How to Make Easter Crafts for Kids

The celebration of Easter begins with the new life that is present within nature in the spring. Crafts that celebrate Easter and spring are plentiful. With a few basic materials and some ingenuity you can make Easter crafts that are both fun and inspiring.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Toilet paper rolls
• Markers or crayons
• Two short pipe cleaners for each person
• Heavy paper to draw or to print a cut-out template on
• Craft sticks

Make an Easter Butterfly

1. Prepare materials according to the age and skill level of the children you are working with. Older kids may be able to draw their own butterfly, younger ones may enjoy a print-out picture from a website and you can pre-cut butterflies for very young children (see Resources below). Assemble all the materials in one place with enough room for everyone to work.

2. Have the children color their cut-out butterflies on both sides, with bright, patterned wings and a dark body. They may wish to draw a face on one side.

3. Twist two pipe cleaners together and use the ends to poke a small hole in the top of the butterfly's "head." Bend the twisted part over so that it will stay fastened. Curl the tops of the pipe cleaners, to look like "antennae."

4. Glue the butterfly to a wooden stick.

5. While the glue is drying, color the toilet paper roll. This will be the butterfly's "chrysalis."

6. Curl the butterfly's wings gently inward and slip it into the "chrysalis." Practice taking it in and out.

7. Using the butterfly crafts, tell the kids the story of Easter, or a story about spring. Have them take the butterfly out of the chrysalis to demonstrate resurrection and new life. If there is room and time let them hold up the sticks and wave them to make their creations "fly."

Tips & Warnings

• This project is only a sample of the many Easter crafts available. Use your imagination to connect the crafts to stories about Easter and spring.
• Watch over the process of any craft you lead carefully to catch potential problems before the work is spoiled. Be patient with kids who are not artistically inclined.