5 Easy Screen-Free Easter Crafts for Kids

The Easter holidays are the perfect time to slow down, get creative and make something together.

With screens competing for children's attention more than ever, crafting offers a brilliant alternative, one that builds confidence, develops fine motor skills and encourages imagination through hands-on play.

Here are five easy Easter crafts for kids using simple materials you may already have at home. No experience needed and no stress required.

1. Salt Painting Easter Egg

Salt painting is one of the most magical crafts children can try, they get to watch colours move and blend through the salt in real time, which makes the process just as exciting as the finished result.

You'll need:

- White card or thick paper
- PVA glue or a glue bottle
- Table salt
- Watercolour paints
- A paintbrush

How to make it:

1. Draw or trace an Easter egg shape onto your card.
2. Use the glue to trace over the outline and add any patterns or swirls inside the egg.
3. While the glue is still wet, sprinkle salt generously over the entire design.
4. Gently tip the card to shake off any excess salt.
5. Dip a paintbrush into watercolour paint and lightly touch it to the salt, watch the colour spread and travel through the crystals.
6. Repeat with different colours across the egg.
7. Leave to dry completely overnight before displaying.

💡Tip: The lighter you touch the brush to the salt, the better the colours spread. Encourage children to experiment with mixing colours.

2. Paper Strip Easter Craft

This simple craft is perfect for younger children because it focuses on cutting, layering and gluing, all great for developing fine motor skills. The best part is that you can make it into any Easter shape you like, and every single design turns out completely different, which makes it feel personal and special.

You'll need:

• Coloured paper, glitter paper or magazine pages
• Pink, white card
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Pencil
• Googly eyes (optional, for the bunny version)

How to make Easter Egg:

1. Draw a large Easter egg shape onto a piece of white card.
   
2. Cut coloured paper into strips of varying widths, mix plain, patterned and glitter paper for extra visual interest.
3. Spread glue across a section of the egg and begin layering the strips horizontally across the shape.
4. Continue until the entire egg is covered.
5. Once dry, carefully cut around the egg outline to reveal the finished design.

How to make the Easter bunny:

1. Draw a large circle onto pink card for the bunny's face, then cut two ear shapes from pink card and glue them to the top.
2. Cut white paper into strips and glue them across the face, fanning outward from the centre to create a radiating fur effect.
3. Once the face is covered, add googly eyes, a small pink circle for the nose and draw on a simple mouth with a marker.
4. Trim any strips that extend beyond the edge of the circle to neaten the design.

💡 Tip: Try mixing glitter paper or metallic card strips into your design alongside plain coloured paper, as you can see, it makes the finished result look really impressive and adds a lovely texture that children love.

3. Easter Chick in Egg Card

This interactive Easter card is a wonderful combination of craft and kindness, children make a cheerful chick that pops out of a decorated egg, ready to surprise a family member or friend when they open it. It looks impressive but is simpler to make than it looks.

You'll need:

• Yellow card (A4)
• Purple, pink and orange card
• Orange pipe cleaners
• Yellow feathers
• Googly eyes
• Scissors
• Glue
• Pencil

How to make it:

1. Fold a piece of A4 yellow card in half to create an A5-sized card.
2. Draw a chick shape onto the folded card, make sure the base of the chick sits along the fold so the card opens out as one connected piece.
3. Cut around the chick shape carefully, keeping the fold intact at the base.
4. Cut an orange pipe cleaner into six pieces approximately 4cm long each. Glue these to the bottom of the chick to create the feet.
5. Take two yellow feathers and glue one to each side of the chick's body for the wings.
6. Cut a small triangle from orange card and glue it onto the chick's face as the beak. Stick two googly eyes just above the beak.
7. Cut two egg shapes from purple card, one whole egg and one with a jagged crack across the middle to look like a hatching egg.
8. Cut decorative patterns from pink card and glue these onto the cracked egg half.
9. Apply a thin line of glue along the side and bottom edges of the cracked egg piece, then stick it to the whole egg behind it, leaving the top open to create a pocket.
10. Slide the chick card into the egg pocket so it peeks out from the top.

💡 Tip: When gluing the two egg pieces together, make sure to leave the top edge completely unglued so the chick card can slide in and out easily. Children love the surprise element when the recipient opens the egg to find the chick inside.

4. Easter Chick Hatching from an Egg

This craft takes the classic Easter chick one step further,  children create a chick that looks like it is hatching from its egg, which makes the finished result much more playful and satisfying to display.

You'll need:

• 1 large paper plate
• Yellow and white paint
• Orange paper or card
• Yellow card or paper (for wings)
• Googly eyes (or draw your own)
• Scissors
• Glue
• A pencil or marker

How to make it:

1. Paint the paper plate white and leave it to dry completely, this will be the egg.
2. Once dry, draw a large cracked zigzag line across the middle of the plate and cut carefully along it to create the top and bottom of the broken egg.
3. Cut a circle from yellow card slightly smaller than the plate, this is the chick's head. Paint it yellow and leave to dry.
4. Cut a small diamond shape from orange card, fold in half and glue on as the beak.
5. Add googly eyes above the beak, or draw them on with a marker.
6. Cut two small wing shapes from yellow card and glue to either side of the chick's head.
7. Reassemble the plate so the chick's head peeks up from behind the bottom half of the egg, with the cracked top section sitting above it.
8. Glue the bottom egg piece flat and attach the chick head just behind or on top of it. Leave the top egg piece loose or glue at a slight angle so it looks like it has cracked open.

💡 Tip: For extra texture, scrunch up small pieces of yellow tissue paper and glue them around the chick's head to create fluffy feathers. Children love adding this finishing touch.

5. Egg Box Easter Chick

This is a brilliant eco-friendly Easter craft that turns something destined for the recycling bin into an adorable Easter character. Because every child decorates theirs differently, no two ever look the same and the feathers make the finished result look really impressive.
This craft is particularly good for developing fine motor skills through cutting, painting and assembling small details.

You'll need:

• An empty cardboard egg box
• White paint and yellow paint
• Orange card or paper
• Googly eyes
• Yellow feathers
• Scissors
• PVA glue or a glue stick
• A pencil

How to make it:

1. Cut two individual egg cups from the egg box and glue them together, open ends facing each other, to form a round body shape. Leave to dry fully.
2. Paint the outside with a layer of white paint first, this acts as a base coat and helps the colour look bright. Leave to dry completely.
3. Once the white is dry, paint the whole shape yellow. Set aside to dry completely before moving on.
4. Cut a small diamond shape from orange card and fold it in half to create a 3D beak. Glue to the front of the chick.
5. Use a pencil to carefully poke a small hole in the top of the body and push a feather through to create a fluffy tuft on the chick's head.
6. Glue a small feather to each side of the body as wings.
7. Finish by sticking on a googly eye just above the beak.

💡 Tip: Always paint the egg box white first before adding yellow, this makes the colour look much brighter, especially on cardboard. Allow each layer to dry fully before moving on to the next step for the best results.

Encourage More Screen-Free Creativity

Crafting helps children develop creativity, confidence and fine motor skills, all through hands-on play rather than screen time.

If you're looking for more screen-free activity ideas, we've put together a free guide packed with creative crafts children can make at home using simple materials.

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