Crafts From Baby
- 50+ Easy DIY Father’s Day Gifts For Kids To Make Dad
