This brood is all smiles, er, beaks as they pose for a family portrait to welcome their latest addition.

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Kids love creating multi-colored swirls on dyed Easter eggs.

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This mama and her round little egg piglet relax in brown construction-paper mud.

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A fun way to say "Happy Easter" is with paper-envelope rabbits -- bearing treats, of course.

Use "green" grass in kids' Easter baskets this year; get them to help shred multi-colored sheets of recycled paper for a second use.

Think beyond the Easter egg hunt and set up fun kids' activities, like an Egg Relay Race. First, turn your backyard into a racetrack. Divide kids into two teams. At one end of the yard, mark a starting line for each team with a set of balloons tied to a stake that you have driven into the ground. At the other end, drive a stake with another set of balloons into the ground for each team. Have the teams stand behind their starting lines, and give every kid a plastic spoon and each team only one egg. The kids who are first in line should place the team's egg in their spoon and hold the handle in their teeth. At the blow of a whistle, they must race to their team's other set of balloons, around it, and back, passing off the egg to the next teammate in line (it's okay to use hands for this). If an egg falls to the ground, it can be picked up and placed back in the spoon. The first team to have all of its members finish the course wins the game.

Kids can use this technique to write their names on Easter eggs, or create original designs.

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Create cute creatures or flowers from plain or dyed eggs; kids may need extra help if you decide to use blown-out eggs.

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Spring shoes adorned with pretty paper flowers would make a nice addition to a little girl's Easter basket.

Adorn Easter clothes, baskets, or bonnets with cheerful yarn blossoms. Experiment with your yarn of choice, and wind more or fewer times around accordingly.

See whose egg doesn't crack. Give each kid a hard-boiled egg, then divide into pairs. At the starting signal, kids smash the eggs' small ends together. The kids with unbroken shells advance to the next round. Whoever has the last uncracked egg wins.

To hatch these adorable spring cakes, you don't have to be an expert baker. Making a batch of chick cupcakes is a perfect task for novices, and kids will love to help. The result will be a whimsical hit at the table.

In this version of the classic Italian lawn-bowling game, the object is to see which player can get his egg closest to the "pallino," or in this case, a plain white egg. Each kid should get two hard-boiled eggs that are the same color. To begin the game, one player throws the pallino underhand across the yard. Then that same player rolls or tosses one of his colored eggs in order to get as close as possible to the pallino. From the same starting point, the other players each take a turn, tossing one of their colored eggs toward the pallino as well. When all the kids have gone once, everyone gets to try again, this time with his or her second egg. Players can use their eggs to knock away the other kids' eggs -- moving them farther from the pallino -- or to edge their own first egg closer. After all the players are finished, measure the distance of the eggs from the pallino to see which one is closest to it. If there is a tie, the player whose egg is in the best condition is the winner.

One of the most enduring children's holiday traditions is hunting for baskets filled with treats on Easter morning. Although you can purchase a ready-made basket, you can easily create your own festive version with little more than a cookie tin, linen, and ribbon.

Kids can use a variety of floral-shaped paper punches to transform paper cups into delightful Easter favor baskets.

These beautifully glittered Easter eggs are an easy and sparkling alternative to coloring them with dyes.

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Try this Easter take on "pass the orange": In a circle, kids pass a hard-boiled egg with their chins. If it drops, both players passing it are out. The last one standing wins.