Easter is a special time for the whole family. More than Easter egg hunts and family traditions, it’s also a time to get crafty and creative, making memories with your family that will last a lifetime.

Crafting is a great way to stretch your creativity, allowing you to imagine and craft Easter decorations with your own unique spin. Below, we’ve pulled together ten of our favourite creative Easter crafts for kids. Easy to make, inexpensive and full of opportunities for creative experimentation, these crafts are sure to brighten up your Easter holiday. Make sure to let us know how you go!

1. Painted Pastel Candlesticks

These painted pastel candlesticks make the perfect decorations for your Easter table. Grab some acrylic paint pens, and draw all your favourite Easter designs on the pastel taper candles - think carrots, bunnies, Easter eggs, or wherever your creativity leads you. Note, the paint can be rubbed off while wet, so don’t worry about messing up.

2. Bunny Pom-pom Garland

Hang from the bench, the bed, from the door or over the mantelpiece - wherever it goes, this bunny pom-pom garland will sweeten up any room. Use a white medium-weight yarn to make small, medium, and large-sized pom-poms. Thread a length of twine or string through the centre of the pom-poms, spacing them as desired. Cut rabbit ears from white and pink felt, attach the pieces with fabric glue, and then hang with small nails or push pins.

3. Bunny Treat Bags

Fill these cute bunny bags with all your favourite Easter treats. First, lay a white paper bag flat on a surface. Draw a 3-inch-tall “V” from the corners of the bag down toward the centre of the bag. Cut out the “V”, forming the bunny ears. Colour the inside of the ears pink, then unfold the bag and fill it with easter treats. Tie a length of ribbon or yarn around the bag, below the ears, cinching the bag tight. Make or buy a small pom-pom and attach it to the bottom of the bag to create the bunny tail.

4. Carrot Garland

Your orange fabric scraps (or old flannel shirts!) just got trendy. This Easter, decorate your home with crafted carrot garlands - simply trace these templates onto your desired fabric, cut them out, and sew the pieces together as instructed on the template. Wrap twine around the neck of the carrots and hang around the home for a bit of seasonal festivity.

5. Pipe Cleaner Bunny Ring

This cute little bunny ring makes the perfect accessory this Easter. Grab some pipe cleaner, googly eyes, a button and a small pink bead for the nose, and get crafting. You can find the full tutorial here.

 
6. Paper Bag Easter Masks

Get creative with these paper bag Easter masks, and transform your little ones into little lambs, chicks and bunnies this Easter weekend. Easy to make and fun for the whole family, you can find the full mask-making tutorial here.

7. Paper Strip Easter Eggs

Create your very own Easter Egg art with this creative DIY craft. Grab a frame, some white paper, coloured paper, scissors and tape. Draw an Easter Egg onto a blank piece of paper then use your scissors to cut it out. Cut strips of coloured paper in long lines, then glue or tape them behind the cut-out to fill the Easter Egg. Pop it in a frame, and you’ve got your very own Easter wall art.

8. Greenery Easter Basket

Nothing says Easter like this rustic foliage basket, perfect for collecting loads of eggs in the annual Easter Egg hunt. Simply weave sprigs of faux greenery into a basket and use hot glue to secure. You can find the full tutorial at Delia Creates.

  
9. Nature’s Easter Eggs

Nature’s Easter Eggs are the perfect way to decorate your home in a more natural way - and get out and about in the outdoors while you’re at it. Forage outside for natural decorations - leaves, stones, berries, twigs and flowers will make for beautiful alternatives to store-bought decorations. Glue them to egg-shaped cardboard pieces, and voila!

10. Easter Bunny Headband

Get into the Easter spirit with this easy bunny headband, and transform into the Easter bunny itself! You’ll have a hopping good time. All you need is some card paper, scissors, glue and markers - then whatever decorations you’d like to add. Check out the full tutorial here.

These creative Easter crafts are perfect for the whole family, and are sure to get you into the Easter spirit! Let your creativity flow with an afternoon of arts, crafts, creativity and family time. Then let us know how you got on, we’d love to see what you’ve created.

Don’t forget, if you’re looking for creative Easter events to keep you busy this weekend, visit our What’s On page to find out what’s happening near you - like this Easter Family Fun Day at Remarkables Park, or Easter Sunday on the Dell at Ayrburn in Arrowtown.