Baby Chicks
added 3-9-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: Small Cotton Ball
(or Yellow pom pom), Yellow Powdered tempera paint, googly eyes, Orange
paper beak, egg carton (or clean and dry egg shell), Glue.
Directions: Take a
small cotton ball and dip it in the powdered yellow paint. Then
add eyes and beaks however you want. Take the chick and glue it
into a piece of an egg carton.
Egg shell collage
added 3-9-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Egg shells, Glue,
paper, and water color Paint.
Directions: Save the
dyed shells from the Easter eggs or just from breakfast. Glue
them onto a piece of paper. When the Glue Dries paint over it
with water colors for a neat effect.
Decorated Eggs
added 3-9-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: Legg's eggs or
small blown up balloon, Masking tape, Glue, Brushes, and Colored
tissue paper.
Directions: Put tape around seam of
Legg's eggs. Then brush glue (watered down a bit) all over egg.
Place different colored tissue paper pieces onto the glue. Dip
your finger into some glue and be sure all paper edges are down
by rubbing glue over paper.
Mini Easter Baskets
added 3-12-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Margarine
container, Hole punch, Pipe cleaners, Glue, Fabric, and ribbon.
Directions: Wash and
dry a margarine container. Punch a hole on both sides of
container - near the top. Wrap 2 pipe cleaners around each other
and insert each end into a hole and twist the ends together for
the handle. Glue fabric and ribbon to outside of container.
Decorate the handle with ribbon and a bow. Fill the basket with
treats!
Tissue Paper Egg added
3-12-98 Original Author
Unknown
Need: White poster
board, Liquid starch, scissors, sponge brush, and tissue paper.
Directions: Each child
gets a large white poster board egg shape. They use liquid starch
and sponge brushes to paint the egg. Then use pastel colors of
tissue paper to cover the egg shape.
Easter Bonnet
added 4-29-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Paper plate,
cupcake papers, Crepe paper, and Acrylic spray paint.
Directions: Take a
paper plate, turn it over and staple cupcake cups to the top in
clusters of 3. I then take crepe paper and staple it to the
underside of the hat to tie it on. They are so cute. I also spray
paint the plate with an acrylic paint (if there's time). They
really look like an old fashioned bonnet. You can also glue (hot
glue or tacky glue) silk flowers and greens to give it dimension.
Easter Bonnet 2
added 4-29-98
Author Christa of Preschool Education
Need: Paper Bowl, Glue,
hole punch, Yarn, and Colored tissue paper.
Directions: What you do
is take a paper bowl and turned it upside down. Then glue pastel
colored tissue paper onto the bowl. When it dries put two hole in
the brim, with a hole punch. One on each side. Then put yarn in
the holes to make a tie for around there chin.
Shiny Easter Egg
added 11-9-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: White Tag board,
condensed milk, food coloring, paint brush
Directions: Cut out an
egg shape from white tag board. In a separate container mix
condensed milk with different colors of food coloring. Use a
separate paint brush for each color, paint the Easter egg the way
they choose. Tilt egg causing the colors to mix. Let the egg dry
for at least 48 hours.
Tag Board Eggs
added 11-9-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: White tag board,
corn syrup (light), food coloring, paint brush
Directions: Cut out an
egg for each child out of white tag board. Mix together corn
syrup (light) and food coloring. Mix together as many different
colors as you wish. Have children paint their eggs. Let dry.
Spring Baskets added
11-9-98 Original Author Unknown
Need: 2 litter bottle,
hole punch, pipe cleaner, Glue, tissue paper, puffy paint
Directions: Cut 2/3 off
the top of a two-liter bottle. Discard the top portion of the
bottle. Punch holes opposite of each other near the rim of the
bottle. Attach a long pipe cleaner from one hole to the other to
form a handle. Then glue pastel colored tissue paper pieces on
the bottle. When the glue dries use puffy paint to personalize
the baskets.
Easter Ornament
added 11-9-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: Wilton candy
molds, pink construction paper, blender, warm water, sponge or paper
towel, sharp knife (Adult only). use of an oven or warm place.
