This is an exciting time of the year! Spring has returned and Easter is right around the corner. With egg hunts, chocolate bunnies and big family dinners, the holidays are a natural invitation for play and connection. What better way to connect with your kids than to slow down, get creative and do it all over some delicious Easter treats? As adults, we get to FEEL like a kid again and experience joy through fresh eyes. We’ve rounded up some awesome family-friendly Easter crafts and activities to take the guesswork out of your shared creative time. Let’s get the egg rolling!


Alternative Egg Decorating

If eggs are hard to come by where you are right now, you might be reconsidering traditional egg decorating this year. Ditch the real eggs and try out one of these inexpensive alternative egg decorating ideas!

Cardboard Cutout Eggs – use up all those shipping boxes sitting in the recycling! Make an egg-shaped template to cut out and have fun decorating them with paint, washi tape and glitter.

Salt Dough Eggs – salt dough can be made with simple ingredients at home and baked into egg shapes, perfect for painting and decorating.

Sun Catcher Eggs – make some colourful faux stained glass eggs to brighten up your windows with simple supplies.

Egg Potato Stamps – grab a couple of potatoes from the pantry to make these easy and fun egg stampers to make a colourful easter picture.

Printable Easter Eggs – these adorable templates are ready to print, colour and use as stand-up decoration when you’re finished!

Painted Rock Eggs – if you live somewhere where larger rocks are easy to find, paint them to look like decorated eggs.


Simple Crafts

No one wants to hunt down a bunch of craft supplies right now or clean up after a messy craft gone sideways. These are all low-mess crafts using simple supplies you likely already have at home

Chick Fork Painting @ masandpas.com

Paper Roll Chicks – make these little cuties using discarded toilet paper rolls, pipe cleaners, and paint.

Paper Plate Bunny – a cotton ball bunny craft that would be great for little hands.

Adorable Mini Bunnies – using just wooden beads and pipe cleaners, make a whole family of little bunnies.

Chick Fork Painting – no paintbrush required, use a plastic fork to paint a cheery chirping chick.

No-Sew Sock Bunny – use up those socks that have lost their match to create these rice-filled creatures to play with.

Paper Roll Bunny Stamps – another toilet paper roll repurposing crafts to make a cute little picture to hang.


Games & Activities

Have a little fun together and try one of these simple Easter games or activities. You can also go on a Pinterest hunt and find some creative holiday treats to make in the kitchen . . . and enjoy a little snack afterwards!

Easter Party Games @ fun-squared.com

Printable Easter I Spy – a great quiet activity to engage their mind as they hunt for the hidden easter items.

Scavenger Hunt – print off these clues to plan an easy little hunt for your kids that lead to an Easter surprise.

Funny Bunny Faces Game –  a simple drawing game using a single dice that the whole family can enjoy.

Easter Egg Bingo – use those leftover plastic eggs to play this simple matching bingo game.

Fizzy Eggs Science – baking soda and vinegar make this a fun and teachable moment. Extend the play by turning it into a soapy activity bin after!

Easter Party Games – free printables for some cute interactive family games including Easter Pictionary.

 


Make memories and enjoy some simple Easter crafts and activities together… and try not to eat the whole bag of mini eggs in one sitting …

Happy Easter, Halifax!