60 Fresh + Fun Easter Craft Ideas for All Ages

Hop into the holiday with these egg-cellent craft projects, DIY decor, printables, recipes and more.

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Easter Bunny Candy Jar

Sure, you could toss some candy in a basket and call it a day. Or, you could craft a sweet candy jar that will be loved for years to come. A crown of candy-wrapper roses around the lid adds a fun spring addition to this pink candy-filled bunny jar.

Get the How-To + More Ideas: Too-Cute Candy Jars for Adorable Easter Baskets

Peanut Butter Cup Chicks

Turn egg-shaped peanut butter cups into adorable chicks. They only take minutes to make, and kids will love to help decorate.

Get the Recipe: Peanut Butter Cup Chicks

DIY Bird's Nest

Bring spring indoors with an easy-to-craft decorative bird's nest. Fill the realistic-looking nest with painted robin's eggs, dyed eggs or Easter candy.

Get the How-To: How to Craft a Faux Bird's Nest With Robin's Eggs

From: H. Camille Smith

Easter Egg Advent Calendar

Put those plastic eggs and basket to use in the 12 days leading up to the Easter Bunny’s arrival with this easy project that’ll help kids count down to Easter morning.

Get the How-To: Count Down to Easter With a DIY Advent Calendar

From: H. Camille Smith

Embroidery Hoop Bunny Wreath

Don't let spring hop away. Welcome the season and your guests in style with a sweet door hanging that's certain to make you smile.

Get the How-To: Hoppin' Door Decor: The Perfect Springtime Wreath

Peep Place Card

Looking for a creative place card idea for your Easter table? Place a Peep inside a sanitized eggshell filled with Easter grass for a super-easy solution.

Get the How-To + More Ideas: 5 Crafts to Make With Peeps

Clever "Carrot" Snacks

If you're short on time, don't stress over trying to perfect your fondant icing skills to make intricate cupcakes or dyeing dozens of eggs. Instead, throw together these easy no-prep snacks in packaging that looks like carrots.

Easter Bunny Bean Bag Toss

Hunting for eggs isn't the only Easter activity. This year, keep the candy coming and the games going with this DIY bean bag toss game. For a festive and fun alternative, use mini jelly bean bags for tossing.

Get the How-To + More Ideas: DIY Easter Games for the Whole Family

Pom-Pom Bunnies

These sweet pom-pom bunnies take just a few minutes to make and are so cute, your kids will want to craft one for all of their friends. Since any color/texture of yarn can be used for this project, it's a great way to use up that extra yarn stash.

Get the How-To: Spring Kid's Craft: Adorable Pompom Bunnies

Watercolor Easter Eggs

Give wooden eggs a colorful and totally on-trend Easter makeover using items you probably already have on hand. Keep the artsy fun all to yourself or get an assist from the kiddos. Best of all: These handcrafted cuties can be displayed year after year.

Get the How-To: Easily (and Cheaply!) Craft Watercolor Easter Eggs

From: H. Camille Smith

Colorful Printable Banner

Welcome family and friends to your Easter celebration with this colorful banner. Just print our PDF onto card stock, cut out the pennants, then add to string to display.

From: Kim Stoegbauer

Bunny Bottom Bark

Dive headfirst into springtime with this bunny-tastic dish. These adorable candies make a cute addition to Easter baskets and require only a few ingredients.

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Gardener's Chalkboard Pot

Do you know a gardener or two? Whip up a basket of their favorite gardening essentials to give as a sweet gift. This goody "basket" is filled with seeds, stylish gloves and a handy trowel. Go the extra mile by arranging items in a personalized chalkboard terra-cotta pot.

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Rainbow Rice Cereal Treats

Replace regular marshmallows with colorful Peeps in your rice cereal treat recipe, then layer the colors on top of each other to create a fun rainbow dessert for Easter.

Get the How-To + More Ideas: 5 Crafts to Make With Peeps

Pom-Pom Bunny Wreath

Say hello to spring with this adorable pom-pom bunny wreath. All it takes is a handful of crafting supplies, a little bit of time and your imagination to create a unique wreath perfect for displaying throughout the spring season.

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Non-Candy Easter Baskets

Skip the candy this year, and surprise kids with a basket of their favorite toys, hobbies and crafts they'll enjoy long after the Easter Bunny heads home. This basket features miniature games that are perfect for little hands.