Directions: You will
need Wilton candy molds or a stoneware cookie mold in an Easter
egg shape or other design. Tear up a piece of pink construction
paper (or any color) into 1" pieces. Place in a blender with
1 cup of very warm water and let set for 10 minutes. Then process
for 2 minutes on low and 1 minute on high until the paper is
mushy and fibrous. Squeeze out most of the water and push this
pulp into the molds. Press a sponge or paper towel onto the smooth
side of the mold until most of the water is gone. Bake at 200
degrees for 1 hour or sit on top of a clothes dryer or other warm
place for 2-3 days. Paper should pop out of molds using the tip of a
sharp knife to loosen. If it doesn't come right out, it's not yet
dry. These can be hung on Easter Egg trees or just used as
refrigerator magnets or to make necklaces for the children. These
can be painted with tempera or acrylics and decorated with
glitter. These also make nice pins for Mother's Day if you glue a
pin backing on the back side. This is a great project when cost
is a factor.
Filter Paper Eggs
added 2-25-99
Original Author Unknown
Need: Coffee Filters,
water, food coloring,
Directions: Precut egg
shapes out of coffee filters. Mix water with the basic colors.
Let the children use eyedroppers to drip colors on the filter
shape. The colors will run together and make beautiful eggs.
Rabbit Ears
added
2-25-99 Original Author Unknown
Need:
Constructions paper, straws
Directions:
Make rabbit ear
head bands. Have the children cut ears out of construction paper.
Glue then to a Paper head band. You can add straws to the back of
the ears so they will stay upright.
Marble
eggs added
2-25-99 Original Author Unknown
Need: Construction
paper, box, paint, and a marble (or a plastic egg is fun too)
Directions: Cut an egg
shape from construction paper. Get a box and place the egg in the
center of the box. Put a few drops of pastel color paint in the
corner of the box and place a marble in too. Then roll it.
Another Easter Bonnet added
2-25-99 Original Author
Unknown
Need: Styrofoam soup
bowl, paper plate, flowers, and ribbon
Directions: Make Easter
bonnets from Styrofoam soup bowls stapled to paper plates that
have the center cut out of them. Let the children decorate them
as desired. Supply them with cut out flowers and ribbon.
Pretty Easter Egg
added 3-13-99
Original Author Unknown
Need:
White Construction paper, water, food coloring, eye droppers
Directions: Precut Egg
shapes from white construction paper. Fill cups with water and
different colors of food coloring. Let the children use eye
droppers to squeeze the colors onto their Easter egg. These come
out so colorful!
Foot Shaped Bunnies
added 3-13-99
Original Author Unknown
Need: White
construction paper
Directions: Trace
around each child's foot on a piece of white construction paper.
Let the children cut them out. Turn the foot so the narrow end is
the head of the bunny. Decorate with rabbit ears, nose etc...
Fingerprint Easter Eggs
added 3-13-99
Original Author Unknown
Need: Picture of an
Easter Basket, Paint, and your thumb
Directions: Have a
simple picture of an empty eater basket or draw one. Get
different color paints in shallow dishes and let the kids dip
there thumbs and make Easter eggs in the basket!
Easter Egg Baskets
added 3-13-99
Original Author Unknown
Need: Crochet String (
multi pastel colors) found in walmart, Liquid Starch, Balloons, Tray,
Yarn, Spray bottle, Bowl, Easter favors, Easter grass, lace
Directions: First you blow up the balloon
to medium size.. Just a little bigger than your hand but not too
big. Next take the string and wrap it around the balloon till you
cover it.. Make sure you go in all directions and there are no
big gaps in it. Pour the starch in a spray bottle and then some
in a bowl. Roll the balloon in the starch.... I used string to
hang it from a basket then let it drip onto a tray. It can get messy
so always have something under the balloon. Once it is dry to touch--
layer with more starch by spraying it. Continue adding starch
until the string is very stiff- stiff enough to hold its own
shape. Once it is completely dry- Pop the balloon. Take the
balloon out of the balloon shaped egg. I cut a small circle out
of the string large enough to put my hand in it and insert Easter
grass and goodies. Around the cut edge of the circle. I reinforce the
egg shape with lace and it also makes it look nicer!! I just use
hot glue to glue it. Then I fill with goodies... Its really easy
once you get started... You can have the kids help wrap the
string and then spray the starch on everyday... and also POP the
balloon! They love to do that!! MAKE SURE YOU TELL THE KIDS THAT
THEY ARE VERY DELICATE! because they will crush!
