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These craft projects are all about celebrating Easter and spring with bunnies, chick, flowers and other images of renewal. There are instructions for making greeting cards, cute bunnies, suncatchers, marbled eggs and a pennant banner. Come back in the coming weeks and months for other projects!

The projects range in difficulty from VERY EASY to AVERAGE.

Browse down this page for descriptions and illustrations of the projects, then select a project and have some crafting fun!

Simple Folded Bouquet - In this project make a pretty bouquet out of construction paper and tissue paper. No pattern is needed: just fold, cut, tape and glue! When finished, the bouquet will be stand on its own and be ready to display.

EASY
Spring Flower Bouquet - In this project make flowers from computer paper. Make a daffodil, a tulip and an iris, complete with stems and leaves. Use ribbon to tie them up in a bunch, then give them to someone special. The flowers also make wonderful party favors and gift package decorations.

EASY to AVERAGE
Jelly Bean Carrots Friday Fun - This is a quick and easy craft that is sure to delight. All it takes is some jelly beans, plastic wrap, and a few odds and ends to make this sweet carrot. Add them to Easter baskets, use them as gift decorations or as party favors.

EASY
Peek-a-boo Easter Egg Friday Fun - See how easy and fun it is to decorate the inside of an Easter egg. Lots of odds and ends can be used to make these eggs. With a little help from an adult or teen to do the snipping, children can make unique creations as an extra special Easter treat.

AVERAGE
Stuffed Felt Animals - The project features stuffed felt animals for Easter—a chick and a bunny. Beginning sewers will use the overcast stitch to assemble the animals, while more experienced sewers can improvise with stitches and embellishments of their own choosing.

EASY to AVERAGE
Basic Egg Dyeing Friday Fun - Follow the instructions in this project for a basic dye bath to color your Easter eggs. You can leave the eggs plain or marble them.

VERY EASY
Easter Egg Holders - In this project make Easter egg holders to display your decorated eggs. The holders are made from doubled computer paper, formed into rings. There are three different designs on the printable pattern with ten bonus stickers.

VERY EASY
Washcloth Bunny Friday Fun - What could be more fun than making a cute little bunny for Easter? Start with a washcloth and in no time you'll have a little sweetie to add to an Easter basket, give as a gift or as a decoration that doubles as an Easter egg holder!

VERY EASY
Easter Chick Cards Friday Fun - See how easy it is to make an Easter card by tracing your child's hands. This is a fun project for kids of all ages. Even toddlers will enjoy this project since cutouts of their traced hands are used for the wings.

EASY
Marbled Eggs Friday Fun - Here’s a technique for making marbled eggs that requires no special materials, and produces beautiful results with very little effort.

VERY EASY
Fun Shaped Cards - Make simple and fun cards in the shape of a chick, bunny or flowers. These card projects are simple enough for younger children and people with special needs to make. The cards have a theme of renewal for Easter and spring.

VERY EASY
Jumping Origami Bunny Friday Fun - With a few folds, create a paper bunny that you can make hop! It is a twist on the traditional origami leaping frog.

AVERAGE
Easter Suncatchers - Make egg or bunny shaped suncatchers for Easter. These suncatchers can be hung in a window, included in a card, or made into a mobile. They also look cute hung from the handle of an Easter basket.

EASY to AVERAGE
Easter Pennant Banner Friday Fun - Make colorful pennant flags then string them together to make a banner for Easter. Use these banners to decorate around your home or in the classroom. The pennant flags are also a nice addition to an Easter basket.

VERY EASY