See More Photos: 40 Themed Easter Baskets for Kids That Aren't Filled With Candy

DIY Easter Cascarones

Easter isn't complete until you've had a confetti egg cracked on your head. Easy to make and more fun than a chocolate bunny, this Easter project is sure to be a hit with the kids.

Grow Your Own Grass

This year, decorate your Easter baskets with real grass. This project is so easy and inexpensive that you'll wonder why you ever bothered with the fake stuff. Children (and everyone else in your family, too) will love watching wheatgrass grow in the windowsill as they count down to the Easter Bunny's arrival.

Get the How-To: Grow Your Own Easter Basket Grass

Sunny Bunny Tablescape

Celebrate the season of sunshine by recreating this sunny bunny table display. A crisp yellow and white lattice tablecloth serves as the perfect backdrop to vintage serveware, miniature egg baskets and a handsome bunny figurine.

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Colorful Cupcake Toppers

Decorate your sweets for Easter with these fun, festive and colorful toppers that can be made in a snap.

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From: Kim Stoegbauer

No-Sew Sock Bunny

Upcycle an old sock into an adorable bunny — no sewing involved. This budget-friendly project only requires a handful of materials and is a great addition to Easter baskets.

Get the How-To: How to Make a No-Sew Sock Bunny

Carrot Cake Pops

For an easy-to-make treat or party favor, cake pops are the perfect go-to. Simply mold cake into the desired shape — carrots for this recipe — and dip in colored chocolate. Wrap the pops in cellophane bags and adorn with a pretty bow for gift-giving.

Get the Recipe: Carrot Cake Truffle Pop Recipe

Natural Easter Egg Dyes

Natural egg dyes are a great way to make use of the leftover produce wilting away in your crisper or spices and teas that have lost their potency. And, your eggs will have a unique look that's hard to achieve with store-bought dyes.

Get the How-To: How to Make All-Natural Easter Egg Dyes and Designs

Bunny Place Cards

Easily (and quickly) dress up your holiday table with these adorable Easter Bunny place cards made from thin plywood and craft paint.

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DIY Bunny Cake

An adorable animal, tasty cake and coconut — what's not to love about this easy Easter treat? Everybunny will be coming back for seconds.

Get the How-To: Hop Into Springtime With a DIY Bunny Cake

Hatching Chick Candy Jars

Adorable pom-pom chicks sit atop yellow candies in jars painted to look like hatching eggs. Adults and kids alike are sure to love receiving these sweet gifts on Easter.

Get the How-To + More Ideas: Too-Cute Candy Jars for Adorable Easter Baskets

Galaxy Easter Eggs

For Easter eggs that are out of this world, paint ceramic eggs to look like the galaxy. Customize with your favorite constellation or even your zodiac sign. The best part? By using ceramic eggs instead of real ones, you can display your handiwork year after year.

Printable Bunny Ears

Make Easter celebrations even more fun with these printable bunny ears. Attach them to a headband so kids can wear them all day long.

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From: Kim Stoegbauer

Easter Candy Matching Game

If you're looking for a good way to repurpose all the plastic eggs you're left with after the Easter egg hunt is over, this candy matching game is the perfect solution. It's simple to make and easy enough for young kids to understand.

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Flower Pot Easter Basket

Give the gift of gardening with this fresh approach. A couple of old belts turn and some holiday goodies turn this terra-cotta pot into the perfect Easter gift.

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Candy-Filled Centerpiece

A favorite trick of event stylists, placing a smaller vase within a larger one is an easy way to create the illusion that your centerpiece's blooms are surrounded by a candy-filled vase. Our-step-by-step instructions below explain how to create the look, plus offer tips for keeping your centerpiece looking its best.

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From: H. Camille Smith

Marbleized Easter Eggs

Give wooden eggs a fuss-free marbleized effect with inexpensive items you likely already have on hand such as shaving cream and food coloring.

Get the How-To: Use Shaving Cream to Create Easy, Marbleized Easter Eggs

Paper Flower Easter Basket

Nothing says Easter like bright colors and flowers. Here, 3D paper flowers in energizing hues and patterns are glued onto a small pot to create a one-of-a-kind basket idea for any age.

