Easter
Activities Page 2
Bunny Mask
paper plate
pink construction
paper
pink and/or white pipe
cleaners
yarn
Using the paper plate, cut out eyes and nose in
the plate. Cut out bunny ears from pink paper and glue to the plate. Use pipe cleaners to
make whiskers, attach to plate by poking through and knotting at back, or glue on. Use
yarn to tie to either side of plate to tie on your little one's head.
Paper Plate Bunny
large paper plate
small paper plate
glue
pink construction paper
cotton ball
crayons or markers
Using paper plates, glue small
one to top of large one to form head and body. Cut out bunny ears from pink paper. Glue or
staple to head.Draw eyes and nose on face of plate with crayons or markers. Glue a cotton
ball on the back for a tail.
Easter Bunny Ears
Construction paper (pink, white and/or brown)
Glue
Cut out bunny ears with the white and pink
paper (pink should be slightly smaller) or use two tones of brown for a chocolate bunny.
Glue the pink on white to make ears. (or brown). Make a 2-inch band long enough to
go around your child's head. Staple in place. Attach bunny ears to band.
Paper Mache Eggs
Paper mache paste(see recipe below) balloon tape 1-inch pieces
newspaper, newsprint or paper toweling pie
tin paint brushes colored tissue paper (optional) shellac
Paper mache recipe
1 cup water
Mix in 1/4 cup flour until thin and runny
Stir this mixture into 5 cups lightly boiling
water.
Gently boil for 2-3 minutes.
Cool until you can dip paper into mixture without burning yourself.
Eggs
Make paper mache paste as above. When cool pour
into pie tin. Blow up a balloon and tape to a table. Dip strips of newspaper in paste and
place carefully on balloon. Continue overlapping pieces of newspaper on balloon. Cover
balloon completely and let dry. It may take overnight to dry, particularly if children have use lots of paste. Once
dry decorate the dried balloon with paint or colored tissue in pretty pastel Easter
colors.
Finish with shellac for a shiny, glazed effect.
Easter Parade Bonnet
Paper plate
construction paper
crayons or markers
glue
yarn
Children can decorate the paper plate any way
they wish. Glue on pieces of pastel paper, color flowers on plate, use your imagination.
Tie yard to each side of plate so it can be tied under child's chin.
or
construction paper
crayons, markers or stickers
tape or stapler
scissors
elastic thread or ribbon
Let children decorate a piece of paper. Make
hat by folding paper into a cone shape, tape or staple together. Cut bottom so it is even.
Staple a length of elastic thread or ribbon on each side to hold hat on.
Eggshell Mosaic
A great way to use up the remains of the Easter eggs. Children will love breaking
up the eggshells. Colored
eggshells construction paper
crayon, pen or marker glue On a piece of paper have child draw a simple design (e.g. flower,
balloon, kite, egg). Spread glue in design area. Sprinkle bits of broken eggshells onto
glue. Allow to dry then hang and enjoy.
No-Bake Craft Clay
1 cup cornstarch
1 1/4 cups cold water
2 cups baking soda food coloring (optional)
paint (optional)
Add all ingredients in saucepan and stir over
medium heat for about 4 minutes.Mixture should be consistency of moist mashed potatoes.
Add food coloring if desired. Remove
from heat, turn on a plate and cover with a damp cloth. Let cool. When cool knead like
dough. At this point you may store in an airtight container. For Easter shape clay into egg shapes. Let dry and
paint. You may also flatten one side and glue to brooch backs to make Easter jewelry.
Capture the Egg
You might have heard of "capture the
flag". This is just the Easter version.! Divide a group of kids into two groups. Each
team has four eggs.They place the eggs on the ground in a row and then run to the other
teams side and try to take there eggs back to their side without getting touched. If they
do get touched they have to stand still until one of their teammates can
free them by touching them on the shoulder.
Easter Hat Parade
Give everyone a white baseball cap.(can be found at any craft store) Give many materials
such as ribbon,elastic,colored fabric,etc. Then,after they're done have them walk in
a parade to show off their Easter hats. *Optional-have judges to pick winners such
as prettiest,scariest,most original, etc.
Bunny, Bunny, Hop
This game is just like duck duck goose, with 2 changes.
1. The words change to "bunny" as you
tap each child, and "hop"
when one child is selected.
2. Instead of running around the circle,
players hop with their feet together.
Egg Toss
No Easter games can be complete without a round
of egg toss!
People pair-off and face each other at a
starting line. each pair is given one egg. An official blows a whistles (or shouts some
appropriate term), and each person takes a large step backwards. The person in each pair
with the egg tosses it to the person without. When all couples have completed
their toss, the official signals for a second
round and the process repeats (large step backward, toss, pause, etc, etc). If a couple
does not successfully complete its toss, and the egg has not broken, they return to the
starting line. If it breaks, they're out. The couple that's left in the end (presumably
far away from the starting line) wins. Use raw eggs for maximum excitement.
Egg-citing Word Games
Cut out many egg shapes. Cut each in half, in a
straight line -or a zigzag or curvy (this might be better if the game is for a younger age
group) On each egg place matching words-opposites, synonymns,go togethers, same vowel
sound,etc. Place the matching eggs in a
ziploc bag and place in an Easter Game center.
Many things are made of chocolate. The word
chocolate has three syllables.Think of other words that have the same number of syllables.
Make a list of ten, three syllable words.
Chocolate is a popular flavoring used in
different food. Think of different kinds
of chocolate foods.Illustrate and label ten chocolate foods.
Egg Tales
Choose a title form the list below.Write an
interesting and exciting story.
The Magic Egg
The Easter Egg Tree
The Talking Egg
Golden Eggs
Eggs for Easter!
The Enormous Egg
The Easter Egg Disaster
The Bunny Who Hated Eggs
The Easter Egg Thief
Egg Shells
The outside of an egg is called a shell.It
protects the inside of the egg. Think of other things that have a shell. Some may be
animals or some may be plants. Illustrate and label six things.
Flowers of Easter
Daffodils, lilies, and tulips are seen at
Easter. They are beautiful spring flowers. Think of other kinds of flowers. create your
own flower book.
In your book illustrate and label different types of
flowers and tell something about each flower.
Unscramble Easter Words
There are many words that remind us of Easter.
Unscramble the words to spell the easter words correctly. Then place them in alphabetical
order. choose five of them and write for each of them.
ssroc sebkta deih
cchi ffdlioad hesll uynbn
cchhru bmlas
Easter Tales
There are many stories written about Easter.
Now it's your turn to write an exciting Easter story. choose one of the titles below.
Easter Egg Meadow The Easter Bunny Who Overslept The Real Meaning of Easter Easter Surprises Peter
Cottontail The Grinch Who Stole Easter
The Bunny Who Hated Easter
Easter Memory Game
for Preschoolers
Play as you would the regular memory game.
Read The Colorful
Easter Eggs
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