Juice Can Rabbits
added 3-21-99 Original
Author Unknown
Need: frozen juice cans
(glue white paper around), construction paper ears (white outer &
pink inner), nose (pink), eyes (or use googly eyes), and feet
(white), cotton balls (for tails), black construction paper strips for
whiskers, glue, tissue paper or Easter grass, Easter goodies
Directions: Children
assemble rabbits by gluing rabbit parts onto juice can. Put some
tissue paper or Easter grass and goodies into cans for children's
Easter treats.
Rabbit Bag
added 3-21-99
Original Author Unknown
Need: White paper bag,
tape, ribbon, wiggle eyes, and a pom pom
Directions: Take a
paper bag (Preferably white). Tape together about one third of
the way up. Cut a slit in the middle of the bag down to where you
have it taped (makes ears) . Round the corners of the ears off
and poke 2 holes in each ear. The holes should be near the top. These
are to put ribbon through to make the "inner ear". Use
2 large pom poms for the cheeks and one for the nose. Use 2 large
wiggle eyes. Use string or ribbon for the whiskers.
Basket of Eggs
added 3-21-99 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Colored
constructions paper, and glue
Directions: Trace
around 2 hands on green paper. Cut them out. Cut out a large
basket shape from brown paper and four eggs on colored paper -
glue the hands (fingers up) as grass behind the eggs and basket
on blue paper.
Easter baskets
added 3-21-99 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Strawberry
baskets, lace ribbon, Easter grass
Directions: You take
the empty green pint containers that strawberries (or other
berries) come in, put pipe cleaners through one of the holes at
the top. Lace ribbon through the baskets to decorate. Fill with
Easter grass and top with candy etc.
Circle Bunny
added 3-21-99 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Constructions
paper, and Glue
Directions: Trace
circles on white or pink paper. Cut them out. Cut ears from the
sides of one circle leaving an hour glass shape in the center -
use that as a bow tie - Draw a bunny face on the other circle.
Glue ears and bow on rabbit face. Color - place on large sheet of
Const. paper.
Chicken in a Shell
added 3-21-99
Original Author Unknown
Need: Constructions
paper, brad paper fastener
Directions: Cut a large
oval egg form wall paper or white paper. Draw jagged line across half
of egg and cut. If white paper is used, it should be decorated.
Make a chick's head out of yellow or white construction paper.
Color beak and eyes black. Paste chick to bottom half of egg
shell. Fasten top and bottom shell together with paper fastener
so top half of shell can be moved to reveal chick.
Bunny Baskets added
3-21-99 Original Author Unknown
Need: Empty & Clean
Milk Carton, Construction Paper, Glue, Crayons or Markers
Directions: Bottom 1/3 of a milk carton.
Staple a 1" strip across the top for a handle. Cut out bunny
shapes; sitting up bunny - ears on top, round head and fat body. Make sure
it is the width of the milk carton (a bit like the traditional
cat drawing). Decorate the basket with paper chips (small pieces
of paper cut or torn) and draw on bunny's face. You can also paint the
basket with glue and dip it into a container of confetti. Glue on
a cotton ball on the opposite side of basket for bunny's tail.
Barefoot Chick added
3-21-99 Original Author Unknown
Need: Yellow Paint,
Construction Paper, Crayons, Glue, Cornmeal
Directions: Paint (giggling allowed!) the
bottom of the child's foot with yellow washable liquid paint.
Have him press his foot onto a sheet of construction paper. When
the child's foot is clean and the paint is dry, have him use
crayons to add an eye, beak, and legs to his chick. Finally have
him spread glue along the bottom of the paper, then sprinkle the glue
with cornmeal.
Lambs added
3-21-99 Original Author Unknown
Need: White Paper,
Black Paint, Glue, Packing Popcorn, etc.
Directions: Use black paint on the hands
and stamp them on a white piece of paper, then decorate. The
lambs look cute with packing "popcorn" or white paper
reinforcements make great "wool". Also, left-over batting or
stuffing can be used.
Bunnies in the Grass
added 3-21-99
Original Author Unknown
Need:
White Paper, Crayons, Glue, Pom-poms or cotton balls
Directions: Have the children color a
white sheet of paper all green (scribbling is just perfect) that
have them glue on 10-15 1/2" pom poms or pieces of cotton
balls - wa la you now have "Baby Bunnies Hiding in the
Grass!!"