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Pretty Pastel Treats

Let's be real — we all love a good Easter dessert no matter how old we are. Treat yourself to these delightful icing-covered cakes all year round by simply swapping the cookie-cutter shape and icing color to fit your theme.

Emoji Eggs

Which emoji best describes your little Easter Bunny? All you need is yellow paint, craft foam, a black marker and googly eyes to make an emoji egg to match your personality and mood.

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Duct Tape Easter Basket

Get creative this Easter by crafting a basket out of duct tape. Personalize it by choosing duct tape in the recipient's favorite pattern or color.

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Easy Easter Centerpieces

Add cheer to your Easter table by creating one or all of these festive floral centerpieces, then send them home with bloom-loving guests once the party's over. Pictured above: a decorative egg basket with fresh blooms, whimsical cake stand terrarium and sunny fresh flowers in a vase filled with marshmallow bunnies.

Get the How-To: 3 Easter Centerpieces You Need to Make

Peeps Candy Slime

Did you know you can do a lot more with those cute, marshmallowy treats than just eat them? Refocus your kids' sugary energy with this super easy, Easter Peeps slime hack that's sure to keep them busy — no glue required.

Get the How-To: Use This Easter Peeps Hack to Make Slime Without Glue

Place Card Terrarium

Your Easter guests will love this tiny terrarium that does double duty as a place card and take-home favor. Follow the link below to learn how to craft these sweet souvenirs.

Get the How-To: Design a Beautiful Easter Tablescape

Royal Icing Nests

These little nests will beautifully display candy Easter eggs and other small treats. They solidify to a hard candy finish to create a delicate, porcelain-like look.

Get the How-To: How to Make Royal Icing Nests

Tassel Easter Tree

For an easy and inexpensive Easter decoration, make colorful tassels from tissue paper and twine, then hang them on a tree branch in a vase.

Hatching Chick Egg

Turn a basic hard-boiled egg into an adorable hatching chick with a few simple materials. Kids will love this sweet addition to the holiday table.

Get the How-To: Make a Hatching Chick Egg for Easter

From: Kim Stoegbauer

Sugar Easter Eggs Without Sugar

Have you always loved the look of elaborate sugar eggs but dreaded the ants that come with them? Fear not, learn how to craft Easter egg dioramas without confectionery with our how-to below.

Animal Eggs With Stands

Kids will love helping turn dyed Easter eggs into adorable bunnies, chicks and sheep with colorful, polka-dot printables and adhesive.

Get the How-To: Kids' Craft: Dyed Easter Egg Animals

From: Kim Stoegbauer

Easter Egg Garland

Paint and glitter blown-out eggs, then string them together to create this beautiful and delicate Easter garland. It's sure to add a colorful, springy touch when hung above a vignette or on a banister, mantel or Easter tree.

Get the How-To: How to Make a Hand-Painted Easter Egg Garland

From: Marian Parsons

Egg Animal Placeholder

Nothing says springtime like sweet baby animals hopping, jumping and running all over. Create adorable mini animals from wooden eggs to act as placeholders and double as a perfect Easter lunch favor.

Get the How-To: DIY Easter Egg Creatures With Adorable Features

Bird's Nest Door Hanger

Fill your home with beautiful reminders of new life and nature this spring with handmade bird's nests. They're simple to weave from items found in your own backyard and are charming decorations to hang throughout the home.

Get the How-To + More Ideas: Bird's Nest Door Hangers

Paper Map Easter Basket

Perfect for the travel lover, this DIY Easter project uses paper maps and a woven technique to create a clever and fun basket that's ideal for all ages.

Get the How-To: How to Make a Woven Map Easter Basket

Sparkling Easter Eggs

Shimmering eggs in a bed of moss make a lovely (and easy!) Easter centerpiece. To create them, paint wooden, cardboard or blown-out eggs in soft pastel shades. Once the paint has dried, apply glue dots in a random pattern then sprinkle glitter over the eggs for a sparkling polka-dot effect.

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From: Marian Parsons

Modern Easter Centerpiece

Skip the pastels and stick to a sea of neutral hues this Easter, instead. Opting for muted or neutral colors will give your display more of an elevated, adult quality and ensures it will coordinate with your existing and future seasonal decor.

