Holiday Craft Source

Here is a cute Easter Bunny Hat to crochet for Easter which I found at Crochet Me. This hat can be made to fit a 6 month old through adult. It is made with worsted weight yarn.

To make this hat you will need:

Looking for Eco-friendly craft ideas for Easter.  Check out some of these over at ittybittygreenie.

Make Easter Baskets using soda bottles, empty tins, a bit of ribbon, cloth or pipe cleaners. Or, make some toilet roll bunnies or chicks. All you need is some empty toilet rolls and a bit of paint or coloured paper & feathers to make cute Easter bunnies and chicks.

Visit their site for other Eco-friendly Easter Craft Ideas for you and your children to make this Easter.

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Make this lovely Easter Banner this Easter.  This is a pattern from Happy Crafts and Creations, which can be sewn by hand.

For this banner you will need:

• Easter banner pattern
• Felt: full sheet of medium purple (9″ X 12″)
• Other felt: light pink, medium pink, light blue, light purple, dark purple, yellow, light green , light teal, white
• Embroidery floss: medium pink, dark pink, light blue, light purple, dark purple, medium yellow, light green, light teal, white and black
• Ribbon (3/8″ wide)
• Two buttons (5/8″ to ¾” wide)
• Sewing needle
• Bead needle
• Scissors
• 5 white pearl beads (1/8″ wide)
• 1 black bead (1/8″ to 3/16″ wide)
• 6 pink seed beads
• 14 light green seed beads
• Hot glue gun
• Cardboard (1″ X 8″)

You may be interested in other holiday banner patterns on their website.

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This evening I came across a free cross stitch pattern for an Easter Bunny Sampler from Hancock’s House of Happy.

They have included the DMC colour key in the chart but you don’t have to stick to that. Experiment with your favourite colours.

There are many other free Cross Stitch patterns on Hancock’s House of Happy that you may also like to make.

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Easter is approaching quickly. I thought today I would share some Children Easter Crafts for you and your children to make for Easter.

• Easter Seashell Cross Craft from Easy Preschool Crafts. For this cross you will need: 2 tongue depressors, tiny seashells,craft glue, string or twine.
• Plastic Egg Bunny from Enchanted Learning. For this cute Bunny you will need:Plastic easter egg,2 medium or large white pompoms,1 small pink pompom,2 sheets of fun foam or construction paper (white and pink),Pipe cleaners for whiskers (optional),Hot glue,Scissors, 2 googly eyes (the bigger the better).
• Craft Stick Bunny & Chick from Ramblings of a Crazy Woman. For these cute Craft Stick animals you will need: 2 craft sticks glued together (I was out of Large craft sticks), white and yellow paint, wiggly eyes, scissors construction paper, feathers, glue and ribbon.

Have fun making some Easter Crafts with your children this year.

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Crocheting is one of my favourite crafts.  So when I was looking for some Easter Crafts to crochet I came across a crochet pattern for Easter Eggs over at Easy Makes me Happy .

To make these crocheted eggs you will need:

• F hook
• Worsted Weight Yarn, (I used Cascade 220 wool)
• Fiber Fill
• Stitch Marker
• Yarn Needle

Click here to view this free crochet pattern.

Looking for something different for your child’s Easter Basket. Check out these Bunny Finger Puppets over at The Purl Bee.

For these you will need:

• Spring Felt Bundle
• Cream, Pink, and Brown Embroidery Thread
• One skein of Blue Sky Cotton in Driftwood
• A Bunny Finger Puppet Template (available for free download here) printed and cut out.
• A water soluble fabric marker

For complete instructions, with photos, click here.

I found this cute bunny for the preschooler to make over at Easy Preschool Crafts for Kids.

For this bunny you will need:

•  1 large Styrofoam ball
• 1 small Styrofoam ball
• white and pink pipe cleaners(bumpy pipe cleaners if you have them)
• 1 toothpick
• white glue
• 1 pink pom pom
• 2 google eyes
• black thread
• scissors
• pink felt
• black permanent marker

Click here for complete instructions for this cute bunny.

A fun craft for you and your preschooler to make for Easter.

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Easter is just around the corner. I thought today I would post a few quick crafts that you can do with the whole family.

• Easter Crafts Kids Can Make with Pom-Poms at Amazing Moms. Make up a few of these cute Easter characters fto use as fun Table Placeholders.

• Easter Chick Activity at Kids Craft Zone. These little chicks are made using styrofoam balls, yellow construction paper and toothpicks.

• Paper Baskets from Creative Kids at Home. Make a few of these cute baskets with your children, fill with candy and give as a gift to family at Easter.

• Easter Coloring Pages from Woman’s Day.  Print out these coloring pages for your children to color: Easter Egg, Easter Bunny, Easter is in the Air, Easter Basket and Easter Chicks. You will need Acrobat Reader to print these coloring pages.

• Easter Chick Cookie for Kids from Chocolate Candy Mall. Bake some of these cute chick cookies for Easter. They are made using a basic sugar cookie recipe and a baby chick cookie cutter. Click here for the recipe and instructions.

Happy Easter!!

Today I was looking for a crocheted pattern to make an Easter Basket. Below are some of the crochet patterns for Easter baskets and Easter Eggs that I found.

• Suzie’s Bernat Baby Coordinates Easter Egg Cover at Suzies Stuff.  These bright colored egg covers are made to cover 2 ½ inches tall and 5 ½ plastic eggs.
• Suzie’s Easter Egg Cover at Suzies Stuff. A great project to use up some of your left over yarn.
  
• Easter Egg from JPF Crochet Club. Click here for supplies and instructions.
• Easter Basket from Crochet ‘N’ More. Crochet this lovely basket to put our Easter eggs in.
• Rustic Easter Basket from Crochetroo.
• Shell Stitch Easter Basket from JPF Crochet Club. Click here for supplies and instructions.

Happy Crafting!!