3 EASY Easter crafts for preschoolers

 

This Easter, keep your toddler happy with these three fun and easy crafts.

 

With a few pots of paint, glue and paper, you and your little one will have an afternoon of arts and crafts and lots of giggles. 

 

1. Bunny mask

 

 

You will need:

2 lollipop sticks

Sellotape

6 pipe cleaners

PVC glue

Cotton wool

 

Method

1. Secure the 2 lollipop sticks together side-by-side using the sellotape.
2. Fan the pipe cleaners out at the top of the sticks to look like whiskers – three on either side. Wrap around sticks to keep in place.
3. Dab PVC glue on top of the pipe cleaners and press the cotton bud on. Cute!

 

2. Carrot foot

 

 

You will need:

Plain white paper

Orange paint

Green paper, cut into strips

PVC glue

Black marker

 

Method:

1. Place the white sheet of paper on the ground and paint the sole of one of your child’s feet.
2. Get them to stand on the white paper pressing down gently.
3. Wipe their foot and leave the paper to dry.
4. Once dry cut around the foot outline.
5. Dab the PVC glue onto the back of the paper at the top. Gently press the green strips down onto the glue.
6. Leave to dry.
7. Use the black marker to draw a face on the ‘carrot’.

 

3. Easter flowers

 

 

You will need:

White A4 paper

Blue, pink, yellow and green poster paint

Purple ribbon

Sellotape

 

Method:

1. Pour the blue, pink and yellow paint onto three different plates.
2. Lay the paper on a flat surface.
3. Get your child to dip their hand into the paint – a different colour at a time
4. Press their hand palm down onto the paper.
5. Do this with the tree colours.
6. With the green paint, draw stems coming out of the hands so they look like flowers.
7. Leave to dry before securing the ribbon at the end of the flowers with the sellotape.

 

images via Pinterest. 

 

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