Crepe paper printing craft ideas. Crepe paper and water make for great craft. It's not exactly mess free but almost. You will have lots of soggy crepe paper at the end so you do need to have some newspaper and a tray to put your used crepe paper out of the way. Paper towels and… Continue reading Crepe paper printing craft
Category: Easter crafts
Easter egg with cross symbol craft
Easter egg with cross symbol craft ideas for children of all ages! The basic printout of the symbol of the cross hidden in an egg shape can be used in several different ways. Very young children can decorate the egg with crayons and tissue paper. Older children (10 plus) can trace the picture onto tracing… Continue reading Easter egg with cross symbol craft
Good Friday crafts to make
Good Friday crafts for children to make that use paper plates! One craft uses round paper plates (use cheap plates that can be folded easily) and the other crafts use black and green square plates. (These are available online - take a look here) Good Friday crafts - round paper plate The above craft was… Continue reading Good Friday crafts to make
Let’s Make a Paper Plate Basket!
Make a basket using a large paper plate! This is a great basket to make for an Easter Egg Hunt. See end of post for some other ideas too! Baskets are really useful! All you need Paper plate (9in/23cm diameter) Scissors Stapler Hole Punch Pipe cleaner (12in/30cm length) Stickers to decorate Tissue paper to put… Continue reading Let’s Make a Paper Plate Basket!
God Knows When I Feel Sad and When I Feel Happy
God knows when I feel sad and when I feel happy is a toddler friendly version of the Easter Story. We focus on how Jesus' friends felt and how they were sad because he had died and then happy at the conclusion of the story. This is a suitable way to tell the Easter story… Continue reading God Knows When I Feel Sad and When I Feel Happy
Easter Craft – a paper Easter Garden
Easter Garden Craft Easter Craft - a paper Easter Garden that is easy to make. Easter Gardens are lovely but if you don't have the time to make a garden with soil and real plants then this is a simple alternative. It is a great reminder of the Story of Easter. To make the Easter… Continue reading Easter Craft – a paper Easter Garden
Easter Decoration
How to make an Easter Door Wreath You will need A plain wreath shape - or cut out the centre of a paper plate and use the wide rim. Doilie Spring pictures - I used eggs and chicks but flowers would be fine too. See what you can find in magazines and catalogues.RibbonA large cake… Continue reading Easter Decoration
Easter Stained Glass
Stained glass for Easter How to make your own Easter Stained Glass picture You will need Black paper plate Tacky backTissue paper in bright coloursCross cut from the plate centre or black paperGlue To make Cut out the centre of the plate (use this to make the cross)Add the tacky back - you need the… Continue reading Easter Stained Glass
Easter Story Paper Plate Craft
Paper plates are just so great for craft ideas (and can be used as storytelling props too) This simple paper plate idea can be used as both. The craft is for a child and adult to make together while talking about the Easter Story. You need - paper plate, tissue paper or similar in green… Continue reading Easter Story Paper Plate Craft
Easter Garden to make at home
Easter garden to make at home is a great way to celebrate Easter. The garden is a reminder of the Easter story and is also fun to make. Traditionally an Easter Garden would be made using soil, moss, flowers etc but this version is made entirely from paper and card - if you haven't got… Continue reading Easter Garden to make at home
Easter egg colouring printables
These A4 Easter Egg designs can be coloured or made into collages. Whatever you feel like doing! I've used wax crayons (you can blend the colours!), felt tips, tissue paper and some sugar paper circles. Cut out the egg shape after you've decorated it. If you want to paint then maybe print the shape onto… Continue reading Easter egg colouring printables
Salt dough egg decorations
Children of almost any age can decorate these simple egg shapes. We've used them at a toddler group, but they would be great for older children who would be able to do more intricate designs or pictures. To make them you need to start with a salt dough. This is very easy. You need 2… Continue reading Salt dough egg decorations
We’ve arrived at Easter!
We've arrived at Easter! We have traveled along the road to Jerusalem to reach the first Easter. Each week we've met different people that Jesus met on his journey and now we are at the end of our journey. This weeks story is the Easter Story .. to tell it you need puppets or dolls… Continue reading We’ve arrived at Easter!
Easter and Spring craft ideas
Here are some Easter and Spring craft ideas that I've enjoyed making over the past few years.
Palm Sunday – Palm leaf craft
Easter is nearly here! In toddler group we have been learning about being 'Wonderfully made' and have already talkied about our mouths that shout, whisper and taste' and our ears that can 'hear shouts and whispers'. The Bible story that we are using to develop this is the Palm Sunday story that we read in… Continue reading Palm Sunday – Palm leaf craft