Cottony lambs added
3-21-99 Original Author Unknown
Need: Black
construction Paper, Cotton Balls, White Chalk
Directions: Have the child trace their
hands on the black paper. Cut these out, placing the "hands"
upside down so that the four fingers are the legs and the thumb
is the head. Have the kids glue cotton balls to the
"body". Use chalk or construction paper or whatever to
make the eyes.
Paper plate rabbits
added 3-21-99
Original Author Unknown
Need: Paper plate large
and small, constructions paper
Directions: Use a small
white paper plate and a large white paper plate. Glued the face
parts, i.e.. nose, whiskers, eyes, nose, ears to the small paper
plate. Then we glued on a tail feet to the large paper plate.
Then we glued both together.
Easter Placemats
added 3-21-99
Original Author Unknown
Need: Old Easter cards,
Easter pictures from magazines, your children's drawings, light weight
cardboard or heavy, construction paper, glue, contact paper
Directions: Gather up Easter cards from
past years, pictures from magazines or your children's favorite
drawings. Glue onto light cardboard or construction paper in decorative
fashion the size of a placemat. Cover this collage with clear
contact paper to seal the placemat. Be sure to have your child date
and sign it.
Bunny Mask added
3-21-99 Original Author Unknown
Need: paper plate, pink
construction paper, pink and/or white pipe cleaners, yarn
Directions: Using the paper plate, cut
out eyes and nose in the plate. Cut out bunny ears from pink
paper and glue to the plate. Use pipe cleaners to make whiskers,
attach to plate by poking through and knotting at back, or glue
on. Use yarn to tie to either side of plate to tie on your little
one's head.
Colorful Stamping
added 3-23-00
Original Author Unknown
Need: Large Jelly
beans, Hot glue (adult only) film canister, shallow container, pain
and paper
Directions: Your little
ones will be amazed and you will be too over these stamps made
from real jelly beans. To make two stamps, cut a large jelly
bean in half length wise. Hot-glue each half to the bottom of a
separate film canister so that its flat side can be used for
printing. Make the desired number of stamps or make a pair of
jellybean stamps for each different color of beans in your
package. Provide shallow containers of paints that
correspond to the colors of the beans. Make a jellybean book out
of a large shaped jellybean, cutting each jellybean out of white
construction paper and giving one to each child. Encourage
each child to use the stamps to make prints on a cut-out shape.
Giant
Easter Eggs added
3-23-00 Original Author Unknown
Need: Balloon,
Liquid Starch or Watered Down Glue, Large Paintbrushes, Crochet Thread
Directions: Blow up a balloon and tie a 2
ft. piece of thread to the bottom of it. Cover the entire balloon with
starch or watered down glue, using a large paint brush. Wrap crochet
thread around the balloon in one direction, leaving small gaps about
1/2 inch wide so the balloon isn't completely covered. Wrapping
doesn't have to be perfect. Apply another light layer of starch or
glue on top of the thread and wrap with another layer of crochet
thread in another direction. Repeat one or more times until the
balloon is covered with thread. Hang the balloon from the bottom
thread to dry for about 24 hours. When fully dry, pop the balloon and
gently pull it out of the thread. Hang the giant egg from the ceiling
or place it in a giant Easter basket. Variations: Use multicolored
thread or yarn. You can flatten the end of the egg by pressing on it
gently so it will stand on end. Leave an intentional opening to set
figurines and eggs/candy in. They are very pretty this way. Practical
tips: Work quickly before the glue/starch dries or add more when
necessary. Handle the egg with care after it dries, as it may cave in
if you squish it.
Bunny
Easter Basket added
3-13-02 Submitted by:
Jennifer Kudron
Need: Flower pot,
paper, wiggly eyes, pink pompom, Easter grass, glue, marker
Directions: You take a flower pot (Be
careful the children do not walk around with them. They are
breakable.) and glue white and pink ears on the back of the pot for
the ears. On the front glue on wiggly eyes and pink pompom for the
nose. Draw a mouth with a marker. Fill the pot with Easter grass and
give to the parents with a card for Easter.
Jellybean
Painting added
3-31-03 Original Author Unknown
Need: jellybeans,
paint, paper, tape, and a box
Directions: Place a piece of paper in a
box (roll tape and put under the paper to hold it still in the box.).
Add small amounts of paint in the corners. Place a few jellybeans in
the box too. Encourage children to move the box so that the
jellybeans will paint the picture.
