15 Easter Crafts and Activities for Kids

The traditional methods of Easter egg decorating—dipping into dyes, simmering water, and mixing food coloring—can be prohibitive (read: messy) with younger children. Make eggs that everyone can have a helping hand in: This line drawing clip-art is meant to be colored in (just like their favorite coloring book!) and glued to eggs—it's that easy.

Everyone will love these sweet daffodils made from baking cups and a printable flower template. Use them as place cards, and kids can help you set the Easter table by writing names on the petals and setting one to each seat (albeit, missing a candy or two).

In a springtime twist on the surprise ball, meet the surprise Easter bunny. Kids will love making and unwrapping them with equal enthusiasm. As they unravel the crepe paper strips, they will be rewarded with little trinkets and candy. Somewhat like the real Easter Bunny, no?

Stickers are colorful, pretty, and fun for all ages—perfect for decorating Easter eggs. Kids will enjoy the activity, and the stickers offer an easy way to seal a halved egg or designate special eggs in a hunt.

This is how you dress in your Sunday best: Help kids craft their own headband—by shaping flowers, leaves, and spring vegetables from felt—with a floppy pair of rabbit ears. Then, all that's left for them to do is hippity hop!

If they can make strokes with a paintbrush, they're up to the task. These hollowed linden wood eggs are easy to customize with color—in one tone or two-toned as we've done here. Best of all, the kids will be able to treasure their creations for years to come.

Kids will eventually learn to love their vegetables. But in the meantime, these colorful paper carrots are fun for pretend play. Simply wrap the crepe paper streamers around a few treasures—a few crayons, a charm, a miniature toy—and pack their basket with a bundle of them.

With much talk about fairies and elves, a child's world is always filled with wonder. This Easter, help them build a basket that's spark their imaginations: charming gnome eggs, miniaturized details, and a candy-laden garden of vegetables like corn, beets, cabbages, and the holiday must—bundled carrots.

Hosting a whole hippity-hopping crowd of kids? Take them out to the backyard, baskets in hand for egg hunts, as well as themed games like egg bocce, shell crack, or even a relay race.

Everyone knows the rules. Now, make a board and play the game! In our Easter version, you play on a criss-crossed board game board with decorated wooden chips. It will be fun for everyone in the family and the only question is, will you be Team Carrots or Team Bunnies?