Super Easy Toddler Easter Egg Hunt with Printables

1. Paper Plate Bunnies

If you’ve got some paper plates lying around the house then this is a super fun and easy craft 

• Turn your white paper plate upside down
  
  
• Draw eyes (or use googly ones) and a mouth
  
  
• Stick a pink pom pom on for a nose and use some wool for whiskers
  
  
• Cut out to ear shapes from another paper plate and colour the insides of the ears pink before sticking to the plate
  
  
  
  
  

2. Cotton Wool chick picture

This is another super easy craft either on paper or on a paper plate

• Cut our a circle for the chicks body (or use a paper plate)
  
  
• Cover the circle with PVA glue and stick cotton wool balls all over
  
  
• Paint the Cotton wool yellow all over
  
  
• Cut out an orange triangle for a beak
  
  
• Use big googly eyes (yes I’m obsessed with them!) Or cut out paper ones to stick on the cotton wool
  
  
• This is really effective just as it is but if you wanted to take this a step further by added feet, wings and any other features you like!
  
  
  
  
  

3. Shredded paper chick plate

Another way to make a really cute chick is with shredded yellow paper

• Again use a circle of paper or paper plate
  
  
• Cover the plate in PVA and stick the shredded paper to it
  
  
• Apply features the same as above for the cotton wool chick
  
  
  
  
  

4. Egg Box Baskets

If like many others you haven’t been able to venture out and collect Easter goodies then you may find yourself without an Easter Basket to collect eggs in for your hunt – here is a fun one to collect smaller eggs

• Cut the top of an egg box
  
  
• Paint and decorate the box however you like (this could be an activity for your child in the run-up to Easter Sunday)
  
  
• Cut a strip of card long enough for a handle and decorate to match your egg box
  
  
• Staple your handle either side of the egg box (for extra strength make two handles and criss-cross them)
  
  
  

   

5. Dotty Cotton Bud Painting Eggs

This is a lovely craft for developing those fine motor skills:

• Cut out an egg-shaped piece of card or paper (the back of a cereal box is perfect for this if you don’t have any card)
  
  
• Choose a selection of paints and put them in different pots and to each pot add a cotton bud
  
  
• Cover the cutout Easter Egg with dots for a pretty Easter craft

  
  
  
  
  

6. Finger Print Easter cards

This is another lovely paint activity for some lovely cards to send to loved ones and neighbours!

• Fold a piece of card in half lengthways to create a small card
  
  
• On a separate piece of card let your child do some yellow fingerprinting
  
  
• Cut a small square around a few of the fingerprints when dry
  
  
• Draw on an orange beak and black feet for a fun easter fingerprint chick!
  
  
• Stick the squares on to the front of the card with a Happy Easter message 🙂
  
  
  
  
  

7. Painting Boiled Eggs

If you have older children, blowing eggs through a small hole is a great way to make a hollow egg to paint – however for toddlers it wouldn’t last long before it got smashed sow why not try boiling an egg to paint 🙂

8. Easter Egg Bonnets or Hats

Our toddler group always had an Easter bonnet competition which the kids loved (although I think the mums loved it even more!!) – You might not be able to get hold of an Easter Bonnet to decorate this year but there’s no reason you can’t decorate a sun hat or a woolly hat if you so desire!! You never know it might be the latest trend!

9. Wax painting Eggs

As a kid I used to love doing wax paintings, it’s really fun and easy to do, here’s how:

• Draw an egg outline in pencil (don’t use a sharpie or felt tip as this will run when it gets wet – my first attempt ended up a not so nice murky grey!)
  
  
• Use a candle or white wax crayon to draw a pattern on your egg (older children can do this themselves, or you can do this part for younger ones)
  
  
• Water down some paint and wash it over the egg – your wax will come through leaving you with a lovely pastel patterned egg – you can then cut this out and it could be used to stick on a card or in your window 🙂
  
  
  

   

10. Pine cone decorations

On our daily exercise walk the other evening we came across loads of pinecones and we decided to collect them up for a painting project!

• Mix together some pastel shades of paint (we only had bright colours so we just added a dollop of white to each)
  
  
• Paint your pine cones all over (a thin paintbrush may be required to get into the grooves)
  
  
• When your pine cones are touch dry, for an extra special touch, add some PVA glue to the sticky out bits of the pinecone and sprinkle with glitter!
  
  
• Once done you can either add some invisible thread or pale coloured cotton or ribbon to hang up your decorations or you could add them to a bowl for a lovely centrepiece for your dinner table 🙂
  
  
  
  
  

11. Cut out Egg Decorations

If you want to hang some eggs up around your house or on a tree outside then why not use the free printable eggs included in this blog post – colour your own or print out some ready-made ones 🙂 Punch a hole at the top and thread cotton or string to hang up your eggs (laminate them if hanging outside to protect them from the rain!)

12. Stained Glass Window Egg

This is a super fun craft for toddlers who love sticking!

• Cut out the middle of a piece of card (bigger than the egg you want to create)
  
  
• Cover the space with sellotape from end to end of the card
  
  
• Turn upside down
  
  
• Cut squares of tissue paper and let your little one stick them on to the tape
  
  
• Once they are done cover the other side with tape too so that all of the tissue paper is covered
  
  
• Now cut out an Easter egg shape and you have a laminated effect easter egg that the light will shine through when you hang it in the window 🙂

13. Paper Plate Baskets

This is another idea for collecting your cut out Easter eggs in:

• Cut two paper plates in half
  
  
• Stick the edges together, leaving the top open
  
  
• Cut the edge of a paper plate (the curve) to make a handle
  
  
• Glue handle just inside the paper plate basket
  
  
• Decorate however you like and use for your very own Easter Egg Hunts