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1. Easter Bunny Basket
1. Easter Bunny Basket
Simple and adorable, this easy Easter bunny basket is made with common materials you already have on hand. The quick and inexpensive project is fun to make with the kids to prepare for the upcoming holiday. Fill the back pouch with Easter grass and small trinkets or candy for a cute treat on Easter morning.
This is a fun and EASY project for the kids.
Think you can't have an Easter basket without candy? Think again!
The basket pictured above is one our Easter Bunny will be delivering this year. The only piece of candy in it is the chocolate bunny. Filling a basket is more expensive when you use mostly non-candy items, but the trick is to fill it with items you were planning to buy anyway ... movies you want to own, toys for summer, more rainbow loom bands …
Here are over four dozen ideas to get you started!
If you're looking for the ultimate in DARLING then look no further.
Turn an old knit glove into a cute Easter Bunny softy. This can be a decoration or a toy for little ones to play with.
Hang it on your wall or door.
Moms love flowers, and what better way to show Mom how much you love her than with this wonderful homemade present for Mom on Mother's Day. For the past couple years my kids have made these hand print flower pots for both of their Grandmothers on Mother's Day.
Hang it over your kitchen table!
So cute! So easy!
I always try and have my kids do something special for their grandmas for Mother’s Day, a project they can help with and that is meaningful. I am a HUGE fan of foam craft projects, especially for little ones, so last year my kids and I made these “flowers of love”. Of course, grandma loved it…a flower she could keep year round, filled with loving words and a photo of her “babies”. In fact, it is still on display in her den at home.
At Christmastime, my daughter asked me to make her gingerbread men that were all together. I knew what she was talking about, but was really hoping I remembered how to do it. I gave it a little thought and got out the paper and scissors and it worked! My daughter was thrilled - and so was I. It is such a simple thing that takes you way back, but if you haven't done it for a while, it is hard to remember the little tricks.
We decided to do an egg chain for Easter.
There are a large variety of options with this craft. You can use a white bowl, cup, paper plate, or just plain construction paper. You can add cotton balls for fuzziness, bunny paws, and more. Have fun with whatever you have on hand!
Easy as 1, 2, 3 EGG!
If you're looking for some different things to do on Easter morning, use our printable Easter Coupons and Gift Tags, or create a scavenger hunt on Easter morning.
Need a super simple treat for a school Easter party or family celebration? Refrigerated sugar cookie dough and Easter candies come together for a sweet treat that doesn't take much time yet looks great on your cookie tray!
These cookies are perfect for Easter or anytime of the year. Don't forget to make an extra batch to share!
I made this cake with my mom every Easter through my entire childhood. When I was 8, we left the cake to cool on the counter while we ran out to complete a few errands. Our Great Dane broke into the house while we were gone and ate the unfrosted cake. The entire thing. Including crumbs. When we got home, it actually took a while to realize the cake was gone because there was literally no trace of it.
That is just one of the happy memories I have with our Easter Bunny cake. Now that I'm making the cake with my own kids, I'm sure to make many more over the years. It is so cute and so easy ... I bet it becomes a tradition in your family too!
If you do the annual Easter Egg Hunt, there is always the question of what to do with all of those hard boiled eggs! We still love to color eggs, but a few years ago we stopped HIDING them outside, as I was always concerned as a Mom about their safety being out in the grass and sun for an hour or so. I am sure they were fine; I mean WE lived through it and then kept and ate the eggs for days after in our own baskets! (What were our Moms thinking?)
At any rate, now the colored ones stay inside in the cool and we hide the plastic ones with treats outside instead, keeping the hard boiled ones safe and sound in the HOUSE to be later used in great recipes like THIS one! Enjoy!
The same technique used to create beautiful paper snowflakes in the winter can be used to "decorate" paper Easter eggs this spring!
All it takes is some colored paper and a pair of scissors.
This cute cake is perfect for Easter or anytime this spring! It is a big hit with both kids and adults.