Feathered Chick Easter Bucket

Just a few inexpensive craft supplies are all you need to turn a basic bucket into an adorable alternative to the traditional Easter basket.

Get the How-To: How to Make a (Cute!) Feathered Chick Easter Bucket

From: H. Camille Smith

DIY Hair Accessories

These cute, DIY hair accessories feature festive, hand-embroidered details that your kids will be excited to show off on Easter.

Edible Basket

Do you know someone with a serious sweet tooth? Make them an all-edible Easter basket to enjoy. This sweet treat is made up of chocolate-covered wafers, chocolate eggs, edible Easter grass and modeling chocolate.

Get the How-To: How to Make a Candy Easter Basket

Polka Dot Easter Bucket

Dress up plain galvanized buckets with spray paint and polka dots to give your kids the most stylish Easter egg "baskets" at the hunt.

Get the How-To: Make a Polka Dot Easter Bucket

From: Kim Stoegbauer

Easter Bunny Wreath

Welcome the Easter Bunny and friends to your home this season with a springy bunny wreath. Cover it with your favorite cut flowers or add fresh-picked flowers from your backyard for a whimsical touch.

Adorable Easter Cupcakes

Dress up basic vanilla cupcakes this Easter with ingredients you can find at your local supermarket. Make chirping chicks, little lambs, bird's nests and more — no pastry bags, cake decorating skills or specialty ingredients required.

Get the How-To + More Ideas: 14 Easy and Adorable Easter Cupcake Decorating Ideas

Easter Egg Lights

Get creative with plastic eggs by decorating them and adding them to a string of LED lights for a fun and festive project.

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Egg and Moss Wreath

In just a few hours, you can turn craft-store basics and an inexpensive grapevine wreath into an organically inspired wreath with a hearty helping of country charm.

Get the How-To: How to Make an Egg and Moss Wreath for Spring

From: Marian Parsons

Easter Basket Animals

Include cute spring critters in Easter baskets this year by making your own mini stuffed animals. With simple shapes of fabric such as rectangles, circles and triangles, you can quickly and easily create these adorable additions.

Get the How-To: Easy Crafts: Make Your Own Easter Basket Garden Animals

Easter Egg Topiary

Add a touch of springtime whimsy to your tabletop with this natural egg and garden elements topiary.

Get the How-To: DIY Spring Craft: Heirloom Egg Topiary

60 Fresh + Fun Easter Craft Ideas for All Ages

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Easter Bunny Candy Jar

Peanut Butter Cup Chicks

DIY Bird's Nest

Easter Egg Advent Calendar

Embroidery Hoop Bunny Wreath

Peep Place Card

Clever "Carrot" Snacks

Easter Bunny Bean Bag Toss

Pom-Pom Bunnies

Watercolor Easter Eggs

Colorful Printable Banner

Bunny Bottom Bark

Gardener's Chalkboard Pot

Rainbow Rice Cereal Treats

Pom-Pom Bunny Wreath

Non-Candy Easter Baskets

DIY Easter Cascarones

Grow Your Own Grass

Sunny Bunny Tablescape

Colorful Cupcake Toppers

No-Sew Sock Bunny

Carrot Cake Pops

Natural Easter Egg Dyes

Bunny Place Cards

DIY Bunny Cake

Hatching Chick Candy Jars

Galaxy Easter Eggs

Printable Bunny Ears

Easter Candy Matching Game

Flower Pot Easter Basket

Candy-Filled Centerpiece

Marbleized Easter Eggs

Paper Flower Easter Basket

Pretty Pastel Treats

Emoji Eggs

Duct Tape Easter Basket

Easy Easter Centerpieces

Peeps Candy Slime

Place Card Terrarium

Royal Icing Nests

Tassel Easter Tree

Hatching Chick Egg

Sugar Easter Eggs Without Sugar

Animal Eggs With Stands

Easter Egg Garland

Egg Animal Placeholder

Bird's Nest Door Hanger

Paper Map Easter Basket

Sparkling Easter Eggs

Modern Easter Centerpiece

Feathered Chick Easter Bucket

DIY Hair Accessories

Edible Basket

Polka Dot Easter Bucket

Easter Bunny Wreath

Adorable Easter Cupcakes

Easter Egg Lights

Egg and Moss Wreath

Easter Basket Animals

Easter Egg Topiary

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