Easter Crafts Indexed

 This selection of Easter and Spring related posts for kids and kids-at-heart. As each post is updated, I will include additional text along with the original link or republish it altogether. Thank you in advance for your patience while this blog is updated.

1. Sketching With Crayons - article and example by Pedro Lemos of an Alpine Church
2. How to craft mosaic Easter eggs using egg shells? - dying process and embellishment
3. Add A Few Porcelain Geese to Your Easter Eggs - plus new crazy quilt eggs to hang on an egg tree or stuff inside baskets 
4. Paint and Design a Giant Egg With Watercolors - working with patterns and paint
5. How To Make Cascarones or Confetti Eggs - both the history of these eggs and my teacher's sample photographs
6. Decorating The Old Welsh Family Cupboard for Easter - displayed in photos here are vignettes in white, white lilies, white pottery and porcelain 
7. Embroider Butterflies of Brilliant Hue  - Long and short stitches used for these butterfly embroidery examples from vintage Weldon Transfers.
8. How To Make Pysanky - egg history, instruction from Ukraine
9. "Handy" Little Butterflies - " These little butterflies made with magic markers and construction paper sure come in handy when you need a quick way to decorate your classroom for spring!" This craft is for K-second grade.
10. Dye Easter Eggs With Onion Skins - pace-egg dye craft using onion skins
11. Easter Animal Napkin Rings - very easy sewing craft that includes pre-made felt embellishments, plus links to more Youtube video about decorating the Easter table 
12. Assembling An Easter Egg Tree From Scratch - Easter egg tree from 2013, pink blossoms, reinforced limbs with brown paper
13. A nostalgic cross stitch by Helen Grant - graph in color for needle pointers
14. Pin The Ears On The Rabbit - A game similar to pin the tail on the donkey, only it's rabbit themed.
15. Eggs decorated with both real and fake candy - How to cover an egg with candy sprinkles and how to paint faux chocolates to decorate cardboard eggs too! 
16. Eggs Decorated With Antique Lace and Faux Pearls - both a goose egg and a flat cardboard egg version (not nearly as fragile...) 
17. Crayon Resist Egg Painting - Use two different mediums to make one big beautiful egg!
18. Tulip Table Settings for Easter and Spring - vintage instruction for tulip themed table decorations
19. Heavenly Ways to Color Easter Eggs - combine two traditional egg coloring techniques to make something that looks just like heaven! 
20. The Proper Care of Easter Plants - How to force flower bulbs to bloom just in time for Easter!
21. Fan Folded Palm Branches - These paper fans may be used year after year for children's entry into the sanctuary during Palm Sunday services.
22. Paint Easter Eggs Like Comic Friends - cartoons on eggs for fun
23. Eggs with Paschal Greetings and the Colors of Lent - layers of color, materials and text, 2 religious egg versions so far... 
24. Decorate Your Easter Table with A Zoo! - examples of vintage clay eggs by Berthe Marchand
25. Craft a very hungry caterpillar . . . - based upon the book by Eric Carle
26. Decoupage Your Easter Eggs - what it is, where it comes from, how to do it
27. Jewel Encrusted Easter Eggs - some with crosses, some with plastic gems only... 
28. Stencil Easter Rabbits Eating Clover  - silhouette included for building the designed picture
29. Swan Centerpieces or China Doves for the Easter table - porcelain, paper or carved from wood, swans ad an elegant touch
30. Cover Styrofoam Easter Eggs and Cardboard Versions with Seeds and Beans - Included here is a photo of cardboard samples for younger children too. (Also a free pattern for flat shaped egg alternatives.) 
31. Collecting Vintage Bunnies and Chicks - article from 1918, plus clip art pages
32. Eggs Decorated with Embroidery Floss - and cardboard egg versions with ribbon too... 
33. Weave a Pine Needle Basket for a Unique Easter Keepsake  - article and video about this folk art craft
34. The Children's Easter Party - plans and ideas from 1904, plus a modern version in video
35. A Pink Feather Tree decorated for Easter - from 2014 
36. Sponge Paint a Giant Easter Egg! - and watch a video by "Nuttin' but preschool who demonstrates how to make homemade tempera paints
37. A hatching chick picture - calls for brass paper fasteners
38. How To Embellish Flocked Easter Eggs - one with a window the other without
39. Easter Eggs That Imitate Wedgwood Blue Earthenware - This two were made on top of Styrofoam eggs
40. Very Vintage Easter Egg Designs - two versions thus far, the first decorated with velvet millinery flowers and the second designs are metal painted with quaint Easter scenes...  
41. How to decoupage a scene or picture onto an Easter egg - process done with dinner napkins
42. Craft an Empty Tomb Easter Egg  -
