Easter is the perfect opportunity to bring a little seasonal magic into your daycare. With bright colors, soft textures, and playful themes, Easter crafts give little learners a chance to explore, create, and celebrate. These crafts are specifically chosen for daycare settings—meaning they’re simple, safe, and manageable in small groups. Plus, they double as adorable decorations or take-home keepsakes for families to cherish.
Let’s explore 15 fun, fuss-free Easter daycare crafts that your kids will love making—and you’ll love guiding!
1. Cotton Ball Bunny Masks
Start with a paper plate and cut out eye holes to create a bunny face base. The children can glue cotton balls all over the front, making it as fluffy as they like. Add construction paper ears, a pink pom-pom nose, and a craft stick handle for holding. Once finished, your daycare will be full of bouncing bunnies ready for pretend play!
2. Egg Carton Tulip Garden
Cut individual cups from an egg carton and let the children paint them in bright, spring-inspired colors. Attach each painted cup to a green pipe cleaner and tape them onto a strip of cardboard to create a “garden.” This craft introduces basic upcycling and gives the room a cheerful pop of color for the season.
3. Bunny Tails Hop Game Craft
Give each child a small paper circle and let them decorate it like a bunny’s backside—complete with a big cotton ball tail! Tape these to their clothing or a string belt, and after crafting, have a hopping game where they pretend to be bunnies. It’s a craft and movement activity all in one!
4. Paper Plate Easter Baskets
Take a sturdy paper plate, fold it in half, and staple the sides to form a basket shape. Kids can decorate the outside with Easter stickers, foam shapes, or drawings. Add a handle made of a paper strip or ribbon. Once complete, they can fill their mini baskets with paper grass or pretend eggs.
5. Thumbprint Bunny Art
Draw a simple bunny outline on a piece of cardstock or construction paper. Let each child dip their thumbs into pastel paint and fill the bunny shape with their thumbprints. It’s easy, sensory-rich, and creates a sweet, keepsake-worthy craft. You can even write each child’s name and the year on the back.
6. Feathered Chick Cups
Use small yellow paper or plastic cups as the base of this craft. Children can glue on googly eyes, an orange paper beak, and yellow feathers for wings. These standing chicks are full of personality and can even be used for pretend play or desk decorations.
7. Paper Strip Easter Eggs
Pre-cut colorful strips of paper, and let kids glue them across an egg-shaped paper cutout. They can layer them in patterns or go wild with color. This craft helps with coordination, color recognition, and gives each egg a completely unique design.
8. Bunny Hand Puppets
Create simple bunny-shaped puppets from cardstock or felt. Kids can glue on googly eyes, cotton tails, and decorate with markers or stickers. Slip your hand in the puppet for a little storytelling fun afterward—it’s a craft that turns into a show!
9. Stained Glass Cross Craft
Using tissue paper and contact paper, kids can create a colorful “stained glass” cross. Stick the tissue pieces to one sticky side of the contact paper, then lay another sheet on top to seal it. Cut into a cross shape and hang on a window for beautiful Easter-themed sunlight catchers.
10. Bunny Footprint Painting
Paint the bottom of each child’s foot with white washable paint and press it onto colored paper to form the bunny’s body. Once dry, add paper ears, eyes, and a pink nose. Not only is it adorable, but it also captures a moment in time you can send home to families.
11. Peekaboo Chick Paper Craft
Cut a cracked egg from paper and a little yellow chick to go inside. Attach the egg pieces with a brad fastener so the top opens and closes. Kids can decorate the eggshell with crayons, markers, or stickers. They’ll love the surprise of revealing the chick!
12. Easter Bunny Stick Wands
Craft bunny “wands” using large craft sticks and paper cutouts. Let children create bunny faces on circles and attach ears and whiskers. Tape them to sticks and tie on some ribbon streamers for extra flair. These make fun props for a pretend bunny parade around the daycare!
13. Tissue Paper Chick Collage
Start with a chick outline drawn or printed on construction paper. Provide torn bits of yellow tissue paper and have children scrunch and glue them inside the chick shape. Finish it off with a beak, eyes, and tiny legs. It’s simple, colorful, and perfect for little hands to manage.
14. Pom-Pom Easter Egg Tree
Draw or print a tree with bare branches, then let kids glue mini pom-poms (in pastel colors) onto the branches to look like Easter eggs. This craft combines nature with the season’s fun and lets kids make choices about placement and color.
15. Easter Egg Name Craft
Cut out a large Easter egg and write each child’s name in bubble letters across it. Have them decorate the egg with stickers, stamps, markers, or foam letters. It becomes a personalized piece of art they’ll be proud to show off and helps with name recognition.
Conclusion
These Easter daycare crafts are designed to inspire joy, learning, and connection in your classroom. Whether you’re working with one child or a group, these activities are fun to guide and simple for little ones to complete with confidence. They’re not just crafts—they’re memory-makers that fill your daycare with springtime charm and little giggles. So grab the glue sticks and hop into a season full of creative celebration!
Jenny is a passionate writer specializing in home decor, design, and styling. With years of experience in transforming spaces, she shares expert tips on creating beautiful, functional homes. From interior design trends to DIY decor ideas, Jenny’s work helps homeowners craft spaces that reflect their unique style. Whether it’s a cozy living room, a modern kitchen, or a serene bedroom, her articles offer practical advice and inspiration to elevate any home.
