Bunny Ears Easter Bunny Craft Idea for Kids

Easter is not so far away anymore so I thought that I would share with you an adorable Easter bunny craft for young children and preschoolers … even older children will enjoy it. With just a few craft materials that are probably already around your house, you will be able to make a cute Easter Bunny with your child’s own handprints.  Not only will this be a fun arts and crafts activity, but it can also be a keepsake to keep forever. You will be surprised at how fast your little one’s hands grow when you look back at past crafts activities. Have fun.

Easter Bunny Ears Craft for Kids : How to Make an Easter Bunny with Your Child’s Handprints

Gather all the Craft Supplies That You Will Need:

1. Construction paper, White, Pink, Green, Blue, Yellow
2. Scissors
3. Glue
4. Markers or crayons
5. Cotton ball

1 – Sit your son or daughter down at a table and then trace his hand on a clean piece of paper. Now cut out your child’s hand onto a white piece of construction paper as shown in the picture above.

2 – Now, take out a piece of pink construction paper. Out of this pink piece of construction paper, cut out 2 “slivers” that fit into the first 2 fingers of the white handprint and then glue them  into place.

3 – The next step is to fold over the third and fourth fingers and the thumb and then glue them  into place.

4 – Now cut the bottom of the green piece of paper and the corner of the yellow piece of paper to make the grass and the sun.

5 – Cut a white oval for the bunny’s body. Then glue the hand as the bunny’s head, and the cotton ball as the bunny’s cottontail. Now you can glue the grass and sun into place.

6 – Now that all of the above steps are complete you can draw a cute bunny face. You might have to wait if the bunny’s face is still wet from the glue.

7 – You can add cut-out paper Easter eggs or other Easter themed decorations if you want!!

You are finished. Take a look at your child’s masterpiece and enjoy. Happy Easter!

HERE ARE EVEN MORE EASTER CRAFTS

HERE ARE EVEN MORE EASTER BUNNY CRAFTS

Tip Junkie : Easter & Spring Craft Ideas

Gardner Family Times : Easter Craft

Easter Egg Bunny Craft

Easter Craft: Fun with Felt Easter Decorations

Easter Craft : Bunny Napkin Rings

Our Easter Crafts Project

Cute Easter Bunny Craft Toy

Easter Craft Ideas

Technorati Tags: easter crafts, easter bunny crafts, east craft for kids, easter craft ideas, easter craft projects, easter craft activities, bunny crafts, crafts, crafts for kids, arts and crafts, Easter activities

Easter Basket Craft for Kids : How to Make an Easter Basket with Your Child’s Handprints

Easter is quickly coming so I thought that I would share with you a cute craft for young children and preschoolers … even older children will enjoy it. With just a few craft materials that are probably already around your house, you will be able to make a cute Easter Basket  with your child’s own handprints.  Not only will this be a fun arts and crafts activity, but it can also be a keepsake to keep forever. You will be surprised at how fast your little one’s hands grow when you look back at past crafts activities. Have fun.

Easter Basket Craft for Kids : How to Make an Easter Basket with Your Child’s Handprints

(1) Get Your Crafts Materials Out and Ready to use. You will Need:

- Tape or Glue
- Scissors
- Craft Foam, Colored Construction Paper, or Card Stock
- Crayons, Colored Pencils, Markers
- Other items to decorate your Easter Basket with, such as glitter, sequins, ribbons, etc.

(2) Now have your child trace his hand on the color paper or craft foam. If your child is too young to trace his hand then you can help him.  Cut out paper or foam hands is many different colors.

(3) Cut out at least 8 or more paper / foam hands. You will need at least this many handprints to make your Easter Basket’s handle.

(4) Now take a brown piece of construction paper, craft foam, or cardstock and draw a basket shape like the picture above.

(5) Now cut out the Easter Basket shape and then with black marker outline where the top of the basket is (like in the picture above). Now take the scissor and cut out a hole in the middle of the basket (like in the picture above). This is where the Easter Eggs will sit.

(6) Now start laying out the handprints in a rainbow shape to form the Easter Basket’s handle.

(7) Now tape or glue the handprints in place.

(8) Cut out some Easter Egg Shapes from the construction paper, card stock, or craft foam. Now place them in the Easter basket’s hole.

(9) Now you have completed the Handprint Easter Basket Crafts Idea for Kids.

I hope that you and your children had a lot of fun making this handprint Easter basket crafts project.

Technorati Tags: Easter crafts for kids, Easter crafts, Easter Basket crafts, Handprint crafts, Easter arts and crafts, Easter arts & crafts, crafts, crafts for kids, arts and crafts, Easter crafts for children, Easter activities, Easter Activities for kids