43. Craft Noah's Artsy Ark from Popsicle Sticks - 2nd and 3rd graders will enjoy these challenges here.
44. Easter Tin Pails Instead of Baskets - 'Eye-candy' of yellow ware and Easter chalkware.
45. Cradled in a hand-crafted basket - Two unique Easter baskets for the egg tree; one with a fawn and the other made from a handful of left-overs recycled into something new! 
46. Clownish Egg Heads - a strange way to record history?
47. Weave The Palm Cross - plus "The Story of The Palm Branches" from our blog here.
48. Color a Celtic Resurrection Butterfly Cross - drawing craft that uses metallic pens on black paper, very cool!
49. Craft Spring Carrot Napkin Rings - use up left-over yarns with this craft
50. Craft Noah's Ark with Animal Crackers - edible craft, may disappear before completion...
51. When Planning the Easter Basket -
52. Craft a Tiny Spinning Ark - paper plate ocean
53. Craft Your Own Sand-Block Instruments - download an adorable vintage set of dogs printable to decoupage with
54. Pisanka Are Polish Easter Eggs - included here are also paper lace punch eggs. 
55. Draw a mother hen and her chicks - and "Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little..."
56. Craft stained glass windows from melted crayons - No need to use an iron when a hair dryer will do the job better!
57. Color Alphabet Chicks - draw parts of a chic using alphabet letters!
58. Weave a miniature yarn Easter basket or Egg - I've included two projects that require the use of left over yarn supplies, one is much simpler than the other. 
59. Mother Goose Cut-Out - printable paper toy, color it yourself...
60. Easter bunny and rooster cross stitch patterns  - for child aprons and linens
61. Frogs, Toads and Pollywogs for Spring - printable toy frog, how to draw a frog and doodle the children of the King of all pollywogs!
62. Craft a egg carton cross - hang on a wall or bulletin board for display, three dimensional, silk flowers
63. Positive and Negative Bunnies - two different silhouette versions cut from construction papers
64. Doodle an Easter bunny or chick - find a bunny or chick in a abstract line drawing and color it in
65. Repeating Line Butterfly Design - made with tissue papers and doodle line design
66. The Living Butterfly - printable to color and assemble
67. Craft Your Own Jingle Stick - to make music with
68. A Tisket, A Tasket, A Green and Yellow Basket - simple and easy paper plate basket craft
69. Paper Doily Baskets - light as air and perfect for decorating the egg tree with treats
70. Weave an Easter Basket Scene - made from construction papers
71. Vintage needlepoints of flowers in baskets  - pocket design and one for a quilt or pillowcase
72. Palm Sunday Crayon Resist Craft  - uses hand tracings for palm branches
73. Dunking Ducks - collage with feathers
74. How to make faux mosaic eggs using abalone shell tiles... - for display in a cabinet or basket
75. Free Vintage Patterns for Easter Eggs - both illustrated patterns for painting and two printables for both eggs and carrots made to sew fabric versions 
76. "The Fruit of The Spirit" Easter Egg  - with pasta text and newsprint decoupage
77. Create a Butterfly Yarn Picture - plus examples of how Easter eggs look using the identical process... 
78. Craft a Paper Robin Toy for Spring - vintage printable
79. Make a Lenten Card Featuring Palms - for Palm Sunday of course
80. Learn to craft Christian Cross Cards - for any occasion or Easter 
81. A Mirror Duck Pond Makes a Picturesque Table Decoration - very early Easter table-top decor
82. Decorative Bird Box - design by Martha Stewart and finish by me
83. Alternatives to Easter Baskets - pictures of an old wooden box filled with handcrafted eggs
84. Craft Basket Weave Rubbings for Easter Egg Pictures - two versions one light and the other dark
85. Baby's Easter Basket from 1894 - history from the newspaper archives plus new modern ideas for baby
86. Draw a Bunny Portrait - Step by step and watch a video of the same...
87. Drawing Butterflies Through Five Progressive Steps - by E. G. Lutz
88. Craft a Paper Mosaic of Jesus  - made using torn magazine pages
89. Craft a Humpty-Dumpty Easter Egg - a three dimensional sculpted face applied to a wooden egg
90. Stuffing Easter Eggs  - with printable scriptures
91. Craft Doily Butterflies - using paper doilies for our pink feather tree
92. Craft a Bird In a Nest Box - include a secret Easter greeting or letter inside
93. Weave a chenille stem Easter basket - This craft looks very different depending upon the kinds of yarns you use to make it!
94. Build a March Hare Toy for A Tot - an old-fashioned woodworking toy
95. Make an Easter Egg Pocket Pouch - Just another fun way to give Easter eggs using paper plates.
96. The Egg Tree - history of from Germany

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