5 Simple Easter Activities for Children
We know Easter is a time to connect with family, enjoy Easter fun, and take a break from work. It’s a special opportunity to bond with our children and embrace our inner child! We’ve put together 5 super simple yet effective Easter activities to keep the kids entertained over the long weekend.
1. Glow in the Dark Easter Egg Hunt
Traditions are there for a reason, but why not give your Easter egg hunt a glow-in-the-dark twist? Kids wake up before dawn on Easter morning, so let’s make it even more exciting!
💡 How to make Glow-in-the-Dark Easter Eggs:
Use glow-in-the-dark eggs (available online).
Or, place glow sticks inside empty plastic eggs (available at Kmart, Spotlight, or craft stores).
This fun Easter activity can be done indoors with blinds shut or outdoors at night for older kids. Your family will love this unforgettable twist on the classic Easter egg hunt!
Your children and the whole family will never forget this fun-filled experience of finding the Easter eggs in the dark (or sunrise as most children do!)
2. Footprint Carrots - Simple Easter Craft ideas
We love these adorable footprint carrots! Create a carroty pathway along your wall or use them as homemade Easter cards. All you need is some paint, paper, and creativity to turn your child’s footprints into a masterpiece!
3. Rock Easter Egg Painting
Instead of painting real eggs (and dealing with broken shells and messy kitchens), try Easter egg rock painting!
🎨 Why it’s great:
Less mess than real eggs, and less of an expense
A fun, long-lasting Easter craft for kids.
Rocks can be used as garden decorations or paperweights!
4. Easy Craft Activity - Paper Plate Bunny Masks
This cute whiskered paper plate Easter Bunny Mask is an all-time favourite craft that children of all ages will enjoy having in their dressing up box all year round.
What you’ll need:
- Paper plate
- White card stock
- Light pink felt
- Jumbo craft stick
- White pipe cleaners
- Hot glue/hot glue gun OR Elmers Glue if kids will be doing the gluing themselves.
- Scissors
- Cut a paper plate in half.
- Using a pencil draw on two half oval eyes and carefully cut out with scissors.
- Cut out two long oval ears and a heart about 4cm wide by 3sm tall from your white card stock.
- Glue the bottom of your heart to the bottom middle of your paper plate.
- Cut out smaller heart from your felt and glue the bottom of the heart to the bottom of the heart.
- Then cut out (6) 3cm pieces of pipe cleaner and glue 3 to each side of the white heart.
- Cut out 2 long ovals from your pink felt slightly smaller than the white paper ones, glue the pink ovals onto the white ovals, and cut the bottoms flat for the ears.
- Glue the ears to the back top of the plate.
- Then glue a jumbo craft stick onto one side of the plate to use as a handle.
5. Photo Bunnies - the most memorable and cute keepsake!
This idea just has to be the cutest and BEST! Tactile, sensory fun for the little kids, and yet something that you can treasure forever. We know that this would be an absolute HIT for the Grandparents too!!! Some cotton wool, print off a cute photo, and get dabbing with some glue to cover your fluffy bunny!
By Thriving Home
💡 Need more ways to keep the kids entertained?
Check out our 25 Ideas to Keep Kids Entertained Indoors.
📅 Need a Babysitter these school holidays?
If you need extra help over the Easter break, Kiddo has you covered! Simply update your booking location to find a trusted babysitter while traveling.
