55 Easy Easter Crafts the Whole Family Will Enjoy in 2023
Kids and adults will love these fun projects.
There's nothing like an afternoon of crafting together, as a family, to help cement memories your little ones will cherish and also to establish meaningful Easter traditions. This spring, besides just a morning Easter egg hunt followed by a delicious Easter brunch (including a few springs sips of course), we encourage you to kick off your festivities with a few of our favorite easy Easter crafts that both kids and adults will enjoy making. These DIY ideas are as inexpensive as they are fun (many of them are made with items you probably already have on hand)—plus, the finished products make for cute spring decorations that will brighten up any room in your house!
Maybe you want to go for all-out, full-on crafts that'll steal the show in a fun and festive way, think cute bunny ear headbands or party hats decorated with rabbit faces. Or maybe subtle is more your style?? Then you might want to opt for salt dough Easter eggs you can hang on your Easter tree, bright, cheerful tissue paper "chicks" that can sit by the centerpiece on your dining table, or an easy Easter wreath made of paper that'll cost you less than $5 to put together. Our favorite part? No matter what project you pick, each craft doubles as inspired home décor that'll elevate your entire gathering. Hoppy crafting and happy Easter!
P.S. Check out our handy guide on how to dye Easter eggs!
Mossy Nest Wreath
Adorn the door with this in season beauty.
To make: Wrap a wire wreath form in ribbon and loop an additional piece around the top for hanging. Attach tart tins, moss, and quail eggs with hot-glue.
Egg Tree
The German tradition of decorating trees dates back centuries.
To make: Fill a tea tin with floral foam and insert blooming branches (here, dogwood). Hang-dyed blown or painted wooden eggs using a length of ribbon looped around the egg and held in place with a wooden craft bead.
Easter Basket with Frilly Flair
Give a tired Easter basket the Sunday-best treatment by adding a trio of fabric ruffles.
DIY Candy Stands
Serve seasonal candy and cookies on DIY pedestals. Set decorative plates or shallow bowls on overturned (or upright) footed dishes, candlesticks, or sugar bowls. Use museum wax to hold the pieces together.
Carrot Garland
Transform orange fabric scraps (or even flannel shirts) intoseasonal swag. Trace templates onto fabric, cut out, and sew together as instructed on template. Wrap twine around the neck of the carrots and hang from a buffet or mantel.
Brass Candlestick Egg Display
Place decorative eggs in a mix of sizes and colors on vintage brass or glass candlesticks to create a festive sideboard display. Keep eggs secured using museum wax.
Button Eggs
Head the the sewing basket and grab the spare buttons to create these jewel-like beauties.
To make:Start by dying eggs the same colors as the buttons. Once dry, hot-glue buttons to the eggs, either covering completely or in a center band.
Bunny Napkins
Cute as a pink button nose, these bunny napkins can be assembled in 10 minutes flat and will add so much charm to your Easter table.
To make: Paint small wooden craft beads pink, allow to dry completely. Fold a napkin in half, corner to corner, then roll up, starting from the point. Fold the rolled napkin into a U-shape. Loop a length of raffia around the napkin and through the craft bead. Fray raffia to create whiskers.
Brass Bunny Tablescape
Create a welcoming fluffle (that’s the name of a group of rabbits!) by anchoring placecards under the paws of small brass bunnies. For added appeal, create a “rabbit runner” down the length of the table.
Radish Eggs
Good enough to eat, these radish eggs can either be painted or dyed.
To make: Paint or dye three-quarters of a blown-out white egg pink. Create roots by attaching pieces of off-white twine to the bottom with hot-glue. Roll up light green crepe paper to create a stem; seal seam with glue. Cut leaves from crepe paper; wrap around stem, and attach with glue. Glue stem to top of egg.
Pom Pom Bunny Wreath
Soft and plush, this wreath can be made with homemade or store-bought pom-poms.
To make: Make or buy 17 large white pom-poms. Attach to a 12-inch craft ring with hot-glue. Cut ears from white and pink felt; use glue to attach together and then to the back of the craft ring.
Speckled Egg Garland
Display this simple to make garland year after year.
To make: Use an awl to poke holes in ends of papier-mâché eggs, then paint eggs white, robin’s-egg blue, and turquoise with acrylic paint. Once dry, spatter with dark blue paint. Thread twine through holes, and hang, adding a tassel detail, if desired.
Parsnip & Carrot Napkin Rings
Made from mini wooden craft beads, these napkin rings mimic bunnies favorite foods, root veggies!
To make: Dye wooden craft beads orange or white. Arrange eight beads small to large in a row, and thread a piece of twine in a corresponding color through beads; knot on both ends. Wrap a wooden craft ring with twine, and tie between the beads for the napkin holder. For the stems, attach lengths of preserved grass or green crepe paper to the top with hot-glue.
Easter Grass Display
Make this display in less than 5-minutes flat!
To make: Simply plant wheatgrass (available at garden stores or flower shops) in milk glass vessels such as the sugar dish, goblet, and vase shown here. Water as necessary to keep fresh. Sugar dishes also make for sweet placecard holders; simply tie a card to each handle.
Mini Egg Topiaries
Made from moss and faux boxwood, these topiaries make the perfect focal point for your Easter table.
To make: Using hot-glue, attach preserved green sheet moss and fake mini boxwood greenery to a round Styrofoam ball until covered. Nestle faux robin’s eggs in moss, attaching with glue. Fill a clay pot with floral foam. Poke a stick into bottom of topiary, and insert into floral foam; cover foam with moss.
Fabric Tulips
Use springy fabric scraps to make this bouquet that will never wilt.
To make: Download the flower template and trace on fabric. Cut out and sew together with right sides facing inward, leaving bottom open. Turn right side out; fill with batting. Glue strips of green felt around wires to create stems. Insert into bottoms of tulips, pushing nubs into flowers, and hot-glue in place. Attach green felt leaves with glue.
Egg Carton Wreath
Made from the common paper egg carton this wreath will look spectacular displayed on a covered door or over the mantel.
To make: Cut individual egg cups from paper egg cartons. Notch and cut decorative edges with scissors. Dye or paint cups desired colors. Attach cups and craft paper leaves to a painted craft ring with hot-glue.
Vintage Egg Basket Vase
A vintage French egg collecting basket filled with colorful wooden eggs makes the perfect home for displaying your abundant spring bouquet (here are lilacs, anemones, Scabiosa lavender, allium, and ranunculus).
To make: Dye or paint wooden eggs white or robin's egg blue. You can also leave a few natural. Place a vase inside the basket and surround with eggs. Fill vase with water and flowers.
Dip-Dyed Baskets
A simple dyed cotton basket will add pops of color for storing candy or utensil on the Easter Table.
To make: Dip the top quarter of a cotton basket in desired color of fabric dye. When dry, fill with moss and Easter eggs or candy.
Coffee Filter Flowers
Make these flowering candy dishes with an item you probably already have in your house: coffee filters.
To make: Submerge regular-size white coffee filters (you’ll need four to six for each flower) in a watered-down Rit Dye solution (here, Petal Pink); dry completely. Cut into flower shapes of various sizes, and stack largest to smallest. Attach at centers with craft glue. Glue a papier-mâché or store-bought candy cup to center of each. Fill with candy.
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